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IDC Round 79 Solicitation

3 new CD Releases from Western New York label Three 2 Go Music, delivering on their slogan "Independent and Proud," featuring some great Artists spanning R&B, Soul, Pop, Easy Listening, Bluegrass, Folk, Alternative, and Jazz!

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Independent Distribution Collective presents our 79th Solicitation, in time for early Spring 2017 placement. We are excited about each of these new artists from Three 2 Go Music, and are very proud to have some great new titles joining IDC. Check out the overview of these new releases below, and feel free to visit our website anytime for more information:

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J-Bella - All For Nothin CD

 

J-Bella is an artist and singer/songwriter who has made singing a passion that has influenced every facet of her life, and All For Nothin has a modern, soulful appeal that can be felt in singles such as the album’s title track. Growing up listening to artists like Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, J-Bella doesn’t sing just to be heard, but has even gone so far as to put her personal diary into lyrics from the new album, ensuring that every word is sung from the heart. Additional musical influences include Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson.

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Omeri - Day Dream'n CD

 

This musically diverse album features catchy hooks, colorful, hypnotic melodies, and will have listeners nodding their heads and tapping their feet as they enjoy the lyrics. Loaded with all the vibrancy of pop music, Day Dream’n introduces us to the immensely gifted Omeri and his charismatic personality, driven and inspired by R&B music and the emotions that bring it to life. In addition to the 70’s R&B and pop classics that consistently played in his childhood home, the influences of John Mayer, Darius Rucker, Gavin Degraw, and Lauryn Hill are clearly heard on this impressive debut.

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E-Life 7 Featuring Michael Pennick -

Miked Up CD

 

EL7 unites some of Western NY’s finest musicians on this release, including Michael Pennick on bass, Rodney Spears & Charlie Crymes Jr. on keyboards, guitarist Ron Walker, and drummer and percussionist Tim Webb. Special appearances by Ken Whitman (tenor sax), Walter Kemp III, Van Taylor (keyboards), Joey Diggs and Dee Osbourne (vocals) round out this stellar new 12-track album that spans Jazz, Soul, and R&B, all with a sound that remains unique to EL7. The resulting album captures the flavor and passion of each musician, and audiences will enjoy and appreciate this special blend of Jazz and R&B. EL7 is the brainchild of Ron Walker and Mike Pennick, both long time members of Buffalo Music Hall of Fame R&B recording artists The Exoutics. Enjoy Life, 7 Days a week.

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Narada Michael Walden - EVOLUTION CD Cat#: TAR0012 IDC#: IDC0652

 

Grammy and Emmy Award Winning Multi-Platinum producer Narada Michael Walden released his full length album EVOLUTION. Tarpan Records is pleased to announce the international release of the full-length album by Narada Michael Walden on October 30th 2015. Narada and his all-star band will perform a series of shows across the USA in the next few months in support of the release of EVOLUTION.

 

ORGY - TALK SICK EP and Vinyl LP Cat#: D1-3/15 IDC#: IDC0650

 

ORGY has been writing and recording over the past couple of years and this new music will be coming by way of 2 EPs. The first 7-track EP is titled “TALK SICK” (the second EP is tentatively titled “ENTROPY"). The Physical CD and vinyl release was August 21, 2015.  This EP is a musical collaboration written by Carlton Bost, Bobby Amaro, Nic Speck, Creighton Emrick and Jay Gordon. The new sound for ORGY has great lyrics, melodies, and heavy guitars. ORGY is featured in Runway Magazine’s spring issue and is touring the USA in major markets throughout 2015 and 2016.

Billy Cobham - Spectrum 40 CD Cat#: CMC2 IDC#: IDC0631

 

In the summer of 2015, Cobham released a live CD recording from last years' celebrated Spectrum 40 tours, which dazzled audiences around the world in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Spectrum CD, the defining album of the jazz-fusion genre. Ever since his breakthrough in the early 1970s-as a founding member of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and as a drummer/leader whose recordings (such as Spectrum) and powerful, complex style of play exerted a strong influence on the course of jazz and jazz-fusion-Billy Cobham has remained a tireless musical explorer.

Morgan Heritage - Strictly Roots CD Cat#: CTBC001 IDC#: IDC0630

 

The Royal Family of Reggae’s latest album was released exclusively on their very own label CTBC (Cool To Be Conscious) Music Group. This album possesses the unmistakably authentic Morgan Heritage organic roots sound with an expansively eclectic mix. Contributing to the brilliant instrumentation and vocals are award winning American drummer Gil Sharone, American Reggae and R&B vocalist, J Boog, third generation ambassadors from the Morgan and the Marley families, Jemere Morgan and Jo Mersa Marley, Reggae sensation, Chronixx, Eric Rachmany from Rebelution and Bobby Lee from the Grammy-nominated Reggae band SOJA.

Mickey Hart Band - Mysterium Tremendum CD TSP#0101 IDC#0478

 

On Mysterium Tremendum, The Mickey Hart Band consists of Widespread Panic bassist Dave Schools, Grammy winning percussionist and longtime band mate Sikiru Adepoju, Tony Award winning vocalist Crystal Monee Hall, singer Tim Hockenberry, drummer Ian "Inx" Herman, guitarist Gawain Matthews, and keyboardist / producer, Ben Yonas. Mysterium Tremendum will be released by Hart's own 360° Productions. The album, recorded at Hart's Studio X in Sonoma County, CA, was co-produced by Hart and Ben Yonas. Special guests Steve Kimock, Reed Mathis appear on select tracks as well as long time collaborators, Zakir Hussain, and Giovanni Hidalgo.

Bill Ortiz - Highest Wish CD LAR#0008 IDC#0500

 

A longstanding member of the Santana band, Bill Ortiz is proud to present his full-length release titled Highest Wish. A follow up to his “Winter in America” EP released earlier that year, this album project features conscious emcees such as Casual, The Grouch, Zumbi (Zion I) and K-Maxx, as well as fellow Santana member (and 11 time Grammy® Award Winner) Tony Lindsey, and iconic poet vocalist Linda Tillery, featured on a spoken word performance of Dr. Martin Luther King's Nobel Peace Prize speech. “Carlos has always used music to inspire and bring people together,” explains Ortiz. “I try to follow in that tradition. I’ve been really inspired by some of the Bay Area hip-hop artists like Casual, Zumbi and the Grouch.

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