Post by fogcitygal on Jul 17, 2004 0:38:51 GMT -5
Another announcement reports yet another CD with Alison included, this one due out in September:
"Two discs worth of highlights from the historic February 2003 "Salute to the Blues" concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall will hit stores this fall. "Lightning in a Bottle" is due Sept. 21 via Columbia/Legacy. A concert film of the same name, directed by Antoine Fuqua, will open Oct. 15 in U.S. theaters via Sony Classics.
The album was produced by Martin Scorsese, on the heels of his acclaimed multi-part PBS series "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues." As he writes in the album's liner notes, "Through the generosity, enthusiasm and talent of an incredible, diverse array of musicians, the concert told the story of the blues, sketching its journey from Africa, up the Mississippi, to the cities of Memphis and Chicago, and from there to the world."
"Lightning in a Bottle" features a host of notable pairings. James Blood Ulmer teams with Alison Krauss and the Band's Levon Helm on "Sittin' on top of the World," while veteran vocalist Odetta is backed by Dr. John, Ivan Neville and harmonica player Kim Johnson on "Jim Crow Blues." Natalie Cole, Mavis Staples and Ruth Brown join forces to sing "Men Are Just Like Street Cars," while Angelique Kidjo handles vocals on Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile" with Buddy Guy, Keb' Mo' and Living Colour's Vernon Reid on guitar."TEXT
"Two discs worth of highlights from the historic February 2003 "Salute to the Blues" concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall will hit stores this fall. "Lightning in a Bottle" is due Sept. 21 via Columbia/Legacy. A concert film of the same name, directed by Antoine Fuqua, will open Oct. 15 in U.S. theaters via Sony Classics.
The album was produced by Martin Scorsese, on the heels of his acclaimed multi-part PBS series "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues." As he writes in the album's liner notes, "Through the generosity, enthusiasm and talent of an incredible, diverse array of musicians, the concert told the story of the blues, sketching its journey from Africa, up the Mississippi, to the cities of Memphis and Chicago, and from there to the world."
"Lightning in a Bottle" features a host of notable pairings. James Blood Ulmer teams with Alison Krauss and the Band's Levon Helm on "Sittin' on top of the World," while veteran vocalist Odetta is backed by Dr. John, Ivan Neville and harmonica player Kim Johnson on "Jim Crow Blues." Natalie Cole, Mavis Staples and Ruth Brown join forces to sing "Men Are Just Like Street Cars," while Angelique Kidjo handles vocals on Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile" with Buddy Guy, Keb' Mo' and Living Colour's Vernon Reid on guitar."TEXT