Kermit Ruffins Happy Talk

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Kermit Ruffins’ new record, Happy Talk, is available now. Pick it up at your favorite retailer, online stores like Amazon.com, digital stores like iTunes, or from BasinStreetRecords.com.

Join us in New Orleans at Mid-City Lanes Rock n Bowl for his CD release party on 11/5/10. He’ll be there with his big band!
Look for Kermit on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on 12/7/10. You may have seen Kermit on HBO’s Treme.
Read what the Associated Press says about the record HERE.
Billboard says “It’s sweet stuff.”
This just in…Happy Talk moved up from 7, to 6, and now #5 on the Billboard Jazz Chart dated 11/27/10. Happy Talk is #4 on the CMJ Jazz Radio chart and #11 on the JazzWeek Radio chart (just 3 spins away from a top 10 jazz radio hit!)
Other upcoming shows:
Nov 23 Bullet’s
Nov 25 Howlin’ Wolf
Nov 30 Bullet’s
Dec 3 & 4 BAM, Brooklyn, NY
Dec 7 NBC’s Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon
Dec 9 Vaughan’s
Dec 11 Louisiana Music Factory 11am
Dec 11 Treme Creole Gumbo Fest 4p
Dec 11 Rock & Bowl 9:30p
Dec 14 Bullet’s
Dec 16 Vaughan’s
Dec 18 House of Blues, BDay/Christmas Bash
Dec 21 Bullet’s
Dec 23 Vaughan’s
Dec 28 Bullet’s
Dec 30 Vaughan’s
Dec 31 Blue Nile
Jan 1 Rock & Bowl

Dr.Michael White on PBS NewsHour

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Dr. Michael White was featured on August 31, 2010 on PBS’ NewsHour. Along with the feature that ran, you can also find extended interview, and his solo performance of Sunday Morning from his CD Blue Crescent. Dr. White was named the 2010 Humanist of the Year by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, and was a 2009 recipient of the NEA’s National Heritage Fellowship.

For Immediate Release: Basin Street Records Signs Rebirth Brass Band

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Basin Street Records signs the iconic Rebirth Brass Band
On this 5th anniversary week as we remember the devastation and flooding that occurred after Hurricane Katrina due to poorly built levees, Basin Street Records is proud to further demonstrate its rebirth by announcing the signing of the world famous Rebirth Brass Band. Simply put, the Rebirth Brass Band is an institution. Formed in 1983 by the Frazier brothers and Kermit Ruffins, the band has evolved from playing the streets of the French Quarter to playing festivals and stages all over the world. Their signature brand of heavy funk has become the soundtrack to an entire city, a fact reinforced by their role in the opening scene of the HBO series “Treme”. In the wake of the sometimes-stringent competition amongst brass bands, Rebirth is the undisputed leader of the pack. Reflecting on the collaboration between these two pillars of the New Orleans music community, Phil Frazier said, “This is what New Orleans is all about, The Rebirth Brass Band and Basin Street Records teaming up to release music that’ll make you move and put a smile on your face.”
Basin Street Records worked with Rebirth from the sidelines in 2005 on “Throwback” the album that reunited the iconic band with founding member, and now label mate, Kermit Ruffins. With the signing of Rebirth, Basin Street Records will continue to create music that distills the city of New Orleans into a complex series of rhythms and melodies. President Mark Samuels believes that “there is nothing in the world like going to see Rebirth on a Tuesday night at the Maple Leaf. We are excited to begin what we hope will be a long relationship that is beneficial to both Rebirth and our label.”
The Rebirth Brass Band is expected to release their first album on Basin Street Records in February 2011.
Basin Street Records was formed in 1997 and is home to music from Kermit Ruffins, Theresa Andersson, Jeremy Davenport, Dr. Michael White, Henry Butler, Jon Cleary, Jason Marsalis, Los Hombres Calientes, Irvin Mayfield, and The Headhunters. For more information click on www.BasinStreetRecords.com and www.RebirthBrassBand.com.