PORTLAND, Maine — Mick Werkhoven and Chris Brown from Bull Moose joined us in studio 207 to share some upcoming new releases.
Yes – “Mirror the To Sky”: The 23rd album from progressive rock icons Yes is the kind of inspirational stuff you’ve been waiting for. plus it comes in attractive packaging! It’s amazing to think that these guys have been making music for five decades and they’ve still got it!
The Scary Jokes – “Retinal Bloom”: A new album from bedroom pop pioneers The Scary Jokes! This album is an evolution of their style and has them really playing with a ton of musical influences. It’s hard to pinpoint an exact genre, but they all sound bad.
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd – “Jazz Samba Acoustic Sounds Series”: The words “bossa nova” are often synonymous with the name Stan Getz. But North Americans might never have known the bright sound of bossa nova if it weren’t for Charlie Byrd. In 1961, Byrd returned from a tour of South America, where bossa nova music was flourishing. Byrd brought the records back for Getz to listen to, they planned a session and the result was “Jazz Samba” – the first album of true bossa nova music by jazz artists and the one that broke the wave of bossa nova in America in the 1900s 1960.
“Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”: We’ve come a long way since the “Dungeons & Dragons” of the 2000s, both in terms of filmmaking and the popularity and ubiquity of the board game, and now we finally have a movie that truly captures what it feels like to roll dice with yours fellow magicians. “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” is a true 10/10 adventure experience that even those who have never rolled a dice can appreciate.
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