James Asher - Shaman's AlmanacJames Asher is known for his individual and and distinctive approach to creating tribal drum music. He combines a confident grasp of fusion and worldbeat with a crystal clear audio production style. For the first time since Asher's bestselling releases Feet in the Soil and Shaman Drums, Sleepers Records are delighted to be the first purveyors of his work in vinyl form, with six dazzling tracks which are earthy, grounded and compelling. Send in the

Vintage Violence: Barbaric

Chet Faker

His tenor sound

he presents fine performances of boogie woogie and blues joined by Paul Cheron

there is a sampling of late '50s

Peter Ruzicka's opera HÖLDERLIN was premiered in Berlin in November 2008

" say Peter Steiner and Constanze Hochwartner

and Juney Knotzz

Alan Dawson was fresh from being the featured drummer on Muse Records' popular Live at Sandy's series and Harvie S had already played with greats such as Zoot Sims

Renaldo and the Loaf is an English musical duo active since the late 1970s

and as a member of the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band

I realized that almost all of my favorite country songs from back then were sung by men