pittsburgh

Celebrated pianist-composer Ahmad Jamal continues his performance schedule around the world, as he has for well over the last four decades. Noted for his outstanding technical command and identifiable sound as a piano stylist, Mr. Jamal was born on July 2, 1930, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A child prodigy who began to play the piano at the age of three, he began formal studies at age seven. While in high school, he completed the equivalent of college master classes under the noted African-American concert singer and teacher Mary Cardwell Dawson and pianist James Miller.

Kalon is 1) a space/math rock band, local to Pittsburgh and 2) a UK techno outfit made up of Peter Sutton and Karl Meier. The US band is: Adam Rauf, Eric Belcastro, Mike Dodin, Rob Wallace, and Ben Rainey. They formed in 2003 and recorded their first full-length LP, Dark Sky, Bright Sun, in 2005. They continue to perform in and around Pittsburgh and are recording a new album in the Spring/Summer of 2008.

Quite rightly regarded as one of the finest Welsh bands to emerge in recent years, Camera, from Wrexham, North Wales have built a reputation as creators of a very particular brand of unforgettable music. Building on a base of finely-tuned yet understated musicianship, Camera's music overflows with haunting, over-lapping melodies, creating their highly individual sound. Their debut album 'Ashes & Dim Light' was released on the My Kung Fu label to critical acclaim and their latest EP 'The Fireflies EP' is available for download now.