Jimmy Hall - Ready Now - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This recording provides a glimpse of the festive and intimate sounds with which the season of Christmas is celebrated at the Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, Georgia. Included are first international commercial recordings of works by Craig Phillips, Charles Beaudrot, Frank Boles, Stephen Paulus, and Howard Helvey. Dale Adelmann was named Canon for Music at the Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, in 2009, having served previously as director of music for All Saints' Beverly Hills; the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus; St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo; and the Gentlemen of St. John's College, Cambridge. He is one of America's leading interpreters of the Anglican-Episcopal choral tradition. Reviewers hailed his book on the revival of Anglican choral worship as Inchessential readingInch for Anglican church historians and musicians alike. In 2018 he was made a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music in recognition of his scholarly and practical contributions to Anglican music. Album Tracks 1. Christmas Day (Choral Fantasy on Old Carols) 2. O Come, All Ye Faithful 3. Away in a Manger 4. Savior from on High 5. What Child Is This 6. In Dulci Jubilo 7. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing 8. Sing Lullaby 9. Away in a Manger 10. Adam Lay Ybounden 11. O Magnum Mysterium 12. Gabriel's Message 13. Comfort, Comfort Ye My People 14. There Is No Rose of Such Virtue 15. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night 16. I Wonder As I Wander 17. Cradle Hymn 18. Joy to the World

Known around the world as a legend of Mississippi music, Jimmy InchDuckInch Holmes is the last living local practitioner of the haunting and hypnotic Bentonia blues tradition. First recorded by Skip James in the 1930s, this regional style has a deep and otherworldly sound that is often characterized by obscure tunings, ethereal guitar picking and lonesome vocals. In a lineage that spans nearly a century, Jimmy InchDuckInch Holmes stands alone as the only player left from the area, the sole connection between the past, present and future of the music. Album Tracks 1. Devil in the Dark 2. Hurry Hurry 3. Knick Knacks All Day 4. Hairdresser 5. All Night Long

The criminally short-lived and underrated Epitaph began taking shape in Tampa, FL circa 1990, when drummer Kevin Astl and guitarist/vocalist Tony Teegarden eventually hooked up with Wayne Burgess (guitar) and Mark Good (bass). The quartet specifically set out to craft an intelligent and technical form of death metal that was brutal yet digestible, and by 1991 found themselves recording a three-song demo with Tom Morris at the legendary Morrisound Recording-complete with backing vocals from OBITUARY'S John Tardy. Burgess was replaced by Scott Senokossoff on guitar, and an equally excellent two-song 1992 demo was once more tracked at Morrisound, this time with the mighty Scott Burns.Having performed live alongside ATHEIST, RESURRECTION, and even a slot opening for PANTERA, the band's mind-bending output (crucially perfect for fans of demo-era CYNIC) finally caught the attention of Massacre Records-with whom they nearly secured a deal-but, sadly, negotiations gradually fell apart. While Epitaph absolutely should have gone on to become heralded alongside renowned Florida greats such as CYNIC and ATHEIST, the group instead found itself unofficially InchdoneInch before the end of 1992, at which time Teegarden auditioned for CYNIC and would go on to contribute to their groundbreaking masterpiece, Focus.At long last, nearly 30 years later, Divebomb Records is thrilled to finally grant Epitaph'S superb five-song discography a proper CD with Echoes Entombed The Demo Anthology (1991-1992). The will also present three ripping bonus tracks fully remixed by Mark Lewis-who members of Epitaph became familiar with through his early work at Audiohammer in Florida-at MRL Studios outside Nashville. Remastered by Jamie King Audio, the disc's booklet will be packed with lyrics, archival photographs, and a retrospective interview with the entirety of the band's InchclassicInch lineup.