NEW RELEASE DATE DECEMBER…13TH Moochin’ About are very proud to announce ‘Return of The Roughnecks’ a new release by Chameleons Vox…. recorded live at Manchester Ritz, December 14th December 2019… This performance was 35 years on since The Chameleons first played The Ritz, back in ’85 ….playing the original set, they played that evening…..
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2 tracks taken from Perry Blakes 2019 critically acclaimed album Songs of Praise, featuring 2 new remixes by London based DJ & Producer KosmetiQ… The EP also features Perrys versions of The Billy Idol classic, Eyes Without A Face… 1. Charlie Chaplin (Radio Edit) 2. Charlie Chaplin ~ Album Version 3. Broken Little Orphan (Graham Murphy…
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Record Store Day is the one day of the year when over 200 independent record shops all across the UK come together to celebrate their unique culture. Special vinyl releases are made exclusively for the day and many shops and cities host artist performances and events to mark the occasion. Thousands more shops celebrate the…
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Afro-American Folklore from Texas State Prisons Recorded and edited by Bruce Jackson Cover: Eric Von Schmidt Originally released by Elektra, 1965 Remastering: Nick Blagona, 2018 original notes by Bruce Jackson… The recordings on this album were made in Texas prison farms in July 1964. I’d gone there in the hope of recording black convict…
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David Amram ~ Sound of Cinema Matthew Sweet talks to Moochin’ About artist, the brillliant American film composer, David Amram, about his music and his work with Elia Kazan, John Frankenhimer, Jack Kerouac and Dizzie Gillespie… and playing tracks from Moochin’ About’s Critically acclaimed boxset, David Amram’s Classic American Film Scores 1956 ~ 2016… BBC3…
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This new collection features the unparalleled intelligence & restless force of African-American culture’s finest minds…3 of James Baldwins earth shattering speeches, entwined with 3 of the most powerful songs by Nina Simone… Released on the anniversary of the murder of Medgar Evers in Mississippi on June 12th 1963,- an American civil rights activist and the…
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New Moochin’ Release… RUMBLE! A compulsory exercise in the careers of the greatest, instrumentals, together with brilliant improvisations based on catchy themes, have always had pride of place in rock history. This anthology retraces the different facets of their roots and evolution, from jazz and country music to the kind of rock where electric guitars…
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New release…! The Architect of Rock and Roll + 2 bonus albums, ‘The Girl Can’t Help It’ OST & The King Of The Gospel Singers 3 albums – 63 tracks… Here’s a new Moochin’ release featuring The Innovator of Rock & Roll ~ Little Richard, who sadly died yesterday…. It includes the complete soundtrack to…
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*This was set for a physical release, but now sadly just available digitally via the moochin’ shop… Hailed as the King of the Honkers, Mr. McNeely was at the forefront of a group of post-bop saxophonists who, in the late 1940s, abandoned the heady reveries of jazz for the more gutbucket pleasures of rhythm and…
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Unfortunately as of today, we have decided to close Moochin’ About Jazz Cafe, until further notice, after the Prime Minister ordered all pubs, bars & Cafe’s to close… If you a regular who buys our sourdough bread, please get in touch directly at info@moochinabout.com – as we will be looking at picking up some stock…
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