Sometimes It Snows In September
Outside of the guitarist community there are probably not too many folks who know Israeli born guitarist Oz Noy. A long-time fixture of the NYC music scene he seamlessly blends jazz, soul, funk with a dash of pop for good measure into his own very distinctive groove. His resume includes backing everyone from Harry Belafonte to Toni Braxton to Nile Rodgers but it’s his solo outings where he truly shines and his new release Fuzzy is no exception. And how pleasantly surprised was I to find a very familiar title in the track list. “Sometimes It Snows In April” is (for me) one of Prince’s masterpieces and I think that Oz pays beautiful homage.
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Link: Official Site
Ickmusic Inbox: Listen to Ryan Scott
If life was fair and I could get paid for doing this, I’d be able to devote my time to discovering more music. My inbox is filled with what I’m sure are lots of quality tunes, but – as the song goes – “time won’t let me”. Well, here’s one from the inbox – Ryan Scott.
Ryan Scott, 24, has been tooling around NYC for the last six years or so – inspired by the sounds of the 70’s. I always get a kick out of reading the “Sounds Like” section on MySpace music pages. Ryan opts for these: “Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, Bill Frisell, Chris Whitley, Stevie Wonder, Randy Newman, Curtis Mayfield, Daniel Lanois, Steely Dan, Prince Rogers Nelson, , Jon Brion, Jimi Hendrix.”
There’s some good tunes on his MySpace. I encourage y’all to go check out some of them. Here’s one:
Ryan Scott –
5 O’ Clock News(mp3)Link: Ryan’s MySpace page.
Ryan’s debut album, Smoke & Licorice will be released next week. I’ll get a link up to buy a copy as soon as I find one. His label’s web site (Velour) doesn’t have one available at the moment.
