HARLOD BLUMENFELD'S Vers Sataniques on Albany Records. The half-hour Baudelaire-based work was recorded by the National Radio Orchestra of Poland. Blumenfeld had a performance of his works in St. Louis, MO on October 13 2008.
ROYCE CAMPBELL'S The Art of Chord Solo Guitar on Moon Cycle Records.
HENRY CAPPS' first independent album Down on the Old River. He has been an ASCAP member for 40 years.
TONY L. CARLUCCI'S My Angel-The Remixes with his group DynamicDestony.
JONATHAN COULTON'S DVD concert Best.Concert.Ever recorded live in San Francisco. The core of Coulton's songs are pure geeky comedy, but with a real heart. He won 2007 Game Audio Network Guild's 'Song of the Year' for "Still Alive," which was in the acclaimed game Portal.
JAYME KELLY CURTIS' Mid Life Chrysalis. It is Curtis' third full-length album of original 'folkloric jazz.'
ELISA'S Dancing on Sugar/Universal. A multi-platinum star in her native Italy, this is her North American debut. She had a song featured on the TV show So You Think You Can Dance, which launched her into the Top 20 on iTunes.
MERRILL FANKHAUSER'S Higher Ground about the current world situation. The legendary surf guitarist is donating sales to Iowa & Gulf Coast flood relief.
KELVIN FISCHER of LOVE HUNTER'S new album of studio cuts and live recordings.
STEWART FRANCKE'S Stewart Francke Alive & Unplugged At The Ark on Blue Boundary Records.
DANIEL FREEDMAN'S "It's Time for Christmas" and "Being Alive" on albums by Cody Lyons and Joan Rochette, respectively.
NNENNA FREELON'S Better Than Anything. Freelon has been nominated for six Grammys.
JAY GRAYDON and RANDY GOODRUM'S new album Jar - Scene 29.
JULIE GROWER'S "Save The Drama For Your Mama."
JOHN W. HARDEN'S On A Mission. The album is on Harden Bros. Music Label.
CHRISTOPHER HAWLEY'S new album, which follows three song placements in films in 2008.
JOHNNY HAWTHORN'S Death & Taxes album. Assisting in the production was Todd Nichols (Toad the Wet Sprocket).
DAVID HERRERO'S new blues album has been charting. Herrero makes music for the Oprah Winfrey Show.
STUART HINDS' new publication, which includes three choral compositions with overtone singing by Hinds and liner notes explaining overtone singing. It is published by Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag of Leipzig, Germany.
STEVE HUNTER'S Hymns for Guitar and Short Stories in recent months.
JAMES HURLEY'S second solo release, Tempest in a Teacup.
SHANNON HURLEY'S Second Light: The Ready to Wake Up Remixes, which compiles the best of over 400 remixes.
JOE HUTCHINSON'S group THE CONDUCTORS' Navigating The Spectrum. The band brings a positive, uplifting message to special needs families - specifically Autism. The Conductors played at Angels Stadium in California as part of Walk Now for Autism.
JAHLILA'S Gotta Be Me, which features collaborations with Earth Wind & Fire's Larry Dunn.
TERRY JONES' production on Linda Jones's Soul Talkin.
K'MILLE'S "Alter My Perception," a hip-hop/contemporary Christian track.
SONYA KAHN'S "Whispering Souls," which addresses the subject of genocide.
KANUDE'S debut in September of 2008 on Lightstone Records via The Orchard.
CHERYL KEYES' Let Me Take You There on Keycan Records.
TOM KIMMEL'S Never Saw Blue. It's a colorful collection of a dozen of Kimmel's songs featured in film & television.
DARLENE KOLDENHOVEN'S Infinite Voice, which went #1 on the New Age Radio Charts. She is a Grammy winning vocalist.
ELODIE LAUTEN'S reissue ofthe album The Death of Don Juan. The work is a cross between an opera and a multimedia happening.
DAVID LEAR'S "Albuquerque Calling" by Thrasher Cadillac.
BOB LEVY'S Me & My Best Friends, which is in the style of the Great American songbook. He recently performed in San Francisco and New York City.
JON GILBERT LEAVITT'S album 1919, featuring new music from a bygone era. The music is also part of Oh, Those Beautiful Weimar Girls.
EDNA MASSIMILLA'S "Heaven's Very Special Child" by Xlibris Publishers. Massimilla is in her nineties and continues composing songs.
CORRINNE MAY'S Beautiful Seed by Warner Music. The album has gone platinum in Singapore within the first month.
COLLEEN MCFARLAND'S Let it Shine on High Horse Records.
ONE STEP AWAY'S One Decision. It is this teen band's first album. They won the 2008 Boston Music Festival Alternative Rock Award
JEANETTE PARSADANIAN'S I Love You For Who You Are, an album of twelve Christian songs.
RENALDO "NECO" PENA'S solo debut Neco. Neco was signed to Warner Music with his band Latin Bangers.
KIM PENSYL'S fourteenth album, When Katie Smiles. The album returns Pensyl to contemporary jazz and is released on Penton Music Productions.
GENE PERLA'S new record Bill's Waltz. Perla is now the owner of PM Records and an instructor at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in NYC and Lehigh in PA.
POTPOURRI'S Little Country Album of 16 original songs.
THE PROCESS' DVD Live at Vassar Theater. The group mixes rock and reggae.
KEITH REID'S first ever solo release, The Common Thread. Reid was a lyricist for Procol Harum, in which he wrote such hits as "A Whiter Shade of Pale."
RENMINBI'S debut The Phoenix in the spring of 2008.
BEVERLY RITZ'S Lacey Mae, a soothing collection including Marian McPartland, John Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard and Richard Rodgers songs. Ritz performs solo piano in Newport, OR regularly.
SHARON ROBINSON'S debut album, Everybody Knows. Robinson opened for George Benson on August 27, 2008 at the Hollywood Bowl.
DONALD RUBENSTEIN and ED HARRIS'S "Ain't Nothin' Like A Friend" on the soundtrack CD and DVD release for feature film, Appaloosa. The film was directed by Harris and the song was performed by Rubenstein.
GODWIN SADOH'S new book Samuel Akpabot: The Odyssey of a Nigerian Composer-Ethnomusicologist.
BARRY SCHRADER'S Monkey King on Innova Recordings. The album is inspired by ancient Chinese elements and storied from the great Chinese classic, Journey to the West.
MARILYN SCOTT'S Every Time We Say Goodbye. Scott also recently started a clothing company, StartingGreen, which makes organic cotton fashions for newborns.
HENRY and BOBBIE SHAFFNER'S Yiddish song "Hillary Oy! Hillary" in a hope of helping Hillary Clinton win the Democratic nomination.
VIVIAN ROSE SHAW'S Lady Love: True. Shaw goes by Lady Love as an artist.
CELIA SLATTERY'S new album Cast of Characters.
WENDY ST. KITTS' Woman Empowered. The first single is "Should I Love Him."
STONEHIGH'S full-length debut album. The band is based in south Florida.
STRIVE'S Fire. They recently appeared on WONU Shine FM's morning show.
TIMOTHY C. TAKACH'S recording of the world premiere of his composition "Things I Didn't Know I Loved" on Cantus' ninth album While You Are Alive.
JACK TEMPCHIN'S Songs, a new release. Tempchin has written such legendary songs as "Peaceful Easy Feeling," "Already Gone" and "Slow Dancing."
THUNDERHEAD'S Black Magic, their debut.
JOE UTTERBACK'S 300 th published jazz-influenced composition. Jazzmuze recognized the achievement by issuing three new compositions.
HOLLY BETH VINCENT'S Super Rocket Star. Holly is a part of the band Holly and The Italians.
PAUL ZUNNO'S new single "Hold Me Up" with proceeds going to those gravely ill 9/11 first responders through the FealGood Foundation.