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Murray Gold

Murray Gold is a British composer, living in New York, famous for his work on the soundtrack to Doctor Who. Looking over his biography, he been doing television and movie soundtrack for a while and was nominated
MURRAY GOLD

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Composer Murray Gold has announced a few concert dates.



Details:


August 30th – Proms 2015 (Royal Albert Hall)


Prom 59 will be the LIFE STORY Prom, featuring Murray’s music to the BBC One series from Sir David Attenborough. The soundtrack will take center-stage with this performance by the BBC Concert Orchestra. Sir David introduces sequences from the series played on big screens and is joined by members of the production team, who offer insights into the making of this stunning natural history series



October – balletLORENT


In 2012 Gold was commissioned by the balletLORENT to write the music for their magical retelling of Rapunzel, which was performed at Sadler’s Wells Theatre and named “Performance of the Year” at The Journal Culture Awards. He has been commissioned a second time for a new performance of Snow White, in collaboration with featuring the choreographer Liv Lorent the UK’s Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.



October 7th – Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular (NY Comic Con)


For the first time in the US, the Doctor will land at his adopted home city of New York, with performances at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY during New York Comic Con. The night showcases the music of Gold, who has been the composer for the series since its re-launch in 2005, and will feature well over 100 musicians, singers, and monsters live on stage. Michelle Gomez (Missy, the latest incarnation of the Doctor’s arch-nemesis the Master) will host the performance.




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Sharon Jones

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings latest album is Give The People What They Want, so expect to hear a few numbers from that new album. …
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Daptone Records will be releasing Daptone Gold II on September 18th, 2015… the perfect collection featuring hits and exclusive tracks from all the soul revival bands you have come to know and love from Daptone, including Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley, Antibalas, Budos Band, and much more.



Like its predecessor Daptone Gold six years ago, Daptone Gold II will also use that same formula of putting spotlights on songs and artists from the last six years. Some tracks will be taken from hard to find 45s such as “Luv Jones,” a duet by Charles Bradley and LaRose Jackson, “Little Boys With Shiny Toys” by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, and “Out Of The Wilderness” by The Como Mamas.


Previously unreleased songs include the instrumental “Thunderclap” by The Dap-Kings and “You Got To Move” performed by Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens.



The Daptone Gold II double LP is packaged in a silver foil gatefold sleeve and comes with a poster, liner notes and iron-on, and the CD is in a deluxe embossed silver foil digipak.





AVA GOLD

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Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, the award-winning television star from Nickelodeon’s critically-acclaimed live-action musical series “The Fresh Beat Band.” Gonzalez-Nacer is also starring in Nickelodeon’s new series “Fresh Beat Band of Spies,” an animated version of the hit live-action series The Fresh Beat Band, teaching problem-solving.



Her latest project is under the stagename Ava Gold, and her debut single is called “Classy”.
The song is described as soulful timeless pop hooks, with R&B and Latin influences. Hear it for yourself via Soundcloud:







BRIEFLY


REGGAE GOLD

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The world’s #1 Caribbean music compilation Reggae Gold is back with their Reggae Gold 2015 compilation (released July 17, 2015 on VP Records), featuring some of this year’s freshest sounds in roots, dancehall, lover’s rock and pop-fused reggae from a diverse group of talent.

Some of the artists compiled includes: Magic, Eddie Murphy, Beres Hammond, etc.


GOLDMOLD

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GoldMold recently released their GM07: Scottish Indie Sampler compilation, featuring various Scottish bands like Fuzzkill, Number4Door, Good Grief, Soft Power, etc.



GM07 came out on August 7th, on limited edition cassettes.



PONY BOY

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Blue Gold is the debut album from Pony Boy, the stagename for Marchelle Bradanini. Blue Gold will come out August 28th via Cosmic Thug Records.



GOLD CLASS

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Melbourne-based band Gold Class recently shared video of “Life As A Gun”, taken from their debut album It’s You – available September 4th on felte Records (EU/US) and Spunk Records (AUS).



MONOGOLD

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Brooklyn-based trio Monogold (Keith Kelly, Jared Apuzzo, and Michael Falotico) recently shared “Orchard Beach”, taken from their forthcoming album Good Heavens (coming out September 25, 2015).



THE DURRIES

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“Marlboro Gold” is the new video from nine-piece band Australian The Durries.
Look for the Durries’ EP We Build Schools on Bedlam Records.


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