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Repost: Time to Make Some NOISE!

cagleandnash — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:58:28 +0000

Posted by Roberta Keener on 7/08/11 • Categorized as New

On Sunday, July 10th, sixteen musically gifted high school students from across the US pull into Charlotte for 10 days of music related experiences they will never, ever forget. NOISE! is a summer camp that takes music education to the next level by giving talented teens an innovative and unique opportunity to gain first-hand experience inside the music industry. Students will rub elbows and work directly with songwriters, arrangers, producers, sound engineers, studio musicians, audio architects, label execs, radio programmers, music celebs and educators. NOISE! is life altering for these teens, not to mention mind-bending and dream-inspiring!

NOISE! has been on tour the last 10 years, previously held in NY, LA, Atlanta and Nashville. This year Muzak brings it home to the Charlotte area so their 500 Home Office employees can see and hear first hand the impact NOISE! camp has on the kids.

On the last night of NOISE! camp, July 19, these musically gifted students will perform the annual talent show to hundreds, live in Muzak’s City Center. This highly anticipated showcase of talent, called NOISE! Live, will also be streamed live for all who won’t be able to attend the show in person.

Check to see if one of this year’s NOISE! students might be from your town:

Hannah Cook (Belleville, IL)
Sierra Gant (Spring, TX)
Maggie Thorn (Bloomingfield, MO)
Jordy Searcy (Fairhope, AL)
Joneka Percentie (Charlotte, NC)
Drew McDaniel (Phoenix, AZ)
Willie Griswold (Orlando, FL)
John Hargett (Charlotte, NC)
Sarah Kelli Fleming (Wilmington, NC)
Andrew Stevenson (Doswell, VA)
Filip Skrzesinski (Carpenterville, IL)
Madison Early (Charlotte, NC)
Julia Pettiecord (Yardley, PA)
Brendan Carchidi (Holliston, MA)
Leigh Vargo (Mentor, OH)
Lee Landess (Charlotte, NC)

All sixteen students have been granted scholarships to NOISE! 2011 by the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to supporting music education.

This year we are working hard to allow friends, family and supporters to be part of the action:

Read daily blog posts and regular updates on the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation Facebook page, follow us on Twitter using #NOISE11 and watch NOISE! Live on the Foundation’s Livestream site: http://www.livestream.com/muzakheartsoul

cagleandnash — Sun, 22 May 2011 02:09:31 +0000

It’s Been a Long Time!
CAGLE & NASH eNEWS
Spring 2011

It’s been a long time since we checked in with everyone and a lot has been happening over the past few months. We’ll give you the short & skinny of it in the lines and spaces below.

Cagle & Nash Released Greg’s solo project “Red Herring Redux”

Those of you who have been keeping a scorecard know that RHR (or the Green Album we like to call it), is the fourth Cagle & Nash produced project in just over two years. Some say prolific but we just say OK as long as it ain’t horrific!

This one has got tunes on it like Back on the River, Years Later, Walkin’, Spendin’ Money and eight other solid offerings. What you hear in this release is plenty of just pure blues and blues rock/alt rock with strong playing coming out of every single instrument. Of course it helps that Cagle himself is covering lead vocals background vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass and even sax on at least most of these compositions. Nash lends a hand on horn parts on a few of the tracks.

Been getting some international airplay on RHR from our usual loyal fans over in Europe and even in Greece and Japan. We’ve done a mini-blitz if you will to a couple hundred broadcast stations here in the US and any of four or five tracks should be going into some sort of rotation in the next week or so. Keep an ear open – request it if you dare.

Here are our faves or at least the faves we think should be faves.

Years Later

Back On The River

Leave Me With The Blues

Walkin’

She Musta Laid a Spell On Me

The hyperlinks will take you directly to our SoundCloud page (no waiting!)

Let us hear your thoughts. Be one of the first ten people to review Red Herring Redux on iTunes and you will receive the entire Cagle & Nash catalog. Just send us a link to your review and your snail mail address in an email.

HERE’S THE LINK TO RHR ON ITUNES

Side Projects – Cagle (The Other Side of the Ampersand)

Cagle continues his several side projects. (HaHa Understatement:).

First and foremost the Robyn Springer partnership. By now everyone knows Robyn from her contributions to most of the Cagle & Nash releases. The Ritz-Carlton of Downtown Charlotte booked her one night for their showplace lounge and the response was pretty damned amazing. So for the past couple of years Robyn Springer (accompanied by Greg Cagle) has been the primary entertainment in the Ritz Lobby Lounge on just about any Friday or Saturday evening !And yes it free.

Speaking of Robyn there is a recording project in the works being co-produced by Robyn and Greg that you will want to keep an eye out for. You’ll hear three Cagle & Nash songs on here but with an OMG fantastic interpretation! The mixes so far are sounding fine fine fine.

Another Cagle & project is Greg’s tentatively titled Next To Nowhere Country CD. Not sure what direction we’ll go yet with the public release of this but suffice to say we think the material is so strong that it should get release to the public by some means or another. Do I hear Nashville Roadtrip?

Just in case you don’t get a chance to purchase this outright, here is a sneak peek at a couple of three kickass tunes to give you the gist of the grit that it packs

Next To Nowhere (title song)

Regrets

Some Things Never Change

Late Night Every Night All Night

The hyperlinks will take you directly to our SoundCloud page (no waiting)

But wait there’s another side project as well. A very interesting collab between Greg and his son Matt Cagle. We’ll share a couple of those but these are no where near finished so try not to pre-judge (aka be haters) .

Wait

Contagious

On Television

The hyperlinks will take you directly to our SoundCloud page (PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THESE TRACKS)

B B B B

That stands for Bad Boys Blues Band. Ray Alexander put this vision together and this powerhouse of Charlotte vets gets to gig together at least once a month. Cagle on lead vocals, Rick Lee Keys and vocals, Tim Gordon, Tony “Tree” Hayes, Jon Thornton and the one and only Ray Alexander with Yelverton, Suddrith and Allen. Nash has said this band is as tight as delivering Tower of Power tunes as well as TOP themselves. Horn Section is a Million dollars !

Side Projects – Nash (The Other Side of the Ampersand)

Nash Spreading Himself The Appropriate Amount of Thin.

His regular day gig keeps Nash pretty busy but it has it’s benefits. Lately involved in producing a syndicated radio show and working with the likes of The Grammy Museum, The RIAA (The Grammys) as part of a huge musical past of 20,000 un-released tracks over three decades of some of the great artist musicians of the times in all genres.

The Churchill-Nash Records area of business is full on these days. Nash’s working laboriously to spread the word of all of the current Cagle & Nash projects including the rock project and the country project (call me) as well as the continued development of the fanbase and the most important task of getting every Music Supervisor and Production House on board with the entire Cagle & Nash catalog which will be approaching 100 songs before you know it ! (fingers crossed AND more below).

So If you think your favorite broadcast DJ or mobile DJ has not gotten the latest and greatest be sure to let us know or better yet let him know where to find us via ReverbNation. Let’s make this music viral !

HERE IS THAT REVERBNATION LINK

Cagle & Nash Side Projects – Both Sides of the Amersand)

Yes indeed another Cagle & Nash project is in the works (as we type). We’re as excited as teenaged schoolgirls to take the mothership to the next level if you know what I mean. Don’t let us scare you though – expect the unexpected – expect Cagle & Nash. Maybe lots of instrumental stuff? Maybe Soul? Maybe funky, Maybe Smooth, Maybe Rufffffff) Definitely Raw J

To assist in our writing endeavors, we’ve taken to actually appearing together in the same room at the same time and with the sole purpose of making music in public. There we said it Cagle & Nash – The Live Version is in the works. We do an occasional Thursday night over at our friend Jeff McNeice’s place DLW but we’re keeping that on the down-lo until e can work in more Cagle & Nash songs in some sort of acoustic duo arrangement. Until then just call us two guys playing jazz standards for the love of it in some really nice wine bar that you should be checking out ASAP>

OK So Lets Review – Here’s What’s New !

Robyn Springer Live NOW at the Ritz
New Side projects (Country, Rock and Robyn)
Grammy Spottings and Radioland
BBBB
Cagle & Nash New CD – what’s It Gonna Be?
Cagle & Nash Live ! (Almost)

FIND US HERE

New CD Release – Red Herring Redux – Greg Cagle

cagleandnash — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:58:09 +0000

Red Herring Redux - Greg Cagle (produced by Cagle & Nash)

Feb. 12, 2011 – Just released – the long awaited Greg Cagle solo CD Project – Red Herring Redux. The CD is in the production plant and the full list of 12 songs is now available on iTunes.

This is a pleasant departure from the previous two Cagle & Nash produced releases. Here we have a nice blues album. But not the old sad slow depressing blues. This is upbeat and up tempo blues with a tinge of blues and alt. rock swirled in!

Be Sure to Check Out:
Walkin’ – something that often times solves a lot of life’s problems. Just keep on walking.
She Musta Laid a Spell on Me – We’ve all been in this place – trying to search for that elusive ?
Spendin’ Money – Very timely for most of us right now. Enough said !
Years Later – Tom Petty you might want to record this one !
Leave Me With the Blues – leave me with the blues but I’m dancing them away !

Track Personnel:
Greg Cagle – Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar, Bkgd. Vocals, Sax, Bass, Piano, Organ
Rick Nash – Trumpet & Flugelhorn
James Brown – Alto Sax
Robyn Springer – Bkgd Vocals
David Rhyne – Bass, Drums, Percussion, Organ, Piano
Joe Miers – Bass
David Floyd – Organ
Matt Cagle – Percussion
Dave Zeltner – Piano

Engineered by – David Rhyne @Traffic Sounds Studio
Produced By – Cagle & Nash
All Songs Copyright – Greg Cagle
Published by: Grelloyd Music Publishing / Ricksquared (Music Publishing)

Full Red Herring Redux Track Listing
1. Walkin’ [5:43]
2. She Musta Laid a Spell on Me [4:50]
3. Plenty Enough [4:44]
4. Everything Is Better [5:06]
5. Spendin’ Money [4:38]
6. Back on the River [4:55]
7. If You Don’t know Right From Wrong [5:16]
8. Once Upon a Dark & Lonely Night [4:51]
9. Introduce the Band [5:25]
10. Years Later [4:32]
11. Leave Me With the Blues [4:00]
12. Doo Wop & Soda Pop [3:24]

Check Out Greg Cagle and Cagle & Nash Here

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Red Herring Redux – Greg Cagle by Cagle & Nash

1934: The First Year (repost from Muzak Archives Blog)

cagleandnash — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:31:56 +0000

1934: The First Year

So off into the world of Muzak archives we go, to our earliest recording sessions. We know the names of nearly all of the musicians and the songs they recorded on specific dates thanks we call our ‘Blue Books’. These books are filled with session charts or stage reports that document the date, band leader, number of musicians, studio, engineer, master number, composer, publisher, and titles recorded at each Muzak session.

Our earliest stage reports from 1934 lack some of the information registered in later sessions, but they still give us an unprecedented look into the past. A picture of one of the very first stage reports is captured at left.

Our records show that one of the first Muzak recording sessions featured a touring Italian brass band called the ‘National Fascist Militia Band’. Yes folks, this was just prior to WWII and the band was Mussolini’s own Italian marching band, with their American tour scheduled in mid 1934. The tour’s slogan was “Uniting the Hearts of Italy and America”. Turns out that Mussolini also booked his band in Nazi Germany. During the National Fascist Militia Band’s one and only American tour in the summer of ’34, Carnegie Hall was one of their first stops, followed by a visit to Muzak’s sound studio in Manhattan.

At this session Muzak’s producer Ben Selvin, recorded over 25 songs and marches, including: To Arms (Fascist Anthem), Royal Italian March, the Meistersinger Overture, the William Tell Overture and the Star Spangled Banner (ironic). I’m not sure how often these recordings were played after the war began, but they sure made a power musical statement as part of Muzak’s initial library. After hearing these recordings, current producer and Muzak digitizing expert Joe Carter concludes that they are true masterpieces performed by exquisite musicians.

In 1934 we also recorded the likes of the Metropolitan Opera, Joe Venuti’s Orchestra (renowned jazz violinists, featuring vocalist Louie Prima in “Confessing”, found on our 75th website), Harold Kemp and his Orchestra (first “sweet” dance band), Frank Luther Quintet (legendary Hilly Billy band leader), Edwin Franco Goldman Band (renowned military band that played for over 90 years), the St. Bartholomew Choir, and the Harry Salter Orchestra (played with Gene Krupa, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw and Jack Teagarden). All in all during 1934, over 250 tracks in 7 different music genres were recorded by Muzak’s producer extraordinaire, Ben Selvin. Not bad for a company in their first year of operation.

We are currently digitizing many of these tracks from Muzak’s 1934 archive and are excited to give you a taste over the next few weeks. Stay tuned!

Contributed by Bruce McKagan

Repost: Blogging the Archives – (from www.muzakblog.com)

cagleandnash — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 02:44:14 +0000

Blogging the Archives

Posted by Brittany Lyke on 12/02/10 • Categorized as Featured, New

I’m about to go on a pretty unique trip: through seventy-six years of our historical archives, which include original recording sessions at Muzak studios in Manhattan. Before we start, let me introduce myself: my name is Bruce McKagan. Coming from a very musical family, my entire personal and professional life has been a chorus line of musical experiences. Rock bands through high school in Seattle and the U of W provided a steady income and some pretty dang good times. Coming out of college it was time to get serious, so I put together a touring band with some excellent Seattle musicians that played and recorded through the 70s. Next came almost 3 decades in the field of entertainment management. First the creation of a mid-west booking agency in 1980, then director of several west coast restaurant and nightclubs chains, followed by heading the country’s largest provider of music videos for businesses. In 1995 I joined Muzak, where I’ve held several executive positions throughout the years. Suffice it to say that my life is largely defined by these musical experiences, and my passion for this industry is absolute.

One of my current assignments at Muzak is the enviable task of working with a team of employees to research, organize, preserve and expose our music archives. Untouched for nearly 50 years, we’ve uncovered over 40 pallets of original recordings, from 16” master discs to 2” tape. Most of these masters are in pristine shape, thanks to the fact that they’ve been under lock and key in climate controlled storage for all these years. As you can imagine, having this opportunity to touch, listen to and share recordings that haven’t been heard for over half a century is pretty exciting for a passionate music buff like me.

I know what you’re thinking: the history of elevator music doesn’t sound that inviting. But what I hope to help you discover is that the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s at Muzak were nothing like the instrumental covers produced by Muzak in the 60’s and 70’s, known by baby boomers as ‘elevator music’. The earlier years actually couldn’t have been more different, and were filled with recording sessions by the hottest bands, best musicians and vocalists of the day, with greats like the Dorsey Brothers, Fats Waller, the Carter family, Louie Prima, the Deep River Boys, Earl Wild, Larry Clinton, Ozzie Nelson, the Polka Dots, Rosemary Clooney, and the list goes on and on. Nearly 2,000 recordings sessions covering every genre in the book: big band, jazz, hillbilly, classical, musicals, gospel and popular vocals. As best as we can tell, our archives hold somewhere close to 20,000 original recordings by the original artists that have never been released to the public.

Our journey will include dusting off these masters and discovering together the sounds of these incredible musical decades at Muzak, with a look at the evolution of policies and laws that have shaped our business and the recording industry as a whole. It is not well understood that in when Muzak first opened in 1934, music recordings for broadcast were almost non-existent. Broadcasters (radio stations and music providers like Muzak) weren’t permitted to play records on the radio, because the industry assumed that the radio play would actually damage record sales. This law forced early radio stations who wanted music as part of their programming to book artist to perform live on air. Muzak, whose business model was to broadcast music to businesses continuously during work hours, had a real problem, because airing live performances was not realistic. So Muzak unearthed a little used option at the time referred to as ‘transcription service’, which allowed recording music for broadcast only onto records that could not be sold commercially to the public.

Muzak jumped all over this option and immediately set up shop to start recording as many artists as humanly possible. Renowned music producer Ben Selvin was hired to kick start the process. He built a state of the art studio in the heart of Manhattan and started scheduling all of his musician and band buddies to record songs they’d perform nightly at clubs and concerts. The Dorsey Brothers were one of his early calls and their initial recording session was held on January 17^th, 1935. Bob Crosby (the first recording artist in Bing’s family) joined the band on vocals and the 3 hour session produced some great tracks, including “Eccentric”, “Sugar Foot Stomp”, “By Heck” and “Dese, Dem & Dose”. Amazing recordings by incredible musicians, with 12 songs recorded in one short afternoon gig. That type of output is unheard of by today’s standards. These recording sessions became commonplace at the Muzak studios throughout the 30s 40s and 50s.

I plan to post about twice a week, so please check in as we discover the music, technology and people behind Muzak’s fascinating 76 years in business.

Contributed by Bruce McKagan

Where in the World is Cagle & Nash Music?

cagleandnash — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:12:31 +0000

“Big Ol’ Empty Room” from the LOUNGEVITY CD is being featured on this week’s Soul Unsigned Show with host: Phil Driver. The Soul unsigned Show was aired on all of the following radio stations –

Jun 23rd – Network 1 (UK)
Jun 24th – International Showcase Radio (UK)
Jun 24th – Raunchy Rhythms Radio (UK)
Jun 24th – QFM 94.3 Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)
Jun 24th – Exite FM 93.1 Costa Blanca (Spain)
Jun 24th – Positiva FM 96.0 Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)
Jun 24th – Radio Bombo FM 100.1 Treni (Italy)
Jun 25th – MRS 90.5 Stockholm (Sweden)
Jun 26th – HearDat (UK)
Jun 27th – Netjazz (UK)
Jun 27th – Kiss FM 91.6 Kristianstad (Sweden)
Jun 27th – APCS Radio (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Jun 27th – Key 56 (San Diego, USA)
Jun 28th – Soul And Jazz (UK)
Jun 29th – MotionFM (Toronto, Canada).

Playlist (2010-025)

Baby Face Jay – Lunar eyes
Verna Francis – Why
Politik – Saturn (Gentleman Players Remix)
Christophe De Villa – You are my girl
Muthafunk – By your side
Cagle & Nash – Big Ol’ Empty Room
Milano Jazz Dance Combo – Feelin good
Ray Lugo’s Les Express – Love me good
Darryl Anders – Don’t say you love me
Patrice Campbell – Finders keepers
Groove Stu – Forbidden love
Jay Hayden – No where
Da Wonda Twinz – Hey you
Kan Sano – Inner sun

Be sure to check out the. Soul Unsigned website.

The Latest with Cagle & Nash – June 6, 2010

cagleandnash — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:22:22 +0000

Check Out SmoothJazz.com

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This is the number one Smooth Jazz online destination in the world with more than 49 million hits and 250,000 unique visitors per month. In addition there are more 1.5 million listener hours per month

Cagle & Nash are well represented at SmoothJazz.com we are a frequent Hot-Pick there and are tracks from Loungevity are heard there at least two or three times per day.

This past week we were the #5 Most Added by Radio Stations – #9 Spincrease
These stations are spinning Loungevity

RadioIO Smooth Jazz
SmoothJazz.com
DMX Jazz Vocal
KTSU 90.9FM
WEIB 106.3FM
WFSS 91.9FM
WGRV 93.1 FM
WONB 94.9FM
WQTQ 89.9FM
WRTC 89.3 FM
WSNC 90.5FM

If you want to check us out just click this link to the SmoothJazz Listening Loft

ASL Music Media Smooth Jazz Radio Station Promo Campaign

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Adam Leibovitz is “the Man” when it comes to Smooth Jazz Radio Promotion. We’re in week one of our major “Big Ol’ Empty Room” Smooth Jazz Radio Station Campaign.

These stations are spinning “Big Ol Empty Room” right now:

DMX Jazz Vocal Blend – Cable/Satellite
JazzNet 24/7 – Internet Radio
KTSU – Houston
KVNF – Paonia
RadioIO Smooth Jazz – Internet Radio
Smooth Grooves Radio – UK
Smooth Soul Online – Internet Radio
SmoothJazz.com – Internet Radio
Talking Smooth Jazz – Syndicated
WCHG – Hot Springs
WEIB – Springfield
WFSK – Nashville
WFSS – Fayetteville
WGRV – Melbourne
WITD – Internet Radio
WNAA – Greensboro
WONB – Lima
WQTQ – Hartford
WRTC – Hartford
WSNC – Winston-Salem

Thanks to efforts from Adam Leibovitz we are also happy to say we are currently tied for second most adds right behind Slim Man on GrooveJazzMusic.com

Powderfinger Promotions
Jamband/Americana/Triple A Radio Stations Promo Campaign

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David Avery and Rob Phillips at PowderFinger have been hard at work on the Jamband/Americana/Triple A front. We’re just over Week No. 1 with these stations spinning the CD

KRSC (Claremore, OK)
Light AAA KAFM (Grand Junction, CO)
KDNK (Carbondale, CO)
KPFT (Houston, TX)
KVNF (Paonia, CO)
WDNR (Chester, PA)
WFSK (Antioch, TN)
Grooveyrock Specialty Show
WYBF (Havertown, PA)
Bulls Radio (WBUL) (Tampa, FL)
KHEN (Salida, CO)
KOTO (Telluride, CO)
WERU (E. Orland, ME)
WJFF (Jeffersonville, NY)
WRIU (Providence, RI)
KKCR (Princeville, HI)
KXCI (Tuscon, AZ)
Radio@AOL (New York, NY)
WKPS (State College, PA)
WRBC (Lewiston, ME)

Rob Phillips who heads up Publicity at Powderfinger has launched a campaign to several of the trade pubs, and blogs and review services. We’ll keep you posted on those results. Speaking of Rob he helped us to get on The Top Picks from Oscar Groom’s O’s Place Jazz Newsletter

A Taste of Triple A & Americana

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Jim Nelson produces a very widely accepted and anticipated monthly CD release of new songs to in the Triple A and Americana formats.It’s mailed to The Program Director or Music Director, along with applicable specialty show hosts, at each of these 271 Triple A and Americana radio, satellite, cable and online stations and syndicated shows receives A Taste Of Triple A

We did this same thing with the Holiday single and manged to get on the same CD with Sting. Couldn’t help it had to namedrop.

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OTHER IMPORTANT INFO

Cagle & Nash Website
Cagle & Nash Facebook Pae
Our Blog
Cagle & Nash MySpace

More Smooth and Soulful Tunes From NC Songwriting Duo:Cagle & Nash release Loungevity

cagleandnash — Wed, 12 May 2010 22:13:04 +0000

“Greg Cagle and Rick Nash lead the charge…This is a solid session with meaningful lyrics and music that sticks to your ribs…This team based in Charlotte, NC is worth listening to.” – D. Oscar Groomes – O’s Place Jazz - review of Soul Complete

Charlotte, NC -May 12, 2010 – Hot off the heels of their debut album Soul Complete, North Carolina-based songwriting duo Cagle & Nash are back from the studio with their sophomore release – Loungevity. From the moment you pick up the disc and see the album art adorned with pics of sunglasses and cocktail bars, it’s clear that Greg Cagle (lead vox, guitar) and Rick Nash (horns) have taken the lounge aesthetic to heart for this album. And the pair don’t disappoint, with 11 smooth and soulful new tracks spanning a range of cocktail-friendly genres.

The overall vibe of Loungevity fits in the jet-set philosophy of the classic Space Age Pop and Lounge acts from the ‘50s and ‘60s. There are the lush horn and string arrangements, topped with Cagle’s smooth baritone and accented by tight female background vocals. But Cagle & Nash also add a bit of funk and bite to the mix, drawing influences from late ‘70s acts like STEELY DAN and CHICAGO.

Loungevity begins with the upbeat and radio-friendly “Straight to L.A.,” a perfect track to start any day. “Black Tie Affair” tells tales of the good life, spent behind the bar with a cocktail in one hand and a stack of money in the other. “If Only” and “Mmm Paradise” draw influences from the smooth bossa-nova vibe, while “A Little Bit of Attention” is a full-on funk jam. All-around, Cagle & Nash tackle each genre with masterful execution, both in terms of songwriting and arrangement. The playing is top-notch and the record exudes a certain class and sophistication.

The duo of Rick Nash and Greg Cagle first got their start back in the ‘60s, playing in bands near their hometown in North Carolina, most notably in the band Sugarcreek. Fast forward to the ‘80s and the duo reunited to begin composing and recording songs. Rick and Greg worked together on and off until 2008, when they officially united to form the duo Cagle & Nash. In 2009 they released their debut album Soul Complete, which was received well by both radio and press. O’s Place Jazz Newsletter even named the record one of the Best Albums of 2009. Now, with the release of Loungevity the duo are back on the scene and ready keep making music.

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Please check out Cagle and Nash’s sophomore release Loungevity for a full dose of smooth music and laid-back vibes. If you have any questions, comments or would like to set up an interview don’t hesitate to contact Rob Phillips at Powderfinger Promotions. You can learn more about Cagle & Nash and see their latest show dates on their website at http://cagleandnash.com.

cagleandnash — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:22:59 +0000

Churchill-Nash Records Announces
“Loungevity” – by Cagle & Nash

Charlotte, NC – April 8, 2010

Loungevty - 2nd Full CD release for Cagle & Nash

“Loungevity” is songwriting/producing duo Cagle & Nash’s second release in less than a year following hot on the heels of their first project “Soul Complete.” Well, unless you count their holiday single release “Celebrate the Holidays.”

The title “Loungevity”is a play on the word longevity that only serves to indicate the mood and tone of these 11 songs. Each of them is uniquely crafted. The lack of an overall theme is intentional. The strategy is to deliver some of the duo’s best arrangement and production yet. Songs from this CD like “If Only,” “I Don’t Mind,” and “Big Ol Empty Room” are destined to receive airplay across at least three genres (smooth Jazz, Soul/R&B, and Pop). The A cappella song “You Remind Me” is a cross between McFerrin and Take 6 with a nice poignant lyric and all vocals supplied by Greg Cagle. Very hip! Very cool! The lead-off track “Straight to LA” delivers plenty of punch and puts the “it’s a brand new day” attitude in your mind. Refreshing! “The Grass was Always Greener” is another up-tempo tune with a full horn section kicking butt and some great solos by Jon Thornton on trumpet, Tim Gordon on alto sax, and none other than French jazz guitarist Daniel Domenge.

This project consists of an all-star line-up of David Rhyne, David Floyd of Floyd’s Produce, Kenneth Leonard Jr. (of Anthony Hamilton band), Jon Thornton, Tim Gordon, and a host of others accompanying Greg Cagle and Rick Nash. Exquisite touches of Robyn Springer and others provide background vocals. Arrangements are Cagle, Nash, and Bobby Aycock. Both Cagle & Nash share production. All compositions are co-penned by Cagle and Nash.

“Loungevity” – Cagle & Nash
PREVIEW ALL 11 TRACKS

We are provided you with a streaming preview for each full song by simply clicking on the hyperlink Song Titles below. Doing so takes you to our ReverbNation page as well

Songs Written By: Gregory Cagle / Richard Nash
Produced By: Rick Nash / Greg Cagle
Arranged By: Greg Cagle, Rick Nash & Bobby Aycock
Recorded By: David Rhyne @ Traffic Sounds

Now Available for Digital Download

Download via iTunes
http://tinyurl.com/LoungevityiTunes

Download via Amazon MP3
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Now Available on iTunes: Loungevity – Cagle & Nash

cagleandnash — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:46:22 +0000

Download Here from iTunes

“Loungevity” is songwriting producing duo Cagle & Nash’s second release in less than a year following hot on the heels of their first joint project “Soul Complete”. Well that is unless you count their holiday single release “Celebrate the Holidays”

The title Loungevity” is a play on the word Longevity that only serves to indicate the mood and tone of these 11 songs. Each of them is crafted uniquely, the lack of a theme is intentional, the intent more to deliver some of the duo’s best arrangement and production yet. Songs from this CD like “If Only”, “I Don’t Mind” and “Big Ol’ Empty Room” are destined to receive airplay across at least three genres (smooth Jazz, Soul/R&B and Pop). The a cappella song “You Remind Me” (except for piano) is a cross between McFerrin and Take 6 with a nice poignant lyric and all vocals supplied by Greg Cagle. Very hip! Very cool! The leadoff track “Straight to LA” delivers plenty of punch and puts the “it’s a brand new day” attitude in your mind. Refreshing! “The Grass was Always Greener” is another up-tempo tune with a full horn section kicking butt and some great solos by Jon Thornton on trumpet, Tim Gordon on alto sax and the none other than French jazz guitarist Daniel Domenge.

This project consists of an all-star line-up of David Rhyne, David Floyd of Floyd’s Produce, Kenneth Leonard Jr (of Anthony Hamilton band) Jon Thornton and Tim Gordon and a host of others accompanying Greg Cagle and Rick Nash. Little exquisite touches of Robyn Springer and host of others on background vocals. Arrangements are Cagle, Nash and Bobby Aycock and both Cagle & Nash share Production. All compositions are co-penned by Cagle and Nash.

Greg Cagle and Rick Nash grew up in small town Concord (NC) back when it was hip to listen to cats like James Brown, Sam & Dave, Otis Redding, Wilson Picket, the Four Tops, and The Temptations. Cagle & Nash crossed paths for the first time at the young ages of 15 and16 respectively. Back then they called them “basement” bands—Doug & The Soul Review, The Tamrons and a host of others. Then there were the “working” bands like Sugarcreek where both Greg and Rick played on more than one occasion. Cagle continued to build his catalog of original material and honed his composing and arranging skills. Meanwhile Nash went on to study studio recording and production under none other than Mark Williams (engineer on projects of R.E.M., Don Dixon, and James Brown fame).

Fast forward to late December when they began work on their critically acclaimed CD project entitled “Soul Complete” which was 11 sons that were each singles in their own right with R&B genre chart action in Cashbox Magazine and Smooth Jazz chart action on smoothjazz.com’s Indie Charts. That release was immediately followed by a Christmas season release “Celebrate the Holidays”

This newest release “Loungevity” is being targeted to those same markets as “Soul Complete” was and is taking the song arrangement and production up a new level for Cagle & Nash. Expect more good things with two additional releases in the works