DEBORAH
THURLOW RELEASES
Deborah
Thurlow is a composer/horn player/vocalist/songwriter/music educator and freelance
musician in the New York City area and in Europe. She starred in her own one act play with
music, The Creative Void Of The Planet
Earth, which was featured in an Equity Showcase run of seven performances
by the New Media Repertory Company under the direction of Miranda
MacDermot. She has also performed with
the Pina Baush Ballet Company, Franz Kaman, David Amram, Anthony Davis, and The
New York Composers Orchestra, to name but a few. She studied both composition and
orchestration with John Corigliano at Lehman College and has received grants
from Meet the Composer, ASCAP Awards, William Petshek Music Fund and the Puffin
Cultural Foundation. Her modern classical/jazz
works are published with Ensemble Publications/Nichols Music Company and DSM
Producers who cater to the film and TV industry exclusively. As a music educator Deborah teaches
privately, at public schools, colleges and neighborhood performing arts
schools. She devotes much of her time to
teaching music to underprivileged youths while continuing to pursue her music
career in a way that inspires her students as well as her fans. “Where Were You?” is a sparkling debut of Deborah’s
vocal and songwriting talents and an enticing preview of her soon to be
released CD Collage.
Lost in Space is an exhilarating introduction
to a band that has already piqued some discerning ears and raised some diverse
eyebrows. Along with the humorously
macabre “Run
Rabbit Run” and the ironic and witty “Falling” the CD contains other original tunes written
by Blythe, Archie Brown & Jim Paterson—including the instrumental “Freedom
March” with some swinging, scorching Jazzy moments—and their funky and haunting
“The Narrative of G. Bristol Groot (Vampyre)” (also a video available on
YouTube), which like many cuts on the album just might bring you out of your
chair. So be forewarned: before you put on this music be sure to put on
your dancing shoes!
GI Blythe is
a band of exceptional players from the U.K. and the U.S. that have outrageous
chops and share a pure joy of making music that is both exuberant and street
savvy. Several members of GI Blythe have
worked together in various music settings over the years—including Dexy’s
Midnight Runners and Black 47—and along with Geoffrey Blythe have collectively
played and/or recorded with a number of diverse artists from Elvis Costello,
Paul Simon and Nick Lowe to Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter and The Funk Brothers
(of Motown fame), to name but a few. The
band’s foundation is provided by drummer Crispin ‘the Pump’ Taylor and
bassist Joe ‘Bear Claw’ Burcaw—and these guys cook! They provide a solid pocket that energetically
propels the band and allows lead singer Archie Brown and the horns of Blythe
and ‘Big Jim’ Paterson (trombone & backup vocals), along with the keys of
Pete Levin and guitars of Larry Baeder, to alternately punch the rhythm section
and float above the smooth ride effortlessly.
Although the band’s players are accomplished pros,
they retain a raucous, authentic post-punk attitude resulting in a sound that’s
soulful, sometimes Jazzy (with tasteful flashes of dissonance—and a funky
beat!), rockin’ and audacious—all at the same time! 
"Here
are musicians, poised with a positive vibe and with lyrics so uplifting that
you actually believe, if only for one night, that . . . a new world mood may
emerge from the street and the Net, somehow defying the odds—a spirit of
promise and hope and harmony, a spirit that denies dissonance. Soulfège lets us
dream such sweet dreams, in vibrant colors."—VanityFair.com
Composer and singer/songwriter Deborah Thurlow is set
to release her vocal debut single on June 25th. A departure from her previous releases of
modern classical/jazz music, “Where Were You?” is an emotionally compelling
response to the catastrophe of 9/11 where she tastefully and simply asks ‘where
were you?’ when the towers came down. “Where
Were You?” presents the listener with a series of images of ordinary every-day
activities juxtaposed with expressions of the ineffable feelings many
experienced on that tragic day. It is a personal
response and a eulogy of sorts to those that perished, and a sorrowful yet
courageous acknowledgement that words were inadequate to describe the universal
emotions that so many of us felt during the unfolding of those horrific events
of that day. The song is also an
inviting and seductive preview of Deborah’s highly anticipated upcoming CD, Collage,
to be released in the fall of 2013.
Deborah
Thurlow is a composer/horn player/vocalist/songwriter/music educator and freelance
musician in the New York City area and in Europe. She starred in her own one act play with
music, The Creative Void Of The Planet
Earth, which was featured in an Equity Showcase run of seven performances
by the New Media Repertory Company under the direction of Miranda
MacDermot. She has also performed with
the Pina Baush Ballet Company, Franz Kaman, David Amram, Anthony Davis, and The
New York Composers Orchestra, to name but a few. She studied both composition and
orchestration with John Corigliano at Lehman College and has received grants
from Meet the Composer, ASCAP Awards, William Petshek Music Fund and the Puffin
Cultural Foundation. Her modern classical/jazz
works are published with Ensemble Publications/Nichols Music Company and DSM
Producers who cater to the film and TV industry exclusively. As a music educator Deborah teaches
privately, at public schools, colleges and neighborhood performing arts
schools. She devotes much of her time to
teaching music to underprivileged youths while continuing to pursue her music
career in a way that inspires her students as well as her fans. “Where Were You?” is a sparkling debut of Deborah’s
vocal and songwriting talents and an enticing preview of her soon to be
released CD Collage. 
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