OLD NEWS

February 2006

Don Scott Quartet - Every Monday at the Rex - 6:30 to 8:30 show, PWYC, gearing up for a recording at the Rogue Studio at the end of the month. Should be high energy and exciting shows!

January 2006 - Vertgo on iTunes

Michael Herring's Vertigo's Coniferous Revenge is now available for download from the Apple iTunes Store; either get the tracks individually or the whole thing. Click here to access it directly.

December 2006 - Year End Accolades for Coniferous Revenge!

Geoff Chapman at the Toronto Star picked Michael Herring's Vertigo's Coniferous Revenge as one of the Top 10 Albums of 2006.

All About Jazz New York picked Coniferous Revenge as a reccommended release in their December Issue, and chose it as one of the Top 5 debut albums of 2006.

Montreal Gazette columnist Irwin Block put Coniferous Revenge in his Top 20 Albums of the Year, and wrote: "The debut CD by big-sounding, Toronto-based bassist Michael Herring and sextet is impressive as he shapes the architecture for a trio of improvising horns."

Maurice Hogue, host of One Man's Jazz - CKUW 95.9,Winnipeg - included Coniferous Revenge
in his "TOP PICKS FOR 2006"

New Bands!

The debut of God's Gift to Yoda, a new band featuring Harley Card, Nico Dann, Don Scott, and Michael Herring (two guitar modern jazz, with a groove edge) gave a great show to a full Concord Cafe, look for more from this band soon!

The new Michael Herring Trio, featuring Adrean Farrugia (piano) and Terry Clarke (drums) was a huge success at the Rex on Nov. 30, look for more shows in the new year.

Recording in progress:

I have just finished sessions for a new album by Toronto Singer-songwriter Chris Warren. I can't wait for the album to come out as the music is great... I've been singing it non-stop.

Welcome to the New Year!
The CD will be released in March with four CD release concerts:

March 9 & 10 at the Rex in Toronto
March 11 at the Avant-Garde Bar in Ottawa
March 12 at Casa Del Popolo in Montreal

I'm really looking forward to playing with Dave Binney again, and to get the chance to try out some new charts with the band.

The Vertigo "Coniferous Revenge" album is now mastered and Steve Byram's album art is looking great. The album is going to be released with a bunch of concerts with Dave Binney (the Rex in Toronto in March, plus Montreal and beyond).

Here are some videos of Tabarruk performing in Victoria (June 27/05) at the Central Bar and Grill. They were taken by Barrie Lee and courriered to me (almost hand delivered) by Savannah Taylor-Lee (thanks!).

The movies are in Quick Time Format (click here to download the free player)

Southern Babylon - 6.4MB - (An old song of Jason Wilson's which will be on the upcoming Tabarruk CD)
Wings of A Dove - 3.2MB - (An old Ska song, which Marley sang)
Can't Root Up This Tree - 40.3MB - (A Messenjah song)

Also check out the new recordings page with these two unmastered clips from the upcoming Vertigo Coniferous Revenge CD:

S-ow-ss - a killing Dave Binney solo
Looking In - great interplay between Binney and Quinsin (on Clarinet)

Welcome to the New Latest News Page. This will be a sort of blog site with more detailed info about what I've been up to and what's coming up.

Vertigo mixing has finished up and we go in to master in October, and Steve Byram has started on the art work! You can find his work on all of the Screwgun records and website, JMT albums from the 80's, a lot of other New York albums (Mark Helias, Drew Gress, Dave Douglas) and the Beatie Boys album, Licensed to Ill.