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Uvulittle well represented at 2006 Madison Music Awards


Lots of CDs and artists we work with picked up awards at this year's Madison Area Music Awards (the MAMAs). The MAMAs are a great emerging Madison tradition. Musicians, fans and the music press come together to celebrate the great diversity of music in our city. It serves also as a fundraiser to help support music education in our schools. This year's event was the third. It took place on Saturday, March 18 at the University Theater. We were quite excited that a number of artists and cds that we work with won awards. In the Best Album... [read more]


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Uvulittle Records Podcast Broadcast


Our very first podcast!! The Uvulittle Records Podcast Broadcast will be a regular program showcasing great music from our catalog -- both stuff we have released and stuff we distribute. Jon Hain is the main host although there will be special guest hosts from time to time. He is a little shy about how overdriven his voice is on the first episode so you'll certainly want to check that out. Beyond that, the first episode features songs by Ritt Deitz, Pascal, Rose Polenzani, Stephanie Rearick, MiLkBabY and others.
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Ritt Deitz' After The Mountains off to a flying start!


Ritt had his CD Release Party in Madison last Saturday to a capacity crowd at Cafe Montmartre. Sara Pace got the crowd nicely riled up and Ritt brought down the house.It was a great ending to what had been a busy week of rehersals and performances. Ritt was on Urban Theater on UPN-TV14 and made an appearance on John Fabke's Pastures of Plenty program on WORT 89.9fm.Listen to Ritt's WORT appearance!The CD got a nice review in The Onion, which said, in part, "He works the same side... [read more]


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Ritt Deitz' After The Mountains available Feb 7, 2006!


Uvulittle Records is pleased to announce the release of Ritt Deitz' "After The Mountains." The disc, Deitz' fourth, will be promoted in the region the Ritt tours in - Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.

This is solid acoustic roots rock. Ritt is backed in the studio by longtime pal and high-school bandmate "Kentucky Jim" Faris on the standup bass, son Wilder Deitz on piano, veteran collaborator Craig Totten on dobro and guitar, and a host of other live-show regulars.

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Rearick posts photos from fall tour


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HyrPlasis


Creative improvised music by The Hanah Jon Taylor Artet.

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An Evening At The Brink Lounge


Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble has always enjoyed live performance. Their second CD release is an inspired live recording titled "An Evening At The Brink Lounge." It features live versions of American and French jazz standards, Django Reinhardt classics, and original music. The CD was recorded in front of an intimate crowd of friends, family, and fans at Madison, WI's The Brink Lounge.

Personnel:

Chris Ruppenthal: Acoustic Guitar
Ed Fila: Acoustic Guitar
Kevin Tipple: Acoustic Bass
Greg Smith: Clarinet

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Tour Shirt 09


Pick up a Stephanie Rearick "Back Together Again Tour 09" shirt. These are available in Black only and in the following sizes: In women's M, L and XL. Sorry, mens are sold out.

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Mumbled Speech


This is Katie Todd's 3rd studio CD. It features a wide array of instrumentation - piano, guitar, horns, strings and extra vocals.

Katie's music has always had a maturity beyond her years, with a voice that has seen the world. Mumbled Speech combines that with a sense of playfulness that comes across as an artist grown comfortable with herself - as a musician, writer and producer.

Residing solidly in the world of pop, Ms. Todd proves that the genre still has room for a creative voices.

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The Four-Wheel Drive EP


Limited edition hand-assembled package; limited to quantity of 50.

We have 4 of these beauties. Nice package and some great new songs from The Lonelyhearts. Great for collectors or new fans. The sound is similar to Dispatch but takes on a density that drives the disc forward. As always, the songs are propelled by their unique vocals and intelligent lyrics.

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When The River Meets The Sea


Rose Polenzani with Session Americana

One of our favorite artists, Rose Polenzani, clocks in with a great set of tunes recorded with Boston's Session American. The whole thing has a nice laid back feel with mandolin, harmonica, accordion and, of course, Rose's lovely voice and beautiful song writing.

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Songs From Shows (Dimwit Mandatory Observations of An Orchestrated Catastrophe)


Jenny Magnus, described by the Chicago Tribune as "Everything a performance artist should be: subversive, personal, stimulating, a little scary and simply amazing," is a Chicago-based performer, writer, director, producer and teacher.

Songs From Shows is a collection of 23 songs written over quite a few years, but used in performances and plays in the last 8 years or so. All the songs were used in ways that songs do not tend to be used in "musicals", meaning, they didn't necessarily come out of the mouths of the performers; they... [read more]

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Nap of Earth


Progressive and funky, this CD brings to mind both King Crimson and Mrs. Fun. The beats are strong and the composition propels the music forward.

Jack Sayre wrote all the music and brought in some of the area's best musicians to bring it to life. Recorded at his home studio in Madison, WI, Nap of Earth sounds much bigger than its humble origins.

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Upstream


Ritt Deitz releases his fifth full-length CD of original and traditional songs, Upstream, on Uvulittle Records. Ritt spent the winter in the studio with longtime collaborators bassist Joe Meisel and guitarist / dobro player Craig Totten, sons Wilder (piano, percussion) and Mitch (percussion) and hammered dulcimer player Dave Foss. Singer-songwriter Sara Pace guests on backing vocals on four songs, including a lovely duet version of the Southern gospel standard "Wayfaring Stranger." Ritt's neighbor Andy Ewen, frontman of the Madison... [read more]

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Caravan


This is the first studio CD by Madison, Wisconsin's authentic gypsy swing band. The recording features an expanded band lineup and includes original music, arrangements of Django Reinhardt classics, jazz standards, and Latin tunes.