“These are the rhythms of my soul”, Lucie Arnaz says of her new LATIN ROOTS CD to be released on the LML Music label. And indeed it is. An eclectic celebration of her musical heritage, Lucie Arnaz, playfully wends her way through some pop contemporary south of the border sounds, enduring American standards, sensually enhanced by a Brazilian accent or basted by a bossa nova beat, takes on the fiery Latin classics of her father, Desi Arnaz, includes a song penned with his grandson, her musician-composer son, Joe Luckinbill and his godmother, her longtime collaborator, Grammy winning artist, Madeline Stone and a tune her father wrote for her mother which has never been recorded before.
 

Interview with David Byrd
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"Too Marvelous For Words: The Songs of Johnny Mercer"

A West Coaster and a record company exec, Lee Lessack’s appearances at the New York clubs are infrequent. Too much so. His Metropolitan Room tribute to lyricist and songwriter Johnny Mercer, Too Marvelous For Words, was largely a reprise of the songlist from his CD by the same name....

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