Tim Steele’s new CD, Earth Wave, drops today. A wide-ranging collection of single releases from this prolific songwriter, including his brand new single, What Would Jesus Do?, are now available in physical CD form exclusively in our secure store here on Adobo Records. CD cover T-shirts also available here.
Tim’s latest single “Being Next To Her” is released today worldwide on all streaming outlets. Ask for it by name 🙂
Tim Steele – Being Next To Her
Adobo Records is proud to announce a new addition to our roster. The artist’s name is John The Baptist, featuring the music created by John Blackwell. John is a singer/songwriter from Maryland, and his music is for eclectic tastes. John covers the wide variety of musical styles ranging from sensitive love songs, to thoughtful, almost spiritual themes, sometimes with humorous and featuring bizarre topics. The thing is, each song has a story behind it. Abandoning typical cliche song structure, John’s musical delivery is simple and straightforward, with catchy melodies that stick with the listener, in both the musical and the lyrical arenas.
John’s new album for his band is eponymously named, and is now proudly available for download or in CD form, as well as available for purchase or streaming on all major music streaming outlets. Put John The Baptist on your Favorites playlist.
Adobo will be releasing music from a batch of artists in the upcoming months, some existing Adobo artists and a couple of new ones too.
First on the docket is a step back to the beginnings of the psychedelic age, with a group who pioneered the genre in the late 60s. Urch Perch was a Baltimore band that recorded a demo tape, recorded in mono (stereo FM was not prevalent back then, the only outlet for progressive and popular music then was monaural AM radio) and produced by the legendary George Massenburg. The band was scouted by Frank Zappa at one point.
Five songs have recently been discovered, recorded way back when, and have been digitized, restored and remastered. Their music stays alive with its release of “From the Vault (January 1967)” on Adobo Records on March 17, 2023. Available on all streaming outlets. Adobo is pleased to present this bit of music history.
Another new Adobo artist on the docket is John The Baptist, spearheaded by singer/songwriter John Blackwell. No, contrary to what you may think, it’s not a Christian Rock offering, but rather a very engaging eclectic collection of songs written and sung by John. Stylistically primarily rock, some dark, some tender, some tongue-in-cheek, some with orchestral arrangements and jazz.
The Adobo release date for this very interesting collection of 11 tracks is April 7, 2023.
Veteran Adobo artist Tim Steele has completed his next offering, Being Next To Her, and is available on April 15th, 2023. On this track, Tim played drums, guitars, keyboards, bass, and sang all vocals. David Bell joined in with some very tasteful and on-point guitar work as well.
Not yet scheduled for release will be a CD collection of TIm’s previously released singles, tentatively titled “Earth Waves.” At present we’re trying to get it released sometime in May 2023.
Nearing completion is the CD release of Bobby’s third solo offering, entitled “Hird Immunity.” Bobby is a veteran of international favorite progressive band Crack The Sky, as well as the Ravyns, and the Maryland’s legendary favorite Climbadonkey. Hird is also an alumnus of Adobo artist Used To Be Pete.
Look for the “Hird Immunity” release on Adobo summer of 2023.
Traditional jazz composer Mitch Mirkin was featured with his first CD release “The Madison Avenue Shul,” performed by the Common Roots Jazz Ensemble, and released in December of 2020. In late 2021, the Common Roots Jazz Ensemble recorded the second release of Mitch’s jazz compositions entitled “Rebound.” While completing the final recording mastering for manufacturing and release, Mitch suddenly passed away in early 2022. It was a powerful loss to the Adobo family. After consulting with Mitch’s family, together we agreed to schedule the release of “Rebound,” as a memorial to Mitch. We’re in the process currently of preparing the CD for release (artwork, final duplication, etc.).
Kay Fortuna’s release of her song Rust on Adobo Records is now available on all streaming outlets, titled Rust. Sung with her fiery passion this rocker shows Kay’s powerful voice and presence.
4/15/22 — Tim Steele’s latest single, Brighter Than Anything, is now available for streaming or download from iTunes.
4/8/2022 — Tim’s newest single on Adobo Records, Brighter Than Anything, is released today. Check your favorite streaming platforms to listen, including YouTube, or purchase your mp3 download in our Store.
It’s a rocking but tender song about his first-born son. Featuring Tim on Drums, Keys and Vocals, David Bell and Bobby Hird on Guitars, and R. Lee Townsend on Bass.
4/2/22 – Adobo Records has begun offering sales of digital downloads and our artists’ merchandise safely and securely from our website. Click on Store to view products. Digital downloads, both audio mp3s and video mp4s are also available for very reasonable purchase prices. Keep coming back to get the latest releases.
3/24/22 — Adobo Records is saddened to announce the passing of one of our artists. Mitch Mirkin was the jazz composer and the man who wrote the compositions behind Adobo Records artists The Common Roots Jazz Ensemble. He wrote the songs for the Adobo release The Madison Avenue Shul, as well as an about-to-be-released CD entitled Rebound. Naturally, the project is on hold at the moment. We extend our deepest condolences and sympathies for Mitch’s friends and family, RIP.
3/22/22 — The latest Adobo Records release from Tim Steele hits the streets today. It’s a maritime-themed song about finding sanctuary from the storms, and is called Safety Harbor.
Safety Harbor stretches out with special guests Kajun Kelley on guitar, Bobby Peters on fretless bass, and Joe Conway punctuating with his flugelhorn.
Available on all major streaming outlets.
