Ray has a new band to go live!

NICK TACCORI on drums, PAOLO LEGRAMANDI on bass, ALESSANDRO PASINI on guitar.

The show sounds great, it includes songs from the debut album Recusant and previously unreleased material. And obviously a hand-picked selection of great covers.

Make sure you get a chance to see Ray Tarantino and his band perform.

Enjoy vegetables :)

KTB Management

As promised, the song has reached 10.000plays on MySpace and so there's a FREE DOWNLOAD available.

Ray's new track "Five O'Clock In The Morning (Getting Me Down)" has recently been released on MySpace. Free download will be available at 10.000 plays.

Ray Tarantino - Vocals & Guitar
Miles Kennedy - Drums
Steve Shebby - Bass
Jeff Berner - Slide Guitar

Recorded @ Massive Arts, Valeze, GaluminumFoil.
Mixed @ Massive Arts.
Mastered @ Massive Arts.

5 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
(Music and Lyrics: Ray Tarantino, 2008 MassiveArts/SonyMusicPublishing)

Lost in a land of meager skies and slander
Betting on the best of my anarchy
Walk by the wall if you're a dreamer then I'll call
To share your sweet insanity
The King Of The Tamed has Jesus on a Dutch Date
Swears he's lost the game
Counting every grain of dust under the rain he's crying
But watch him do it again
Feel I could go now

CHORUS:
Five o'clock in the morning – getting me down
Down on my knees – getting me down
Five o'clock in the morning – getting me down
Shame on you shame on me too

They say the world's evolving around a star that's burning
But what I feel is winter breeze
Blown on the backbone I'm waiting for a new clone
But what I get is not what I've grown
How could I die before I hear and clear the lies
They said to me?
The President Of Games has gained control again and how
He wants to do it again
Feel I could go now

CHORUS:
Five o'clock in the morning – getting me down
Down on my knees – getting me down
Five o'clock in the morning – getting me down
Shame on you shame on me too

MID EIGHT:
My head is filled with dreams and reason
I'm forced to blow the shaft of enemies
I need some friends or some pure remedies
Or hear a voice of vanity
That's calling me to go...

CHORUS:
Five o'clock in the morning – getting me down
Down on my knees – getting me down
Five o'clock in the morning – getting me down
Shame on you shame on me too

Ray is currently dodging the California sun while co-writing and co-producing new songs for the upcoming JHall debut release due for the end of the year.

JHall's debut album will be marketed via HallEnterprises/Universal for the United States and several European territories.

The first single is scheduled to be heard from August (TBA).

"J. has a true musical soul and I heard it blast out from the first song we tried, we might go down the acoustic way just to show what a voice can do.." Ray

 

Ray Tarantino - Recusant
- In his debut album, Recusant, Italian-born Ray Tarantino presents smoky-edged vocals reinforced by excellent piano and guitar playing. A strong album, Recusant has virtually no weaknesses. Reminiscent of Bob Dylan, both in vocal technique and poetic lyrics, Tarantino is clearly an up-and-coming musician.

Tarantino opens Recusant with its title track, "Recusant," a piano-driven track that takes advantage of simple melodic techniques. With its clever use of octaves, particularly in the piano, and full accompaniment, "Recusant" is on the same musical plane as tracks from bands like Coldplay and U2.

"So Easy," a seemingly uncomplicated track that finds an easy groove, and "Some Kind of Sweet Love," a sensitive blues-like ballad dominated by piano, showcase Tarantino's rough vocals.

One of the best tracks on Recusant is "Riding Rhymes." Tarantino dabbles in straight rock, and his use of guitar propels the track forward. In truth, "Riding Rhymes" is a hit.

Tarantino should be commended for his catchy and creative introductions, and his rich vocals are surprisingly appealing. Recusant is an excellent debut album, one that should, by all rights, fly off the shelves.

Reviewer: C.J. Trent

new
Reviewer's Rating: 9
Reader's Rating: 10.00

Truly proud to announce that the debut single Recusant charted with a sweet 3 placement in The Great American Song Contest top finalist list.

Delmar Brown is one of the world’s most talented musicians, having performed with amazing artists such as Jaco Pastorius, Miles Davis, The Rolling Stones and Sting, and having supported his own solo career with great live shows and compositions throughout the years...

His new studio project Inner Spirit (now available on ITunes) features great songs written by Leonard Cohen, Bob Marley,Mavin Gaye, James Taylor and Sam Cooke..

The featured single is the song "Your Heart, My Heart" written by Ray Tarantino.

«The songs that have been chosen for the record, and that will be played during the "Inner Spirit Tour", are meant to give us all a moment to think, feel, heal, and take action about what we are and where we are as humans in the world today. The time has come for us all to take the responsibilty to heal the wounds of the inner spirit in us all.» (Delmar Brown)

«When I heard about the project Delmar was working on I felt I could find a way to relate, its amazing to write a song and then hear it performed with such grace and perfection» (Ray Tarantino)

OK so here it is, the single Recusant for free download on www.raytarantino.net - go and get it, catch the running man.

Sure you got some MB’s of quality space left in your IPOD.

Take it easy
Ray

Ok.. now's the time!
Recusant (the entire album) is finally up and selling on CdBaby!!!

This is the link:

www.cdbaby.com/cd/raytarantino

Now, the cool thing is that for a limited period of time, and I have no idea how long that means, you'll be able to download the album at a reduced price - direct from the CdBaby website.

Some bluesman's telling me you want to hurry up and get downloading that one soon!

Hope you enjoy it

Take care
Ray

OK this is the deal...
there's cameras almost everywhere now, treating everyone like potential criminals... now, this can be good for some reasons but its sad too... so there's a choise to make, to be seen because there's something to say or do, because there's desire to be seen, and not because we're being watched... where's freedom gone? Slowly drowning... and we've lost touch...

That's simply the whole point of those 5 seconds of recusancy... that's all... we don't like being watched unless we choose to be seen...

Ray