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Special deal for the Freight Show Sept. 24 - All our CDs $10 each

Our CDs will be ten dollars each at the Freight show. Complete your collection! Use them to level your coffee table!

Show details here:https://www.thefreight.org/event/1868878-kurt-ribak-his-mighty-combo-berkeley/

New Kurt Ribak CD out April 2 2015

Kurt Ribak's New CD, "I Got One More!" will go on sale Thursday, April 2 on CDBaby. Go to CDBaby.com and type in "Kurt Ribak" to order CDs, buy downloads, etc. Downloads will also be available on iTunes, emusic, Rhapsody, etc. Kurt was about to record this album in 2012 when he was in a wreck that almost cost him use of his left hand and forearm. Kurt continues to recover, twelve surgeries later. The recording, on Rodia Records, runs over an hour and has ten tunes, all written by Kurt, and all previously unrecorded, although some have been played for years. "I Got One More!" was recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, and was produced by Greg Sankovich and Lincoln Adler. Kurt went big on this record. He assembled a hot band for the recording. The musicians are: Greg Sankovich, piano, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes Lincoln Adler, tenor and alto sax Ross Wilson, trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn Alan Hall, drums Michaelle Goerlitz, percussion Kurt Ribak, electric and upright bass, vocals Featured guests are: Jinx Jones, electric guitar Tony Marcus, rhythm guitar Jeff Cressman, trombone The group will celebrate the recording release with a show at Yoshi's in Oakland Tues., May 26, 8 PM. Tickets are at : https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/796327

Are CDs still relevant for the independent artist?

We still have CDs for sale. You can get them at shows and on CDBaby - http://www.cdbaby.com/kurtribaktrio3. The first part of the year saw CD sales stop. No orders at all. Now I see occasional sales - mostly overseas, but our Japanese distributors have not requested CDs in some time from us.

So are CDs still relevant? They're a nice thing to have at gigs and I think many people still appreciate having a physical product - but eventually that also translates to a physical clutter. I've got other people's CDs all over the damn place.

How do you feel about them?