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Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Eroica Classical Recordings proudly presents one of the most famous chamber music ensembles in the world, performing the works of Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky and Brahms to ultimate perfection. Priceless.
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All India Radio
All India Radio is the brainchild of Melbourne musician Martin Kennedy. The music is lo-fi, down tempo and instrumental. Gentle melodies weave in and out of through noir-ish atmospheres and mysterious distant street sounds.
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Chamber Choir Kiev
The undeniable vulnerability of the human spirit, in our attempts to understand life and its mysteries, is beautifully reflected in this timeless, ghostly, a cappella choral music. Revealing the deepest passions of composers such as Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Gretchaninov and more, the emotional performance by this award-winning choir will leave you speechless.
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Allan Benoit
In the foot steps of Tom Rush, Gordon Lightfoot and Harry Chapin walks this singer/songwriter and master story teller.
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Blessed Hope Chapel Praise Team
"This is worship music from the heart, no loops and no egos, just sincere praise and worship for our Lord and Savior. The way it should be!"
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Adonis
Adonis is described by a noted label executive as "a fluid spirit weaver ushering in a renaissance of soul rock." He also has been described as an avant-garde rocker doing for "neo-soul" what Prince did for 80's Pop/Rock-revolutionizing it. The eccentric Adonis is a potential cultural icon with introspective melodic music. |
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Trygve Lode
An original and intriguing soundtrack with a more varied selection of themes and styles than one might expect. This one is definitely worth checking out. |
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!Akimbo
Take African rhythms, reggae, and calypso, blend them with Western pop, beautiful harmonies, and some wild and crazy dancing, and you've got the critically-acclaimed band !Akimbo!
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BZ JAM
This guy has been invited to perform for the President of Greece in 2006.
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Carla Hassett
Pop elements infused with bossa nova and rock and roll and sung in English, sprinkled with Brazilian Portuguese. Melodic and sultry with an edgy attitude.
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Bill Webb
The Music for Massage and Yoga series of healing, meditative and relaxation music. Fours CDs are "Enter Now", "Chakra Tuning", "Native American Flute"and "Love Echos". |
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All-4-One
All-4-One "Greatest Hits" is now available with new performances from the original pop ensemble featuring their greatest #1 chart hits on one CD including "I Swear", "I Can Love You Like That" and "So Much In Love".
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Cheley Tackett
Country music just got better. Image driven songs incorporating folk and pop influences with soulful delivery from a Nashville singer/songwriter with her star on the rise.
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Bill Colgate
Born in Toronto and raised in Welland and Toronto, Bill has been a professional actor for over 20 years. He has appeared on stage, screen and television opposite such notables as Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Keaton, Matt Dillon, Anthony Edwards, David Fox, Martha Henry, Brooke Johnson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kiefer Sutherland, Treat Williams, Tia Carrere, and Beau Bridges to name a few. |
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AFFLICTED
London based Alternative/Metal band. The band have been together for more than 2 years, but have already found their own unique sound, appealing to a wide variety of listeners.
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The Sultans of Swing
Great musicians for this new jazz trio, The Sultans of Swing are the best expression of the fifties jazz feeling;
Syl Greats on piano, Rice Lumps double bass, Al Cardinals
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Anything Box
Anything Box is an array of guitars, noise and computers to create binary tripped-out, emotionally tinged elektrodelic pop music. The name comes from an obscure Sci-Fi short story from the 60's about a young girl who sees an idealized fantasy world when she cups her two hands.
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American Trible Ensemble
A compilation of music and poetry composed and recorded over the last 2 decades, the two volumes are a prescient lament to what the "New Millenium" brings. The ensemble consists of 16 poets and musicians who have played together for the past 20 years.
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Saul Lubaroff Quartet
The group's treatment of these standards by such jazz greats as Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock is wonderful. Saul Lubaroff, a long time Iowa Jazz musician, plays his horn with great maturity and a style that is uniquely his. In addition to the title track composed by Saul, the CD features a wonderful rendition of "Lonnie's Lament" by John Coltrane. |
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Purple Mountain
You can believe that if you are a fan of Rockin' Country
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Bruce Lash
Here comes the new Prozak for Lovers-- 10 songs of alienation and disenfranchisement made soothing and warm. Under the Prozak for Lovers Treatment, each song here opens itself up to reveal the beauty that lies within. |
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Mary Gauthier
Country noir - sharp-eyed intelligence, vocal directness, gritty and real, with themes not usually dealt with in mainstream country.
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Haywood Gregory
This CD is a collection of professionally prerecorded music featuring Haywood Gregory with Jon Bon Jovi, The Beach Boys, Phoebe Snow, Eddie Harris, Bernard Purdie, Little Steven, Branford Marsalis, The Blues Jumpers, Jeannie Gregory, The Romero Brothers. |
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Sundae Club
Inspired by all those little themes from BBC Testcard Tunes from the 1960s, Sundae Club's debut album, TECHNOSTALGIA, has already been compared to Air, Lemon Jelly and more recently The Real Tuesday Weld.
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david m. bailey
david spent his childhood in Beirut. He learned his first chords in 7th grade, went on to study classical guitar then started writing his own songs. The Lebanese civil war forced him to complete high school in Germany where he spent his weekends as a street musician... |
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Byron Mr. Talkbox Chambers
Byron has toured and performed with Pop artists such as: N SYNC, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Innosence, Smilez and Southstar, Brooke Hogan, Gloria Estefan, and Jordan Knight (formerly of New Kids on the Block).
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Styl-Plus
Barely a year ago, the entire crew of styl-plus (including managers T-Jazz and Joey; and producers SUNKY and Mekoyo)
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Buck Evans
Amazingly Preserved by the frigid, crystal clear waters of the Whangpoo. These incredibly rare cuts display at last for the modern day listener, the flavor of the heretofor legendary band that inflamed Shanghai from 1927-1932. |
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The Re-bops
An outstanding collection of 16 blues songs designed to introduce children to this dynamic music genre, and to demonstrate that expressing their own real-life feelings and experiences through the blues is nothing short of
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Sones de Mexico Ensemble
The CD is an all-acoustic smorgasboard of authentic Mexican music featuring dozens of unique musical instruments, infectious rhythms that anyone can dance to, and a parade of noted muscal guests including Guillermo Velazquez, Grupo Mono Blanco, David Haro, and others. |
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SYX
With the release of their 2nd album, A COLD BREATH OF WHAT IT TAKES, SYX forges ahead honing their sound and perfecting their mix of hardcore rock with tastefully chosen and executed effectual samples alongside walls of crunching guitars, that result in a compelling sound which follows suit to the likes of KORN and Mudvayne. |
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Jami Sieber
Lush and haunting musical landscapes, blending contemporary electric and indigenous acoustic instrument. She plays electric and acoustic cello with a passion that translates into soul-baring poetry.
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Vinyl Kings
The members of the Vinyl Kings have individually produced, written songs for, played on recordings by, or toured with such artists as Sting, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Neil Young, Shawn Colvin, Shania Twain, Paul Brandt, Jimmy Buffett, Steve Winwood, Dan Fogelberg, Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther, Kim Carnes, Peter Frampton... |
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Depeche Mode
Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber are back. |
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Roy Wood, Jr.
Hailing from Birmingham, AL. Roy started his comedy career in 1999 at the age of 19. His creative writing and dedicated work ethic have since earned him the right to perform his comedy in front of millions of Americans on various television programs... |
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B. Wilks
B.Wilks is HERE, and he is ready to take crossover blend to a new level. Some would list this as alternative soul, others would call it a soul blend. |
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3 Leg Torso
3 Leg Torso began in 1996 when violinist Bela Balogh, cellist Gabe Leavitt and accordionist Courtney Von Drehle came together with the humble goals of creating a passionate and new sound for their instrumental trio and having fun. Fun was had early on with a number of street performances, that the trio termed Meestering. |
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Music From Kenya Volume 1
The "Music from Kenya" compilation series captures the vast talent in Kenya that has otherwise gone unnoticed. This particular volume features some popular songs that are favorites on radio and music houses in Kenya. It also features music that appeals to the tourists who visit Kenya. |
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Brass Monkey Brass Band
Brass Monkey was formed to play a Fat Tuesday party in 1999 by Bay Area tuba man Jon Birdsong (Beck, Victoria Williams) and drummer Kevin Stevens. The band was an instant hit - thrilling Bay Area listeners who demanded more shows and word began to spread about the fact that... |
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Bill Pere
Well written, thought-provoking songs for kids and adults in the style of Bill Harley or Tom Chapin.
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Buzz Poets
Ranges from In-your-face guitar driven rock to beautiful mid tempo pop, to an acoustic ballad. All with inspirational and memorable melody and musicianship.
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Bob Malone
"Malone is a piano-man who mixes elements of blues, jazz, swing, and modern pop into one stout brew. If that has been a hard sell with the labels, it's the only place." Performing Songwriter Magazine.
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Bunny Brunel
When CHICK COREA watched BERNARD BUNNY BRUNEL play one night at an upscale London jazz club in 1978, Bunny was unaware of the ultimate significance Corea would play in his future success as a bassist. A few weeks after that visit to London, Chick called Bunny on the telephone... |
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Abel Korzeniowski
Between the sweet and the bitter between earth and heaven there's only memory and tears of angels. Music for the motion picture "An angel in Cracow".
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All-4-One
All-4-One "Greatest Hits" is now available with new performances from the original pop ensemble featuring their greatest #1 chart hits on one CD including "I Swear", "I Can Love You Like That" and "So Much In Love".
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Acoustic Dream
Lite/Smooth Jazz and Country/Folk Flavored Soft Rock Instrumentals featuring the superb guitar work and song writing of the brilliantly gifted Doug Califano.
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Billy Yates
After years of performing on a Sunday morning radio show with his parents, Billy later worked 7-midnight as a disc jockey at that same Missouri station.
Wrote the CMA Award's "Vocal Event of the Year" for George Jones, "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair."
Was nominated for a Grammy for writing the George Jones hit "Choices."
Billy has fourty-plus songs recorded by the likes of George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans, Joe Nichols, Gary Allan, Tracy Lawrence, John Michael Montgomery, Joe Diffie, Daryle Singletary, Ricochet, Ricky Van Shelton, David Allan Coe, and George Jones. |
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Johanna Jarl
Johanna Jarl is definitely not shy on her debut album
"The drowning accident".
With a combination of jazz and pop, Johanna performs
her characteristic voice in eight wonderful compositions,
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Phontaine
Warm, smooth electronic downtempo, nostalgic and fresh, blending funky breaks and acoustic instruments with subtle tasty female vocals.
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Adam Mugavero
Adam has devoted himself to his art and his love of music. Upon finishing his Masters from the University of Buffalo with a degree in Humanities, and American Studies, He embarked on the scene as an "under the radar" songwriter in the Summer of 2001, performing in local NYC venues like the Sidewalk Cafe, CB's gallery, The Bitter End, and Luna Lounge. |
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David Berger and The Sultans of Swing
Acclaimed for their superior musicianship and a sound that is both sophisticated and earthy, the Sultans of Swing create a natural bridge from the great bands of the '30s and '40s to hip 21st century jazz and swing audiences. This 16-piece band includes experienced veterans along with fiery young jazz musicians who have formed a powerful team that addresses the blues and swing with style.
Jazz composer, arranger and conductor David Berger is recognized internationally as a leading authority on the music of Duke Ellington and the Swing Era. Conductor and arranger for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra from its inception in 1988 through 1994, Berger has transcribed more than 500 full scores of classic recordings including over 350 works by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. In 1996 Berger collaborated with choreographer Donald Byrd to create the Harlem Nutcracker, a full-length 2-hour dance piece that expands the Tchaikovsky/Ellington/Strayhorn score into an American classic.
The 15-piece band assembled to play this show has stayed together and continues to play Mr. Berger's music for listeners and swing dancers all over the United States and Europe. The Sultans of Swing featuring vocalist Aria Hendricks have 2 cd's out and carry on the tradition of the great bands of the 1930's and '40's bringing swinging jazz to a new generation. |
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Ricardo Silveira
"...one of the most original voices of Brazilian flavored contemporary guitar." Jazziz
Over the past fifteen years, Ricardo Silveira has earned a reputation as one of Brazil's premiere international musicians. Born in Rio, the master guitarist grew up listening to bossa nova, samba and the steamy rhythms of Carnaval. |
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Gumbi Ortiz and Latino Projekt
World renown percussionist Gumbi Ortiz best known for his many years playing with superstar guitarist Al Di Meola, has achieved world wide recognition as one of the most exciting and knowledgeable congeros around
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Alcides Da Graca
This album by Cape Verdean artist, Alcides Da Graca, is a collaborative project featuring various Cape Verdean musicians and has captured the interest of music lovers from various cultures. This album features traditional tropical sounds of the Island of Cape Verde. |
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Celestial
"Happy Valley" was recorded at the studios of Drum Music Limited, the company which Peter founded with Eddie Chung, and which is now Hong Kong's best-known commercial music production company. One of the tracks from the album, "Plum Crazy (Version)", was selected to feature on "Cafe Del Mar: Volumen Ocho", SE Asian Version. |
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Triggerdaddy
Tim Karr and Gilby Clarke team up for a slammin' rock album, Imagine T-Rex meets early 70's Bowie at a Beatles party with monster guest players, members of Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, L.A. Guns, Kiss and Faster Pussycat.
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Regina Spektor
Little songs...Some crude. Some touching. Stories as seen through the keyholes and windows of New York City by a young red haired singer/pianist...
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The Groove Hogs
10 piece band mixes Blues with hooky Rock 'n Soul vocals, horns, and big guitars.
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Misty River
Misty River performs a wide variety of Americana music from familiar folk melodies and country and bluegrass favorites to Celtic tunes, mysterious haunting ballads and award-winning original songs. |
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Natalia Zukerman
A seamless blend of folk, rock, jazz, country and blues with inspired guitar playing and stories that span three to five minutes but tell the tale of a lifetime.
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Rita Mizrahi Shamie
A born storyteller, Grandma Rita displays her professional voice-over skills as she deftly weaves love and delight into what might soon become your childs favorite. A definte winner for children and grown-ups alike. Fun and Giggles Galore. |
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Theresa Thomason
Serious worshippers will enjoy meditating to this presentation of acoustic gospel.
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7even:Thirty
An edgy, yet sensitive Futurefunkylectrosoulhop soundscape for the ears and mind. |
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Touch and NATO
Good old Albertan hip-hop. Progressive hip-hop the way it is meant to be. |
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Atarilogic & Alaska Westwind
A compelling vision of true school Hip Hop incorporating equal parts Rock, Soul and Psychedelia with a healthy dose of sonic lunacy. |
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The Lounge-O-Leers
Warning: sense of humor is required. Listen to top songs alternative versions.
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Se7en
Grown and sexy. Spoken word's finest enriched with charismatic lyrics and a melodious sound.
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On
Infectious melodies, personally-charged compositions, and inventive arrangements give this self-produced 10-song album an effortlessly accessible sound. This is the 2nd solo LP from artist/producer Ken Andrews, formerly of Failure and currently of Year of the Rabbit. |
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On Ensemble
Seeking to explore new realms for traditional Japanese drums, On Ensemble combines musical influences ranging from centuries-old Kabuki music to jazz, rock and electronica.
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The Square Egg
"...every now and then, an original voice comes along...a mixture of soul, rap, funk, jazz and the essential intangible appeal that has every critic scrambling to come up with another term for crossover urban-pop fusion." - Miami Herald
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Fisher
Artistic Pop with lyrics that always have a truly deep meaning and a voice like a hot rock wrapped in velvet.
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Marina Raye
Marina Raye was born in Africa where she spent her first ten years. It was in the Congo that she developed her deep love for music and for the Earth. What makes Marina's music so special is its deeply emotive quality which celebrates the essence of peace and harmony.
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Afrissippi
Senegalese Delta melodies meet North Mississippi Hill Country Blues.
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Alla Aranovskaya
Solo CD of the St. Petersburg Quartet founder. Numerous international awards winner.
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The Metrolites
Spy, noir, surf, lounge, rock, spaghetti western, easy listening, raucous, exotica, rockabilly, cocktail music.
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Bishop Joe Simon
The Grammy Award singer
says he's seen it all,
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Quanstar
After the successful release of two successful albums with First Team, Quanstar is releasing his long awaited solo project entitled, "Sometimes you gotta stand alone". It is a trip to the early 90's, the golden age of hip hop. |
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James Van Buren
Thanks to artists like James Van Buren, blues and jazz are alive and well. Since 1956 when James formed the "Blues Kings" to play the type of music that he loved listening to as a child, James has created an unforgettable style and sound. |
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Ghada Shbeir
Winner of the BBC3 World Music Award for 2007.
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Dimitri from Paris
22 wonderful groovy disco tracks compiled by Dimitri from Paris. |
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Deadstar Assembley
Sunny South Florida has a dark side...Deadstar Assembly; a troupe of musical avant-gardes who float like demented seraphim and deliver a sinister sound that burns.
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Various Doo Wop Vocal Groups
A record producer named Fred Bailin, who was with MCA Records produced a concert featuring Various performers from the 50's and 60's. It took place on April 17th and 18th in 1970. The result was this album The Original Rock and Roll Show, a Live recording of 13 different artists performing their hits in front of a sold out crowd at the Academy Of Music Theatre in New York City. |
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Carli Munoz
Carli Munoz is a gifted, pianist, composer, leader and arranger, whose interpretative musical strength comes from his vast and diverse experience along with his deep knowledge and early influences of the main elements of jazz: its Afro-American and Caribbean roots and its dynamic metamorphosis that runs from post-roaring 20's to our present time. |
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Grant-Lee Phillips
Grant-Lee Phillips is a consummate storyteller, a chronicler of personal and political history and mythology, whose work has been showcased both with his popular band Grant Lee Buffalo and on his own critically acclaimed solo recordings. |
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Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom
Hammond B-3 artist Ron Levy performs a twist of blues and funky soul-jazz. Some of albums - a must have for any blues fan.
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The Groove Hogs
10 piece band mixes Blues with hooky Rock 'n Soul vocals, horns, and big guitars.
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Marry Ann Kennedy
A Grammy nominated songwriter Mary Ann has 20+ years of traditional success in the country and pop fields with cuts by Emmy Lou Harris, Sting, Art Garfunkel, Reba McEntire, Patty Loveless, Martina McBride, Faith Hill, Restless Heart, LeaAnn Rimes and Pam Tillis, among others. Her first grammy nomination was for her single, "Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands," recorded by Lee Greenwood and Reba. |
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Planet Bliss
Now boarding passengers for Planet Bliss. Your pilot Jonathan Heslop and his lovely electronic bots will be offering a wide range of complimentary trip hop and IDM delicacies to satisfy your ever-growing appetite for electronic music. |
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Shawn Phillips
A Progressive mix of epic Folk, Rock, and New Age with dramatic male vocals.
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Foolish of the World
Foolish of the World's debut EP blends Brit pop and folk/rock for a unique take on modern Christian music.
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SB
A blend of hip-hop with influences from soul, jazz, rock and R&B.Shall be waiting for new album to be released
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Jackie Mason
This is the original 1987 Warner Bros. album reissued on CD. Jackie Mason blends self-deprecating humility with abrasive chutzpah to acutely dissect the differences between American Jewish and Gentile culture. |
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Hawaiian music
Slack Key Guitar Volume 2 by Various Artists. Hawaii's first GRAMMY Award
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Daniel Salazar
A spectacular fusion of Spanish guitar with Latin and World rhythms. A virtuoso guitarist who plays beatiful melodies infused with exciting rhytmic colors. One listen and you'll want to hear it again and again.
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PJ Morton
This music surpasses genres....it is a fusion of classic and contemporary R&B...peppered with Jazz and a hint of Gospel roots. It's mood enhancing quality is bound to become a repeat visitor to your cd changer.
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Bad Surfer Podsters
This is where it all started and even today provides fun filled memories of those awesome days with a monster surf, bikini babes and sunny beaches.
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Koshka
What distinguishes KOSHKA as world class act, is not only the individual members' virtuosity, but also the fact that they play almost entirely original material, composed by Oleg Ponomarev, widely recognised as one of the leading composers of contemporary world music.
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Sala Brothers
"Strong solos... a musical sympatico that only years of playing together can produce."
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Pinkly Smooth
If you are seriously into heavy metal, and are open to an artistically progressive approach to heavy metal, with vocals that that differ from the voices that exist in metal today, then you should get "Unfortunate Snort," and proceed to bang you head and bounce off the walls! |
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De-U Records
This is the original Multiplication Hip Hop. As seen in "The Washington Post" also featured on NPR and BET. Education meets Hip Hop - Kids love it. Times table set to Hip Hop music. |
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Paul Sabu
Paul Sabu been credited with production on fourteen platinum and eleven gold records. He also produced Shania Twain's early demo work.
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Rusty Burge
Contrast is a recording which features a wide variety of musical styles and composers. For years I have enjoyed the challenge of being involved in a variety of musical environments. This recording is an attempt to bring some of those elements (jazz, solo and chamber music) together into one place. Featuring the music of David Burge, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Guo Wen-Jing, John Lewis and Rusty Burge. |
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Roger Doyle
The music on this album is comprised of the soundtracks of 2 films made in the 1980's, written and directed by Irish film-maker Bob Quinn.
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SatKirin Kaur Khalsa
Blend of classical India and classical America instrumentation with a deep and uplifting vocals of transformational song of the soul.
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Noel Prior
An eclectic concoction of jazz, blues with uplifting vocals which will definitely put a smile on your face.
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Peter Kater
Twice Grammy-Nominated, multi-platinum selling pianist, Peter Kater, has written the music for over seventy television and film programs including eleven On and Off-Broadway dramatic plays. His more than 30 critically acclaimed CD releases in 20 years range from Contemporary Jazz, World Fusion and Native American collaborations to full orchestrations and of course, his signature solo piano recordings. |
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Loop Guru
Loop Guru is back with their long awaited 13th album "Elderberry Shiftglass". "Elderberry Shiftglass" is Loop Guru's homage to 1966 in 2006, Psychedelia in the old style. Experimental with fruitiness and fun.
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Scatman John
John Paul Larkin (March 13, 1942 - December 3, 1999), better known by his stage name Scatman John, was an American jazz musician and singer who created a fusion of scat singing and dance music, best known for his 1994 hit "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)".
A stutterer, John liked to say scatting was a process of "turning my biggest problem into my biggest asset". Scatman John has sold millions of recordings worldwide and was named "Best New Artist" in the Echo Awards in both Japan and Germany. He was a recipient of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Annie Glenn Award for outstanding service to the stuttering community and was inducted into the United States National Stuttering Association Hall of Fame. Born in El Monte, California, Larkin suffered from a severe stammer "since [he] started talking," which led to an emotionally traumatic childhood. Even at the peak of his success in 1995, journalists reported that during interviews he "hardly finishes a sentence without repeating the phrase at least six or seven times." At age 12 he began to learn piano, and was introduced to the art of scat singing at 14 through records by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, amongst others. The piano provided him with a means of artistic expression to compensate for his speech difficulties. He remarked in a 1996 interview that "playing piano gave me a way to speak... I hid behind the piano because I was scared of talking."
Larkin became a professional jazz pianist in the 1970s and '80s, playing many gigs in jazz clubs around Los Angeles. In 1986, he released the self-titled album John Larkin on the Transition label, copies of which are now extremely rare. He claimed to have "hundreds of them lying around in [his] closet at home". Around this time, alcoholism and drug addiction were also beginning to take a hold of his life. When fellow musician and friend Joe Farrell, who also had a drug problem, died of bone cancer in 1986, Larkin decided to beat his habits. He eventually did so, largely with the help of his new wife Judy, also a recovering alcoholic. "You have talent," she told him. "I'm going to make something out of you." To advance his career in 1990, Larkin moved to Berlin, Germany. From there he discovered the appreciative jazz culture and started playing jazz gigs. Here he decided to add singing to his act for the first time, inspired by the standing ovation he received for his rendition of the song "On the Sunny Side of the Street." Soon after, his agent Manfred Zahringer from Iceberg Records in Denmark thought of combining scat-singing with modern dance music and hip hop sounds. Larkin was resistant at first but BMG Hamburg was open.
Larkin was mainly scared that listeners would realize he stuttered, so Judy suggested that he talk about it directly in his music. Working with dance producers Ingo Kays and Tony Catania, he recorded the first single, "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)," a song intended to inspire children who stuttered to overcome adversity. He adopted the new name and persona of Scatman John. In 1995, at age 52, Larkin became a worldwide star. Sales of his debut single were slow at first, but gradually reached #1 in many countries and sold over six million records worldwide. "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" which charted quite highly across Europe remains his biggest-selling and most well-known song. He later followed up with the song "Scatman's World" entering the UK Singles chart at #10, which met lesser but still notable success, selling a million copies and charting highly throughout Europe.
Following the success of these two singles, he released his debut album, also entitled Scatman's World, which entered the top 10 album charts in many countries including his then home Germany as well as in Switzerland, Finland and Norway, which eventually sold millions of copies worldwide. He began a promotional and concert tour of Europe and Asia. "At an appearance I did in Spain, the kids screamed for five minutes straight, I couldn't start the song", he once recounted. The second Scatman John album, Everybody Jam!, was released in 1996. While nowhere near as successful on an international level as his debut, the album and accompanying single took off in Japan, the country in which he would see success on a larger scale than anywhere else in the world. He was so popular there that Japanese toy stores sold dolls of his likeness and he appeared on phone cards and Coca Cola cans. The Japanese version of Everybody Jam! included a total of five bonus tracks, including the hit singles there "Su Su Su Super Kirei" and "Pripri Scat", which were commissioned by Japanese companies for commercials for cosmetics and pudding respectively. The Ultraman franchise even jumped on the Scatman bandwagon, releasing a single entitled "Scatultraman", the cover art of which featured the Ultraman characters in hats and moustaches. In 1999, Larkin released his third and final album as Scatman John, Take Your Time. It was later revealed that he had been battling ill health since late 1998. He continued work on the album despite being told to take it easy from his substantial workload. He was later diagnosed with lung cancer and soon went into intensive treatment. He maintained a positive attitude throughout, declaring that "Whatever God wants is fine by me... I've had the very best life. I have tasted beauty". He died in his Los Angeles home on December 3, 1999. He was cremated and was buried at sea near Malibu, California. |
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Becky Barksdale
One of blues' most dynamic performers, this fiery guitarist and passionate vocalist proves blues can live and grow past the traditional flavor while remaining respectful of the legacy. This is the real deal.
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mJane
Founded in New Mexico in 2003 by conductor/composer/performer Molly Sturges, mJane is a project which brings together a wide range of improvisational and compositional ideas through live conduction systems to create an ever-changing sonic environment...
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Raul Ramirez
A wonderful mixture of ambient, acid jazz and world music fused together under chillout.
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The USSR Symphony Orchestra, conductor Evgeni Svetlanov
The USSR Symphony Orchestra with Evgeni Svetlanov, conductor, mastefully performs two lush and colorful, favorite ballet suites of Tchaikovsky. Close your eyes and let the imagination follow.
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Fred Eaglesmith
Country, folk and blues music all rolled into one with lyrics that keep your listening over and over again
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Frank Sinatra
One of the most famous and recognizable music personalities of all times.In this album some of his greatest performances from the 1940s are collected, including Cole Porter's "Night And Day" and "Begin The Beguine", some Irving Berlin hits such as "White Christmas", "How Deep Is The Ocean" and "Blue Skies" and many more memorable songs.
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ThaMuseMeant
We have no words to describe this amazing record. Real music from truly talanted band.
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Toronto Mass Choir
The Choir's music is characterized by the fusion of lively Caribbean rhythms, jazz, traditional and contemporary gospel.
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Bad Neighbours
This album is 100% basement approved. Drink some beer and slouch with oscar to the slumpy sounds of the Northwest.
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MaryLee
Winner of 4 Parents' Choice Awards and 2 American Library Association Notable Children' s Recordings.
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Malena Perez
Already being deemed "THE soundtrack for summer", STARS features Malena's angelic, soulful vocals in both English and Spanish, accompanied by jazzy Latin grooves and downtempo rhythms. Hot. Don't miss.
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Ingrid Michaelson
Featuring "Breakable" and "The Way I Am" as heard on "Grey's Anatomy." With influences ranging from Fiona Apple To Coldplay, Ingrid Michaelson serves up a hot plate of infectious melodies, smooth vocals and smart lyrics. Her fusion of indie pop, folk and alternative creates an uncommonly beautiful sound that "nudges at the soul". |
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Danny Wright
One of New Age music's finest performers, Danny Wright is a brilliantly talented pianist who has sold over 4 million CDs since his debut album in 1986.
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Xavier Quijas Yxayotl
Xavier presents native culture performances of ancestral music from the Maya, Aztec, Tarahumara, Tepehuane, Yaqui, and other indigenous pre-Hispanic peoples of Meso-America. Traditional music of ancient Mexico, Aztec dance performances, Mayan rhythms...
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David Little Elk
Traditional Lakota Sioux Stories, Legends and Myths. Both CDs were finalists for the 2003 native American Music Awards.
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Flip Grater
Based in Christchurch, New Zealand, singer/songwriter Flip Grater is an ascending talent in New Zealand music with intelligent self penned songs and a versatile honey -coated voice. Flip's style ranges from dirty indie-folk, to gentle introverted lullabies.
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Legato
Legato's self-titled debut album is an inspired blend of old school, smooth soul coupled with an utterly modern R&B/neo-soul sound that is infectious and undeniably its own
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Diablo Swing Orchestra
The Diablo Swing Orchestra dates back to 1501 in Sweden, where history tells the tale of an orchestra that played like no other. With music so seductive and divine that the ensemble overwhelmed audiences all over the country, and people from all social classes took them to their hearts. Their performances rapidly earned a reputation of being feral and vigorous and gained the orchestra a devoted crowd that followed them around. |
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Thomas Mapfumo
As a champion of the underdog and an outspoken critic of political and social injustice, Thomas Mapfumo is a figure in world music on the order of a Bob Marley or Fela Kuti. During the '70s and '80s his "chimurenga" music provided a running commentary on the political and social upheavals of his native Zimbabwe. |
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Masaladosa
From India to Europe, Masaladosa, offers a spicy mixture of Indian music & electro Dub. Its during their many trip around India and Nepal, that the band members found their inspiration to create a blend with modern rhythms and traditional instruments (sitar and percussion), which is also an invitation to travel throughout the eastern & western Cultures. |
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Michael Halaas
Piano and cello music that straddles contemporary classical and new age. |
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The USSR Symphony Orchestra, conductor Evgeni Svetlanov
"What an essential champion of the soul of Russian music Svetlanov was... Svetlanov's years of directorship of the USSR (later, Russian) State Symphony Orchestra produced a goldmine of performances that should, if we lived in a fairer world, survive and thrive as a testament to an idiosyncratic sound and the passion of their conductor." - David Wilkins, Music & Vision Daily, UK
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Vexille
Original soundtrack to the upcoming anime "Vexille" featuring music from international artists like Prodigy, Underworld, Asian Dub Foundation, Boom Boom Satelites, Bassment Jax, DJ Shadow, M.I.A., Black Strobo, Dead Can Dance, and more. |
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Vexille
Original score to the upcoming anime "Vexille". Composed by Paul Oakenfold. |
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Swayzak
Swayzak is back! Enjoy their just released album "Some Other Country". |
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Optimus Rhyme
Alternative hip-hop blending interstellar rhymes with live instrumentation. |
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Aesma Daeva
fter enlisting the help of Grammy award-winning producer Neil Kernon, (Hall and Oats Queensryche, Nevermore), Aesma Daeva released their fourth album, titled Dawn of the New Athens. World instruments such as the bawu, a Chinese flute-like instrument, are blended with a symphonic metal backdrop, bringing a wealth of musical cultures together.
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Baird Hersey & Prana with Krishna Das
Krishna Das singing seven of his chants over arrangements created by Baird Hersey and sung by his overtone choir Prana.
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The Stolen Sweets
The Stolen Sweets are sure to hold you spellbound with their refreshing and unique interpretations of vocal jazz tunes from the 1920's and 1930's. The band's repertoire is inspired by the unconventional arrangements and virtuosic three-part harmonies of the Boswell Sisters (Martha, Connee and Vet), one of the most popular vocal groups of that era. |
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Tanya Goodman
"A Child's Gift of Lullabyes" is the most successful selling Lullaby recording in history. A Grammy finalist in "The Best Musical Album For Children" and "Parents Choice Award" also a "Dove Award" finalist. |
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Devil Doll
Jessica Rabbit meets Joan Jett. Devil Doll puts the sex back into rock and roll, giving the ladies something to swing their hips to, as well as something for the men to wink at. |
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Leonor Dely
From the producer of Santana, Ozomatli and Ricky Martin, a richly diverse fusion of Afro-Colombian, Afro-Cuban and Caribbean rhythms with an inspirational depth. Featuring Colombia's Millero Congo and various musicians from the Carlos Vives band. |
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Benise
Benise's Spanish guitar will take you on a romantic and passionate journey of Latin rhythms. |
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Boozoo Bajou
After 10 years of forward-thinking musical fusion, Boozoo Bajou return with their most seductive and sophisticated album yet, ÃÂGrains. |
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Tosca
Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber are back. |
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Charly Antolini
A famous Swiss Swiss jazz drummer. Antolini started playing the traditional Swiss Basler drum and in 1956 went to Paris where he played with Sidney Bechet, Bill Coleman among others, and playing in the Oldtime Jazz Band "The Tremble Kids" with trumpeter Oscar Klein and clarinettist Werner Keller. In 1962 he went to live in Stuttgart, Germany where he spent 5 years playing with bassist Peter Witte and pianist Horst Jankowski in the SWR Bigband led by Erwin Lehn. He also played in big bands with Kurt Edelhagen, Peter Herbolzheimer and Max Greger in the NDR Bigband. In 1976 he set up his own band, "Charly Antolini's Jazz Power", originally featuring Steve Hooks (tenor sax); Andrei Lobanov (trumpet); David Gazarov (keyboards) and Rocky Knauer (bass), although later members were Len Skeat and Brian Lemon. In the 80s he toured Germany, Italy and Denmark with Benny Goodman, as well as with Lionel Hampton, Barbara Dennerlein, Albert Mangelsdorff, Earl Hines, Roy Eldridge, Jimmy Giuffre, Art Farmer, Oliver Nelson, Art Van Damme, Stuff Smith, Baden Powell among others. In the late 80s-early 90s he recorded three live albums with British tenor saxophonist Dick Morrissey and in 1994 he set up the band Super Trio with pianist Dirk Raufeisen and bassist Jimmy Woode. |
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Dead Can
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Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard were and are Dead Can Dance. Their highly successful 2005 live reunion makes it even less appropriate to speak of Dead Can Dance in the past tense, but their music has lived on in such a palpable way since their partnership was initially dissolved in the mid-1990s that it's always felt strange to consign them to a purely historical status.
Brendan and Lisa made collages out of musical lineages, lost tribes and cultures long since forgotten - and by giving new life to so much from the past, they created a genuinely timeless body of work. They may or may not go on to make more music together but, whatever the future holds, the music that they have already made remains very much alive. |
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Charly Antolini
A famous Swiss jazz drummer. Antolini started playing the traditional Swiss Basler drum and in 1956 went to Paris where he played with Sidney Bechet, Bill Coleman among others, and playing in the Oldtime Jazz Band "The Tremble Kids" with trumpeter Oscar Klein and clarinettist Werner Keller. In 1962 he went to live in Stuttgart, Germany where he spent 5 years playing with bassist Peter Witte and pianist Horst Jankowski in the SWR Bigband led by Erwin Lehn. He also played in big bands with Kurt Edelhagen, Peter Herbolzheimer and Max Greger in the NDR Bigband. In 1976 he set up his own band, "Charly Antolini's Jazz Power", originally featuring Steve Hooks (tenor sax); Andrei Lobanov (trumpet); David Gazarov (keyboards) and Rocky Knauer (bass), although later members were Len Skeat and Brian Lemon. In the 80s he toured Germany, Italy and Denmark with Benny Goodman, as well as with Lionel Hampton, Barbara Dennerlein, Albert Mangelsdorff, Earl Hines, Roy Eldridge, Jimmy Giuffre, Art Farmer, Oliver Nelson, Art Van Damme, Stuff Smith, Baden Powell among others. In the late 80s-early 90s he recorded three live albums with British tenor saxophonist Dick Morrissey and in 1994 he set up the band Super Trio with pianist Dirk Raufeisen and bassist Jimmy Woode. |
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Detroit Grand Pubahs
The Detroit Grand Pubahs are Dr. Toefinger (Andy Toth) and Paris the Black Fu (Mack Goudy, Jr.). Both are from Detroit, Michigan, United States. They combine electro, hip hop, and booty-bass with a good dose of bawdy humour to create a unique sound.
Both of the Pubahs started in music at an early age, with Toth starting to play drums in various local bands at 16. Vocalist Goudy began DJing at a similar age having been influenced by Jeff Mills' radio mix shows. After leaving school Toth took a job as an sound engineer at a local recording studio while Goudy continued to DJ and sing as one half of Heckle and Jeckle, with Jon Billebob Williams.
While both were active on the Detroit scene they did not meet until they both happened to be working in the same restaurant in Michigan. They got together and started producing music; their first release was "Sandwiches" released in 2000 on Throw Records and as its popularity spread it was picked up by New York based Jive Electro.
Further acclaim and publicity was generated by their live show.
In 2001 they continued to tour their live act and released their first album, Funk All Y'all, on Intuit-Solar. More singles 2003's "The Clapper" and 2004's "Big Onion" followed on Poker Flat Recordings. The Pubahs' second album, Galactic Ass Creatures from Uranus, was released in 2004. At the same time, Toth left for other adventures and was replaced by The Mysterious Mr O.
After that they continued to tour and they met a lot of people. In 2006 they hired Domgue as Sax player and Mo T as guitarist for their liveshows.
The third album "Nuttin' butt funk" was released in 2008 on their own label Det.Ele.Funk.
For some liveshows, a new drummer, Emeric Di Paolo, plays with them. |
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Kalahari Surfers
The Kalahari Surfers is the moniker of South African composer and musician Warrick Sony. It began as a solo recording project in the early 1980s to subvert the total media and propaganda onslaught of P. W. Botha's Apartheid South Africa. With guest musicians, the Kalahari Surfers recorded five albums, toured Europe and played concerts in East Berlin, Moscow, Riga and Leningrad. The Kalahari Surfers began with a home recorded cassette release in 1981, and built a reputation as being one of the most politically radical musical forces in South Africa. Their second release was a double single package released by Pure Freude Records. German group Can were involved with this label and, along with other krautrock bands, were an important influence on the Surfers sound at this time. Shifty Records tried to release their 1982 release album Own Affairs but could not find a vinyl pressing plant who would do it. The reasons given by EMI were that it was "too political".
Those who owned the means of production, especially the electronic media, were controlled firstly by themselves (self-censorship i.e. those too afraid to put a step wrong made it impossible for others to realise their objectives) and then by the State: anything which had made it into the mainstream which was found undesirable was then banned.
Chris Cutler's London based Recommended Records pressed the album and set up an alliance that continues to this day. Cutler (ex-Henry Cow drummer) helped set up tours and in 1985 they put out the second album Living in the Heart of the Beast to critical acclaim. The album title was taken from the title of a Tim Hodgkinson composition, "Living in the Heart of the Beast" on the Henry Cow album In Praise of Learning (1975). A unique South African album, Living in the Heart of the Beast pushed the barriers of local independent music. Stylistically it ranged from dub-reggae, art rock, rap, and punk Zappa-ish in places (with the use of rapid tape splice edits and juxtaposing of ironic bits of state propaganda broadcasts).
The Surfers moved to London to complete the third album Sleep Armed and to perform live concerts there and in Europe. The Kalahari Surfers were seen as far afield as Holland, Germany, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Moscow, Leningrad, Riga, East Berlin and London. The 1980s ended with the release of a forth album Bigger Than Jesus which was officially banned in South Africa followed by concerts in the Soviet Union and East Germany (the first South African rock group to do that).
The new millennium consolidated the New South Africa and new technologies influenced the Surfers sound. The avant garde moved into the mainstream and, in the clubs of Cape Town, the Surfers found a younger audience who were drawn to their eclectic electro world-dub, sound. The new millennium saw a number of releases through African Dope Records and Microdot Records:
Akasic Record was critically acclaimed and saw the licensing of tracks for various films commercials and television,
Muti Media (which featured a sculpture by artist Brett Murray on the cover),
Conspiracy of Silence, and
Panga Management followed.
Remix projects include work for M.E.L.T. 2000 on the Busi Mhlongo remix album as well as an "African Cheese" set for the BBC Food series Cooked in Africa. Recent work includes:the Wiesen Festival in Austria 2006 and the Unyazi Electronic Music symposium at Wits University, Johannesburg,
Turbulence; the South African art Exhibition in Salzburg - Red Bull's Hangar 7 event, March 2007
the experimental sound design and final mix for the feature film SMS Sugarman;
composing for local SABC and M-NET TV series: Origins, The Calling and 2 seasons of Home Affairs;
Co-producing and arranging for the album The Triptic (2007) for Polish metal band Sweet Noise;
Composing and designing music with Dizu Plaatjies for the opening of "Turbulence" Salzburg'Red Bull's Hangar |
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Mosh Ben Ari
Mosh Ben Ari is an Israeli musician, lyricist and composer. He was born in Israel in 1970. He comes from a Yemenite and Iraqi background. He first discovered music as a child through the traditional Jewish and ethnic chants that were part of his everyday life. He started playing music at the age of 16 and since he has studied music around the world, including in India, Sahara and Sinai. He plays various string instruments such as acoustic and classic guitar, Indian sarod, Persian tar, Turkish jumbush, Moroccan ginberi and bass. In 1997 he founded, with a few friends, the world music ensemble Sheva, which has released four albums and continues to tour the world doing dozens of shows in the most prestigious festivals and events. In 2001, Ben-Ari's debut solo album Ad Elay came out. In 2004, he released his second album, Derekh (A Way), which established him as one of Israel's foremost singer-songwriters and performers. This album quickly went Gold in Israel. In 2006, Ben-Ari's third album, Masa UMatan (Negotiations), was released. All of his albums were produced by Globalev World Music - Israel. Ben-Ari's music and performance is a celebration of groove and spirit, blending rock, soul, reggae and world music together with his rich unique voice.
Ben-Ari is also a DJ, playing mostly electronic music.
He was featured in Central Park's Summerstage Tour on June 29, 2008. |
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Kurt Edelhagen
Kurt Edelhagen, born June 5, 1920 in Herne, died February 8, 1982 was a major European big band leader throughout the 1950s. After having studied clarinet and piano in Essen, he set up his multicultural big band, which over the years would include many big names in jazz in Europe, including Francy Boland (who would later set up his own, famed multicultural big band), Charly Antolini, Jiggs Whigham, Claus Ogerman, Jimmy Deuchar, Rick Kiefer, Ronnie Stephenson, Gerd Dudek, Wilton Gaynair, Derek Humble,Shake Keane and Tubby Hayes.
Closely associated with the radio station Sudwestfunk (SWF), in 1953 Edelhagen took on Caterina Valente as a singer for his big band, and together they recorded her first album that same year. In 1957 Popular singer Tony Sandler recorded several songs (s.a.'Ik weet wat je vraagt') with his orchestra for the POLYDOR label. . In 1957 Kurt Edelhagen moved to Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) in Cologne where he led the station's big band until his contract ran out in 1972.
His Radio Orchestra played at the opening ceremony of the 1972 Munich Olympics.
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Arthur Miles
Born in Indianapolis, for over 35 years Arthur Miles can boast a consolidated and successful career in the international music world. He started at a very young age in Los Angeles, where the enveloping music of his uncle, the great guitarist Wes Montgomery, and his father's winning night club "Arthur's" allowed him to observe, absorb and jam with the most famous Blues, Jazz and Soul artists of the time. From the age of 14 he has played as a professional musician with his own band. He perfected his singing technique at the School of Natural Voice at Los Angeles tutored by Patricia Warner, and contemporarily completed his formal studies in musical theory. The high level of musicianship attained together with his natural talent made him the most popular and in-demand artist of the moment. He also majored in journalism at the Pasadena City College, a qualification that preludes his ability with words and becomes apparent in his many songs. His tours have taken him all over the world as an individual artist, vocalist and support to great names of the international music circuits such as Edwin Starr, Jose Feliciano, Gloria Gaynor, Big Joe Turner, Johnny Otis, Eddie Clean-Headed Vincent, Jimmy Bo Horn, Zucchero Fornaciari , Loredana Berte, Paolo Conte and others.
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Cocteau Twins
The Cocteau Twins were a Scottish alternative music band active from 1979 to 1997, known for complex instrumentation and atmospheric, nonlyrical vocals.
Though formed in the post punk and new wave era, the Cocteau Twins tended to defy concise categorization, and their music was a key influence on dream pop. Although the entire band earned much critical praise, Elizabeth Fraser's distinctive vocals received the most attention. At times barely decipherable, Fraser seemed to veer into glossolalia and mouth music. Allmusic reviewer Ned Raggett writes that "part of her appeal is how she can make hard-to-interpret lyrics so emotionally gripping." |
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