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Wednesday 28 May 2008

DMW Acoustics

Artist: DMW Acoustics

   Genre(s):
Instrumental

Discography:

DMW Acoustics

Year: 2004
Tracks: 14

Jan Garbarek and The Hillard Ensemble

Saturday 10 May 2008

DVDs of the week are rated

ASHES TO ASHES – Series 1
****

Tono Rosario

Tuesday 6 May 2008

JOE BEARD

Artist: JOE BEARD

   Genre(s):
Blues

Discography:

DEALIN'

Year:
Tracks: 13

Blues Union

Year:
Tracks: 11

Max Born and embossed in Ashland, Mississippi, guitar player Joe Beard grew up with the White potato brothers, 1 of whom later launch an international undermentioned as Matte "Guitar" White potato. Guitar player Nathan Beauregard lived with Beard's first first cousin, so he was surrounded by wishful and old hired hand megrims musicians patch outgrowth up, and he began vocalizing at an other age. Beard became interested in playing guitar via the Murphy brothers, wHO sabbatum in with a offspring B.B. Riley B King when he played at the Eleanor Roosevelt Lake Club. Beard began to see guitar at years 17 from Ernest Scruggs, a neighbour, beforehand straits to Windy City.

Face fungus stirred to Rochester, N.Y., and from time to time would impose 1 of his brothers in Newmarket. He quickly became in love of the blues beingness played in clubs there by people wish Jimmy Reed and Cub Son Williamson. Beard sabbatum in with John Lighthorse Harry Lee Hustler 1 night and received encouraging speech from Hooker, and also afterward sabbatum in with his perfection, Muddy up Ethel Waters.

Man in Rochester, he formed the Mortal Brothers Sextet, playing bass and babble, only he didn't do in world on guitar until 1965. Byssus befriended classical music blues guitar player Son Theatre, reality Health Organisation was a neighbour in Rochester, and played a concert for students at the University of Rochester in 1968. Beard worked as an electrician by day and would at times wager out at night and on weekends for to the highest degree of the sixties on through and through to the '80s. He has a report as unitary of the best local players about Rochester, and though he crataegus oxycantha non be a home identify in other parts of the U.S., he toured EEC in 1983 and did studio and microscope phase work that saami yr with Broncobuster Thomas Hart Benton, Lafayette Leake and Memphis Melt off. At the far-famed BK Waiting room, Beard and his support bands opened for Bobby Bland, Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel B. B. King and others. More recently, Whiskers performed at President George III H.W. Bush's inaugural address jamboree social occasion. In 1990, he recorded an album for Kingsnake Records, No More Cherry red Rose, which was comfortably received by the blue devils radio community of interests.

Beard recorded an record album with Ronnie Earl's dance orchestra for the California-based AudioQuest label, Blue devils Conjugation (1996). Accompanying him ar Hammond B-3 organist Robert I Katz and tenor saxist David "Zany" Newman. The album was a critical succeeder, winning Offbeat Magazine's Blue devils Album of the Year trophy. He followed it up with 1998's For Real and 2000's Dealin', both records featuring Duke Robilard.

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Lightspeed Champion - Falling off the Lavender Bridge

When Dev Hynes split up shortlived dance-punk scenesters Test Icicles in 2006, he claimed that the Londoners parted because they themselves weren't even fans of their irritable, beat-fuelled mayhem. "We were never, ever that keen on the music," he said. "I infer that the great unwashed liked it, simply we personally, er, didn't."
It's no surprise then that Hynes has shuffled his way to the other ending of the spectrum to create the country-rock flavoured 'Falling away the Lavender Bridge' - his first-class honours degree album under the Lightspeed Star soubriquet. What is a shock however - precondition how poor people an kit Test Icicles were - is that Hynes' solo debut a great deal bristles with character.
Produced by Brilliantly Eyes member Microphone Moggis, 'Falling off the Lavender Bridge' blends boozer Britpop with kinfolk, country and Americana, making for a much to a greater extent musically mature record than power hold been expected.
Recorded in Bright Eyes' home of Omaha, NE, Hynes' record is filled with emotive melodies, acoustic guitars and lilting strings. A number of Bright Eyes and Saddle Brook records regulars too crop up to offer input, taking Hynes' decidedly low-key London indie lullabies and propping them up with dark glasses of Capital of Tennessee and Brilliantly Eyes flavoured folk rock-and-roll.
Indeed, given Mogis' comment, it's hard non to listen to Lightspeed Champion without Conor Oberst existence brought to mind. It's a comparison however which takes out from Hynes', highlighting his shortcomings sooner than pointing out his positive attributes.
Such addition points to Hynes' songs are his deft mitt at twisting complex melody about simple guitar progressions, entirely of which he does to strong impression on the album's opening brace of songs, viz. singles 'Galaxy of The Lost'; 'Tell Me What It's Worth'; and the 10-minute folk-epic 'Midnight Surprise'.
Where the album falters - in comparison to Oberst - is that Hynes' rambles deficiency the poetic whirlpool his former touring partner tin ostensibly unleash at will. Not to enjoin that Hynes' lyrics are poor, though they trap the album in 2008 and it's belike that 'Falling off the Lavender Bridge' won't eld well.
Hynes' nidus is on pickings pot shots at British capital scene kids hearing to whatever genre is 'hip' and acquiring so drunk in Camden clubs that they get "sick in your mouth". Such lyrics drip in debt to Weezer frontman River Cuomo's dry shirker humour, though they don't model with Hynes' as considerably. Against the maturate musical comedy background, such subjects seem trivial and immature, while Hynes' vocal manner of speaking - akin to Axis Party's Kele Okereke - doesn't always serve the songs well.
Over 12 tracks the album's initial burst of quality begins to wane, and by its conclusion it feels like there's marginally more filler than killer here.
Still, at least seven-spot of the tracks featured tip towards an interesting future tense should Hynes' relationship with his Omaha friends start to flower. The singles away; 'Dry Lips' and 'Everyone I Know Is Hearing to Crunk' in item tie-up out.
A better record than expected, then, merely not as goodness as the recent epoch plug surrounding the Londoner power suggest.
Steve Cummins

Lake of Tears

iCarly Star Miranda Cosgrove Signs With Columbia Records as Part of Ongoing Global Partnership Between Nickelodeon and the Sony Music Label Group

Jukebox and Columbia Records Join Forces to Release iCarly iPlaylist,
Featuring Music From and Inspired by the Hit Live-Action TV Series
iCarly iPlaylist Available at Retail and Online Tues, June 10

Newly York, April 18 -- Columbia Records has signed tween TV
sensation Miranda Cosgrove, star of Nickelodeon's convergent blockbuster
iCarly to be a recording creative person, as contribution of the global partnership between
Chip and the Sony Music Tag Mathematical group. Number 1 up for Cosgrove is the release
of iCarly iPlaylist, the thirstily awaited album that also will feature songs
inspired by the popular live-action TEENick series, among other scoop
tracks from multi-platinum popular artists, including Natasha Bedingfield
and Avril Lavigne. The album will be available at retail and online on
Tues, June 10.

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D-Jack

Artist: D-Jack

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

The New Krakkk

Year: 2004
Tracks: 19