Happy Birthday K.D. Lang
In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
It’s a quote from Albert Camus and one that k.d. lang credits as the point of departure and source of inspiration for Invincible Summer, her bright and balmy new Warner Bros. Records release, and the quintessential summer soundtrack of all time.
Equal parts surf and samba, capris and cotton candy, Beach Boys and bossa nova, Invincible Summer is more than the Grammy-winning vocalist/songwriter’s evocation of everyone’s favorite season. Listening to the eleven tracks that comprise this salt-kissed and sundrenched collection is nothing less than taking a mini-musical vacation – complete with that unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime summer fling…..
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KD LANG Discography
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A TRULY WESTERN EXPERIENCE |
Canada | 1984 | BUMSTEAD | LP | ALBUM | |
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ANGEL WITH A LARIAT |
Canada | 1987 | SIRE | LP | ALBUM | |
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SHADOWLAND |
US | 1988 | SIRE | LP | ALBUM | |
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ABSOLUTE TORCH AND TWANG |
US | 1989 | SIRE | LP | ALBUM | |
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INGENUE |
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ALL YOU CAN EAT |
UK | 1995 | WARNER | CD | ALBUM | |
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DRAG |
UK | 1997 | WARNER | CD | ALBUM | |
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INVINCIBLE SUMMER |
UK | 2000 | WARNER | CD | ALBUM | |
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WONDERFUL WORLD |
UK | 2003 | COLUMBIA | CD | ALBUM | |
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HYMNS OF THE 49TH PARALLEL |
UK | 2004 | ATLANTIC | CD | ALBUM |
Add comment November 2, 2007
KYLIE MINOGUE – 2 Hearts
Kylie Minogue’s comeback is almost complete! The Australian beauty is getting set to release her 10th album, “X”. The album will be released to most of the world in November, although it will not see a US release until 2008. The first single from the CD is “2 Hearts”. To see the video for Kylie Minogue’s new single, go to www.kylie.com.
Add comment November 2, 2007
SNOW PATROL – Shut Your Eyes
Scottish band Snow Patrol has released “Shut Your Eyes” as the next single from their critically-acclaimed album, “Eyes Open”. The band was recently nominated in the Best Rock/Alternative, Best Headliner and Best Album categories for this year’s MTV European Music Awards, which takes place 1 November 2007 in Munich. In another amazing feat for the band, Snow Patrol’s career making single, “Chasing Cars”, recently entered it’s second year on the UK Singles chart, racking up an impressive 53 weeks! Go to www.snowpatrol.com for more.
Add comment September 28, 2007
Pet Shop Boys – Integral
et Shop Boys are set to release a new remix album, “Disco 4″, on 8 October 2007. The set features the duo’s remixes of hits like “Read My Mind” from The Killers and Madonna’s “Sorry”. Also appearing on the album is a remix of “Integral”. The single originally appeared on Pet Shop Boys’ last studio album, 2006’s “Fundamental”. For the latest on Pet Shop Boys, check out www.petshopboys.co.uk.
Add comment September 28, 2007
David Miles RIP
Miles Davis was one of the greatest visionaries and most important figures in jazz history. He was born in a well-to-do family in East St. Louis. He became a local phenom and toured locally with Billy Eckstine’s band while he was in high school. He moved to New York under the guise of attending the Julliard School of Music. However, his real intentions were to hook up with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. He quickly climbed up the ranks while learning from Bird and Diz and became the trumpet player for Charlie Parker’s group for nearly 3 years. His first attempt at leading a group came in 1949 and was the first of many occurrences in which he would take jazz in a new direction. Along with arranger Gil Evans, he created a nonet (9 members) that used non-traditional instruments in a jazz setting, such as French horn and Tuba. He invented a more subtle, yet still challenging style that became known as “cool jazz.” This style influenced a large group of musicians who played primarily on the west coast and further explored this style. The recordings of the nonet were packaged by Capitol records and released under the name The Birth of the Cool. The group featured Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, and Max Roach, among others. This was one of the first instances in which Miles demonstrated a recurring move that angered some: he brought in musicians regardless of race. He once said he’d give a guy with green skin and “polka-dotted breath” a job, as long as they could play sax as well as Lee Konitz. After spending 4 years fighting a heroin addiction, he conquered it, inspired by the discipline of the boxer Sugar Ray Robinson. more….
More Links About Davis Miles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_davis
http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/206/Miles_Davis_respected_jazz_legend
Add comment September 28, 2007
Robert Palmer RIP
In 26, Sep 19 2003, Robert Palmer died
Robert Palmer died in Paris, of a heart attack, at 54 years old. He died 26Th September 2003.
The Early Years – 1949 to 1967
Robert was born Robert Allen Palmer on 19 January 1949 in Batley, Yorkshire, England.
When Robert was 18 months old his parents emigrated to Malta because his father, Les, was posted there with the Navy. From an early age Robert was exposed to singers such as Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday and Lena Horne on American forces radio which was a major form of entertainment for the expatriate community.
Robert returned to England when he was aged 10 when his parents moved to Scarborough, Yorkshire and learnt to read music whilst he was a teenager. more…
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Rober Palmer Videos
Add comment September 26, 2007
Lita Ford Birthday
In 19 Sep, 1958 Lita Ford was Born.
Lita’s real name is CARMELITA ROSSANNA FORD. She was born at STREATHAM, LONDON.
View her biography in wikipedia or quasimodobell
LP Discography
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OUT FOR BLOOD | UK | 1983 | MERCURY | LP | ALBUM | |
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DANCIN’ ON THE EDGE | UK | 1984 | VERTIGO | LP | ALBUM |  |
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LITA | Germany | 1988 | DREAMLAND | LP | ALBUM | |
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STILETTO | UK | 1990 | RCA | LP | ALBUM | |
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DANGEROUS CURVES | UK | 1991 | RCA | LP | ALBUM | |
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BLACK | 1995 | ZYX | CD | ALBUM |
Add comment September 19, 2007
Anastacia
In 1975, at 17 Sep. ANASTACIA was born.
Biography
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It happens every year. Journalists pour over the recordings that they’ve received as they create their Top 10 albums of the year. Award show voters tick off boxes that represent their favorites and fans scrutinize these selections and spend time talking about their favorites with friends. And sometimes, on that rare occasion, there is that one album that transcends explanation. The music is riveting, infectious or even groundbreaking of course, but the heartfelt and moving sentiments that possess a window to an artist’s soul is what sets it apart. It is clear that journalists, award-show voters and fans alike can feel the sweat, the determination and the passion that must have been exhausted and one wonders if this is the recording. If this is that seminal piece of work that defines an artist and his or her legacy.
In 2000, Anastacia released her debut recording, which exploded throughout Europe and placed her in the industry’s elite. Her 2002 release only served to add to this growing phenomenon and over the course of the past 4 years she has amassed in excess of 10 million in worldwide sales and has won countless international awards. She connected to her audience and quickly earned a reputation as the little one with the big voice. She was loud, tough, brash and in your face, but she was in fact grounded, passionate and true. more…
Anastacia’s Albums
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NOT THAT KIND | UK | 2000 | EPIC | CD | ALBUM | |
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FREAK OF NATURE | UK | 2001 | EPIC | CD | ALBUM | |
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ANASTACIA | UK | 2004 | EPIC | CD+DVD | ALBUM | |
View some Anastacia videos here
Add comment September 17, 2007
Bono & Edge at the broadway
Get ready for “Spider-Man: The Broadway Musical.”
That may not be the official title, but Marvel Studios is putting the pieces together for a musical on the Great White Way starring the popular superhero.
Tony-Award winning Lion King director Julie Taymor is the brains behind the ambitious production, according to BroadwayWorld. com and U2 frontman Bono and guitarist the Edge have reportedly signed up to write music for the forthcoming play.
U2’s reported connection to the franchise means they are now in good company as the latest Spiderman film came with a blockbuster soundtrack
Bono and the Edge have previous experience of writing music for a comic book adaptation having provided the song Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me for the Batman Forever soundtrack in 1995.
While the Spider-Man musical marks the first time a Marvel character has been the subject of a Broadway show, it’s not the first time a superhero has hit the stage. Superman was in the spotlight of “It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman,” which opened at the Alvin Theatre in 1966. Despite fairly positive reviews, it closed a few months later.
The cast will include actors filling the roles of Spider-Man Peter Parker, Mary Jane, spider-woman Arachne, villain The Green Goblin and Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson.
Tentative rehearsals for the show are to being in July (07), according to reports
Add comment April 24, 2007
Top Music Albums on Technorati (April)
The music people are talking about right now, ordered by new links to Amazon in the last 48 hours.
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Year ZeroNine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails’ sixth studio release, Year Zero takes the concept album further than it may have ever gone before. In advance of its release, URLs were hidden in tour t-shirts, music- and image-filled USB drives were ‘found’ at concerts, and…
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The Best Damn Thing
Avril Lavigne
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Infinity on HighFall Out Boy
After the success of From Under the Cork Tree, Fall Out Boy earned the right to indulge their whims. Fortunately, their instincts tend to serve them well (not counting those infamous cell-phone photos). On their most adventurous album, Def Jam…
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Back to BlackAmy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse’s second album, Back to Black, is one of the finest soul albums, British or otherwise, to come out for years. Frank, her first album, was a sparse and stripped-down affair; Back to Black, meanwhile, is neither of th…
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I’m Not DeadPink
Some music is celebrated for its elegant subtlety; Pink’s slams you over the head. Four albums in, she’s not changing her formula. I’m Not Dead touches on bulimia (“Stupid Girls”), war-mongering politicians (“Dear Mr. President”), teen angst (…
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The Black ParadeMy Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way has alternately described his band’s third album as “completely over the top” and “borderline psychotic.” But even those words can’t adequately prepare fans of the group’s 2004 platinum major-label debut, T…
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DaughtryDaughtry
Chris Daughtry starts his first post-American Idol disc with a song whose title reviewers coast to coast will be grateful for: “It’s Not Over.” What an understatement. For the Idol-watching rock fan’s money, nobody–not even Southern-fr…
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We Were Dead Before the Ship Even SankModest Mouse
Their last album may have given them a certifiable radio hit, airtime on VH1, and a Kidz Bop tribute, but listening to the follow-up to 2004’s Good News for People Who Love Bad News, you might get the sense that the members of Modest Mouse are…
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Cassadaga
Bright Eyes
On their sixth and most straightforwardly clean album, Nebraska’s Bright Eyes once again integrate a revolving cast of players to the mix, including Portland tunesmith M. Ward and alt-country queen Gillian Welch. But the band remains at the helm of f…
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How To Save A LifeThe Fray
On their full-length debut, Denver quartet the Fray don’t exactly reinvent the wheel, but those looking for melodic, mid-tempo pop could do far worse. That said, the 12 songs on Top 40 hit How To Save a Life are barely distinguishable from eac…
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One XThree Days Grace
Loaded with lyrics about nightmares, pain, isolation and broken relationships, One X, the sophomore effort from Three Days Grace should be a downright bummer of a ride. Instead, the listener manages to find uplift lurking beneath the weighty l…
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Don’t You Fake ItThe Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
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The Best Damn Thing (CD/DVD Deluxe Limited Edition)
Avril Lavigne
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Some HeartsCarrie Underwood
Would American Idol winner Carrie Underwood have landed a major-label recording contract without winning the hugely popular television contest? Probably. The big-voiced Oklahoman has the pipes, the look, the pedigree, and, most important, the…
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Extreme BehaviorHinder
In the liner notes to their major label debut, Oklahoma City’s Hinder endorse tequila, Belvedere, Crown Royal, Jägermeister, and Mr. Watson 540. In “Get Stoned,” photogenic Austin Winkler (who sounds tougher than he looks) rasps, “Let’s go home and g…
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Because of the TimesKings of Leon
Aha Shake Heartbreak may have blown open the doors of fame for Kings of Leon, but their third full-length album (named for a United Pentecostal Church ministers’ conference) could well usher the Nashville foursome directly to rock and roll’s z…
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Taylor SwiftTaylor Swift
Three years ago, a 13-year old Taylor Swift set out to be a star and moved from Reading, Pennsylvania, to Nashville. By 14, she had a publishing deal, and by 15, a recording contract. In these days of Bianca Ryan (and before her, Tanya Tucker and LeA…
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Minutes to MidnightLinkin Park
“Minutes to Midnight” is rock’s most anticipated album of the year. This album redefines one of today’s most adventurous, accomplished and acclaimed bands.
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Life in Cartoon MotionMika
The pop world might be all cooing ‘n’ cross-eyed over this flamboyant elfin with extended tail-feathers, as if it were shaken suddenly from a slumber, but the arrival of such a character was in fact always inevitable. He’s an unlikely but traceable…
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The Open Door
Evanescence
There’s nothing like a breakup to focus your muse. This follow-up to the stunning, multi-platinum Fallen was penned as singer Amy Lee’s troubled romance with bandmate Ben Moody was spiraling out of control, impelling her to craft an anxious re…
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FoiledBlue October
Texas quintet Blue October has bounced from Houston-based indie darlings to the majors and back twice since their ‘98 bow. Yet there’s little sense they’ve compromised much of their eclectic, creatively restless ethos in the bargain on this, their fo…
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Hey There DelilahPlain White T’s
This acoustic number (downloaded over 40,000 times on iTunes) has developed a special identity within the band’s female fan base; their most successful merch item is a t-shirt that says, “I Am Delilah”. This enhanced CD features of new version of “He…
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FutureSex / LoveSoundsJustin Timberlake
One spin of FutureSex/LoveSounds and it’s hard to believe that Justin Timberlake was ever a boy-band barnstormer–no modern-day male artist beats him when it comes to single-minded self assurance or suavity. “SexyBack,” the inescapable summer…
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10,000 DaysTool
With a majority of the songs on 10,000 Days clocking in well past the seven-minute mark, you wouldn’t be entirely mistaken in thinking that the title of the album refers to how long it actually takes to make it through the whole thing. Two of…
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Me and My GangRascal Flatts
This fourth effort from the soft-rock-masquerading-as-country band Rascal Flatts moved more than 721,000 copies its first week out, which let the female-friendly trio rub elbows with some mighty heady company. Only four other country artists (Garth B…
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PhobiaBreaking Benjamin
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Sam’s TownThe Killers
The Killers five-million-selling debut, 2004’s Hot Fuss, saw the stylish Las Vegas quartet mining inspiration from its favorite ’80s British acts Duran Duran, the Cure, and the Smiths. On its follow-up, the group turns its focus homeward. Firs…
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GlamorousFergie (Ft Ludacris)
The most Fergalicious babe in R&B returns with the third single pulled from her 2006 album The Dutchess. Features ‘Glamorous’ and the non-album ‘True’. Polydor. 2007.
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Alright, StillLily Allen
Being, as she is, the daughter of prominent British actor Keith Allen, the cynics could easily dismiss the rise of Lily Allen as an act of backroom nepotism, a talent-free starlet helped to the stage by the right connections. But one listen to her d…
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All the Right ReasonsNickelback
Throughout their nine-year career, Nickelback have stayed true to their roots, releasing five CDs of straight-up, unapologetic rock & roll. So how have things changed for the Canadian boys since the massive success of Silver Side Up and The…
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