Monday, 30 June 2008
Ari Gold
Artist: Ari Gold
Genre(s):
R&B: Soul
Discography:
Space Under Sun
Year: 2004
Tracks: 14
 
M.I.A 'Retires From Music' At Bonnaroo Festival
Claudio Arrau
Artist: Claudio Arrau
Genre(s):
Classical
Discography:
Sonata No.29 In B Flat Major
Year:
Tracks: 4
Sonata No.28 In A Major Op.101
Year:
Tracks: 4
Sonata No.26 In E Flat Major
Year:
Tracks: 3
Sonata No.25 In G Major Op.79
Year:
Tracks: 3
 
Sunday, 29 June 2008
Spiritualized
Artist: Spiritualized
Genre(s):
Alternative
Trance: Psychedelic
Indie
Discography:
The Complete Works, Volume Two (CD 2)
Year: 2004
Tracks: 13
The Complete Works, Volume Two (CD 1)
Year: 2004
Tracks: 13
The Complete Works, Volume One (CD 2)
Year: 2003
Tracks: 11
The Complete Works, Volume One (CD 1)
Year: 2003
Tracks: 13
Amazing Grace
Year: 2003
Tracks: 11
Let It Come Down
Year: 2001
Tracks: 11
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Year: 1997
Tracks: 12
Lazer Guided Melodies
Year: 1992
Tracks: 12
Laser Guided Melodies
Year: 1992
Tracks: 12
Formed from the ashes of the trance-rockers Spacemen 3, singer/guitarist Jason Pierce's group Spiritualized did non break in away from his prior band's trademark hypnotic minimalism; alternatively, they perfected it. Drawing on the continued influence of the Velvet Underground, La Monte Young, and Steve Reich, Spiritualized staked out a coarse ground between minimalism and succulent symphonics -- piece powered by simple, repetitive motifs, their songs at the same time blossomed into rich, shimmering transonic panoramas elysian by the olympian studio genius of Phil Spector and Brian Wilson. Such apparent contradictions were substantive to the group's alchemy: spell the ill-famed Spacemen 3 tag of "pickings drugs to make music to take drugs to" remained a cornerstone of their craft, at the same time Spiritualized's identical distinguish acknowledged the creation of other forces, further reflected in their heavy debt to gospel and somebody music as intimately as an chemical attraction for mantras and devotional hymns.
Although Spiritualized fully emerged after the acrimonious detachment of Spacemen 3, in truth the band's roots extended back to the band's last LP, 1990's Revenant. A Spacemen 3 album in distinguish only, Recurring was rent equally 'tween independently recorded work from Pierce and alienated pardner Pete "Sonic Boom" Kember; as a termination, patch Kember's side presaged his eventual work with Spectrum, Pierce's half, recorded with nearly of the musicians world Health Organization would later contain Spiritualized (including guitarist Mark Refoy, bassist Willie B. Carruthers, and drummer Jon Mattock), predated the orchestral drones that became the band's authentication. The get-go true Spiritualized unmarried, a dramatic reading of the Troggs' "At any rate That You Want Me," was the final nail in the casket -- reportedly, Kember was so indignant by the Spacemen 3 logo which appeared on the disc's jacket that he disbanded the mathematical group for good.
In 1991, Spiritualized returned with a string of EPs -- Feel So Sad, Run/I Want You, and Smile/Sway -- earlier their long-awaited debut, Lazer Guided Melodies, last appeared the following year. The consummate, blissed-out result of Pierce's obsessive studio fine-tuning and endless remixing, the album was promoted by the band's slot on the high profile Rollercoaster duty tour, where they appeared with the Jesus and Mary Chain and Curve. An excellent limited edition live document, Fucked Up Inside, followed in 1993, trailed by another EP, Electric Mainline, later in the year.
In 1995, Spiritualized -- now a trine consisting of Pierce, keyboardist/guitarist Kate Radley, and bassist Sean Cook -- issued Pure Phase, a foolhardy, dumb production which boasted dissever mixes from each stereoscopic picture channel. With 1997's Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, Pierce intentionally jettisoned many of the band's usual points of exit, including drones, tremolos, and phase tones; recorded with new drummer Damon Reece, it featured a cameo show from fabled New Orleans pianist Dr. John on one track, patch Memphis studio legend Jim Dickinson appeared on another. Other guests included the Balanescu Quartet (as well featured on Virginal Phase), the Greater London Gospel Community Choir, and Spring Heel Jack. The two-disc Royal Albert Hall October 10 1997 live album followed in previous 1998.
The following year, Pierce gutted Spiritualized's card, sacking Cook, Reece, and Mike Mooney, world Health Organization formed Lupine Howl soon after their pink slip; Radley apparently left before long after she married Verve frontman and solo creative person Richard Ashcroft. Only saxophonist Ray Dickaty and sometime keyboardist Thighpaulsandra (aka Tim Lewis) remained in the band. Pierce began writing and transcription material for the next Spiritualized album at George Martin's Air Studios and recruited percussionist Tom Edwards, bassist Martin Shallards, Echoboy drummer Kev Bales, and guitarist Dogan, from Julian Cope's band, for the sessions. The newfangled album, Let It Come Down, which featured an fifty-fifty lusher, more involved legal than Ladies and Gentlemen, was released in mid-2001. The follow-up, 2003's Amazing Grace, was more of a back-to-basics record.
Faithful Breath
Artist: Faithful Breath
Genre(s):
Metal: Heavy
Rock: Hard-Rock
Discography:
Skol
Year: 1985
Tracks: 9
Gold 'n' Glory
Year: 1984
Tracks: 8
Hard Breath
Year: 1983
Tracks: 11
Although they likely qualify as one of Germany's very oldest rock bands (with roots dating indorse to the late '60s!), the strangely named Faithful Breath didn't become known to external audiences until the mid-'80s, when, like their significantly more than famed countrymen, the Scorpions, they gained some small notoriety as a quite chintzy heavy metal mathematical group. Centered from the origin about guitarist Heinz Mikus and bassist Horst Stabenow, Faithful Breath went through heaps of incarnations and several melodic directions before trying their hands at progressive rock in the other half of the 1970s, eventually releasing an ambitious, just commercially abortive LP in 1974's Fading Beauty, when their lineup was completed by vocalizer Renate Heemann, keyboardist Manfred Von Buttlar, and drummer Jurgen Weritz. A single entitled "Back on My Hill" showed up in German record stores quartet days later, simply by the clip an album of the same appoint arrived in 1980, Faithful Breath had a new isaac Merrit Singer named Jurgen Renfordt, and appeared to be moving toward more straightforward hard stone as their wakeless of selection. Come the succeeding year, they'd interpreted it all a few steps farther still, diving event headlong into bombastic '80s metal, adopting an as extraordinary (and quite inexplicable) Viking wardrobe, and jettisoning Renfordt in favour of a power triad format, with Stabenow likewise doubling on vocals. Four albums (1983's Hard Breath, 1984's Gold 'n' Glory, 1985's Skol, and 1986's Live) followed in warm succession, simply modest sales and a short circuit of the American East Coast pretty much summed up the extent of Faithful Breath's outside achievements. By 1987 the last shaping of Stabenow, bassist Peter Dell, and drummer Jürgen Düsterloh gave up the Viking metal head trip and morphed into a new dance band named Risk, patch then second guitarist Thilo Hermann took some time, then rejoined his comrades, then affected on to work with Holy Moses and pirate ship metal company Running Wild.
Prince William Celebrates 26th Birthday In Style
The royal pair took to Gloucestershire, England to play in the charity polo match while their adoring girlfriends Kate Middleton and Chelsy Davy looked on.
Despite having spent the night before partying in ways that only Prince’s know how, the pair looked sprightly as they donned tight white trousers and black shirts before mounting their horses.
Take a look at the young English monarchs in our gallery here.
Frenchy Does the Breast Stroke at Topless Pool
Kelly Jones
Artist: Kelly Jones
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Only the Names Have Been Changed
Year: 2007
Tracks: 10
 
Will Downing
Children's book author/illustrator Tasha Tudor dead at 92
MARLBORO, Vt. - Children's book illustrator Tasha Tudor, whose whimsical drawings of country outings, gardens and family life in rural New England echoed her own picturesque lifestyle, has died. She was 92.
Tudor, who illustrated such classics as "Little Women" and "The Secret Garden," died Wednesday at her home, surrounded by her family and friends, according to a statement posted on her Web site. Her death was confirmed by Atamaniuk Funeral Home in Brattleboro, which was handling the arrangements.
"She was ahead of her time, but she lived in the past," said Jill Adams-Mancivalano, a longtime friend.
Tudor, who quit school after eighth grade, wrote or collaborated on nearly 100 children's books after making her debut with "Pumpkin Moonshine" in 1938. Besides "The Secret Garden," she illustrated "The Night Before Christmas" and wrote books of her own, including "Corgiville Fair."
Her home in this southern Vermont town was a replica of a 19th-century New England homestead, replete with antique utensils, tiny windows and doorways of varying sizes. In later life, she burnished her reputation among fans with her gardening, weaving and sewing exploits.
She made her own clothing - fashioned after 19th-century apparel - and raised Nubian goats for their milk.
Adams-Mancivalano, whose family farm in nearby Wilmington hosted open-to-the-public birthday parties and other events in which Tudor held forth with fans, called her a witty, engaging homebody who loved to insert friends, family members and little details of her own life into her work.
"Just to watch her draw - the detail and the whimsy that she had in her later life was just incredible. I asked her about that one time, how her work has evolved, and her comment to me was, 'Well, my eyesight is starting to fail, and I don't have the perfection I used to,' so she'd add more stuff."
Her family said an online memorial on her website was open for fans to share their feelings and memories of her. The address is www.tashatudorandfamily.com.
See Also
Jamey Aebersold
Artist: Jamey Aebersold
Genre(s):
Jazz
Other
Discography:
Vol 27 John Coltrane
Year: 2000
Tracks: 8
Vol 25 (cd2)
Year: 2000
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 68 Giant Steps
Year: 1995
Tracks: 7
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 12 Duke Ellington
Year: 1995
Tracks: 10
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 6: Charlie Parker - All Bird
Year: 1976
Tracks: 10
Vol 1 How To Play And Improvise Jazz
Year: 1967
Tracks: 20
Vol 49 Sugar
Year:
Tracks: 10
Vol 48 In A Mellow Tone
Year:
Tracks: 10
Vol 29 Play Duets With Jimmy Raney
Year:
Tracks: 11
Vol 26 Scal Syllabus (cd2)
Year:
Tracks: 19
Vol 26 Scal Syllabus (cd1)
Year:
Tracks: 18
Vol 25 (cd1)
Year:
Tracks: 8
Vol 24 - Major and Minor (cd2)
Year:
Tracks: 9
Vol 24 - Major and Minor (cd1)
Year:
Tracks: 16
Vol 13 Cannonball Adderley
Year:
Tracks: 6
Vol 105 Dave Brubeck
Year:
Tracks: 13
Swing Swing Swing Vol.39
Year:
Tracks: 8
Round midnight Vol.40 CD2
Year:
Tracks: 8
Round midnight Vol.40 CD1
Year:
Tracks: 7
Chick Corea
Year:
Tracks: 11
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 9: Woody Shaw
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 99 Tadd Dameron
Year:
Tracks: 13
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 95 500 Miles High
Year:
Tracks: 13
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 94 Hot House
Year:
Tracks: 12
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 93 What's New
Year:
Tracks: 13
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 92 Lennie Neihaus
Year:
Tracks: 14
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 91 Player's Choice
Year:
Tracks: 13
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 90 Odd Times - Odd Time Signature Songs
Year:
Tracks: 11
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 8: Sonny Rollins
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 89 Darn That Dream
Year:
Tracks: 14
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 88 Millennium Blues
Year:
Tracks: 15
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 87 When Lights Are Low - Benny Carter
Year:
Tracks: 10
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 86 Shoutin' Out - Horace Silver Tunes
Year:
Tracks: 13
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 85 Tunes You Though You Knew (Reharmonized Standards)
Year:
Tracks: 12
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 84 Dominant Seventh Workout CD 2
Year:
Tracks: 16
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 84 Dominant Seventh Workout CD 1
Year:
Tracks: 14
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 83 Brecker Brothers
Year:
Tracks: 11
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 82 Dexter Gordon
Year:
Tracks: 15
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 7: Miles Davis
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 78 Jazz Holiday Classics
Year:
Tracks: 12
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 77 Paquito D'Rivera
Year:
Tracks: 14
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 75 Countdown to Giant steps CD 2
Year:
Tracks: 14
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 75 Countdown to Giant steps CD 1
Year:
Tracks: 16
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 74 Latin Jazz
Year:
Tracks: 13
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 73 Oliver Nelson (stolen moments)
Year:
Tracks: 12
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 72 Street of Dreams
Year:
Tracks: 13
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 71 East Of The Sun
Year:
Tracks: 12
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 70 Killer Joe
Year:
Tracks: 13
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 69 Bird goes latin
Year:
Tracks: 13
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 67 Tune Up
Year:
Tracks: 8
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 65 Four and More CD 2
Year:
Tracks: 12
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 64 Salsa, Latin Jazz
Year:
Tracks: 13
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 63 Tom Harrell
Year:
Tracks: 13
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 62 Wes Montgomery
Year:
Tracks: 12
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 61 Burnin'
Year:
Tracks: 11
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 60 Freddie Hubbard
Year:
Tracks: 12
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 5: Time To Play Music
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 59 Invitation CD 2
Year:
Tracks: 10
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 59 Invitation CD 1
Year:
Tracks: 10
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 58 Unforgettable Standards
Year:
Tracks: 14
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 57 Minor Blues In All Keys
Year:
Tracks: 14
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 56 Thelonious Monk
Year:
Tracks: 12
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 55 Yesterdays - Jerome Kern
Year:
Tracks: 13
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 54 Maiden Voyage
Year:
Tracks: 15
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 50 The Magic Of Miles
Year:
Tracks: 12
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 4: Movin' On
Year:
Tracks: 10
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 46 Out Of This World
Year:
Tracks: 10
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 45 Bill Evans
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 44 Autumn Leaves
Year:
Tracks: 8
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 43 Groovin' High
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 42 Blues in All Keys
Year:
Tracks: 11
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 41 Body and Soul CD 2
Year:
Tracks: 7
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 41 Body and Soul CD 1
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 3: II-V7-I Progression
Year:
Tracks: 13
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 36 Bebop and Beyond
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 35 Cedar Walton
Year:
Tracks: 10
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 34 Jam Session cd 2
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 34 Jam Session cd 1
Year:
Tracks: 10
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 33 Wayne Shorter cd 2
Year:
Tracks: 10
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 33 Wayne Shorter cd 1
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 32 Ballads
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 31 Bossa Novas
Year:
Tracks: 11
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 30 Rhythm Section Workout - Keyboard and Guitar
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 30 Rhythm Section Workout - Bass and Drum
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 28 John Coltrane
Year:
Tracks: 11
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 23 One Dozen Standarts cd 2
Year:
Tracks: 7
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 23 One Dozen Standarts cd 1
Year:
Tracks: 7
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 22 Favourite Standarts cd 2
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 22 Favourite Standarts cd 1
Year:
Tracks: 6
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 21 Gettin It together CD 2
Year:
Tracks: 16
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 21 Gettin It together CD 1
Year:
Tracks: 17
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 2 Nothing But Blues
Year:
Tracks: 11
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 19 David Liebman
Year:
Tracks: 7
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 18 Horace Silver
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 17 Horace Silver
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 16 Turnarounds, Cycles CD 2
Year:
Tracks: 11
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 16 Turnarounds, Cycles CD 1
Year:
Tracks: 12
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 15 Payin' Dues
Year:
Tracks: 10
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 14 Benny Golson
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 11 Herbie Hancock
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 10: David Baker
Year:
Tracks: 9
Aebersold Jazz Play A Long Vol. 106 Lee Morgan
Year:
Tracks: 13
Despite a want of ill fame, multi-instrumentalist Jamey Aebersold has compiled a immense recorded legacy since the mid-'60s. Aebersold has recorded on alto adolphe Sax, bass and piano, and many of his releases have accented themes, specially compositions by jazz giants. He power be better known as a teacher, label owner and manipulator of a mail order service Double-Time Records. JA Records has been in business since the '70s, with dates focusing on deeds written by Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker and others, plus roger Sessions highlighting movements, Aebersold's compositions or styles. Aebersold's best, or at least most exciting musical instrument, is countertenor, where he demonstrates good deftness and technique. His pianissimo and bass playing are not as effected, though still competent. He has more than 50 titles on record album and disc listed.
Sugababes: 'We can mix it with the big festival bands'