Grammy Award winning artist, Boz Scaggs, is set to release his latest album, But Beautiful, on May 6th. An assured, logical next step in an enduring musical career, But Beautiful signals the arrival of an important new voice in the domain of the great American songbook. It features Scaggs performing standards such as Sophisticated Lady, and Bewitched, Bothered …
Queen Latifah sings! Queen Latifah is an icon in today’s show business world. A charismatic & instantly recognizable artist, her career has included successes in every possible entertainment media. Her highly anticipated vocal album shows off the phenomenal singing talents she revealed in the films ‘Chicago’ & ‘Living Out Loud’. With production from legendary producers Arif Mardin (Norah …
On September 30th Justin Timberlake will continue the journey of his critically acclaimed and worldwide best-selling album of the year, The 20/20 Experience with the release of The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 on RCA Records. The soulful first single, “Take Back The Night” picks up right where he left off and The 20/20 Experience continues.
The Deluxe …
2007 digitally remastered collection of the 100 greatest recordings by the legendary French singer. Unlike the multitude of other anthologies by this seminal artist, this box is sourced from the original Mercury and EMI masters. Includes hits like “Jezebel”, “Johnny Tu N’es Pas Un Ange”, “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien”, “Hymne a L’Amour”, “L’Accordeoniste” and of course, …
The idea was a simple one: songs for the piano and voice, recorded in one week in a bedroom, just to get them down on tape. But like all things surrounding the Dresden Dolls’ Amanda Palmer-a one-woman machine who is a rock musician, artist, writer, yoga enthusiast, political activist and more-simplicity is not an easy thing to come …
Ever since taking up arms in mid-2000, the ber-dynamic duo of Amanda Palmer (Piano/Vox) and Brian Viglione (Drums) has been selling out clubs in Boston, New York and beyond. Palmer accompanies her confessional story-songs with a thunderous and shimmering piano style that rests on the shoulders of Jerry Lee Lewis, Kurt Weill and Nina Simone. Viglione’s jazz and …
The late, great Nina Simone recorded for a lot of labels, but some of her best-and hardest-to-find-work was during the mid-’60s for the Philips label, where she continued to hone her unique fusion of jazz, blues and folk with a nod to the soul music that was in the air at the time. This beautiful 4-CD set takes …
Songs Include : 1. I Like the Likes of You 3:47 / 2. Manhattan 4:17 / 3. You Make Me Feel So Young 1:50 / 4. You Are Not My First Love 2:03 / 5. Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) 2:10 / 6. Sweet Bye and Bye 3:01 / 7. Autumn in New York 3:31 …
Underrated, at least in comparison to the better-known In the Wee Small Hours and Sings for Only the Lonely, 1957’s Where Are You? is another excellent collection of melancholy torch songs, including “Lonely Town,” “The Night We Called It a Day,” “I Think of You,” and “Maybe You’ll Be There.” As on those records, Sinatra doesn’t sing so …
The continued buzz -and a fanbase that grows exponentially as the band tours- is setting the stage for sheer Doll-Mania when their sophomore album Yes, Virginia is unleashed on the public. While the instrumentation lives up to that of their debut, the band took more of a rock approach to the recording process this time around. On this …