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Rebekka Bakken is a Norwegian jazz singer and composer.Rebekka Bakken began singing in various school bands, before beginning to sing with professional soul, funk and rock bands in 1988. She is known for her particularly expressive and varied voice, performing music that is a combination of folk, jazz and pop.In May 2007 she received the Amadeus Austrian Music Award in the category jazz/blues/folk for her album I Keep My Cool.
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'Weird Al' Yankovic On Parody In The Age Of YouTubeJuly 12, 2014 7:36 AM ET
"Weird Al" Yankovic's latest album, Mandatory Fun, comes out July 15. has been the king of parody for 30 years, outlasting and, in some cases, outselling the artists he's sent up. He also mastered the genre pastiche — original songs that nail a famous artist's style — long before Jimmy Fallon made the practice a viral phenomenon. Yankovic is about to release his fourteenth album, Mandatory Fun, and he's taking that title seriously: Starting Monday, he will release eight new music videos in eight days. He spoke with NPR's Tamara Keith about testing song ideas on his teenaged daughter, how YouTube has forced him to focus his craft, and why Mandatory Fun is likely his last proper album. Hear the radio version at the audio link, and read more of their conversation below. Tamara Keith: Mandatory Fun is the name of your album. Is that how you'd describe your approach to life? "Weird Al" Yankovic: That was just an oxymoron that I've always been amused by. It's used a lot in corporate retreats and, I'm told, in the military. Also, this is the last album of a 32-year-long record contract, so some fans have theorized that that might have something to do with it as well, but I can't really comment on that. You've kept a pretty tight lock on this album, but one thing we know is coming is a song called "Word Crimes," a parody of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines." That's correct. When I do my parodies, because of YouTube, I'm never the first person to do a parody of a certain song. And all the obvious ideas seem to be taken already, so nowadays when I do a parody I try to think of an angle that might be a little bit different or left-of-center that somebody else hasn't thought of already. And I don't think anybody, to this point, had done a "Blurred Lines" parody about proper use of grammar. The original song was pretty controversial, and so many of the parodies that I've found on YouTube play on the misogyny angle. Your parody doesn't; in fact, it almost makes it wholesome. Are you a wholesome person by nature? Well, I guess I kind of am. It's sort of the way I was raised, and my art and my comedy and my music is sort of an extension of my personality. I didn't set out to be a family-friendly recording artist but that's sort of the way it happened, and it's a wonderful thing. When I look out into my concert audience, it's all generations out there. It's sort of a family bonding experience. Have you ever been slapped with one of those parental warnings? I haven't ever gotten a parental warning sticker, although my song "" got censored by Radio Disney when it came out. There was a line about, 'Did you see me hitting on the queen?' That was apparently too risqué for Radio Disney, so I think it was changed to 'talking to the queen,' which is more acceptable. There was a time the "Weird Al" parody was it. And now, of Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe." Yeah, Cookie Monster is my No. 1 competition right now. Actually, I don't view it as a competition at all. I think it's wonderful that there's a level playing field now. Anybody can upload their videos to YouTube and you don't have to get the blessing of some record executive somewhere to get your stuff heard. If your stuff is good, chances are people will hear it. I did have the field to myself pretty much throughout the 80s and 90s, and it's more of a challenge now because I have to make sure my material rises above on its own merits. I can't just say "Well, I'm the only person with a major label recording deal." Now I have to compete with the thousands and thousands of people that are also putting out comedic songs and parodies. And MTV is sort of a different thing than it was. "Eat It" was an anthem of my childhood more than "Beat It" was; it was in such heavy rotation on MTV. YouTube
Well, MTV is a completely different animal now, obviously. Back when I was first starting out in the 80s, people watched it for hours on end, and they would memorize every tiny detail of every music video. When I came along and I just tweaked those little video moments, people understood and got the humor immediately. Nowadays, MTV is more of a reality show channel, and I'm not really focused on that, and they're certainly not focused on me. So the internet is the new MTV, at least as far as I'm concerned. You are going to be releasing eight music videos in eight days for this album. Why did you decide to do it this way? I wanted to really do what is ostensibly my last album with a big splash. I wanted the first week to be big; I wanted every single day of release week to be an event. I wanted a video to go viral for an entire day and have people talking about that video, and then the next day they're talking about a new video. I just thought that would be a really fun way to do it, to make a big deal out of release week. Is this in any way an homage to 's sort of unorthodox release of her album late last year? You know, a few people have said that. My last album, which came out three years ago, I had a video for every single song, and they all came out at once. And nobody said to Beyoncé, "Hey, you're doing a Weird Al, aren't ya?" So for the record, I was first. I want to ask you about the accordion, which you've been playing since you were a little boy. Was that your first instrument? It was, yeah. My parents decided that I should take accordion lessons, because they obviously wanted me to be really popular in school: Who doesn't love an accordion player? Who doesn't want an accordion player at their party? It's the life of the party, come on! “ I went to college and got my degree in architecture, and I thought that someday I would be an adult and have a real job. It didn't quite work out like that. It is like an entire orchestra in one big, obnoxious instrument. Did you struggle with that? I didn't think it was an un-hip instrument until I started asking my friends if I could join their rock bands, and I learned pretty quickly that wasn't really going to fly. My friends didn't seem to have a need for that for some odd reason, and I found out pretty early on that if I wanted to play my accordion I had to kind of go down my own path. Which you have. When did you start hearing funny lyrics? Did you just hear them in your mind just as you were listening to songs? I got into the Dr. Demento radio show in my early teens, but I think my brain was warped even before that. I went through some old [notebooks], with accordion sheet music of the popular songs of the day, and even as a small child, 8, 9 years old, I saw that I had re-written some of the words to the pop songs. And it was horrible — it was about as clever as an 8-year-old could write a parody. But my brain was thinking in those patterns even back then. What did your parents think? Did you say, "Hey Mom! Hey Dad! I've got this great new song!"? If I did, I'm sure they humored me, but I don't think they ever really thought that that was the way my life was headed. I was a straight-A student, and I always was very adult minded. I went to college and got my degree in architecture, and I thought that someday I would be an adult and have a real job. I guess that didn't work out? It didn't quite work out like that, so I'm still going through my prolonged adolescence. What's your process like? Are there songs where you're like 'I just have to do that one'? Is it ever a struggle? Well, I start with a list of possible candidates. I go through the Billboard charts, I listen to the radio, I keep my finger on the pulse of what's happening online and I make a master list of songs that I think would be reasonable targets. Then I'll go down that list and do variations on a theme. I'll think, 'What are all the possible ways I could go with this song to make if funny? What are the puns based on the title? What are the directions I can go?' I'll generate ideas, and 99 percent of those ideas are horrible. I have no problem coming up with ideas, but good ideas are hard to come by. When I do find a good idea, then I'll start riffing on concepts based on that idea, and come up with pages and pages of notes based on that. When I came up with the idea for "Word Crimes" I thought, "That's great, because I'm pretty obsessed with grammar anyway." I'm always correcting peoples' grammar. In fact I've done some videos for YouTube where I'm correcting road signs and making the grammar better, on the highway and in the supermarket. "Twelve items or fewer," that kind of thing. That must make you popular at parties. It makes me a hero among a small subset of the population. Do you run these by anybody? Test them on a small audience? My daughter is going into sixth grade, so she is sort of my ears to the ground. A couple months ago I said, "Are they talking about Iggy Azalea at school?" And she says, "Well, not so much." I asked the same thing two weeks later and she said, 'Oh yeah, that's all they're talking about now! They won't shut up about Iggy Azalea!' So, that was the tipping point. That's when I knew it was okay to do it. Your original songs, I've read that you feel like they don't get as much attention as you'd like them to. Well, that's true. Certainly among the general population I'm known as the parody guy, and to this day, after 30 years, a lot of people still say, "Do you ever write your own songs?" And I can't blame them for saying that, because virtually all of my hits have been parodies. But the fans, the people that listen to the whole album, know that half of my material is original — although most of those are style parodies or pastiches. Can we ever expect an album of all originals from you? I don't think that's really necessary. If fans want to make their own all-original albums based on what I've put out already, they can burn their own. I love doing the parodies as well as the originals, so it's not like I'd ever give up one in favor of the other. And in fact, I don't know that I'm going to be doing any more traditional albums after this point, now that my record label deal is over. I think that digital distribution is more the way for me to go: putting out a single at a time, possibly two or three tracks or an EP. I don't know that putting out 12 songs at once in this day and age is the best way for me to get my music out there, because if I'm waiting that long, chances are a lot of the material is going to be somewhat dated by the time it comes out. Wow, so this is the last "Weird Al" album? Well, I have to be careful about that, because a lot of people listen to that and say "Oh, Al's retiring!" I am not retiring, I intend to keep making music like I have in the past. All I'm saying is, there's a pretty good chance this is the last conventional album. Or you could do one of those comeback tours in like six months. Every tour I do is a comeback tour. People really perceive it that way: Every album I put out: "Oh, Al's back!" Is it true that you don't need permission to do a parody of a song? Legally, I say it's a gray area. I could get away with not getting permission, but I've never wanted to get away with that. I think it's more taking the high road to make sure that the artist feels like they're in on the joke. I want them to know that it is in fact an homage, it's a tribute. Like I say, it's more a poke in the ribs that a kick in the butt. What's the favorite reaction you've gotten from an artist? YouTube
There have been so many. One of my favorites was Chamillionaire, who of course did "','" which I did the parody "White and Nerdy" off of. He ran into me at the Grammys a couple years ago, right after he'd won the Grammy for Best Rap Song. He approached me on the red carpet and said, "Thank you for this. I think your parody is a big reason why I won this Grammy, because you made it undeniable that my song was the rap song of the year." Are you going to be Weird Al forever? I don't know. If you had asked me 30 years ago if I'd still be doing it today, I'd say that's pretty unlikely. But I love doing this. I can't imagine a job I'd rather have. I love comedy, I love music. I'm sure people will let me know when it's time to hang up the accordion and call it quits, but it's a lot of fun for me still, and as long as people don't mind, I'll keep doing it. Tracklist:
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Brazil's Maria Rita Rediscovers Her Mother Through MusicFebruary 10, 201412:04 PM ET
Despite being one of Brazil's most successful singers, with seven Latin Grammys to her name, it took Maria Rita years to realize that music was her calling. "I just rebelled against that whole idea of doing something that people wanted me to do," Rita tells Michel Martin, host of NPR's Tell Me More. That rebellion stemmed from being the daughter of Brazilian pop legend Elis Regina, who died in 1982. "People would come up to me very emotionally and say 'You have to sing,'" she remembers. "They made such a big deal out of it... and it always made me angry because it felt like they wanted me to fulfill a hole that they felt after my mom's passing." Rita moved to the United States as a teenager, and ended up attending New York University. In a country where Elis Regina's name isn't quite as known as it is in Brazil, Rita learned to love her mother's music. "It was easier," she says. "There [weren't] people coming up to me and talking about her, and crying because they miss her." But, as she learned to cope with the past, Rita started to realize that music was her future. "It was my soul and was my truth talking," she says. After graduating, she started singing professionally in Brazil and released her first album, Maria Rita, in 2003. As she rose to stardom, Rita was determined to become an artist in her own right. Despite numerous requests, she refused to cover her mother's songs for nearly a decade. "I would be so, so upset whenever a TV show would put it as a condition, you know 'You can only come here if you do your mom's music,'" she recalls. "I'd be like 'Well, so I won't be going there, thank you very much.'" By 2012, Rita was ready to pay tribute. She performed a handful of her mother's songs before an ecstatic audience in Rio de Janeiro. That performance became Rita's 2013 album, Redescobrir ("Rediscover"). "It was such a wonderful thing," Rita said, "to be up on stage as a daughter, and not solely as a singer, and see the reaction in people's faces... It touches me just by talking about it." Interview HighlightsOn her mother's legacy I didn't listen to my mom as I was growing up because it was too painful, as it still is somewhat. I mean, you have to understand that this woman was not only the greatest singer ever in Brazil. She was also beautiful, smart, intelligent. She was really involved in all kinds of social and political issues. She was just a pioneer. She was ahead of her time. And, she would read a lot. She was just so mind-boggling. And people were so in love with her — whoever from, you know, I'm talking about the audience, I'm talking about the people who worked with her. I've met up with a bunch of musicians who played for her, at one point or another, you know, early in the conversation or later in the conversation, they would just look at me and it's like "You know, I have something to tell you." And I was like "Okay, go ahead," and they would say "I was completely in love with her!" I've heard that way too many times, because that's the kind of woman that she was...She would light up the room. On music as a language The kind of music that I do, the kind of music that I like to present to people, is one which they can relate to. On a deeper level, you know? Don't just shake your head and snap your fingers every now and again. ... I find that it's very seductive in a way, you know? To have someone listen to your music whether in Portuguese, or English, or in Spanish...and just be like 'Oh, I'm so glad that someone gets me. I'm so glad that someone put that into music and put that into words." Because oftentimes, we feel something. We don't really understand what it is, we don't really have the words to explain it, but it's right there in the song. On her mother's death Having lost my mom when I was four years old, I don't really know what it's like to have a mother. So I miss something that I don't have, you see? So it's this constant — I don't search for her, that's not the thing — but like, I feel like there's this little hole in my heart, and it's forever gonna be there. Because there's nothing that I can do.So, I do therapy. I have no issues telling people that I'm in therapy. I've done therapy for the past 10 years. This whole pain, so to speak, I can deal with it now. So now it's easier for me to watch her and to listen to her.
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^^Man what is taking so long to release that LP/EP? . Really liked Leela James 1st. CD got to pick up her other stuff.
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Marsha Ambrosius Flaunts Her Rap&B Bona Fides on 'Friends & Lovers'Release Date: July 15, 2014
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Diana Krall to Release New Album of Popular Songs 'Wallflower', 9/9
Five-time Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall will release her new studio album on Verve Records on September 9. The new release is entitled "Wallflower" and is a collection of songs from the late 60's to present day that inspired Krall in her early years. Produced by 16-time Grammy Award-winning producer David Foster, the album finds Krall breaking new ground with her interpretations of some of the greatest pop songs of all time."It was a nice change for me to be in the vocal booth with pretty much only David's superb piano accompaniment and orchestrations,"said Diana Krall.Diana Krall's unique artistry has not only made herone of the most recognizable artists of modern jazz but it hasalso transcended any one particular style of music. Krall has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist in the last 30 years, establishing herself as one of the best-selling artists of her generation. The new album is the next chapter in her incredible songbook, bringing her signature style to some of the greatest songs of our time, including The Eagles' "Desperado," The Mamas & The Papas' "California Dreamin," Elton John's, "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word," and Harry Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin'," amongst others."The songs Diana performs on this album are the ones she grew up hearing on the radio and listening to on vinyl," said David Foster. "What makes this album so special is the way Diana re-imagines each tune and the way she puts her heart and soul into every syllable."The new album marks Krall's first studio effort since 2012's "Glad Rag Doll," produced by T Bone Burnett, which debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on the Jazz Albums chart.Diana Krall is the only jazz singer to have eight albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.To date, she has won five Grammy Awards, eight Juno Awards and has also earned nine gold, three platinum and seven multi-platinum albums.For more information on Diana Krall, please visit,http://www.dianakrall.com/Tracks include the Eagles' "Desperado," the Mamas & the Papas' "California Dreamin," Bob Dylan’s “Wallflower,” Elton John's "Sorry Seems to Be The Hardest Word" and Harry Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin'.” It will also include a new composition by Paul McCartney, “If I Take You Home Tonight.”
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CYRILLE AIMÉE Infuses Novel Blend
of Musical Styles on It's A Good Day - Available August 19 on Mack Avenue Records
 Vocalist Cyrille Aimée was primarily raised in France by a French father and Dominican mother. As a child she snuck out of her bedroom window on summer nights wandering into nearby gypsy encampments filled with those attending the annual Django Reinhardt Festival in Samois-sur-Seine. She quickly fell in love with their music and way of life, and was captivated to the point of traveling throughout Europe where she and her musician friends would play and sing on street corners across the continent. This tour eventually led her to the Montreux Jazz Festival, where she won first prize in their vocal competition-which included the financing of her first self-produced album. Aimée auditioned for the French version of American Idol, for which she was selected to be a finalist. Informed she would have to sing only what she was told, her gypsy and jazz spirit rebelled-she left the competition. She now happily tours the world with her band as well as in a duo setting with Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo. Aimée's talents recently caught the attention of Stephen Sondheim who cast her in an Encores! Special Event at New York City's City Center in November 2013. It's A Good Day, Aimée's major label debut, will be released in August 2014 on Mack Avenue Records.Just Music-No Categories-Enjoy It! | |
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Audra invites you to enter her world as an American songbird in Paris. Her earliest memories inlcude singing along to her grandfather's 78 swing records and making up funny songs with her uncle and his guitar. She would later graduate from Chapman University with a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance. She brings her classical sensibilities and natural musicality to this collaboration - her first album - which seamlessly blends elements of swing, blues, gypsy jazz, and soul.
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OMG.....................................O......................M.........................G............................................................................................................................just heard the most amazing song, all i could do was cry! Wish i knew how to embed stuff or whatever, but someone please flowing through the veins of the tree of life...purplemaplesyrup | |
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i welcome any reality checks -- is this refreshing as funk, or what?:................................... http://new.livestream.com...ts/3195343 scroll down to Dazey Lee Song 1.........................i'm simply............................... astounded OMG flowing through the veins of the tree of life...purplemaplesyrup | |
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Signing a major record deal as a teenager can be something of a mixed-blessing; the potential to be moulded and exploited for commercial success rather than allowing for natural progression must always be a concern. This has not been the case for Rae Morris.
The 21-year old joined the ever-brilliant Atlantic Records shortly after her eighteenth birthday, and her career has been gently simmering for the past three years. Early releases such as “From Above” and “Grow” showcased the gently melancholic, folk-pop direction she was taking: a striking character-filled vocal, alongside a knack for clever, subtly infectious melody sits her somewhere between the likes of Gabrielle Aplin and Lucy Rose in the growing pantheon of impressive British female singer-songwriters. But it was the release of “Skin” along with its stunning video, that really saw Morris announce herself; something of a return, the wonderful track revealed a heightened sense of poignancy and dark power to her writing. The touchingly cinematic “Unguarded” emphasises this further, while “Do You Even Know?” proves the catching, pop direction she is also capable of, opening the door to fans with perhaps more mainstream sensibilities. We caught up with the talented Blackpudlian to discuss her career to date on the day of her immaculate sold-out show at London’s Wilton...Music Hall. How did you start writing music? I started writing when I was about 17 and doing the last year of my A Levels. Something clicked when I was watching an episode of Jools Holland and saw a girl from Blackpool [Karima Francis] performing. A few events followed that lead to me being mentored a bit by her and the art of songwriting was made really simple. I think I needed someone to do that because I had no idea how to write music. I feels like one of those things you’re expected to just know how to do straight away, whereas anything else you have to take years and years sort of learning your craft. It twigged about how to do it and everything came from there. Because she was from Blackpool as well it was really eye-opening. I think if you don’t grow up in a big city or a cultural epicentre you’re not even aware that those opportunities are available; it was something I never even considered. There were a few people who were instrumental in me getting signed, but the one moment I remember most was being in the back of my Mum and Dad’s car on way back from a gig in Liverpool: I had college the next day, it was really, really late and I was thinking, “These gigs are really great but I’m not really sure where they’re going.” I never planned it this way and it was getting a bit tiring. Then I got this myspace message from someone at Atlantic Records and that was just like a dream thing. You think that’s never gonna happen; it’s probably not even a real person! From there a few people started getting in touch, but I always felt it was meant to be with him and Atlantic because he was the first person to get in touch. I met a few people after that, and appreciate I was lucky to do that, but you just have to find the place where you feel like home, because that’s what a label should be, somewhere you’re allowed to be who you want to be; Atlantic have totally done that. It feels like your career has been developing gradually; was that a conscious choice? It was definitely the plan. When I signed I had just turned eighteen so really, although I was aware of who I was as a person and what I was vaguely wanting to do, with regard to making an album and production I was pretty far off, so having that time to surround myself with the right people and just grow up as a person felt like a perfect way to do it, I feel very lucky. As I go on these tours to different parts of the UK there are people there that are aware of my music right from the beginning, which is really weird actually! It’s not like they’ve been on big TV shows or anything like that, so it’s just from people buying the music and appreciating it, which is something of a dying art form; it’s really, really lovely, very special. Talk us through your writing process. Do you always start with just piano and voice? That was always the way I did it back in the day, and I still do do that a lot of the time. I’ve got a piano in my flat now, which is wonderful because I get to write all the time. Recently I’ve been trying to do the production at the same time. Early on I just had no i idea how to approach it but now, after making the album, I’ve got this whole new bank of knowledge and I’ve have been using Logic. It’s an exciting project hearing what it can become; one set of chords and a melody can turn into so many different things, it’s really exciting. What can tell us about your debut album? It’s due to come out in September. If I had a name for it I would tell you, but I don’t! I have this dream of it being 10 tracks long but it’s so hard cutting it down to that; I just want people to hear the songs and not hold them back. It’s the same with the live show - we could play 15-16 songs but people would just get bored! I’m looking forward to listening through to them in the car and on headphones and hearing it as complete. I went to L.A. just to meet with Ariel Rechtshaid (Haim, Sky Ferreira, Vampire Weekend) and was so lucky to record with him out there (and in the summer!). It was the first time I’d really been away from living at home with my parents, so it was really exciting and I grew up a lot! The album is a collection of old and new stuff and hopefully people will be able to hear the transformation with some of them being more produced, but I definitely didn’t want anything to feel polished, and I think even the more commercial tracks still sound quite raw. There’s a brilliant effect with strings where they sound like synths - he’s the most talented person ever. What sort of music did you listen to growing up? I grew up listening to things like Steely Dan and then a lot of radio. My Dad was a massive Radio 2 fan; I did a session last night actually, which was a big deal, it felt really special. I heard a lot of music and it filtered through but I didn’t always know what it was and I’m still developing my knowledge of music. Gradually I started hearing singer-songwriters like Feist and it was like, “Oh my God, I didn’t know female singers could sing this way.” I always thought my voice was a bit weird because it wasn’t exactly like Christina Aguilera, you know? I’ve started to explore things myself and find things. It seems like female artists are really leading the way? It feels that way, it’s true. It’s kind of scary! I recently saw Woman’s Hour at Purcell Rooms, which was amazing and Tramp [by Sharon Van Etten] was my favourite album of last year for sure. I guess people get touched by different things but there is something incredibly special about a female vocal. You feature on the new Bombay Bicycle Club album. How did that come about? The Bombay thing came about really naturally. I’m a massive fan of them and went to see them play at Manchester Academy in 2011. I had already met Lucy Rose at Kendal Calling - we were playing the same stage. I text lucy and said, “I’m at the show” and she said, “You should come back and and meet the guys afterwards.” So I did! I went backstage with my little cousin - she’s a massive fan as well - we were absolutely terrified and star struck, but they asked me to support them on their Different Kind Of Fix tour. I did that solo and then got to support them again this time round with the band. I’m on “Overdone”, “Luna” and “So Long, See You Tomorrow”. I listen to that album a lot and kind of skip the ones I’m on! I want to listen to it because it’s the Bombay album. I would be listening to it on repeat anyway and then it’s me, and it’s like, “This is a bit awkward.” Listening to yourself is just a bit of a no no! I’d never even been to Brixton before, everyone was going on about it and it was like, “It can’t be that scary?” Then I went in and it was like, “This is what you were talking about!” All the weird greenery; it’s like Jurassic Park, I love it. I did a run of solo dates before the Bombay tour but this is the first one with a band; it’s just been absolutely amazing. I never really wanted a band, I was always like, “It’s fine, it’s fine.” I’d done it so much just with a keyboard. Now having the guys and playing on stage with musicians it was like, “How have I never done this!?” It’s a whole different buzz. Did you find that an easy transition or do you still think about playing solo? Weirdly a bit of both. It feels natural to have them there because all of them are so talented and such great people, but it’s almost difficult to stop concentrating so much and chill. When you play on your own you have to concentrate so hard because you’ve only got yourself to get it right. Now it’s like, “Oh okay, I can just chill a bit and enjoy it!” Were you in bands at school or anything? There was one band at high school that was terrible - I hope they don’t hear me say that! It was probably me that was making it terrible! It was called Walpurgis Night, which is some sort of witchy, German night of feasts and stuff. We just did Yeah Yeah Yeahs covers and like Pixies. Then I was in one in college - I can’t remember what we were called - and I just ended up going out with the bassist so it got weird! “Cold”, featuring Fryars, is out now on Atlantic Records. Rae’s debut record is released this year on 22 September. Just Music-No Categories-Enjoy It! | |
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My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke (Al Jarreau) | 4/5Published: 10:00 PM, July 24, 2014SINGAPORE — The idea of the 70-year-old veteran jazz singer recording an album in memory of an old friend who recently passed away may invite skepticism. Regurgitating Duke’s original compositions, even by a talent as fierce as Jarreau, could have been a warped affair.But Jarreau fashions his musical spin-offs with his set of powerful throaty chuckles and classic jazzy embellishments. It’s hardly a surprise given his long association with soul-jazz, with some pop-funk in the mix. The guiding principle is that Jarreau rarely deviates from his norm, giving his tracks consistency.Our favourite is Brazilian Love Affair, featuring Duke’s cousin Dianne Reeves. It begins with a samba-inspired intro and is awash in sexy cha-cha tempos as Jarreau’s and Reeves’ voices interweaving like teasing lovers.The relationship between Jarreau’s recognisable lilt and the controlled trumpet is especially enjoyable — listen to Bring Me Joy and SomeBossa — combining zephyr-like singing and light instrumental finishes, which radiate sophistication.Release Date August 5, 2014.
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Donny Osmond to Celebrate 50 Years in Show Business with Release of “My Life” Album—His 60th!Posted on July 17, 2014 | |
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^^Love Somebody Is Nice. Nice and Soulful. Thanks ID. World Premiere: Daley – “Look Up” prod. Pharrell [Official Video]by zo
Daley comes though with a day-in-the-life video for his latest single “Look Up,” off his stellar Days & Nights LP – produced by none other than Pharrell. OKP is proud to premiere the visual set for a track we first placed our ears on roughly this time last year, when we were utterly took by these blissful slow-churning sonics, lush with ’90s r&b sentiments and a nocturnal lull, yet still providing enough bounce to the ounce to give the two-steppers something to rock with. Pharrell’s groove has that instant-recognition feel of a song you know you must have heard before–with genes that lay somewhere between an updated take of Claudja Barry‘s “Love For The Sake Of Love” and Toto‘s iconic music nerd love jones “Georgy Porgy.” It’s all filtered through Skateboard P’s immaculately clean r&b chops and Daley’s vocal takes the melody to totally new heights–especially on the levitating chorus. The end result draws us fully into Daley’s journey as documented in the candid imagery (and the shouts of “Daley! Daley!” from the crowds in the intercut live footage don’t hurt either). The soaring UK crooner’s solo debut Days & Nights LP dropped in February to much acclaim and has been in our ears ever since. Step into the studio, onto the stage and into the life of Daley in the latest set of visuals for “Look Up” down below and be sure to keep your ear to the ground, as we’ll be sure to bring you his latest. Cop Days & Nights via iTunes today. World premiere!
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Out July 29. Eric Clapton: JJ Cale got me through my darkest daysEric Clapton talks about how guitar maestro JJ Cale was his musical 'beacon', as he releases a tribute album called The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale JJ Cale and Eric Clapton (right)
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Eric Clapton has paid tribute to the musician he calls "a beacon", as he releases The Breeze, an album honouring the guitarist and singer-songwriter JJ Cale. Cale died aged 74 on July 26 2013, and that his profile became as high as it did was due in no small part to Clapton, who recorded what became two of Cale’s best-known songs, After Midnight and Cocaine, and took them both to No1. In his 2007 autobiography, Clapton called him “one of the most important artists in the history of rock, quietly representing the greatest asset his country has ever had”. In a new interview published today by AP, Clapton talked about how Cale helped him out of a troubled period in the Seventies, when his life was blighted by drug addiction and personal difficulties. Clapton, 69, said: "I went into that dark period in my life and was just absent, and about that time some of JJ's early stuff was coming out. I definitely was trying to shake off this guitar legend thing, which I thought was so plebeian. It was such a pedestrian way of looking at things. I didn't want anything to do with that. I didn't want anything to do with this heavy metal s--- that was going on. I can't stand the noise. I wanted to kind of see the virtuosity, I wanted to get back to fundamentals, and he was a fundamentalist for sure. And so he was my beacon." Cale's music continues to inspire Clapton and he says he came up with the idea for the 16-song The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale during a 12-hour flight to Cale's funeral. After discussing the idea at the funeral with Dick White, one of the first band leaders to hire Cale, he decided to invite White to record a song for the album. Once White was on board, Clapton brought in other musical friends of Cale, including Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, Mark Knopfler and John Mayer, with drummer Jim Keltner and bassist Nathan East serving as the rhythm section.
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Jenny Lewis Stands Out With 'Voyager'July 23, 2014 4:45 AM ET
 All Songs Considered features "The Voyager," the new album from Jenny Lewis, a singer known for complicated, emotional lyrics and vivid storytelling. It's part of NPR Music's "First Listen" series. Copyright © 2014 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: NPR music hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton get thousands of records each month. They listen to as many as they can and when they find one that stands out, it's always exciting, of course. This month, it's a new record from Jenny Lewis - the singer known for complicated and emotional lyrics, plus vivid storytelling. Her new album is "The Voyager." (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HEAD UNDERWATER") BOB BOILEN, BYLINE: Hello, Mr. Hilton. ROBIN HILTON, BYLINE: Hey, Bob. BOILEN: So Jenny Lewis - we've been following her career for a long time. We've watched her, basically, grow up. First band, Rilo Kiley - we put on the early days of All Songs Considered, back in the 2000s. Great singer, three solo albums - this is number three "The Voyager." A little poppier than most, but it's been really been a joy to see her talent grow. HILTON: It has been. And in this opening cut to "The Voyager" record, the song's called "Head Underwater." She says, I never thought I'd ever be here looking out on my life, as if there was no there, there. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HEAD UNDERWATER") JENNY LEWIS: (Singing) I put my head underwater, baby. I throw my clothes away in the trash. I stood barefoot on the blazing concrete. I was waiting for the good... HILTON: So on this record, "The Voyager," Jenny Lewis sort of works through her life - even starting and looking back at her childhood. BOILEN: And her childhood was an interesting one. She grew up a child actress. She was raised in Las Vegas. Her parents both had a vaudeville act. Her babysitter was a female Elvis impersonator named Ellis (ph). And so as you listen to this record, "the Voyager," you are on a voyage with her. She's growing up on this record. Here on the song, "Late Bloomer," she talks about being 16 years old. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LATE BLOOMER") LEWIS: (Singing) When I turned 16, I was furious and restless - got a chancy girl haircut and a plane ticket to Paris.
BOILEN: Story after story on this record. You know, I talked to Jenny Lewis recently. And one of the most surprising things she said is that her biggest influence is hip-hop. Now, you don't hear that directly on this record. But she loves wordplay. She loves crazy rhymes. She likes to cram as many lyrics into a song as possible. And story after story unfolds here. A little later on the record, she does the song called "Just One Of The Guys." And she's kind of like right about where she is now in life. HILTON: And where she is, is at the midpoint of her life and she's found that a lot of the assumptions she made about where she would be aren't coming true. The band that she was in for more than a decade, Rilo Kiley, broke up. Her estranged father died. And she suffered with horrible insomnia. Often going, she said, days without sleep. And on this record, she works through this difficult period in her life and coming to terms with these failed expectations. On this song, called "Just One Of The Guys," she says when I look at myself, all I can see is just another lady without a baby. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "JUST ONE OF THE GUYS") LEWIS: (Singing) No matter how hard I try to be just one of the guys, there's a little something inside that won't let me. BOILEN: So this song is produced by Beck, but the person she worked with most on this record is Ryan Adams. Ryan Adams' philosophy in making a record is try to do it in one take. Don't look back. And so there is a lot of spark and inspiration. It's a very shiny, poppy record in a lot of ways. But it's also - feels right from the heart. LEWIS: And that's sort of what the theme of this record is - it's, life is just one take. It's not a dress rehearsal. You've got to look ahead and, ultimately, be hopeful. And that's how she closes out the record. She's got a song called "Love You Forever." She says, we're going to drink ourselves some Burgundy wine, talk about how we've saved the date. I can't believe I'm getting married in May. I could love you forever. I could love you until all the Polaroids fade. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LOVE YOU FOREVER") LEWIS: (Singing) I could love you forever.
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OZZY OSBOURNE To Release 'Memoirs Of A Madman' CD, Two-Disc DVD In October This October, the career of rock icon Ozzy Osbourne will be celebrated with the Epic Records/Legacy Recordings "Memoirs Of A Madman" collections. Due out October 7, "Memoirs Of A Madman" CD serves as a career-spanning audio release, featuring 17 of Ozzy's greatest hit singles compiled in one place for the first time in his career and will be available in a single CD, two-LP set and two-LP picture disc set configurations. The "Memoirs Of A Madman" DVD is a definitive visual two-disc DVD set which includes classic music videos, along withunreleased and out-of-print live performances, plus interviews from his solo career. Both sets offer fans of the multi-platinum recording artist, Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee and three-time Grammy-winning singer and songwriter hours of entertainment from Ozzy's distinguished solo career. On July 22, fans got a sneak peek of "Memoirs Of A Madman" via Twitter. By using #OzzyRules in accordance with the number of tweets, engaged fans were able to unscramble the cover artwork and unlock a video teaser. Osbourne 's ongoing solo career spans four decades — as both a successful solo artist and as the lead singer of BLACK SABBATH — and his music is as relevant today as ever; it still resonates daily on TV, in movies, on radio and at stadium sports events. Ozzy's latest solo release — his tenth studio album, 2010's "Scream" — debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard chart, featuring the No. 1 Mainstream Rock smash "Let Me Hear You Scream". From the first notes of Ozzy's 1980's solo debut "Blizzard Of Ozz" and follow-up "Diary Of A Madman" to classic albums "No More Tears" and "Scream", no hard rock solo artist has had quite the same reach as Ozzy; his distinctive vocal delivery and larger than life onstage persona quickly endeared him to millions of rockers. Ozzy immediately had the attention of fans of heavy music with rock staples "Crazy Train", "Mr. Crowley" and "Flying High Again". With the 1991 release "No More Tears", Ozzy continued his radio success with acclaimed and hugely successful singles "No More Tears" and the smash hit "Mama, I'm Coming Home". The track listing is as follows: 01. Crazy Train Details on the "Memoirs Of A Madman" 2-DVD set are as follows: DVD One features more than two dozen of Ozzy's classic and unforgettable music videos from across his discography, including a bonus alternate version of "Mama, I'm Coming Home" and making-of footage from the videos "Let Me Hear You Scream" and "Life Won't Wait". DVD Two features live performances and interview clips spanning Ozzy's solo journey, much of which makes its debut on DVD. Some selections have appeared on long-out-of-print VHS releases; others will be seen here for the first time, making this an essential package for fans old and new. Ozzy's union of music and visuals could not be more perfect, and the "Memoirs Of A Madman" DVD showcases that to brilliant effect. The "Memoirs Of A Madman" DVD track listing is as follows: DVD 1 The Music Videos * Bark At The Moon Bonus * Mama, I'm Coming Home (alternate version) DVD 2 Rochester, NY 1981 * I Don't Know Ozzy's Bunker Albuquerque, NM 1982 * Over The Mountain MTV 1982 New York, NY 1982 * Fairies Wear Boots (clip) Ozzy's Bunker Entertainment USA 1984 Kansas City, MO 1986 (Jake E Lee, Phil Soussan, Randy Castillo) * Bark At The Moon Ozzy's Bunker * Killer Of Giants Ozzy's Bunker Philadelphia, PA 1989 (Zakk Wylde, Geezer Butler, Randy Castillo) * Bloodbath In Paradise MTV 1989 Marquee, UK 1991 (Zakk Wylde, Mike Inez, Randy Castillo) * Bark At The Moon (clip) Studio 1992 San Diego, CA 1992 (Zakk Wylde, Mike Inez, Randy Castillo) * I Don't Want To Change The World Japan 1992 * Ozzy's Bunker Studio 1992 * Desire MTV 1992 * Mama, I'm Coming Home Studio 1992
Ozzfest 1996 (Joe Holmes, Robert Trujillo, Mike Bordin) * Perry Mason Fame & Fortune Tokyo, Japan 2001 (Zakk Wylde, Robert Trujillo, Mike Bordin) * Gets Me Through Fame & Fortune Ozzfest 2007 (Zakk Wylde, Blasko, Mike Bordin) * Not Going Away "Black Rain" Photo Shoot Las Vegas, NV 2007 (Zakk Wylde, Blasko, Mike Bordin, Adam Wakeman) * I Don't Wanna Stop "Scream" Recording Session 2010 London, England 2010 (Gus G, Blasko, Tommy Clufetos, Adam Wakeman) * Let Me Hear You Scream Bonus Philadelphia, PA 1989 (Zakk Wylde, Geezer Butler, Randy Castillo) * Flying High Again Tokyo, Japan 2001 (Zakk Wylde, Robert Trujillo, Mike Bordin) * Believer
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LeAnn Rimes Will be Hitting the Road Before her Christmas Tour
The thing is, the lady can still sing (and by sing, I mean SING)! In her "Songs & Hymns Inspired by Tabloids - Week 1" clip on YouTube, she knock's Fiona Apple's "Criminal" out of the park! The mic was too hot for all of her power, but after hearing all 4 minutes, one thing was for sure - this is no "board baby magic." Rimes was a powerhouse vocalist at 13 and while the last few years may have tarnished her image, they sure haven't touched that golden voice.
If you're more interested in her music than what the tabloids are saying, you'll be happy to know that long before her Christmas tour, there will be plenty of opportunities to hear her do what we fell in love with in the first place - sing! LeAnn Rimes Tour Dates: July 24 - Costa Mesa, CA - Orange County Fair & Exhibition Center
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. . Pixie Lott exclusive interviewAfter half a decade in the music industry, it seems like just yesterday when Pixie Lott exploded onto the scene and now five years into her career, she doesn't seem ready to let go just yet. With her brand new single scheduled for release at the end of July, a new album finished and prepared to drop in August and more, Pixie's career is on fire and the star is shining brighter than ever. FemaleFirst got the opportunity to chat to Pixie about her time in the industry so far, what to expect from her new music and much more in an exclusive interview.  You're to release your new single 'Lay Me Down' at the end of the month, what is it about this song that you love? I wanted my second single to have a bit of tempo so people can dance to it if they want, but the reason why I loved it was because it's sort of got a moody, mysterious vibe to it, I thought when I heard it. The lyric is a bit more meaningful, it's a bit more heartfelt than my previous single 'Nasty' which was complete fun, a funky fun number, but this lyric is a bit more meaningful yeah. So I just thought it would be a good second single to get people excited for the album and then I can release my ballads as my third single. How was the experience of filming the music video for the track in Cannes? Oh I loved it, I've never been to the south of France before and then I got to go twice in one week, because I had to go for something else as well, and it's a beautiful place, I loved it, even if I wasn't in the video and had nothing going on, if they just took footage of the scenery I would have been happy, just because it's so beautiful there. What should fans expect from the other tracks on your forthcoming self-titled album? The soulful sound is the whole way through, which is exciting for me because it's my favourite style of music and I really get to sing in it. All of the songs have that style and I am so excited to perform them live with my band, we've got a brass section so I can really get into it! The first time I'll be doing that will be at my album launch which will be the week of the release. What's the process like when putting together a new album? Every process has been different. This process has been my favourite because it's my favourite style of music so I feel it's most like me. I've worked with a smaller group of people so I've really got to make it personal and really get to know the writers and producers and play off on them, whereas in the past on my other albums I worked with tonnes of people and I'd be out in LA for two months, and I'd be working with a different person every single day, so it's a bit of a crazy experience, so I actually prefer working with a smaller group of people - it feels more natural. Did you end up having to cut quite a lot of tracks? Yes I did, I recorded tonnes of stuff and I've written tonnes of stuff, so that's always hard to pick just 12 songs for the album, and of course they'll be tonnes of songs on my iTunes that no-one will get to hear which is a shame, but again yeah, it has been my most favourite process of making an album this time round. What do you think of emerging British talent nowadays such as Ella Henderson and Ella Eyre? I think there's some real great talents around, and it's great to hear people with amazing voices. I'm really interested with new talents and stuff like that, because I run a little acoustic night at my local pub, and it's completely just for fun to get new artists heard by music industry people and meet other musicians etc. Every month me and my best friend find four new talents whether it's word of mouth, or through YouTube or something, and they come down and play their new material just for fun and meet new people, and every month we do it for a different charity and try to raise money as well. What advice do you have for young aspiring singers? I think it is to go for every opportunity and every audition, every open-mic night like the night me and my friend put on, and if you can't imagine doing anything else it's working hard, writing, meeting as many people as you can in the industry and just not giving up because everybody has set-backs and I think that's when it's easy to just stop, but it is possible for anyone to achieve, so I think you've gotta just keep it up. Has the time since your debut seemed to fly by? It has flown by since my debut but it also feels like I've done so much in that amount of years. Because I've always been singing and making music and trying to be an artist, from as young as I can remember, it also feels like a really long time, but yeah I can't imagine doing anything else anyway. How would you say you've evolved as an artist? I think I've just matured. I think this album sounds more mature, I think I just learned more and obviously my first single came out when I was 18, so hopefully I've learned a few life lessons since then, and I'd like to think I'm not as naive as maybe I was when I first started out, so just learning a few things along the way. If you could work with anybody going forward, who would you choose and why? Current people, I would like to work with Bruno Mars, who wouldn't? But also it's fun when people from different genres get together so it would be great to work with a dance producer or an indie band or someone that's not expected, that would be fun. You've grown such a strong fanbase of millions, have you ever received any strange fan gifts? I always get the best gifts from them! I absolutely love them. The best fan books, loads of amazing memories and cute little things like accessories. Recently I just got back off holiday and I saw a few of them at the airport, and they'd made me a little holiday hamper and it had a special Tinkerbell towel, and a beach hat, and they made me a special cat pillow, so it's all really cute stuff! Finally what should we expect from you in the coming months? Well I think definitely the single and the album are gonna be the main focus, and just a few shows that are coming up like my album launch, and I'm gonna do a few shows in Soho I think, and then my third single will be out after my album, and I'll be doing festivals like V Festival! Still running my acoustic nights for the new singers, but yeah the main focus is gonna be on the album and making sure people can hear it! Pixie Lott's new self-titled album is out August 4 following the release of her latest single 'Lay Me Down' on July 28. Just Music-No Categories-Enjoy It! | |
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Beck and Jenny Lewis lead new album releases (July 28)Plus, new albums from Shabazz Palaces, Tom Petty and Soft Walls  Photo: Press Beck and Shabazz Palaces are among this week's list of new album releases (July 28).
 Beck releases a recorded version of his 'Song Reader' project today, with Jack White and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker among those contributing to the album. In 2012, Beck released the album in sheet music form, leaving it up to individual musicians around the world to interpret his compositions in their own style. Joining White and Cocker on the 20-track record are a host of musicians including Laura Marling, Jack Black, US band Fun. and Norah Jones. Beck himself contributes one song, titled 'Heaven's Ladder'. The 'Song Reader' tracklist: Moses Sumney – 'Title Of This Song' Fun. – 'Please Leave A Light On When You Go' Tweedy – 'The Wolf Is On The Hill' Norah Jones – 'Just Noise' Lord Huron – 'Last Night You Were A Dream' Bob Forrest – 'Saint Dude' Jack White – 'I'm Down' Beck – 'Heaven's Ladder' Juanes – 'Don't Act Like Your Heart Isn't Hard' Laura Marling – 'Sorry' Jarvis Cocker – 'Eyes That Say “I Love You”‘ David Johansen – 'Rough On Rats' Jason Isbell – 'Now That Your Dollar Bills Have Sprouted Wings' The Last Polka – 'Marc Ribot' Eleanor Friedberger – 'Old Shanghai' Sparks – 'Why Did You Make Me Care?' Swamp Dogg – 'America, Here’s My Boy' Jack Black – 'We All Wear Cloaks' Loudon Wainwright III – 'Do We? We Do' Gabriel Kahane with Ymusic – 'Mutilation Rag'  Jenny Lewis also releases her new album 'The Voyager' today. The former Rilo Kiley singer's third solo album was co-produced by Ryan Adams with Beck and Lewis' partner Johnathan Rice producing three tracks. 'The Voyager' arrives six years after Lewis' second solo album, 2008's 'Acid Tongue'. Lewis' solo debut 'Rabbit Fur Coat' came out in 2006 and was billed as Jenny Lewis And The Watson Twins. A video for the single 'Just One Of The Guys', starring Hollywood actresses Anne Hathaway, Kristen Stewart and Brie Larson dressed in drag, can be seen below. Speaking about her latest release, Lewis said the album was inspired by the death of her father and the end of Rilo Kiley, a period of her life she describes as "one of the most difficult times of my life." Elsewhere, there are new albums from Shabazz Palaces, Soft Walls, The Muffs, Tom Petty and Neon Jungle. This week's new album and EP releases: Beck - 'Song Reader' Cher Lloyd – 'Sorry I'm Late' Hooray For Earth – 'Ract' Jenny Lewis - 'The Voyager' The Muffs – 'Whoop De Doo' Neon Jungle – 'Welcome To The Jungle' Shabazz Palaces - 'Lese Majesty' Soft Walls – 'No Time' Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 'Hypnotic Eye' Just Music-No Categories-Enjoy It! | |
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Anastacia Announces New Album 'Resurrection' Out In The UK May 5th 2014
Anastacia Announces New Album 'Resurrection' Out In The UK May 5th 2014
The 'Resurrection' of Anastacia is complete, and arrives on May 5th, driven by first single 'Stupid Little Things', a stirring pop anthem for today. Reunited with producers Sam and Louis, 'Stupid Little Things' ranks amongst her best work ever. 'Resurrection' is Anastacia's first album of original songs since 'Heavy Rotation' in 2008 and her sixth studio LP to date. During her career she has sold over 30 million records worldwide. Recorded in LA, 'Resurrection' features 10 tracks on the standard and 14 songs on the deluxe version. Anastacia burst onto the world stage with the release of her debut album 'Not That Kind' in 2000 driven by the smash hit 'I'm Outta Love', the best selling song of that year. Hit albums followed, 'Freak of Nature', 'Pieces Of A Dream' and 'Anastacia' all propelled by her incredible, totally one of a kind voice. She was known and loved round the world for her powerful and unique voice. She also attracted much notoriety for a catalogue of poor health related issues - all well documented - including first Crohns disease and later breast cancer. Just last year she announced that the disease had returned resulting in a subsequent double mastectomy. "Writing songs helps pull you past the dark moments," Anastacia admits. "Just being able to speak my story is a great help. 'Stupid Little Things' is about trying not to over think everything to make it much bigger than it is. For me it's about: don't focus on the small stuff!" For 'Resurrection' she has totally focussed on making the kind of music she is famous for. Now fit and healthy, she has embraced the recording of this new album with her trademark passion and enthusiasm. And the results are staggering. It's great to have her back.
Anastacia “Resurrection” (Deluxe Edition) [iTunes+]‘Resurrection‘ is the upcoming sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Anastacia. It’s scheduled to be released on digital retailers on May 5, 2014 via BMG Records. It comes preceded by the lead single ‘Stupid Little Things‘, premiered on radio on March 14, 2014 and released on iTunes on April 4th. The singer unveiled the official album artwork on her Facebook page on March 17th. The song ‘Dark White Girl‘ was premiered on Spotify on March 23, 2014 as the first countdown single and was later released on iTunes. Anastacia exclusively premiered the album’s closing track ‘Broken Wings‘ on BBC Radio Ulster’s Gerry Kelly Show on April 26th.
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