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Artist: Mumford and Sons
Album: Johannesburg
Released: 2016
Style: Indie Folk
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01 – There Will Be Time
02 – Wona
03 – Fool Youve Landed
04 – Ngamila
05 – Si Tu Veux
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Review Summary: From your lips, it's the heaven that we're in.
 Zella Day has an almost magnetic allure. Adorned in earth tone dresses and flowery headbands, she’s a stunningly gorgeous blast from the 1960s. Her dreamy, throwback vibe has been beaten to death by incessant Lana Del Rey comparisons, so I’ll spare you those remarks by mentioning Lana for both the first and last time right here. Besides, Zella has a style that is very much her own, with a sound that is influenced equally by the old American Midwest, Pacific beaches, and contemporary pop culture. Even though Zella grew up in the sparsely populated town of Pinetop, Arizona, she has a voice that was meant for the largest of stages. Her tone can change from a persuasive call-to-arms to a soothing, seductive chant within seconds; leaving listeners spellbound and longing for more. She can lay out a soul-bearing confession that leaves her practically breathless, then bring everything back into the light with a simple turn of phrase. Powerful yet limber, she has the ability to dominate an entire album with nothing but her voice. She did it on her eponymous Zella Day EP last year, and now she’s done it again on her full-length debut: the mysterious, alluring Kicker. If you had the pleasure of hearing Zella Day, then you’ll already recognize this album’s primary cornerstones: ‘Hypnotic’, ‘Sweet Ophelia’, ‘Compass’, and ‘East of Eden.’ They’re back on Kicker in their original forms, spread out in such a way that the album never loses steam. ‘Hypnotic’ is obviously the best of the bunch, with an entrancing melody and Zella’s sultry vocals wrapping themselves around lines such as “You do it to me so well, hypnotic taking over me” and “Make me feel like someone else, you’ve got me talking in my sleep.” There’s an exotic element to it, and even if it’s cliché to coin ‘Hypnotic’ as being just that, it’s an apt description nonetheless. On an album lined with potential hits, ‘Hypnotic’ is still a standalone masterpiece, and it deserves your immediate attention regardless of what you think of the rest of her music. ‘Sweet Ophelia’ and ‘East of Eden’ are more straightforward pop tunes, rocking back and forth on top of swaying rhythms and letting Zella’s powerful delivery take care of the rest. With that said, there’s nothingtypical about either song; Zella’s sheer vocal talent elevates everything to astronomic heights. That’s never more apparent than it is on the piano-laden, gorgeously threadbare ‘Compass’ – a track that puts her softer vocal skills to excellent use with brilliant lyrical passages like “Take me to the garden of your ecstasy, make myself a headband from your fallen leaves / woven in the fabric of your tapestry, cover me in honeysuckle memories.” From this point on, it’s obvious that Zella Day is more than just a beautiful girl with tremendous pipes: she’s also a very potent lyricist.  Back in October of 2014 when I reviewed Zella Day, I made the point that it’s rare for an artist to release a full length record that absorbs its preceding EP without suffering a fall out in quality. All too often, the EP reveals the strongest material upfront, and then the LP resultantly feels like a fluff piece. To many, this is a moot point – because obviously a good song on an EP is still a good song on an LP, but I feel that it’s important to show growth and to capitalize upon any momentum that was accumulated. While Kicker doesn’t exactly pass this test with flying colors, it doesn’t come anywhere close to qualifying as “fluff” either. Part of the problem is the track ordering – which is, once again, an irrelevant point to many – but it does this album almost no favors. The slightly repetitive ‘Jerome’ starts things off shakily where almost any choice off the EP (particularly ‘Hypnotic’) would have absolutely killed it. It commences with an intriguing and slightly middle-eastern guitar lick, but the chorus of “Jerome…Jerome…Jerome oh why do you treat me so cold” takes any initial interest that was garnered out behind the barn and shoots it in the head. She chooses to follow ‘Jerome’ up with the faux anthem ‘High’, a track that culminates in the borderline nonsensical plea “Don’t worry baby don’t you cry / As long as we keep getting high / Keep running like we’re never gonna die.” It just feels lazy, and between those two songs, Kicker will have even the most excited fan feeling like he or she’s just been had. They aren’t bad songs by any means, but when held to the standard set by Zella Day, those quick build-ups to overstated, elongated choruses simply won’t do. That’s part of the reason why both track listing and the EP/LP dynamicdo matter, and on Kicker the execution of these seemingly minor details is a little messy.
 Fortunately, listeners receive a very quick apology with a song that goes toe to toe with Zella Day’s best work to date. ‘Ace of Hearts’ will instantly calm the nerves of anyone who’s starting to lose their patience by reminding them of why they fell in love with Zella to begin with. Instead of bland song structures, we get a lush electronic beat. Zella Day’s vocals enter – silky smooth at first, then quivering. As the emotion becomes palpable, the percussion becomes more emphatic to match the intensity. Finally, it erupts into a dazzling two-part chorus – both equally as memorable – before gently falling back into another round of softly stated verses. It’s basically the perfect midtempo pop song for an artist like Zella, and it’s clearly the mark that she should have been aiming for all along. Almost as if she arrived at the exact same conclusion, ‘Ace of Hearts’ is followed up by the superb ‘1965’ – a track true to Ms. Day’s hippie persona. As she pleads, “Can we go back to the world we had? With a love so sweet it makes me sad…”, it feels like Zella bearing her soul to us. She sounds tired and forlorn – like a girl decades displaced from her destiny as she repeats “I don’t belong here.” Yet there’s this vivacity that underlies it all, as if she’s spellbound by the promise of tomorrow. That’s Zella Day: this idealistic mind who has been sobered by reality but refuses to give up hope. Even though Kicker suffers through another dual misstep in the cowboy-themed ‘Mustang Kids’ and ‘The Outlaw Josey Wales’, the rest of the album is very much smooth sailing. ‘Jameson’ is as stripped down as we’ve ever heard Zella Day, in what could only be described as a borderline folk ballad. Unlike the Midwestern ramblings of the aforementioned clunkers, this is the kind of versatility that proves Zella to be among the most talented pop artists that are currently on the rise. The acoustic guitars are crystal clear and pristine, lending the track a pastoral atmosphere. Her vocals shine through yet again, and the fact that you can actually hear her voice crack on occasion makes it by far the most endearing moment on the record. In a way it’s comparable to ‘Compass’, although I’d venture to say that the pure aura of the song makes it even better. ‘Shadow Preachers’ is another incredible display of Zella’s vocal and lyrical talents, painted on a minimal canvas of just pianos and a barely audible electronic backbeat. For the first time, it feels like she’s finally giving us an untainted view of why she always carries such sullen undertones; it’s an incredibly vivid breakup song, almost like Sharon Van Etten’s ‘Your Love Is Killing Me.’ It’s more softly stated, but the emotions behind it are the same: You got those scissors from the drawer You never dug so deep before If I stop trying, we start dying You’re cutting me out, baby who you fighting? You make me wanna love, hate, cry, take very part of you You make me wanna scream, burn, touch, learn every part of you Anyone who thinks Zella Day is your typical, cookie-cutter pop artist – or that she’s riding on the coattails of another unnamed star (who was already referenced in this review) – think again. Zella Day is a multi-faceted artist who can, with very little warning, turn the tide from joyful and whimsical to dark and desolate. It’s the kind of stuff that only the very best artists have in them. As Kicker wraps up with ‘Sweet Ophelia’ and ‘Compass’, it closes on a strong note. Dubbing the album a “mixed bag”, while true to an extent, feels a little too unforgiving. This record marks some tremendous accomplishments for Zella Day, and when she hits her stride she’s damn near unstoppable. It’s not as consistent as I would have liked, and the western-obsessed tracks are particularly mind-boggling (perhaps just some homegrown self-indulgence), but at the end of the day I don’t remember those moments. What I remember is the heights to which her voice soars on ‘East of Eden’…the way I feel like I’m daydreaming while listening to ‘Hypnotic’…the raw emotion of ‘Shadow Preachers’…and the immersive, unbelievably infectious ‘Ace of Hearts.’ Kicker’s strengths definitely outweigh its weaknesses, making it a great foundation for Zella Day to build her career on. If one thing is certain, it’s that the best is yet to come from this talented young songstress.
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NICE. Reminds me of Simply Red and that other new british solo artist which his name escapes me right now.
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Pressure (Feat. Jace XL) Melbourne-based keyboardist, pianist & composer blending the fundamental sounds of gospel, R&B, piano and Rhodes in tandem with modern day synths and beats. Worked and collaborated with artists Allysha Joy, Silent Jay, Jace Excell, Amin Payne, Cazeaux O.S.L.O, Pataphysics and more.
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No Lo Había Dicho
Canciones De Mi Padre (Remastered)
Colecao ImportTracks: 1 - Nu com a minha musica ; 2 - Cama ; 3 - E doce morrer no mar ; 4 - Carinhoso ; 5 - Alta noite ; 6 - A primeira pedra ; 7 - Dizem que o amor ; 8 - Ilusao ; 9 - Esqueca ; 10 - Chuva no mar ; 11 - Fumando espero ; 12 - Volta, meu amor ; 13 - Waters of march
Sinph¢nico [CD/DVD Combo]Track ListingsDisc: 1 1. Yo Sigo Siendo Aquel
2. Enamorado De La Vida
3. Que Tal Te Va Sin MI
4. Si Pero No
5. Despertar Al Amor
6. Te Estoy Queriendo Tanto
7. Y Fuimos Dos
8. Un Dia Mas
9. Solo Te Tengo A Ti
10. Si No Estuvieras Tu
11. Payaso
12. Tema De Amor
13. Ahora
Disc: 2 1. Enamorado De La Vida
2. Provocacion
3. Yo Sigo Siendo Aquel
4. Y Fuimos Dos
5. Por Una Tonteria
6. Que Tal Te Va Sin Mi
7. Si No Estuvieras Tu
8. En Carne Viva
9. Escandalo
10. Amame
11. Que Sabe Nadie
12. Como Yo Te Amo
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Broadway for Orlando ~ What The World Needs Now is Love Broadway Records President Van Dean, SiriusXM Radio Host Seth Rudetsky and Producer James Wesley today announced the charitable initiative Broadway for Orlando and an all-star roster of theater artists to record the new benefit single “What the World Needs Now is Love,” produced in conjunction with Playbill at Avatar Studios. Created to honor the victims and those wounded in the Orlando shooting massacre at Pulse nightclub and aid the surrounding community, 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the song will benefit the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida. . Buy MP3 and/or donate at http://www.broadwayrecords.com/broadway-for-orlando You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Notes On Odetta Hartman’s Cyber-Folk Breakout 222
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I just saw this video the other day on TV. I enjoyed their last release a couple of years ago. It will be interesting to see the growth. | |
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No. Despite the Daley-ish silhouette, Street Rat is a different artist. | |
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Christina Aguilera performed her inspirational new song "Change," a tribute to the victims of the Orlando shooting, this week on Jimmy Kimmel Live. | |
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Alunageorge was suppose to be on according to my TV guide, but guess was bumped.
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Thanks for recommending the new Bruce Hornsby album--I really like it. But, what the hell is "Americana?!!" Yet another classification for music that I've never heard of before?!!
For Simplicity’s Sake, Bruce Hornsby Turns to the DulcimerThe musician ditches the piano for his new album 'Rehab Reunion' ENLARGE PHOTO: KEITH LANPHER
Bruce Hornsby doesn’t think he’s particularly good at playing the dulcimer, an Appalachian string instrument that looks a bit like an elongated ukulele. But that didn’t stop him from composing an entire album of songs with it. “The virtuosity bar is not set high for me,” Hornsby recently said about the instrument. “It forces me to write simple music.” Hornsby first discovered the dulcimer in the mid 1990s, when he and his family attended the Annual Old Fiddlers’ convention, in Galax, Virginia. He remembers falling for its sound immediately, and he started slowly incorporating it into his studio recordings. It first appeared on the song “Shadow Hands” from 1998’s “Spirit Trail” and then later on 2004’s “Halycon Days” and 2009’s “Levitate.” He also started a portion in his live set, where he takes a break from the piano and treats the crowed to a few songs on the dulcimer. For “Rehab Reunion,” Hornsby uses the dulcimer on all 10 songs. The idea came to him a few years ago, starting with one productive month that yielded three numbers. “That was totally rare for me,” he said. “It was very clear to me that this record was a record that needed to be made.”
This turn is the latest in a long list of different avenues Hornsby has explored, dating back to his days with his band the Range in the 1980s. He was a top 40 artist, with hits like “The Way It Is” and “Mandolin Rain.” He was an honorary member of the Grateful Dead for years, sitting in with them numerous times, a role he reprised at last summer’s Grateful Dead “Fare Thee Well” shows. He’s written film scores for Spike Lee and recorded with jazz heavyweights Christian McBride and Jack DeJohnette. In 2007, he released a collaborative album with bluegrass musician Ricky Skaggs. All these different musical ventures are a compliment to his piano compositions, which he says recently have drifted more into “dissident” and “astringent” territory. “I’ve moved away from what the average listener would like,” he said. While the dulcimer is front and center on “Rehab Reunion,” Hornsby tapped soul singerMavis Staples to contribute vocals on “C...ilroad,” a never-used song he wrote in the early ’90s for the Staple Singers, as well as Justin Vernon of indie rock band Bon Iver for background vocals on the album’s opener, “Over the Rise.” Hornsby met Vernon last year, when the Wisconsin-based musician invited him to record with him in his hometown of Eau Claire. They worked up a version of the Grateful Dead’s “Black Muddy River” for the recently released compila...e Dead,” which features a who’s who of indie rock acts performing interpretations of the Dead’s vast catalog.
“We had never met but we instantly hit it off,” he said of meeting Vernon. “We’re kindred spirits. He’s an old jock, like me.” That relationship will continue this summer, as Hornsby is set to perform his album “The Way It Is” with his band the Noisemakers at Vernon’s homegrown Eaux Claires Music and Arts Festival, Aug. 12 to 13. Hornsby, too, has shifted into curator mode. His first “Funhouse festival” runs in his hometown of Williamsburg, Va., from June 23 to 26. It will feature Hornsby performing solo, with Skaggs, with the Noisemakers, as well as other acts including Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle, Railroad Earth, and Jack DeJohnette. It’s a setting that will likely appeal to his constant need to explore. “The challenge as a songwriter is to write something that resonates, something that moves you,” he said. “I think that’s what keeps people coming back. You’re always looking for that moment, where you’re like, ‘Wow, this is really something special.’ It’s hard to give yourself chills. I’m just in the pursuit of that.” “Rehab Reunion” is out now.
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Regina Belle Returns with a New Album, Shares Her Life Lesson No walk down R&B memory lane is complete without a rundown of Regina Belle’s discography. From “Baby Come To Me” to “Make It Like It Was,” we’ve kept the Academy Award-winning and Grammy-winning singer’s music on heavy rotation. In the aughts, Belle took a break from R&B to record both jazz and gospel albums. This week she returns with her first R&B album in 15 years. Ahead of the release of The Day Life Began, Belle shared lessons learned from over two decades in the business. Just Music-No Categories-Enjoy It! | |
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Tracklist: CD Review – JIM BREUER AND THE LOUD & ROWDY SONGS FROM THE GARAGEJune 29, 20168:11 AM MST
Dom Rini
Comedian Jim Breuer is back with a new hard rockin’ metal CD and it will blow your mind. The latest release JIM BREUER AND THE LOUD & ROWDY SONGS FROM THE GARAGE is definitely something you are going to really enjoy diving into. This release gives you all the fun and nutty experiences that Jim has been going through being a garage rocker. It’s sort of a concept CD with the idea of an older family guy who is rocker at heart and lives his childhood dreams of being a rockstar but the parts of being a dad and husband kind of holds his creativity back. So he unleashes it in his privacy and does what all rockin’ kids did, put the headphones on loud and just raise hell. JIM BREUER AND THE LOUD & ROWDY SONGS FROM THE GARAGE was produced by Rob Caggiano, the famed guitarist (ex Anthrax / and current Volbeat). Caggiano really made this record top notch and you can tell that he was striving for perfection on this one. A grammy winner helps Breuer to make this album a historic classic. Be it a comedy record but it sounds great. So it sort of takes it to a different level. This release would be great to be in rotation on your iPod or whatever with Steel Panther. The music is phenomenal, lyrically Breuer pulls a masterpiece out of his, you know! Very impressed. Breuer’s vocals was something that I was not expecting to hear on this release. Breuer actually pulls this off and believe that he will no doubt inspire kids and adults to sing. Hey he’s got it! Plus on this release he has guest vocalist Brian Johnson (ex AC/DC) to lay down a track on the song “Mr. Rock n Roll” and yes it delivers. You can look at this as a credibility mover on this one. I think it helps it out to push this release. But the release holds up on it’s own. Johnson just gives this Lamborghini record a high gloss to it. Overall: 4/5 Given that this is in my opinion a crossover release from being a straight up comedy album to a hard rockin’ metal CD this combines all the fruits and nuts from both aisles. It comes together great like a sweet marinated juicy steak. It’s perfectly seasoned. Jim has been at it for years and this is indeed his greatest of all his classics.
Tracklist: NEWSPrince vinyl reissue update
Vinyl schedules rejiggedWarners have pushed back some of the Prince vinyl reissues scheduled for this year, with one album disappearing from listings altogether… Disappointingly, The Black Album is no longer listed for reissue on vinyl and retailers including Amazon have cancelled pre-orders for this title. Amazon in the USA are still listing cassette reissues of Purple Rain, Dirty Mind andControversy although these aren’t to be found on any other sites. Curiously, Warner Bros. Records have made no official mention of any of these vinyl reissues. They have simply appeared without comment or fanfare. NEWSFreddie Mercury / Messenger of the Gods: The Singles / vinyl box
Coloured 7″ vinyl box and 2CD setFreddie Mercury‘s solo 45s will be celebrated in Messenger Of The Gods: The Singles, a new vinyl box set contain 13 coloured seven-inch singles. This collection also includes two posthumous singles, In My Defence and Living On My Own (No More Brothers Radio Mix), the latter of which became Freddie’s first solo number one in the UK (Barcelona had peaked at number two).
As well as the 13 coloured vinyl singles, this box will include a booklet featuring photos, some of which are previously unpublished. The vinyl collection also contains download codes for 320 kbps MP3s. There will also be a two-CD version which puts A-sides on disc one and B-sides on disc two. Messenger Of The Gods The Singles will be released on 2 September 2016 by Hollywood Records in the US and Mercury/Universal elsewhere. NEWSBjörk / Vulnicura Live / deluxe box
One Little Indian are to release a live version of Björk’s eighth studio album Vulnicura, which will be available on CD, vinyl and as a deluxe limited edition boxset. 
2LP vinyl front cover The CD and vinyl are both packaged in special Vulnicura ‘wound’ die-cut sleeves, while the ‘Luxury Edition’ box set will contain the double LP in a gatefold sleeve, a CD, a download card, a set of six photo prints housed in a glassine sleeve and an exclusive 3D Low Polygon Bjork Moth Paper Mask, which is a self-assembly job (it comes in pieces, with its own set of instructions on how to build it!) The mask has been developed in collaboration with Wintercroft and based on a James Merry original design. Box set designed at M/M (Paris). The box won’t ship until September (groan) and appears to be exclusive to One Little Indian/Bjork (at least for now) and can be ordered here. The double LP and CD editions are out on 5 July 2016 (no CD pre-orders as yet). NEWSCulture Club / Kissing to be Clever on limited edition 180g yellow vinyl
Culture Club‘s 1982 debut album, Kissing To Be Clever will be reissued on limited edition yellow vinyl next month. The Music On Vinyl yellow vinyl edition is limited to 1000 copies and can be ordered online from JPC.de. A non-limited black version will be widely available (see widget below). Both are released on 22 July 2016.
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