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If you like Harem Scarem and/or Lillian Axe then you must like Emerald Rain, as their tone and vocals sound almost the same... Of course fans already have and appreciate their other albums like “Age Of Innocence”(1999) or their best album so far “Perplexed In The Extreme”. Emerald Rain also disappointed us with a rather boring live-album and now they release their new one called: “Short Sighted”.

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Sombre Reptile is a Progressive rock band from Bordeaux, formed by the brothers Jean-Paul & Michel Dedieu in 1977. Some twenty five years would be required before they released their first album "In Strum Mental" (2001). Firstly influenced by King Crimson ("Red" period), Robert Fripp and Brian Eno, the trio developped there quite more personal views. The rhythm base was strongly "ethnic" sounding and proved to be as enchanting as original. Dialogues between keyboards and guitar came in foreground of these seven medium-length, very dense and inspired instrumental pieces...

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Lawrence Power’s revelationary series of Hindemith’s complete works for the viola continues into a third and final volume with the music for viola and orchestra. Hindemith was an internationally renowned viola player himself, and his legacy for the instrument is an inestimably important body of work. Throughout this series, Power’s searingly vivid and eloquent performances have left critics and the listening public in no doubt that the somewhat ‘difficult’ reputation of the composer is ill-deserved; that this is music full of striking melodic ideas, deep lyrical feeling and high drama.

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A superlative program of piano music by American composers is offered by pianist Heidi Williams. The oldest work on the program dates from 1988 (William Bolcom) and the most recent was written in 2009 (Daniel Crozier), giving us a snapshot of what American composers have been writing for piano in the past 25 years. Praised by New York critic Harris Goldsmith for her 'dazzling performances' and 'impeccable solistic authority,' American pianist Heidi Louise Williams has appeared in performances across the United States and internationally.

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Now, this is a serious offer right here! DREAMTIDE's newest release will probably track down your wants in insight and deliver the wanted mix of Hard Rock, Melodic Rock and 'melodic' Metal you've searched for the last years. What started out as a mere inquiry due to the band's lineup 'star(s)' eventually shines as a great doze of songs equally capable of keeping 'choosy' company for a long long time.

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Kirikyogen is a 1970 album by Kuni Kawachi and the Flower Travellin' Band. It showcases the growing doom sound that Flower Travellin' Band were honing, as well as Kuni Kawachi's progressive rock influences. The album was released on CD.

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The Minutes (stylised as the minutes) is the eighth studio album by English singer-songwriter Alison Moyet, released on 3 May 2013 by Cooking Vinyl. It is the first album of new material released since 2007's The Turn, and a marked return to her electronic roots. The album debuted at number five on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 13,536...

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Pianist Michel Petrucciani, who during the early part of his career was heavily influenced by Bill Evans, gradually developed his own sound. By 1991 he was using Adam Holzman on synthesizer with his quintet (which on this date also includes bassist Anthony Jackson, drummer Omar Hakim and percussionist Steve Thornton) to play colors behind his piano. In addition, Petrucciani was backed by funky rhythms and emphasized his own original compositions. Rather than selling out to blatant commercialism, Petrucciani had actually found his own voice within the "contemporary" setting. The music on his CD is of consistently high quality.

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Redbone was a Native American rock group that was most active in the 1970s. They reached the Top 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1974 with the song, Come and Get Your Love...

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THE COMPLETE JACK JOHNSON SESSIONS won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package. Of all the Miles Davis recordings, the 16 weeks of sessions that created a single, two-selection LP produced by Teo Macero called A Tribute to Jack Johnson have been the most apocryphal. While the album itself was a confounding obscurity upon release -- due to its closeness in proximity to the nearly simultaneous release of the vastly inferior yet infinitely more label-promoted Live at the Fillmore East -- its reputation as the first complete fusion of jazz and rock is cemented. It also garnered a place in the history books for guitarist John McLaughlin, the axis around whose raw, slash-and-burn playing the entire album turns.

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Album recorded at a live performance at Hibiya Kokhaido (Japan). Along Sadao with sopranino, alto flute, eight soloists accompanying instruments like piano and keyboards, drums and congas, trumpet, trombone, tenor and soprano sax, cello, 8 violins and two violas, integrating a gang of up to 19 musicians.Sadao remains a very controversial musician, particularly among jazz classics, many of which do not recognize in this musical style. This live performance offered an hybrid repertoire from naturalist music, spiritual music, the jazz –wandering free jazz- and Latin jazz.

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Luxury Blue Note collection on 10 CDs as selected by 2Sounds, spanning the history of the great Blue Note label. Packaging: Clamshell box, 10 CD, 12p booklet. I new this would be good,but I am so glad I stepped up and purchased this collection. My wife and I play through the list of CD's daily. Yes,the standards are there,but it's the players we are unfamiliar with that make this a great buy!

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Los Angeles native Candye Kane sings a sassy and showbiz-savvy blend of blues and soul that takes no prisoners of any persuasion. Kane has been a lot of things in her life, from a mother and serious student to a pinup girl and actress (both on-stage and in risqué movies), and she even did a stint as a serious, full-tilt punk rocker. She’d be just another fringe player in L.A. except for two things she can sing like nobody’s business and she has a sexy, intelligent, and passionate musical vision to match her voice.

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The debut album "From Ashes To Fire" was mixed by Fredrik Nordström & Henrik Udd at Studio Fredman [At The Gates, In Flames, Hammerfall] and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios [Symphony X, Opeth, Kreator]. Needles to say, the production on “From Ashes To Fire” is excellent. The artwork for the album was created by Anders Fästader at A Trailermade Production [H.E.A.T., Hardcore Superstar, The Poodles]. As for the music itself; is comes from Inner Wound Records SWEDEN with 13 catchy tracks containing a nice progressive twist!

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