Editorial Product Review:Album Details:The King of R&B Lovers Rock Returns with his Smooth Grooves and Distinct Arrangements that Continue to Set Ladies' Hearts on Fire with Desire. :The first single off of R. Kelly's TP-2.com, 'I Wish,' might be a moving memorial to a dead friend, but the main theme on his latest CD is sex. The first tip-off that Kelly has left the spirit world to concentrate on nookie is the CD title, which refers back to his mid-'90s smash 12 Play. Back then, Kelly made ...
Editorial Product Review: :Robert Cray says that Buddy Guy's guitar solos sound like laughter from space, but they can also peal like the cries of lost souls attempting to cross the River Styx. If these 47 songs on three CDs plus a DVD boasting a new 75-minute documentary and six performances from the Montreux Jazz Festival prove anything, it's that Guy is one of the most dynamic, diverse, expressionistic, and emotional guitarists--in any genre. The set neatly examines the 70-year-old Chicago blues legend's half-century career, starting with a ...
Editorial Product Review: :Robert Cray says that Buddy Guy's guitar solos sound like laughter from space, but they can also peal like the cries of lost souls attempting to cross the River Styx. If these 47 songs on three CDs plus a DVD boasting a new 75-minute documentary and six performances from the Montreux Jazz Festival prove anything, it's that Guy is one of the most dynamic, diverse, expressionistic, and emotional guitarists--in any genre. The set neatly examines the 70-year-old Chicago blues legend's half-century career, starting with a ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Newly remastered sound and expanded packaging including lyrics of No Guru, No Method, No Teacher, an album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1986. The song 'In the Garden' was a favorite fan concert performance and per Morrison, 'I take you through a definite meditation process which is a form of transcendental meditation.' This album was hailed by most critics as a return to form. John Wilde in Sounds remarks, 'the crescendos here are never dampened by their subtle nature and never ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Newly remastered sound and expanded packaging including lyrics of No Guru, No Method, No Teacher, an album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1986. The song 'In the Garden' was a favorite fan concert performance and per Morrison, 'I take you through a definite meditation process which is a form of transcendental meditation.' This album was hailed by most critics as a return to form. John Wilde in Sounds remarks, 'the crescendos here are never dampened by their subtle nature and never ...
Editorial Product Review:Amazon.co.uk:Born Under a Bad Sign dates back to a time when albums were collections of singles, and when singles, designed for radio and jukebox play, seldom ran more than three and a half minutes. That limitation meant that artists had to make an impact quickly and firmly. In blues, the tendency of songs to go on a bit had to be curbed to produce performances with punch and point. There are few better examples of this process in action than Albert King's 1960s tracks like ...
Editorial Product Review: :There is always cause for concern when a promising new artist follows up a solid debut with a live album rehashing all the same material. After seeing Erykah Badu steal the 'Smokin Grooves Tour' summer of 1996, however, it only makes sense that her record company decided to release Live as a stopgap between her next studio recording. To put it mildly, the Badu live experience is anything but typical. There is a kindred bond between the singer and her audiences which translates wonderfully onto ...
Editorial Product Review: :The simple blues-informed pop charms of L.A. songwriter Kevin Moore remain unchanged on his eighth album. All twelve of these songs about romance and its triumphs and failures go down easy, thanks to his unhurried and unmannered singing, and arrangements that run slow and spare. That openness allows Moore's slide playing, perfected on the porch of Mississippi delta bluesman Eugene Powell, to add subtle, pretty decoration to tunes like 'Your Love' and 'Eileen.' He's got a sympathetic cohort in John Porter, who also produced Moore's ...
Editorial Product Review: essential recording:Clapton had already established himself as a guitar legend by the time he released Slowhand. His heroin habit long behind him, Clapton's songwriting mastery was fully evident on the album, particularly in the stunning ballad 'Wonderful Tonight.' It fully actualized all of the potential hinted at in his earlier 'Promises,' and Clapton trusted himself enough to slow things down. Some of his most expressive guitar work can be found throughout this album, not just within 'Wonderful.' Ironically enough, Slowhand is probably best known ...
Steering clear of many of the pitfalls that sapped past video-on-demand broadband solutions, Vudu delivers the closest thing to "Netflix in a box" that we've seen to date.
It's June 29th and Apple is finally ready to let the public play with the iPhone. The past six months have shaped up to be the highest profile mobile phone launch ever, Apple has conjured up an...
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