Editorial Product Review: :This four piece multi-instrumental outfit fuses Gypsy, Greek, Slavic, and Mariachi influences with American punk and folk roots. In 2006, they scored 'Little Miss Sunshine', garnering four Academy Award nominations, and earned a Grammy nod for Best Soundtrack. Their stage set up is fortified by sousaphone, accordion, piano, violin, bouzouki, upright bass, percussion, trumpet, drums and Theremin. They've toured with similar maverick acts such as Calexico and Flogging Molly. The live experience includes trumpeters appearing out ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description: Brendan Canning's first solo effort- and the second release in the Broken Social Scene Presents series (Kevin Drew's Spirit If, being the first). Canning is a prolific songwriter and founding member of the indie rock collective. He's a veteran performer on the Canadian music scene- formerly a member of such notable bands as By Devine Right and hHead. The new album, aptly titled, Something For All Of Us, is a truly genre-ambiguous, progressive work. Canning ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Murph, Dan and Tord met in 2003 while attending Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute Of Performing Arts. They even received a music tutorial by Sir Paul himself and shared a stage with Ringo Starr. After meeting and forming the band, Murph reminisces on their beginnings in Liverpool; 'We fiddled ourselves a gig in a place called Hannah's Bar. We used to call each other 'stupid wombats' and then we needed a name for this first gig so ...
Editorial Product Review: :The thumbnail description of Matisyahu: File under Hasidic Beatbox Reggae. Despite having markings of novelty, it's really nothing of the sort. Fronted by a man named Matisyahu (born Matthew Miller), they are truly a band. Two independently released CDs brought them a rapid and well-deserved ascent, making their signing with a major label a logical step. Youth benefits from a more expansive sound and production by the fantastic Bill Laswell (Golden Palominos, Laurie Anderson, the Last Poets). ...
Editorial Product Review: :When Songs of Freedom was released originally in 1992, it was a perfect complement to either a greatest hits collection like Legend or the entire collection of the reggae master's albums. Songs boasts enough of the recognizable from Marley's canon to address the hit seeker, but the set also reaches way, way back to include Marley's first single, the youthful 'Judge Not' from 1962, and then closes more than four hours later with a 1980 live take ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Hayley Westenra's new album Odyssey was always going to be a different proposition to Pure, the record-breaking 2003 collection which marked her international debut. A lot has happened to the young New Zealander over the past two or three years--and those changes are clearly reflected by a record which encapsulates her growth from a budding teenage prodigy into a mature young woman.Now, at 18, Hayley is ready to show the world how much she has grown ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Deluxe version of The Kooks 'Konk' with bonus disc includes acoustic versions of 2 'Konk' tracks and five exclusive tracks Amazon.co.uk:Konk, the second album from indie pop starlets The Kooks, will appeal to those who enjoyed the catchier, hookier elements of their best-selling debut Inside In/Inside Out. For the band are more 'pop' than 'indie' this time around, and Konk is an overt attempt at winning even more chart-topping kudos: and it's not a bad attempt ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:The first solo album released by the former frontman of Mano Negra, 'Clandestino' (released in 1998) is an enchanting trip through Latin-flavored world-beat rock, reliant on a potpourri of musical styles from traditional Latin & salsa to dub to rock & roll to French pop to experimental rock to techno. 16 tracks. Virgin. :As one of the driving forces in the French-Spanish ethno-punk band Mano Negra, songwriter-guitarist Chao delivers a surprising solo endeavor. Centered around a ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Amar es Combatir, Mana's 9th studio album and first in four years, was produced by Mana with the special collaboration of recording engineer Tom Russo (Audioslave, Macy Gray, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton). Also includes a duet with JLGuerra. : It's finally happened. After years of puzzling popularity by way of derivative rock retreads, Mana has finally made the leap to full-bodied musical force on its first album in four years, Amar Es Combatir. The disc is ...
Editorial Product Review: : It's no surprise that Starbucks is behind Brazilian chanteuse CéU's self-titled debut disc. (A co-release with the ever-tasteful Six Degrees Records.) The slinky, soulful sounds would be right at home amid mocha frapuccinos and lattes with extra foam. But CéU is more than a mere coffee-club cutie. Her sexy, assured vocals infuse every song with a come-hither vibe, from the playful 'Rainha' to the simmering '10 Contados.' The disc also showcases a slightly funky, urban sensibility; ...
The Web Services Policy Working Group has published two Web Services Policy 1.5 - Working Drafts: an update to the Primer and a First Public Working Draft of Guidelines for Policy Assertion Authors. The new Guidelines document provides ...