It is a fantastic mix of music with songs off of every album except St. Anger. Great mix of Death Magnetic and classic tallica tunes. The addition of Robert Trujillo in combination with Hetfield getting sober has made the band sound much better than they did throughout the 90's. These guys don't show their age on stage and kick maximum ass. Tearing into songs like Disposable Heros and pulling them off like it's 1986…

One of Kremer's most commanding performances, both polished and full of flair, magnetically spontaneous from first to last. The rule now seems that all the finest versions of the Beethoven Violin Concerto are being recorded live… Here is another, for Gidon Kremer's Teldec recording offers one of his most commanding performances, both polished and full of flair, magnetically spontaneous from first to last. Rarely have I heard such consistently pure tone in this work as from Kremer, and his achievement is set in place the more clearly, when my other new version offers the first recording of this work using period instruments. Harnoncourt may have expanded his sights beyond the period performance movement, but the lessons he learnt then are most imaginatively applied in his work with COE, earlier in his Beethoven symphony cycle, later in the Missa solemnis, and now in this Concerto. If Kremer regularly has you registering new detail in the solo part, the orchestral writing too is superbly realized, with magical sounds in the slow movement in particular.

Denise Djokic is a gifted cellist from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Cellist Denise Djokic has been praised worldwide for her sincere, powerful interpretations, and her bold command of the instrument. Instantly recognized by her "arrestingly beautiful tone colour" (The Strad). She moves audiences with her natural musical instinct, and her remarkable combination of strength and sensitivity. Denise has been the subject of a BRAVO! TV documentary entitled "Seven Days, Seven Nights", which followed her through a week-long recital tour. She has also been a speaker at IdeaCity in Toronto, and was a keynote speaker at the Queen's Women In Leadership Conference. Denise was named by MacLean's Magazine as one of the top "25 Canadians who are Changing our World", and by ELLE Magazine as one of "Canada's Most Powerful Women".

Always one determined to abide by no preconceived industry standards and stray far from conventionality are the Atlanta based quintet DAATH, who against all odds triumphantly return with their third full-length release. Their new self-titled release is extreme metal at its very best, plain and simple. The dueling guitar virtuosity of Emil Werstler and Eyal Levi harkens many comparisons to Mustaine and Friedman, all the while the acclaimed Kevin Talley (ex-Chimaira) pounds away with fury and precision further proving he is one of the genre's most accomplished players.

This is an important recording for all sorts of reasons: Stamitz founded the Mannheim Orchestra which was the ancestor of all modern orchestras. The music is very beautiful and has lasted for 250 years, so you won't ever grow tired of it. This recording is probably closer to what he had in mind than he ever heard, as contemporary musicianship was supposed to be somewhat ropey: some contemporary musicians even regarded the invention of the metronome as a gross intrusion into the musician's freedom to speed up or slow down as he pleased.

Glenn Patrik - Original Blues (2010)
MP3 320 kbps | 44.1 Khz | Joint Stereo | 00 h 50 min 22 sec | 115MB
Label: Shakehouse Records | Genre: Modern electric blues | No Scans

The new CD is here - "Original Blues" on Shakehouse Records. The little house on the cover (Kansas City, Kansas) is the famous H&M BarBQ, or Grace's as it was known to many, which was a full juke joint every Friday and Saturday night around dusk 'til sunrise, from 1968-1994. There were times when the Blues party continued on into the next day! I had the privilege to work with the house band for several years in the mid '80s (Leon Estelle, Abb Locke, Jesse Dunn, Harrison Irons & Little Gilbert)"Original Blues" is available on this site for sale, or if you are a member of my mailing list, downloadable for free. The CD will be on the street everywhere on OCTOBER 12, 2010. Thanks to everyone that helped us get this far!