Tommy Roe's Greatest Hits on MCA is a fine 18-track collection that serves up the bubblegum icon's best songs and very little filler. Unlike a large number of Roe collections, this disc contains all original recordings made during his prime. And what a prime it was! Between 1962 and 1969, Roe was responsible for some of the brightest, snappiest bubblegum on the planet. From the funky breakbeats of "Dizzy" to the hushed romanticism of "It's Now Winter's Day" to the swampy groove of "Jam Up and Jelly Tight," there are enough hits here to make you think twice about calling Roe anything less than Hall of Fame material. A couple of collections have come along since the release of this to challenge it's worth, but they are each flawed in their own way. Until the perfect Roe collection comes along, this is a fine purchase.

Eisley will release their first album in four years, The Valley, on March 1 via Equal Vision Records. Promising to bring listeners through the band's darkest and most trying times, The Valley reveals their strength, patience and perseverance. On tracks like "Smarter" and "Sad," there's a musical aggression and emotional urgency that transports you to the moment they were written, laying bare the open wound of the broken heart.

If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got.

Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.

Kurt Cobain

This is the fourth album from Wolfcry. The band has existed since 1992, and they are playing Power Metal, enriched with enough epic elements, but also a more personal touch. Right from the start, the listener will notice that the bands stronger point is the rhythm section, which simply kills. Heavy drumming, and a solid rhythm guitar and bass section, are the bases of this album. On top of it, there are excellent guitar melodies, nice keyboard lines, and very interesting vocals.

Black Hawk are back with Straight To Hell. First class German Heavy Metal with a guest spot from Jan Bunning (Paragon). 30 years, these guys still got it! For fans of Lizzy Borden, Sabaton and Vicious Rumors.

Corea and Hampton belong to different generations. But his album bring us a very emotive and sensible jazz cooperation. One can easily recognize Hampton`s joy and bliss while playing with Corea, and things really work between them. Corea, in a good moment, plays a brilliant interpretation in FIESTA, coming back to his hispanic origins.Despite this is not a cult album, it has a very interesting cost-effectiveness ratio, and hour of pure happy jazz is achieved.

Bagpipe and drum music group Auli was founded in 2003. A few of group members have already played in the first bagpipe group in Latvia – Dudinieki, which was formed in 1994. Regardless of the fact that there was scare evidence left of bagpipe and drum playing traditions, both instruments were mentioned in the folklore materials. The music pieces reflect creative approach of the group members. Auli's repertoire contains dance and bagpipe melodies including tunes of other European peoples as well as drum pieces.

”Programmed to Love” is the debut album from the electronica chillout duo Bent, released in 2000. The album contains various styles of electronica music and samples.

"Silence Is Wild" is the third album by Swedish Singer-songwriter Frida Hyvönen. It was released on October 29, 2008 in Scandinavia, and November 4, 2008 in North America. In Sweden, the album debuted at #9 in the official albums chart, making it her highest charting album to date

"Les Sac des Filles" is the debut studio album by French singer-songwriter Camille, released on September 24, 2002.

"GBG VS STHLM" is Maia Hirasawa's second album and includes the first singel "South again". The album, like the previous one, is written, recorded and produced all by Maia herself. "GBG VS STHLM" is released in Scandinavia on march 25th 2009.