This new release on Lara St. John’s Ancalagon label pairs the gifted violinist with her equally talented brother in Mozart concertos, individually and together. In Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, Scott St. John tackles the viola part, using the scordatura tuning – up a semitone from D major – that Mozart specifies in the score to give greater presence to the instrument. Conductor Eric Jacobsen sets a stylish introduction with the New York-based chamber orchestra, The Knights, though some may find the orchestral image a bit weighty for this repertoire.

Os Afro-Sambas was originally recorded in 1966, while this one without Vinicius de Moraes, was done by Baden Powell, Quarteto em cy (as the original), and others nearly quarter century later. Os Afro-Sambas is certainly one of the most important works of contemporary Brazilian Music truly reflecting the transition period from the stylish Bossa Nova of the late 50's to the revolutionary Tropicalia of the late 60's. Eight of the eleven compositions are the same of the original one, while two are also compostions of Baden and Vinicius from the same period and the opening was made by Baden alone specially for this recording.

John Dawson Winter III represents a step forward for Johnny, with more emphasis on his exceptional blues-rock guitar work. The record features five new Johnny Winter compositions as well as songs written especially for Johnny by such notables as John Lennon and Rick Derringer.

Creation’s End the new Power/ Progressive Metal band featuring vocalist Mike DiMeo (Riot, Masterplan), guitarists Rudy Albert (Zandelle), Joe Black (Chris Caffery) and Marco Sfogli (James Labrie). A New Beginning unites strong melodies with dark and brutally heavy Power Metal as well as a slight touch of prog. Recommended if you like Savatage, Dream Theater and Masterplan.

Souls Of diotima formed in 2004 in sassari, Sardinia, Italy whith a lineup that will find full stability a year late with Renato Pinna Oon bass and vocals, piegiuseppe Coraduzza on Guitar, and Giorgio Pinna on drums. In january 2011 will be released on the official video clip of their song “killing my enemies”. Their music is influenced by Symphonic, power and progressive metal band such as Dream Theater , Nightwish, Epica, Stratovarius, Angra and many others.

Whitesnake, the legendary band founded and formed by renowned singer/songwriter David Coverdale unleashes a brand new album called Forevermore. With “Forevermore” Coverdale has reignited an explosively fruitful vein of creativity with guitarist Doug Aldrich, Reb Beach (Winger) on guitar, Briian Tichy (Billy Idol, Foreigner) on drums and Michael Devin (Lynch Mob) on bass, and as with all Whitesnake’s albums, Coverdale opens up his heart and soul to express emotions and empathy rarely heard these days in any musical genre.

The Rascals, along with the Righteous Brothers, Mitch Ryder, and precious few others, were the pinnacle of '60s blue-eyed soul. The Rascals' talents, however, would have to rate above their rivals, if for nothing else than the simple fact that they, unlike many other blue-eyed soulsters, penned much of their own material.