Finland's Jean Sibelius is perhaps the most important composer associated with nationalism in music and one of the most influential in the development of the symphony and symphonic poem. Sibelius was born in southern Finland, the second of three children. His physician father left the family bankrupt, owing to his financial extravagance, a trait that, along with heavy drinking, he would pass on to Jean. Jean showed talent on the violin and at age nine composed his first work for it, Rain Drops. In 1885 Sibelius entered the University of Helsinki to study law, but after only a year found himself drawn back to music. He took up composition studies with Martin Wegelius and violin with Mitrofan Wasiliev, then Hermann Csillag. During this time …..

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After being on the road for almost a year and a half sharing stages with bands like Kamelot, Alestorm & Blackguard during fall last year, and with Kittie this past spring. The Agonist is ready to release their third studio album Prisoners. After two years in the making they are breaking apart from their previous album Lullabies for the Dormant Mind (2009) in a sense. The Agonist on this album presents an evolved sound with sharp guitars, crushing drums, and a more empowered Alissa White-Gluz on vocals.

Inspiral Carpets - She Comes In The Fall / Sackville
FLAC, EAC, LOG & CUE | Full Artwork | Size: 164 MB + Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Mute DUNG 10 CD | Country/Year: UK 1990
Genre: Indie Rock | Hoster: Filepost/Filefactory

After the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets were arguably the third most popular band to emerge from the late-'80s/early-'90s Madchester scene.

Back in 1999, Martyn Joseph recorded Far From Silent, which was packaged in a monochrome cover that reflected the stark, but mesmerising collection of songs that featured him singing as he did on stage: solo with just his guitar. He continued that way until 2006’s Live double-DVD set, which had some keyboard backing. Surprisingly, after his recent and multi-textured Under Lemonade Skies, he has now returned to a monochrome-packaged DVD that shows him stripped back to one-man-and-his-guitar. But how well it suits him.
Joseph was fine on the generously song-stuffed Live, but his great track selection and strong performance were undone by outrageously intrusive camera cranes.

From small beginnings in Amy Lee's home town of Little Rock, Arkansas, Evanescence have grown to become a global phenomenon, with their blend of metal infused intensity, gothic melodrama and pop sensibility adhering them to legions of fans across the world. Members have come and gone with some frequency, but this hasn't stopped the band winning several Grammy Awards and selling millions upon millions of albums, as Amy Lee has lead her group through its many guises to achieve that rare combination of critical acclaim and commercial success.