Robby Valentine is the first self-titled album by Robby Valentine, released through Polydor Records. Some great songs all over this 13 track opus (15 if you have the Jap copy). One could say this is an extension of his work with Zinatra ('The Great Escape'), though perhaps more pomp/AOR than hard rock oriented. For instance, 'Over And Over Again' (featuring Mike Landau on lead guitar) went to No. 5 in Holland. Other supreme moments include the Queen like bombast of 'The Magic Breeze', and the AOR delights of 'Angel', and 'I'm Searchin'. Listen too for the uptempo melodic rockers 'Love Takes Me Higher' and 'The Gift Of Life'. But really there a plenty of other moments to get wrapped up in!

In their survey of the trio sonata, London Baroque has already visited France, England and Germany and now arrives at the birthplace of the genre – Italy in the 17th Century. In this period, instrumental music was becoming important in its own right, and soon the violin was recognized as the ideal vehicle for this new style.

Emboldened by her experience of playing the 6 Sets of Lessons by Richard Jones, already released on Glossa, and chancing upon another book of music which included violin sonatas by Jones, Mitzi Meyerson resolved to champion further this forgotten musical figure from the first half of the 18th century in England, in a manner comparable to her earlier defence of Muffat and Balbastre.

Free jazz has not produced many notable guitarists. Experimental musicians drawn to the guitar have had few jazz role models; consequently, they've typically looked to rock-based players for inspiration. James "Blood" Ulmer is one of the few exceptions an outside guitarist who has forged a style based largely on the traditions of African-American vernacular music. Ulmer is an adherent of saxophonist/composer Ornette Coleman's vaguely defined Harmolodic theory, which essentially subverts jazz's harmonic component in favor of freely improvised, non-tonal, or quasi-modal counterpoint.

The Journey Bob Marley grew up influenced by the Rude Boy culture in the ghettos of Kingston, but during his relatively short life Bob Marley achieved almost Saint like status through his music and his spiritual message of one love and world peace. In this 55 minute programme, featuring his music, film footage shown for the first time and exclusive interviews, we seek to examine the motivations of the man, to provide an in-sight into his relatioships and the development of his musical excellence through the people that knew and worked with him.

Dead Confederate is an American alternative rock band formed in Augusta, Georgia and based in Athens, Georgia. The band's sound has been described as a mix of alternative country, psychedelic rock and grunge, and has drawn comparisons to Nirvana and My Morning Jacket.The alternative rock bands that ruined music in the 1990s, which are still influential for all the new fans they drug back underground, had a habit of filling their major label debuts with one or two insanely catchy but empty songs wrapped in unlistenable fluff.With “In the Marrow,” it’s like Dead Confederate went back two decades and wiped all that grunge, all the post-punk, away, leaving just the band’s influences, Nirvana and Dinosaur Jr., as an example.Dead Confederate’s latest makes it feel like the late ’90s never happened, that punk never broke, that Cobain never killed himself. They hadn’t technically gone anywhere, but “In the Marrow” makes a writer throw up his hands and say, “Thank God, they’re back.”

Heaven Shall Burn is a German heavy metal band from Saalfeld, formed in 1996. They combine an aggressive metal sound with lyrics that show a militant support of anti-racism and fighting social injustice.HEAVEN SHALL BURN are back and show no sign of compromise with their latest offering “VETO”, which offers up 11 songs of unyielding heaviness, lyrical mastery and social commentary.The 3CD edition and the boxset contain a bonus disc with 15 tracks, recorded live in Saalfeld, Germany, December 21st 2012 and a bonus CD with the entire album in an alternative mix ("Blizzard over England mix") by Colin Richardson.

Domenico Scarlatti - Christian Zacharias, Piano - Sonatas
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 181 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 340 1162-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2003
Genre: Classical | Style: Baroque

Has been one of the best musical discoveries I've had: those of Scarlatti Sonatas, the interpretation of Christian Zacharias and the MDG label. A superb full of poetry with a unique sound abosultamente crystal clear. A disc highly recommended for lovers of classical music for piano.