After a few setbacks, Austria's Edenbridge finally return with their eighth album of symphonic power metal bombast! This limited edition version includes a second CD featuring instrumental versions of all nine songs.

U.K. rockers THE QUIREBOYS will release their seventh studio album, «Beautiful Curse», on June 24 via Off Yer Rocka Recordings. A single, «Too Much Of A Good Thing», will precede the full-length CD on May 15. The band’s first CD since 2008’s critically acclaimed «Homewreckers & Heartbreakers» was produced and mixed by the legendary Chris Tsangarides (JUDAS PRIEST, GARY MOORE, THIN LIZZY), who promises a modern sound with old-school values.

Ben Tankard is one the most influential musicians of our time ! Few people can be considered the creator or pioneer of a genre, but Ben Tankard single handedly introduced jazz flavored melodies to the Gospel music arena in 1990, and the instrumental music world has never been the same. He is considered The Godfather of GospelJazz ! You may remember Ben in the 1980 s as a pro basketball player in the CBA / NBA ( He is now a motivational speaker for the NBA ). Later, in the 1990 s you may remember Ben as the producer who discovered Yolanda Adams and produced 40 songs for her, many of them number one hits (including: Even Me, Just A Prayer A Way, Through The Storm, Battle Is The Lord s, , Let Us Worship Him) on his Tribute label.

With "Barcelona", Freddie Mercury realized his long-lived dream of performing with an opera singer; in this case, Montserrat Caballe.
The album was recorded in 1987 and 1988, and released in 1988. It is the final solo album recorded by Mercury.

Charting the entire career of The Beatles, this documentary draws on rare archive footage to tell the fascinating tale of this revolutionary English band. All four Beatles are extensively interviewed throughout, offering compelling insights into the men behind the music, as well as their thoughts on important international incidents which gives THE JOURNEY a vital sense of context…

These are . . . expressively engaging concertos by composers of the generation following Vivaldi, whose idiom by the way seldom comes to mind. Rather, it is that of Tartini, and never more so than in the cantabile style of the expansive and lyrical slow movements. Who better to disclose the poetic utterances of these pieces with their highly developed "esprit de fantaisie" than Giuliano Carmignola? I cannot think of any other violinist at the moment who feels this music with such depth and delicacy of expression and who can sustain the melodic line in a manner which mirrors the sustained style of an operatic aria . . . To my ears this music is every bit as rewarding as that of some better known contemporaries such as Locatelli. Transitional periods are usually fascinating and this one, bridging the Baroque and Classical is no exception. The Venice Baroque Orchestra under Andrea Marcon's direction offers sympathetic and crisp support, setting the seal on an excellent release.
Record Review / Nicholas Anderson, BBC Music Magazine (London) / 01. January 2010