Capturing a concert held at London's Hammersmith Apollo in March of 2011, several months prior to the release of his re-interpretive record New Blood, the double-disc Live Blood sounds very similar to the subsequent LP and its 2010 predecessor Scratch My Back…as well it should, as all the performances are based on the same austere arrangements.

Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello had successfully released in 1996 the theme 'God give me strength' for the soundtrack of the movie 'Grace of my heart' and as a result decided to perform a full solo album. Thus arose 'Painted from memory', created entirely in words and music for both and Grammy award for best vocal collaboration pop by the theme 'I still have That Other Girl', turning the work in one of the outstanding successes of the Costello career.

The Portugese Epic/Folk Metallers GWYDION release the new album "VETERAN" at November 22, 2013.Vocalist Rúben Almeida about "VETERAN": "Fans will experience a slightly different musical-style, as the music is much more epic and "metal" than folk compared to the previous release. Since the beginning of the band, we had a very influential epic component in the songs, so naturally when we created this new album, we decided to have a strong mixture of heavy metal riffs and epic/folk songs. The new album is a story of a warrior since his birth through his training, conquests and defeats with relevance to the History of Portugal."

The singing and dancing sevillanas (popular flamenco) are basic ingredients of the great pilgrimage of El Rocio in Spain. This compilation album featuring a selection of eleven sevillanas rociero topic chosen among the 80 heard. Appear very prominent groups like 'Los Romeros de La Puebla', 'Los Marismeños' or Amigos de Gines' and unique voices like 'El Pali'.

The Definitive Collection is a remastered, 15-track retrospective covering Krokus' output for Arista Records, supplanting The Dirty Dozen as the Krokus compilation of choice. It's pretty much everything a casual fan could want, more than living up to its title…

On his second longplayer for Elektrolux, moonstruck Bent, a.k.a. Full Moon Fashions continues his trips into atmospheric depths. This time, they take the grooves onboard with some funky beats, Dub riddims or a deep 4-to-the-floor vibe. Full Moon Fashions intensified their minimalistic uplifting deepness to an even further extent, generating another electronic classic. He keeps on his very personal idea of Ambient music until the last byte.

There was a time when Gregorian chant was a living element of Catholic worship, not a curiosity practised by monks in recording studios. Charles Tournemire's "L'Orgue Mystique" could quote that music in the expectation that listeners would recognize the themes being used. Those days are gone, and to miss the quotations is to lose appreciation for his treatment of the melodies. For this disc, all the relevant chants for Easter and for the Ascension are performed along with the organ pieces. Most are rather meditative, but the last one for each feast lets out many of the stops. I'd like a little information on the instrument played by Harald Feller, but it's not here–nor are English translations of the chants. Otherwise, the notes are good, and include an essay by composer Olivier Messiaen. (Aside: I have the CD version of this album; I don't know what notes would come with a downloaded version…)

This is in Lausanne (Switzerland) during the Nineties that Vincent Verselle and Hervé Baumgartner start playing with Nicolas Julliard in a pop-rock quintet called The Unexpected. When the band splitted up, the musicians decided to carry on under the form of a bass-drum duo. They become a trio in 2009 when Antonin Wiser joins them, giving birth to Talc under its current form. Two years of intense creation process enable them to record a demo CD containing a few compositions, rapidly followed by their first album, published by the Musea Parallèle label in the year 2013…

One of the best guitarists in the gypsy jazz style, this being his last album. Highly recommended.
Born in 1961, he was the son of a renowned violinist of the time. With his father he made ​​his first lines. At the age of 13-14 years, he began to perform on stage. Mito Loeffler has two son (Fleco and Zaïti) and a brother (Dorno) accompanying on guitar at his concerts. However, from 2009 to 2011, he was during his performances often accompanied by Nicolas Chaboud and Alexander Friederich, two members of the group Swing Belleville, rhythm guitar. Mito Loeffler died November 5, 2011 during transport to the hospital in Mulhouse following a heart attack occurred at home, the gypsy camp Zillisheim.