Cover Magazine is like a primer on long-running Arizona institution Giant Sand: a mix of highbrow and lowbrow influences rendered with exquisite musicianship, all saturated by the hushed, plainspoken vocals of Howe Gelb. Over the years, this revolving cast of characters has been compared to everyone from Bob Dylan to Neil Young (with or without Crazy Horse), but the strongest resemblance on this live outing is to the Band (Gelb even sounds a bit like Robbie Robertson) – …

Are you a fan of folk metal, death metal and black metal? THYRIEN got you covered and are offering you a fresh sip of mead without forgetting the traditions of folk metal. The guys focus on bringing you a melodic and brutal atmosphere with catchy drumming and grim vocals.Their upcoming debut album "Hymns Of The Mortals - Songs From The North" is expected to be released on January 24, 2014 via Massacre Records

Our beloved Valencian EXODIA thrashers have kindly let us know before anyone else the cover and the final tracklist of their new, second album which will be released soon under the title Hellbringer. The artwork is the work of artist Juanjo Castilian who has worked for a huge number of bands. Missing a few days for your request crowdfunding is closed through the web of Verkami and the challenge is still there, with no cover at all, so I hope that these few days left, that you feel fans of Valencia aportéis something to the cause.

Fitting the power and fantasy metal spectrum, the lyrics on "Cathyron are about the fight between good and evil, and how the hero called Teron operates in the world Cathyron to achieve victory over all Evil. Cover artwork is by guitarist Michael Liewald who has done all of the bands'' records so far.

The Vintage Caravan are a young band hailing from the Greater Reykjavik area. The Band was originally founded around 2006 when the band members were very young. However, it did not become a serious project until 2009.Musical influences are very diverse but mainly include the classic hard rock of the 60's and 70's. Though the influence may suggest a glorified retro-type band, The Vintage Caravan do it in their own way with a powerful attitude and a modern twist.

The musicians in Grafitti are all excellent, but their music on Good Groove often sounds a bit like a "Music Minus One" record, an album in which one is waiting for the main soloist to show up. The four-piece rhythm section sets "good grooves" and certainly shows strong musicianship, which is not surprising considering that drummer Dennis Chambers is in the group.

From Nadia Reisenberg's biography in the notes: "Nadia Reisenberg was born in Vilnius, Lithuania… in 1904. … The Russian Revolution came, and the Reisenberg family left Russian, traveling to Warsaw (where Nadia made her orchestral debut at the same concert where a young conductor, Artur Rodzinski, was also making his formal debut), London, Berlin, and, in 1922, moving permanently to New York. She became a pupil of Alexander Lambert (himself a student of Franz Liszt), and later studied with Joseph Hofmann at the Curtis Institute of Music. "From Hoffman I got a PhD in beautiful, sensitive pedalling, something that far too many pianists neglect these days", she remembered.

Work of the pianist, composer, arranger and conductor Osvaldo Nicolás Ferrara Argentina (Buenos Aires, 1934-1977), aka 'Waldo de los Ríos'. With classical music training is remembered for his application to solve and interpret well-known works of classical music in a new pop style, which afforded him great success in sales and popularity. Waldo also made numerous arrangements for groups and well known singers of those years, especially in Spain. This disc includes his arrangements of some movements of classical symphonies. Here are the first attempts to popularize classical music as pop and the rock. Waldo conducts the Spanish Manuel de Falla Orchestra.

Compilation album, published posthumously in Brazil, performed by singer Elis Regina (Porto Alegre, 1945-1982), considered the best Brazilian singer of all time. Her voice and personality on stage became an innovative performer, able to drag her audience with the deployment of various emotions where each song demands it. Her early death at 36 years (due to a combination of alcohol and drug overdose) foiled a career that was definitely meant to be brilliant.