Model Shop is in ways the soundtrack of a movie made by French director Jacques Demy (funny parallel with Jefferson Airplane working with JL Goddard) but not all of the tracks were originally written for the movie either…

Lobo is best remembered for soft-rock perennials like "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" and "I'd Love You to Want Me" in the 70s. This is a short collection of Lobo's hits put out by the Rhino label. These are all original recordings.

This Italian super-group was started in 1991 by Banco's guitarist Rodolfo Maltese and violinist Mario Pio Mancini. Within a prog context, the band successfully conveys the warmth of Mediterranean and Oriental melodies through the use of jazz and ethnic instrumentation. Their three studio albums alternately boast the collaboration of prestigious Italian musicians such as ex-Banco's guitarist and drummer Pierluigi Calderoni, vocalist Francesco Di Giacomo and keyboardist Vittorio Nocenzi as well as PFM's flautist-violinist Mauro Pagani and Tazenda's guitarist-songwriter Andrea Parodi. You will also find the names of Paolo Fresu, Daniele Sepe and the late jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie adorning their later CDs…

Evar Anvelt, sometimes apparently Mihkel Kõrvits. Tehnoloogiline Päike (Technological Sun) started composing at the exact moment when he was born. Great symphonies, oratorios, concerts and metaphysical sound images. But unfortunately he didn't had the equipment, no time or skills, so ages had to pass. Some years ago, Kaido Kirikmäe knocked on his door, no saying hello steped in and told Sun to buy a keyboard. As he did. And followed the warms landscapes, heart beats and nerve impulses, magnetic and sunny frequencies.

Norwegian singer Liv Kristine (LEAVES' EYES, ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY) has entered Mastersound Studio in Steinheim, Germany — the facility owned by her husband, Alexander Krull (ATROCITY, LEAVES' EYES) — to begin recording her fifth solo album, "Vervain", for a fall release via Napalm Records. She says: "With this album, I wish to take you on a journey through my artistic vision of the spheres — shadows and light, by eye and mind."

It might not seem like much: 30 minutes, three tunes, four musicians on a bare-bones soundstage. But this is John Coltrane, and any opportunity to see the legendary saxophonist at work is something to be savored. That's especially true with this January 1964 television performance. Some five years after his membership in Miles Davis's immortal Kind of Blue group, he was well past playing the usual standards and ballads; at the same time, he had yet to explore the outer reaches of the avant-garde.

Alicia Keys isn't interested in the accoutrements that seem to mark the success of today's stars such as a vanity clothing line, a perfume and a reality show.
However, the multi-talented singer/songwriter is ready to delve into acting. Not that the nine-time Grammy winner has turned her back on music.