Jazz Age Paris comes alive with a modern twist on Daisy Castro's new album, Déviation. This amazing young violinist channels some of the early greats of the genre while adding a style all her own. Recorded with some of the finest musicians on the scene today, Gonzalo Bergara, Jeffrey Radaich, and Brian Netzley, this stunning project firmly plants Daisy among the new generation of stewards of the music of Django Reinhardt , Stephane Grappelli, and other outstanding early European Jazz musicians.

Beverley Skeete started her carreer in the early 80's with club tracks such as Warm to a top 5 with Gat Decor. Beverley has worked with the biggest names in the music industry from Chaka Khan, Elton John, Annie Lennox, Sting, Robbie Williams and Jamiroquai to De la Soul and Mark Morrison. She also did main and backing vocals for many euroance projects and artists : Pagany (I don't wanna hurt you was one of her first works along Media Records), Clubhouse, Clock, Gina G, Sharada House Gang, Anticappella, 49ers (in the Club Mix of Rockin my body Ann Marie Smith does the main vocals "Rockin your body…and I'll be yours tonight" and Beverley sings "Uuuuhh again again again")… In 1993 she released the solo eurodance single The Power Of Love under the name Beverly. Since 1997, she's been a member of The Rhythm Kings.

Boris Khristoforovich Parsadanian was an Armenian-Estonian[citation needed] composer. Born in Kislovodsk, Russia, his initial studies were conducted under Litinsky at the Studio of the Armenian House of Culture. His studies were interrupted by World War II, for which he was decorated for his service. He resumed his post-war studies as a violin student at the Gnessin School in Moscow until his graduation in 1950. After graduation, he moved to Estonia, …..

Marcel Loeffler, accordion prominent in France, is surrounded by a beautiful array of musicians for a wild journey into the world of jazz. It presents an eclectic program with some original compositions and covers of legendary songs. Originally from Haguenau, Marcel Loeffler early bathed in a magical broth, made of gypsy music and jazz. Practicing the accordion since the age of 5 years, he has performed with jazz greats such as Bireli Lagrene. His career as a professional musician, as an accompanist and soloist, has led to an interest in all forms of jazz, Northern Europe, North Africa, Latin America, and rock to jazz to experimental the United States. Collaboration with trombonist and arranger Pascal Beck is the opportunity to return to his first love and produce, with a real big band, a jazz inspired and inspiring.

Prognostic is the album that defines Strawbs once and for all as a prog rock force to be reckoned with.The music is powerful, yet melodic. The lyrics are biting, yet sensitive…

Boris Khristoforovich Parsadanian was an Armenian-Estonian[citation needed] composer. Born in Kislovodsk, Russia, his initial studies were conducted under Litinsky at the Studio of the Armenian House of Culture. His studies were interrupted by World War II, for which he was decorated for his service. He resumed his post-war studies as a violin student at the Gnessin School in Moscow until his graduation in 1950. After graduation, he moved to Estonia, …..

Ann has come up with her own debut album, and as usual with debutantes we’ll try to get to know them a little bit better.
The album carries a curious title, Man Hunt (Platinum Blue, PB 4102D), especially considering that there's no such track on display. “The title comes from a girl that's searching for that right, special guy.”

Vyacheslav Petrovich Artyomov is a Russian and Soviet composer. Artyomov's compositions show his interest in the archaic ("Incantations", "Totem") and Christian motifs ("Requiem", "Ave, Maria") as well as Eastern meditation ("Awakening", "A Symphony of Elegies", "Moonlight Dreams"). As a young composer, he developed a profound interest, successively, in Russian folklore, traditional music of the East, works of Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Messiaen, …..

Gloomy riffs, catchy grooves and choruses that resurrect a flair of "The Walking Dead" - welcome to ZOMBIELAND! In the realm of the undead, there’s only one who rules: MEGAHERZ singer Alex "Lex" Wohnhaas, acting as a zombie hunter and specialist for melodramatic songs that scrump souls of fans. With Lex at the epicenter of a metaphysical bustle, ZOMBIELAND sounds like the epitome of Rock music that has become awake. As sensitive and intelligent as his lyrics are, they are also so magical and eerie, which is showcased on the new songs: MEGAHERZ are back - stronger than ever - and prove with ZOMBIELAND that they are still among the most exciting and leading German rock bands in recent years!

Viktor Yevseyevich Suslin was a Russian composer. An associate of Sofia Gubaidulina's, together with her and Vyacheslav Artyomov he formed the improvisatory ensemble 'Astraea' in 1975. He emigrated to Germany in 1981. At the age of four (1946) Suslin began to study piano and made his first attempts at composition. From 1950 to 1961 he attended Kharkiv Music High School, and from 1961 to 1962 the Kharkiv Conservatory where ……

Although he was indicted (along with Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and a number of other prominent Soviet musicians) for "formalism," in the infamous Zhdanov decree of 1948, Aram Khachaturian was, for most of his long career, one of the Soviet musical establishment's most prized representatives. Born into an Armenian family, in Tbilisi, in 1903, Khachaturian's musical identity formed slowly, and, although ….

In 2000, his first, self penned and written, solo album entitled 'Peace And Love', was released. The album was recorded utilising real instrumentation, for melodies penned over a 15 year period. On 'Which Way,' (a Jim Croce song his aunt introduced him to when he was eight), Tommy played the song with just his guitar and harmonica. One song, highly popular in the U.K., entitled, 'A New Jam' was written as a mark of respect to the music of Marvin Gaye and Bobby Womack. Another song, 'Summer' features Stevie Wonder. 'It Don't Matter to the Sun', was featured on the soundtrack of the television drama Grey's Anatomy.

Tower of Power (or TOP for short) is an American R&B-based horn section and band, originating in Oakland, California, that has been performing since 1968. They are best known for their funky soul sound highlighted by a powerful horn section and precisely syncopated bass-guitar lines. There have been several lead vocalists, the most famous being Lenny Williams, who fronted the band between early 1973 and late 1974, the period of their greatest commercial success. Their biggest hits include "You're Still a Young Man", "So Very Hard to Go","Soul With a Capital S", "Soul Vaccination", "What Is Hip?", and "Don't Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream)."

Dream The Electric Sleep (or DTES, for short) are a Progressive & Alternative Concept-Rock quartet from Lexington, KY, USA. DTES was formed in 2009 by Matt Page (vocals, guitar, keys) and Joey Waters (drums, vocals). The line-up was completed with bassist Chris Tackett (ex-“Hyatari” and “Chum”), and guitarist Andrew Hibpshman (who was introduced in early 2014 to reinforce the band’s live sound).

This 17-track set collects several of Phil Spector's Philles releases with Darlene Love (under her own name, as well as the Crystals and Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans featuring lead vocals by Love), including the classic “He’s a Rebel,” which did as much as any song or recording in the decade to establish a template for girl groups.