Fans of true blue heavy metal will find a lot to like in VAINGLORY's sophomore release. It is exactly what it purports to be: an aggressive, in-your-face heavy metal album. "Hard as iron, tough as steel" is the phrase that comes to mind…

His third album release of 1995, The Land Of Heroes was Jorma Kaukonen's first new solo studio album in a decade. In the meantime, he had been part of reunions of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, but The Land Of Heroes was in the tradition of Quah, Jorma, and Too Hot To Handle, mostly acoustic collections that combined new originals (vocal tunes and instrumentals) with remakes of older originals and covers of songs from the standard folk-blues repertoire.

This ten CD boxed set contains the first batch of releases in DG's "Musik…Sprache der Welt" series. Aside from a flimsy paperboard box/container and a booklet featuring an essay on DG's post-WWII recording activities, the packaging is identical to the single disc releases.

Blake Aaron has already scored Top Five Billboard airplay hits with his Latin flavored single "Encantadora," featuring Najee on the flute, the soulful jazz tune "You're The One For Me," featuring vocalist Spencer Day, and the slamming old school jam "Groove-O-Matic." Aaron also released as singles, the Latin dance romp "Sol Amor" and the mid-tempo R&B romance "You're My Miracle." Soul Stories' latest single, "Wes Side Story," is a spirited 60's soul jazz excursion that takes Aaron back to one of his key guitar influences, the great Wes Montgomery. Though fans have heard some of the tales on Soul Stories over the airwaves these past few years, the full-length collection features several new tracks including the Hall & Oates 70's pop/soul classic "Sara Smile, " "Story Of My Life," a balmy atmospheric South American fusion of Argentine tango and Brazilian vibes…

Recorded in Paris during November 1968, Good Feelin' was the album that rekindled public interest in the life and music of Aaron "T-Bone" Walker throughout Europe and even in some portions of the United States of America. The album begins and closes with informal narration spoken by Walker while accompanying himself on the piano…