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By this point in the Darius Rucker discography, it's no longer a talking point that the former Hootie & the Blowfish singer is attempting a country career. True Believers is the singer's third album exploring contemporary country styles, following a ...

For a few months in 2012, the Beach Boys managed to put aside all their differences and bask in the glow of an entirely successful reunion. They had a new album of original material that people liked and sold well, ...

Blues has always been a music of comebacks, and Chick Willis is making strong, resurgent moves with this independently released album containing many of his original songs. Into his 53rd year playing music professionally, the guitarist and vocalist stays true ...

Singer/songwriter Beth Hart continues to explore her blues and soul roots via 11 cover versions of her favorite tracks on Seesaw, her second album with blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa. Following the same path as their first collaboration, the 2011 all-covers ...

Track Listing: Give Life Back to Music; Game of Love, The; Giorgio by Moroder; Within; Instant Crush; Lose Yourself to Dance; Touch; Get Lucky; Beyond; Motherboard; Fragments of Time; Doin' It Right; Contact;

While there's certainly a lot to be said about innovation, a band like Airbourne really makes you step back and appreciate the simplicity of the old ways. Cut from the same cloth as AC/DC and Krokus, the Australian band return ...

2012 two CD release. 19 Below Zero is a kaleidoscopic double album of ethereal beats, hypnotic rhythms and sensuous soundscapes of warm electronic artistry. A collection of songs most of which have not been released in the UK, it features ...

Recording information: University Of Texas, Arlington, TX (10/06/1973). Personnel: Rod Evans (vocals, tambourine); Larry Reinhardt (guitar, background vocals); Bobby Caldwell (drums); Lee Dorman (background vocals).

This single-disc collection features several of Restless Heart's hits released on RCA between 1985 and 1992. Among the 15 tracks are the original versions of the number one hits "That Rock Won't Roll," "I'll Still Be Loving You," "Why Does ...

Liner Note Author: Deke Dickerson. Track Listing: World Is Waiting for the Sunrise, The; Mister Sandman; Freight Train; Rocky Top; Yakety Axe; Entertainer, The; Take Five; Walk, Don't Run; One Mint Julep; Yesterday; Why Worry; Poor Boy Blues; Vincent; Ave Maria;

Upon first spin, Trouble Will Find Me, the warm, wistful, and weary sixth long-player from the National, sounds a lot like 2010's warm, wistful, and weary High Violet, but where the former was built on a foundation of suburban despondency ...

Elevated to the position of international stars -- if not quite globe-conquering superstars -- with their 2009 album This Is War, 30 Seconds to Mars do the smart thing for their 2013 sequel, Love Lust Faith + Dreams. They retain ...

Recording information: Double-U-Studio, Ibiza; Impronte Sonore Studio Recording, Novara; Redhead Audio Production, Wihelmshaven. Editors: Holger Thielbörger; Markus Teske. Photographer: Martin Häusler. Personnel: Udo Dirkschneider (vocals); Kasperi Heikkinen, Andrei Smirnov (guitar); Francesco Jovino (drums). Audio Mixers: Martin Pfeiffer; Udo Dirkschneider.

Chick Willis' signature song, "Stoop Down Baby," which he cut originally in 1972 for a tiny Kalamazoo, Michigan independent label called La Val Records, was based around the dozens game, and Willis' carnival barker's ability to be risqué and ribald ...

Part of Rural Rhythm's series celebrating the 150 Year Anniversary of the Civil War, Home Sweet Home features 14 instrumentals from the era, including well-known pieces like "Turkey in the Straw," " Battle Hymn of the Republic," "Bonaparte's Retreat," "Camptown ...

Recording information: Storm Studios. Personnel: Jakob Samuel (vocals); Henrik Bergqvist (guitar); Christian Lundqvist (drums). Audio Mixer: Mats Valentin.

One of the first releases on the resurrected Okeh Records imprint, 2013's Quartette Humaine features pianist Bob James and saxophonist David Sanborn performing a set of mostly original songs that walk the line between funky contemporary jazz and more thoughtful ...

The full-length debut from Melbourne-based Clairy Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes, 2012's Baby Caught the Bus, features the ensemble's swaggering mix of old-school soul, doo wop, and R&B. Centered around the sultry, powerful vocals of singer Clairy Browne, the band ...

This 15-song set collects some of Bobby Darin's early hits, including his classic versions of "Dream Love," "Mack the Knife," and "Splish Splash." ~ Steve Leggett

On his own recordings, Pat Metheny has always pushed his artistic envelope. Very occasionally when moving to the outside, it's been to the chagrin of some fans. It happened with Ornette Coleman on the brilliant Song X in 1985; next ...

Though he has recorded in many different contexts before, from duets to trios to big bands, Michel Camilo has released only one solo piano outing in his long career up to now, 2005's Solo, which revealed in intimate detail his ...

Liner Note Author: Joe Conzo. Track Listing: Ran Kan Kan; Four Beat Cha Cha; Cuando Te Vea; Mambo Gozon; Picadillo; Oye Como Va; Mambo Beat; Lotus Land; Pa' Los Rumberos; Hong Kong Mambo; Oye Mi Guanguanco; Dance Mania; Cao Cao ...

Photographers: Gene Kirkland; Jeff Forney. Personnel: Keith St. John (vocals, piano); Doug Aldrich (guitar); Matt Starr (drums). Recording information: Casa Dalla Studio; Starmakers Studio, Woodland Hills, CA.

UK eight CD box set, a scaled down edition of the deleted Box 'O' Snakes. This updated box contains remastered editions of the five studio and two live albums that Whitesnake released from 1978 to 1982 plus a CD edition ...

Lyricist: Sal Abruscato. Personnel: Sal Abruscato (vocals, guitars); Matt Brown , Eddie Heedles (guitars); Johnny Kelly (drums). Audio Mixer: Matt Brown . Recording information: 2 Zoot Studios, New York, NY. Arrangers: Matt Brown ; Sal Abruscato.