Solea-A Flamenco Jazz Fantasy Audio CD

Since the 1960s, the Mighty Clouds of Joy have been recording heavenly sounding gospel music. Many of today's gospel quartets are often measured by the standards this legendary, trendsetting group has set forth. This project shows how the Clouds continue to reinvent themselves to flow with the current musical tide the industry has set forth. Granted, the group would not dare abandon its traditional quartet base, as can be noticed through tracks such as "Hook Up," "I Want to Thank You," the James Cleveland-penned "He Chose Me," "God Can," and "He Will Do It," the latter featuring a guest vocal appearance by Dottie Peoples. The Clouds, who enjoyed some crossover success during the mid-'70s, show here that they can still handle the contemporary side of things. For starters, there's the Marc Harris/BeBe Winans-penned track "Right Here Waiting (Come See About Me)." Other tracks traveling the contemporary vein are the J. Moss/Paul "PDA" Allen-produced "New Creature" and the urban-flavored "Seeking the Fire." This project shows that the Mighty Clouds of Joy continue to be a force to be reckoned with. ~ Tim A. Smith Recording information: Beach Street Studios, Inglewood, CA; Eclectic Studios, Nashville, TN; Entropy Recordings, Nashville, TN; Harmonie Park Recording Studios, Detroit, MI; Island Bound Studios, Nashville, TN; Quad Recording Studios, Nashville, TN; The Neve Room; Victory Recordings. Photographers: Beth Gwinn; Brian Wetzel; Zach Glickman. Unknown Contributor Role: Walter Kearney. Personnel: The Mighty Clouds of Joy (background vocals); Dottie Peoples, Ron Staples, Joe Ligon (vocals); Eddie Alford (guitar, acoustic guitar); Doc Powell, Charles Willis, Andrew Ramsey (guitar); Alphonso Cheeseburger McClain (strings, horns, piano, keyboards); Derrick Lee (piano); Ralph Lofton (organ); Marc Harris (keyboards); Cedric Anderson, Johnny Valentine, Terry Baker (drums); J Moss, ...

The Oyster Band's second album suffers somewhat from weird, slightly claustrophobic production and a curious bloodlessness due less to a lack of energy than to a scarcity of solid melodies. These aren't completely missing: the traditional "New York Girls" and the rollicking end-of-empire anthem "Too Late Now" are both irresistible singalongs, and "Tincans" draws charmingly ...

An essential purchase for the die-hard Christina Aguilera fan, this deluxe box set contains a variety of informed journalistic commentary on her career, as well as interviews with the star on subjects ranging from her early days as a Mouseketeer to her later image makeover as a sexy supervixen.

As primary songwriter/musician/producer, Gibb takes the quirky subtlety of the Hidden Cameras' 2003 debut, THE SMELL OF OUR OWN, and turns it up a few dozen notches with more grandiose pop orchestration and further tales of sexual struggle and triumph. Rather brilliant arrangements sprawl out over the course of the album, as if Belle & ...

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