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On his fourth studio album, Christopher Carraba expands his personal vision and sound into a collection of emo anthems and slow-burning ballads that feel denser and larger than any of Dashboard Confessional's previous work. The title track is the only acoustic number on DUSK AND SUMMER; the rest of the acoustic guitars are folded into a richer, more epic sound courtesy of producers Don Gilmore and Daniel Lanois. There is an elegiac feel to this disc; it is an album full of songs about endings, fading light, and last chances. But Dashboard Confessional is typically unwilling to go gently into that good night.
The disc begins with an ode to vulnerability, "Don't Wait," with the rhythm section driving steadily ahead while plaintive vocals tell a cautionary tale of days passing by. "The Secret's In the Telling" is a more defiant strain of melancholy, with Carraba resigned but still romantic among the power chords and pounding drums. Even last chances, he suggests, are chances worth taking. Or, as he sings on the slow rocker "Currents," "If it's gonna end/then let it end in flames."
Japanese pressing of Dashboard Confessional's full-length comes with acoustic version of 'Stolen' as a bonus track. Universal. 2006.Rolling Stone (p.68) - "Carrabba proves again that he's emo's best singer, channeling his malleable croon with grace and seize-the-moment power..."
Spin (p.83) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "DUSK OF SUMMER represents a major upgrade in Dashboard's sound: 'Don't Wait' surges with arena-rock guitars..."
Entertainment Weekly (p.160) - "Several songs invoke summer's end....The band is powerful enough to match Carraba's grandiosity and lust." -- Grade: B
Alternative Press (p.199) - 4 out of 5 -- "From the gently played meditations of 'Stolen' to the muscular rock of 'Reason To Believe,' DUSK AND SUMMER is proof that Carraba's ability to drop hugely emotive choruses into three-minute pop songs has become its own form of classic American songwriting." Dusk And Summer Review
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Purchase Dusk And Summer CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Trans-Siberian Orchestra Night Castle CDs (2009)
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NIGHT CASTLE appears just in time for the big 2009 holiday season but don't be fooled: this isn't a Christmas album, even if it's sonically indistinguishable from Trans-Siberian Orchestra's other seasonal releases, and the fact that it's been dubbed "Capra-esque" certainly brings it within the realm of the season. NIGHT CASTLE brims with all the drama, pomp, and circumstance of Trans-Siberian Orchestra's other records but channeling these traits through a newly created narrative does have the effect of hearing it in a somewhat new light, shifting the focus entirely to the band's attack, not melody. Still, there's not that much new here -- and the coda of seasonal covers, including the first sober version of "Nutrocker" ever cut, doesn't do much to break that spell. But for those already enchanted by the Orchestra, this will continue to enthrall.
Night Castle appears just in time for the big 2009 holiday season but don't be fooled: this isn't a Christmas album, even if it's sonically indistinguishable from Trans-Siberian Orchestra's other seasonal releases, and the fact that it's been dubbed "Capra-esque" certainly brings it within the realm of the season. Night Castle brims with all the drama, pomp, and circumstance of Trans-Siberian Orchestra's other records, but channeling these ...
| | Bob Dylan Christmas In The Heart CD (2009)
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After the initial shock fades, the existence of CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART seems perhaps inevitable. After all, the thing Bob Dylan loves most of all are songs that are handed down from generation to generation, songs that are part of the American fabric, songs so common they never seem to have been written. These are the songs Dylan chooses to sing on CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART, a cheerfully old-fashioned holiday album from its Norman Rockwell-esque cover to its joyous backing vocals. Apart from the breakneck "Must Be Santa," which barrelhouses like a barroom, Dylan doesn't really reinterpret these songs as much as simply play them with his crackerjack road band, dropping in a little flair ...
| | W A S P Babylon CD (2009) (Import) United Kingdom
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| | Alice in Chains - Unplugged DVD (1996)
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| | Trans-Siberian Orchestra Beethoven's Last Night CD (2000)
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BEETHOVEN'S LAST NIGHT is a rock opera conceived by Paul O'Neill.
Recorded at Soundtracks, Stellar Productions & Studio 900, New ...
| | Pink Martini Splendor In The Grass CD (2009) Digipak
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Pink Martini follow the around-the-world-in-a-dozen-songs thrills of HEY EUGENE! with SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, a mellower, simpler set of small pleasures. These are relative terms, however; the group's music is still well-traveled, with China Forbes singing in five languages (English, Spanish, Neapolitan, French, and Italian) instead of the six or so on EUGENE!. However, Pink Martini opt for a more unified sound here, one that draws on the more straightforward lounge-pop of their debut, SYMPATHIQUE, and the mellowness of '60s and '70s pop. SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS' first half is especially smooth, opening with the beautifully soft Neapolitan ballad "Ninna Nanna" and the title track, on which Forbes sings "I think we should take it slow" over swooping strings, brass, and piano that resurrect the glory days of AM pop; that feeling is echoed by the cover of Joe Raposo's "Sing," the Sesame Street song that gained popularity when the Carpenters performed it (Emilio Delgado, aka Sesame Street's Luis, duets with Forbes here in Spanish and English). The album's first few tracks are among its most playful, including the slinky yet winking ...
| | Enzo Stuarti Bravo Stuarti!/Soft & Sentimental CD (2000)
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| | Doug Munro Blueness CD (2000)
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| | Seth L'Excellence CD (2001) (Import) Netherlands
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| | Soulsberry End Of Vacation CD (2001) (Import) Japan
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| | Juanjo Dominguez Corazon Guitarrero CD (2004)
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| | Don Stiernberg By George CD (2005)
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It's all Gershwin. It's all instrumental. It's all acoustic. With "By George" virtuoso mandolinist Don Stiernberg and stellar guitarist John Carlini show what those instruments can do in the right hands.Don and John initially set forth George's melodies as written, then engage in playful improvisation while being ever respectful of the musical integrity built into the original manuscripts. Their renditions are modern, ...
| | String Cheese Incident On The Road: Travelogue Fall 2006 CDs (2007)
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| | John Rhodes First Edition CD (2008)
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Singer and pianist, John Rhodes, blends Country, Honky-tonk, R & B, Gospel, and Rock and Roll into his playing and writing styles.He is a captivating performer who has been compared to Jerry Lee Lewis and lauded by country music legend Ronnie Milsap. Born on the outskirts of Savannah, Georgia in the early eighties, John quickly learned the value of hard work. His father was a preacher, and the church became a second home for John. He was always fascinated by music and began piano lessons at age four. By age fifteen, he was playing to live audiences across the United States.As a teenager, John had already developed an excellent ear for music and began to write his own material. John’s first gig was with the Canaanland Boys, a gospel quartet from Jacksonville, Florida. At seventeen, he joined the Toney Brothers, another gospel group based in Hendersonville, Tennessee. By the time John was nineteen; he had earned his chops on the road and joined the Stamps Quartet, Elvis’s backup group during the 1970’s. He continued with the Stamps until a family member’s illness called him back to Georgia, where he remained until moving to Nashville in January 2005.John’s musical influences are varied as his range, reflecting his diverse background. He cites Ronnie Milsap, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Liberace, among others as influences.As John explains, “I love to entertain. I grew up listening to all the greats, watching them play, and hoping one day I would be on stage, in front of an audience, making them ...
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