Rob Farrer Discography of CDs

Rob Farrer albums With combined U.K. album sales of nearly three million copies, Georgian-born Katie Melua has quietly become one of the biggest-selling female artists of the decade. Without the media profile of Britney Spears, the powerhouse vocals of Anastacia, or the critical acclaim of Dido, her success has been based purely on old-fashioned songs that ...

Rob Farrer songs Capturing a concert held at London's Hammersmith Apollo in March of 2011, several months prior to the release of his re-interpretive record New Blood, the double-disc Live Blood sounds very similar to the subsequent LP and its 2010 predecessor Scratch My Back...as well it should, as all the performances are based on the ...

Rob Farrer music CDs Personnel: Katie Melua (vocals, guitar); Chris Spedding, Steve Donnelly, John Parricelli (guitars); The Irish Film Orchestra (strings, flute); Dominic Glover (trumpet); Mike Batt (piano, organ); Tim Harries (bass instrument); Henry Spinetti (drums); Ray Cooper , Rob Farrer (percussion).

Rob Farrer CD discography To say that any Divine Comedy album feels calculated is somewhat pointless, given that Neil Hannon's cheeky musical alter ego is a nostalgic figure caught in a 1930s time warp to begin with. It's all about affection, as it were. And Victory for the Comic Muse is almost mathematical in its calculation: open ...

Rob Farrer albums Though Neil Hannon's wise and wordy songs and Brian Ferry-like croon have always been at the heart of the Divine Comedy's sound, REGENERATION places Hannon's smart songwriting in focus to a greater degree than ever before. With Nigel Godrich manning the boards, it's not surprising that there's a tinge of Radiohead in the ...

Rob Farrer discography Duckworth-Lewis Method are a band fronted by the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon and named after a complicated scoring system in cricket. Their entire self-titled debut is inspired by the game of cricket, and is described by Hannon and his bandmate, Thomas Walsh of Pugwash, as "a kaleidoscopic musical adventure through the beautiful and ...

Rob Farrer CD discography Recording information: Lyndhurst Studios, London, England (07/2009-08/2009).

Rob Farrer music CDs PUNISHING KISS is a collection of songs written specifically for Ute Lemper by Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Elvis Costello, Philip Glass, The Divine Comedy and Scott Walker. Ute Lemper's first pop album finds the German-born actress and cabaret performer seeking assistance from some impressive kindred spirits. Her remarkable voice-imagine a post--punk Marlene Dietrich, or ...

Rob Farrer discography ONCE AROUND THE SUN is a 12-piece personal musical odyssey though the course of a year by U.K. modern classical composer Joby Talbot.ÿÿ 12 pieces written during his year as England's Classic FM Composer in Residence. Personnel: Joby Talbot (piano); Everton Nelson (violin); Chris Worsey (cello); Rob Farrer (percussion).

Rob Farrer songs An ironic raconteur for the 21st century, Neil Hannon has put together a collection that will make even the most hardened futurist giggle with glee. On the surface, these songs are light-hearted and derivative odes, which contrast Coward-esque musical arrangements with contemporary themes, making for an amusing journey into the psyche of a wry observer. But the thing that distinguishes the Divine Comedy from short-lived cabaret pastiche bands like the Mike Flowers Pops is the group's unfailing ability to transcend the somewhat jaded jokey juxtaposition of operatic pop with modern chart music and create something which is genuinely moving and insightful. The comedy becomes critique and eventually a mournful and ...