Artist: Mr. Fingers
Genre(s):
R&B: Soul
Discography:
Introduction
Year: 1992
Tracks: 13
Big Ang
Friday, 27 June 2008
Monday, 23 June 2008
Asterius
Artist: Asterius
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
As Descendants Of Stars
Year: 1999
Tracks: 11
Patrizio Buanne
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Marlee Matlin is working on her memoir
NEW YORK —
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Academy Award-winning actress and "Dancing With the Stars" sensation Marlee Matlin is working on a memoir, scheduled to come out in 2009 and tentatively titled "I'll Scream Later."
"As a young girl, I imagined myself as Marcia Brady who just happened to be deaf, skating down the street saying hi to everyone I knew," Matlin, an Oscar winner in 1987 for "Children of a Lesser God," said in a statement issued Tuesday by Simon Spotlight Entertainment, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
"But today, as a mom of four, I'm no longer Marcia. I've morphed into Alice, the Maid. Goodbye, Marcia, Marcia, Marcia."
According to Simon Spotlight, the 42-year-old Matlin will confide about her "unresolved issues and battles with addiction and abuse, many of which she kept hidden from the public and her family." She also will "delve into her loves and life in Hollywood," including such television shows as "Picket Fences," "The Practice" and "The West Wing."
Her previous books include a novel, "Deaf Child Crossing," and the young people's stories "Leading Ladies" and "Nobody's Perfect."
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Friday, 13 June 2008
The Tossers
Artist: The Tossers
Genre(s):
Other
Rock
Pop
Discography:
Communication and Conviction
Year: 2007
Tracks: 21
Agony
Year: 2007
Tracks: 17
Valley of the Shadow of Death
Year: 2005
Tracks: 12
The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death
Year: 2005
Tracks: 12
First League Out From Land
Year: 2001
Tracks: 5
Long Dim Road
Year: 2000
Tracks: 11
We'll Never Be Sober Again
Year: 1996
Tracks: 14
Uncle Love: I Was R. Kelly's Dance Whiz
A guy who calls himself "Uncle Henry Love" says that he taught R. Kelly everything he knows -- well, almost everything.Henry Vaughn sued Kelly yesterday in Cook County for jacking his "steppin'" dance moves, which Vaughn says he gave to Kelly to make him seem more mature and less pervy.
Given that a jury is about to decide his fate in a kiddie-porn trial, like, today, we're guessing -- it didn't work so well. R.'s rep calls the suit "ridiculous."
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McCartney classical work to get NZ debut
A classical work which Sir Paul McCartney composed as a tribute to his late wife Linda McCartney is to have its New Zealand debut in Wellington.
Ecce Cor Meum, or Behold My Heart, will be performed by the Orpheus Choir, the choristers of the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, the Vector Wellington Orchestra and soprano Madeleine Pierard at Wellington Town Hall on November 29.
Sir Paul began the work in 1998 when he was invited to compose music to mark a new concert hall. Later that year his wife died of breast cancer.
The first version of what would become a five-movement work was performed in 2001. When a recorded version was released two years ago Sir Paul said he hoped the choral piece "could be sung by young people the world over in the same way that Handel's Messiah is".
Michael Fulcher, Cathedral of St Paul director of music, who will conduct the concert, said though it was a classical work, it still had the trademarks of Sir Paul's best-known music.
"It's got the most incredible melodies in it. And what a melodist he was - he came out with one amazing melody after the other. This piece has got that as well: everything is tuneful."
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Billy Bragg puts words on a page and suspends them in the air
ALTHOUGH it's been nearly six years since Billy Bragg has released an album, his hiatus can hardly be characterized as quiet.
In fact, the English guitarist-songwriter, who has spent more than two decades belting out politically charged, punk-tinged folk songs, continued to speak out on those same themes of politics and identity in 2006, only in book form: "The Progressive Patriot: A Search for Belonging."
Now, though, Bragg says he's ready to get back to basics. Moving on from what he calls his "author phase," he returns to music, taking to the road to promote his just-released album, "Mr. Love & Justice," and hitting the El Rey Theatre on Tuesday.
"Being an author's great fun, and it gives you a platform to talk about lots of things that I think are really important," he explains. "But the audiences at book fairs are not the same as the audience at the El Rey."
Bragg, 50, says the process of writing a book informed his current album.
"As soon as I delivered the manuscript, I went off to do some dates. And as soon as I strapped on a guitar at the sound check, I started having ideas for songs," Bragg says. "The book was a polemic, and the songs that came through [for 'Mr. Love & Justice'] tended to be more like love songs. It says something about my creative processes."
Politics play as large a part as love in Bragg's overall repertoire, so in some ways, the book and new album appear to represent two sides of the same musician. Take, for instance, the album title, which came from a 1960 novel by British author Colin MacInnis.
"MacInnis is, I think, the hip Orwell," the musician says. "Although MacInnis never came up with anything as prescient as 'Animal Farm' or '1984,' he was a great observer of the way that national identity changes, but also at the same time retains some very important elements of its original core."
Bragg points to the Beatles as the perfect example of Mac- Innis' theories of how rebelling against a national identity often simply reinforces it. "Everybody knows they were inspired by the music of black Americans, but conversely that led to some of the most intensely British music of the 20th century," he explains.
Bragg has built his career on asking questions and demanding answers, and the El Rey show, no doubt, will incorporate some discussion of the American race for the presidency.
For the record, Bragg says he's heartened by the primaries. "The most encouraging thing for us over here," he said by phone from Britain, "is that the choices you have seem to suggest that the electorate will be a lot more engaged come the fall," he says. "A [voter] turnout of over 50% would make us feel that the Americans do have a commitment to democracy in their own country, never mind anyone else's."
Above all, Bragg says his six-year detour proved that he's more of a politically minded minstrel -- rather than author -- at heart. "I wouldn't [go onstage] if I didn't get that buzz," he says. "I don't feel 50 when I'm out there; I feel 25 again."
BILLY BRAGG WHERE: El Rey Theatre, 5515 Wilshire Blvd., L.A.
WHEN: 8 p.m. Tue.
PRICE: $31
INFO: (323) 936-6400
In fact, the English guitarist-songwriter, who has spent more than two decades belting out politically charged, punk-tinged folk songs, continued to speak out on those same themes of politics and identity in 2006, only in book form: "The Progressive Patriot: A Search for Belonging."
Now, though, Bragg says he's ready to get back to basics. Moving on from what he calls his "author phase," he returns to music, taking to the road to promote his just-released album, "Mr. Love & Justice," and hitting the El Rey Theatre on Tuesday.
"Being an author's great fun, and it gives you a platform to talk about lots of things that I think are really important," he explains. "But the audiences at book fairs are not the same as the audience at the El Rey."
Bragg, 50, says the process of writing a book informed his current album.
"As soon as I delivered the manuscript, I went off to do some dates. And as soon as I strapped on a guitar at the sound check, I started having ideas for songs," Bragg says. "The book was a polemic, and the songs that came through [for 'Mr. Love & Justice'] tended to be more like love songs. It says something about my creative processes."
Politics play as large a part as love in Bragg's overall repertoire, so in some ways, the book and new album appear to represent two sides of the same musician. Take, for instance, the album title, which came from a 1960 novel by British author Colin MacInnis.
"MacInnis is, I think, the hip Orwell," the musician says. "Although MacInnis never came up with anything as prescient as 'Animal Farm' or '1984,' he was a great observer of the way that national identity changes, but also at the same time retains some very important elements of its original core."
Bragg points to the Beatles as the perfect example of Mac- Innis' theories of how rebelling against a national identity often simply reinforces it. "Everybody knows they were inspired by the music of black Americans, but conversely that led to some of the most intensely British music of the 20th century," he explains.
Bragg has built his career on asking questions and demanding answers, and the El Rey show, no doubt, will incorporate some discussion of the American race for the presidency.
For the record, Bragg says he's heartened by the primaries. "The most encouraging thing for us over here," he said by phone from Britain, "is that the choices you have seem to suggest that the electorate will be a lot more engaged come the fall," he says. "A [voter] turnout of over 50% would make us feel that the Americans do have a commitment to democracy in their own country, never mind anyone else's."
Above all, Bragg says his six-year detour proved that he's more of a politically minded minstrel -- rather than author -- at heart. "I wouldn't [go onstage] if I didn't get that buzz," he says. "I don't feel 50 when I'm out there; I feel 25 again."
BILLY BRAGG WHERE: El Rey Theatre, 5515 Wilshire Blvd., L.A.
WHEN: 8 p.m. Tue.
PRICE: $31
INFO: (323) 936-6400
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