MICKEY DOLENZ & THE AMERICAN METROPOLE ORCHESTRA - OUT OF NOWHERE
7A Records presents a brand new album from Micky Dolenz - "Out Of
Nowhere". Recorded in April this year with the sublime 30 piece American
Metropole Orchestra, Dolenz sings all of the Monkees' greatest hits along with
some outstanding deep album cuts. The orchestral backing adds a real unique
depth to the recordings and Dolenz's voice is as good as ever. To quote Dolenz
in his own words: "Words cannot express what a magical night it was. You
really had to be there and thanks to this recording, you can be!" Includes Last Train to Clarksville; Sometime in the Morning; D.W. Washburn; A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You; (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone; Hey Bulldog (Inst.); Porpoise Song; Randy Scouse Git; Since I Fell for You; Daydream Believer; Pleasant Valley Sunday; and I'm a Believer.
LIONEL
LOUEKE & CELINE RUDOLPH - OBESSION
A singer
playing the guitar. A guitarist who sings. An album on which these two
exceptional musicians show that in music, too, the whole can be bigger than the
sum of its parts. Their common "obsession" opens up musical horizons,
sounds like Jazz and singer-songwriter-elegance, like Cotonou, Rio, Memphis and
Berlin. It is music that speaks of the passion that loves, of deep moments,
life, pleasure and the Blues. This duo, which most often sounds like a band,
sometimes even like an orchestra, sings ten glorious, spontaneous songs,
sometimes in English, sometimes French, sometimes in Celinish or Lionelish. You
may think, after just one listen, that you ve known these songs all your life,
but there is really only one cover among them (Caetano Velosos "O Leãozinho"),
while the rest of the songs were written by either Céline Rudolph or Lionel
Loueke or both of them. Make no mistake: this is a complex, diverse album,
while at the same time homogeneous and subtle, aptly titled Obsession .
CORNELL
THIGPEN - HISTORY
Album
delivers a fresh new sound of sophisticated inspiration and poetic
collaboration that illuminates pure talent! History displays a straight-ahead
approach to modern jazz, but screams a blend of electrified fusion, funk, and
highly progressive pop/rock influenced by the avant-garde. Energy is displayed
in every song! Cornell Thigpen is a Chicago Illinois native and has traveled
the world as musician and Music Director with such artist as Dave Hollister,
Mary J. Bilge, Kenny Babyface Edmonds, BeBe and CeCe Winans, Daryl Coley,
Stevie Nicks, Fred Hammond, Bobby Brown, Keshia Cole, Patti Labelle, Jagged
Edge, the group 112, Ralph Tresvant, Kim Burrell, Chaka Khan, The Isley Brothers,
Kenny Latimore, Tony Terry and Kirk Franklin to name a few. Cornell has also
played many styles of music from gospel to blues to rhythm and blues to smooth
jazz and to rock and is highly respected among the musical community. Thigpen
boasts over one million views on YouTube with hundreds of videos attesting to
his undeniable musical talent and abilities. Multi-Grammy, Stellar and Dove
Award Winner Fred Hammond affirms, Cornell is not just a musician but one who
connects with the listener! Cornell's extensive music career includes tours
worldwide, as well as appearances on shows and events such as The Oprah Winfrey
Show, Good Morning America, The View, PBS, and The Chicago Bulls Championship
parade. This album should be in everyone's collection!
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