The Low Highway
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Steve Earle 'The Low Highway' is the 15th studio album from Americana's reigning renaissance man, Steve Earle. The album was co-produced by Steve, along with Ray Kennedy (Emmylou Harris, John Mellancamp, Willie Nelson). It features Earle's live band, consisting of Chris Masterson, Eleanor Whitmore, Kelley Looney, Will Rigby and Allison Moorer.
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 People, Hell and Angels
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Jimi Hendrix 'People, Hell and Angels' is an essential new album premiering twelve previously unreleased studio recordings completed by legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix from 1968-1970. It showcases his work outside of the original Jimi Hendrix Experience trio.
These twelve recordings encompass a variety of unique sounds and styles incorporating many of the elements-horns, keyboards, percussion and second guitar-Jimi wanted to incorporate within his new music. 'People, Hell and Angels' presents some of the finest Jimi Hendrix guitar work ever issued and provides a compelling window into his growth as a songwriter, musician and producer.
With an album title coined by Jimi Hendrix, 'People, Hell and Angels' reveals some of Hendrix's post-Experience ambitions and directions as he worked with new musicians, including the Buffalo Springfield's Stephen Stills, drummer Buddy Miles, Billy Cox, creating fresh and exciting sounds for the next chapter in his extraordinary career.
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The Next Day
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David Bowie David Bowie presents his first new album in ten years and his thirtieth studio recording, 'The Next Day' featuring the singles ‘Where Are We Now?’ and ‘The Stars (Are Out Tonight)’.
Throwing shadows and avoiding the industry treadmill is very David Bowie despite his extraordinary track record. His legacy includes album sales in excess of 130 million not to mention his massive contributions in the area of art, fashion, style, sexual exploration and social commentary. It goes without saying that he has sold out stadiums and broken ticket records throughout the world during this most influential of careers.
Produced by long term collaborator Tony Visconti, 'Where Are We Now?' was written by Bowie, and was recorded in New York.
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 Searching for Sugar Man
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Rodriguez The 'Searching For Sugar Man' soundtrack features definitive songs from Rodriguez's two albums, 'Coming From Reality' and 'Cold Fact'.
One of underground rock's most unusual stories of the 1970s is the basis for the thought-provoking new film, 'Searching For Sugar Man'. It's the tale of an obscure debut LP by a Detroit singer-songwriter named Rodriguez becoming a source of hope and inspiration to the anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa.
In the late '60s, a musician was discovered in a Detroit bar by two celebrated producers who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics. They recorded an album that they believed was going to secure his reputation as one of the greatest recording artists of his generation. In fact, the album bombed and the singer disappeared into obscurity amid rumors of a gruesome on-stage suicide. But a bootleg recording found its way into apartheid South Africa and, over the next two decades, it became a phenomenon. Two South African fans then set out to find out what really happened to their hero. Their investigation led them to a story more extraordinary than any of the existing myths about the artist known as Rodriguez.
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Wild Ones
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Flo Rida Highlighted by his worldwide hits ‘Good Feeling’, ‘Wild Ones’ (Feat. Sia), and ‘Whistle’, Flo Rida presents his highly anticipated new album, 'Wild Ones'.
'Wild Ones' is an envelope-pushing collection of party-friendly anthems that showcases Flo Rida's signature stop-and-go flow, melodic sensibility, massive hooks, and billion-dollar beats, as well as his clever lyricism. ‘I like to sit down and come up with a melody first, before I even apply the lyrics,’ he says. ‘Because when you're creating a track, you should become an instrument, not just rap over a beat. For me to connect with a track, it has to be soulful.’
Flo Rida burst onto the scene in 2007 with his record-breaking #1 hit, ‘Low’ (Feat. T-Pain), which spent 10 consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, and has gone on to sell more than 56 million singles worldwide.
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Girl Who Got Away
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Dido You're about to fall in love with her all over again. One of the UK's biggest selling female artists ever, Dido returns with her strongest album yet.
Dido's eagerly anticipated fourth album 'Girl Who Got Away' features the lead single ‘No Freedom’.
Reunited once more with brother Rollo Armstrong, who has produced the majority of the album, Dido also collaborated with Brian Eno, Jeff Bhasker, Rick Nowels and Greg Kurstin to create an 11-track album of the very finest self-penned, soul-baring electro-pop.
Warm, evocative and bursting with the emotion of life's little details, 'Girl Who Got Away' is classic Dido; at once modern and timeless. It's the comeback record of the year.
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My Head is an Animal
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Of Monsters and Men Of Monsters and Men is an amiable group of day dreamers who craft folkie pop songs. But in 2011, the normally mild-mannered six pack transformed into total rock stars after stomping out their competition during Musiktilraunir, a yearly battle of the bands in their native Iceland. 'My Head Is An Animal' is the debut full-length album from the Icelandic band.
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Treble and Reverb
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Aaradhna The eagerly awaited return of New Zealand singer, Aaradhna is celebrated with her third album, 'Treble and Reverb'.
When Aaradhna's harmonies spill through the speakers in her opening track, you learn that it's not just treble and reverb that go good together. It's her silky voice over that doo-wop style (a sound she likes to call Retro/Metro), and her newfound attitude partnered with old school soul. It's Aaradhna and music that go good together.
As this country's most promising musical talent, 'Treble and Reverb' serves as a reminder of the gaping hole she left when she took a break from the industry not long after releasing her sophomore album, 'Sweet Soul Music' in 2008.
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WOMAD the World's Festival 20132013 saw the legendary WOMAD festival visit our fair shores once more, bringing with it a stellar line up of culturally focused acts from the far-flung corners of our musical globe.
Always the highlight on the festival calendar, WOMAD attracts tens of thousands of people each year who immerse themselves in a cultural whirlwind of dance, art and music.
This year's CD compilation collects some of the finest acts that took the stage including Jimmy Cliff, Salif Keita, Hugh Masakela, Antibalas and NZ's own Fly My Pretties.
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