Nearly twenty years after the creation of the band, and over a decade since the music was last available to fans, the music of the Traveling Wilburys will be reissued on June 16, 2007. Rhino Entertainment will distribute the package from the Wilbury Records label. The previously released albums Traveling Wilburys Volume 1 and Traveling Wilburys Volume 3 …
One of the most immediately recognizable voices in all of contemporary music, Michael McDonald’s signature sound fuses rock, R&B, soul, and gospel. As he evolved onward from his formative days as a backup singer for Steely Dan, McDonald’s artistry bridged the gap between jazzy blue-eyed soul and and chart-topping pop rock, earning him superstardom both as lead vocalist/keyboardist …
Fans lucky enough to score tickets to Heaven And Hell’s Radio City Music Hall performance on March 30, 2007 – the concert sold out in a matter of minutes – were fortunate witnesses to the glorious return of Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Vinny Appice. Onstage in the U.S. for the first time in 15 …
The original Black Sabbath lineup includes Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Lommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward. Four childhood friends from the north of England-grew out of the UK’s late-60s blues/hard rock scene, which also included Led Zeppelin, Cream, Blue Cheer, and other greats. Sabbath’s sweeping and masterful metamorphosis away from that tradition spawned heavy metal music, inventing the template …
This three-disc set is a gold mine for anyone with even a passing interest in the music, the poetry, and the people of the beat era. The stars–Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs–are here, of course. But so are the players (Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan), the architects (Kenneth Patchen, Kenneth Rexroth), the cutups (Lenny Bruce, Lord Buckley), the pretenders (Rod …
The emergence of North Carolinian Randy Travis heralded a sea change in contemporary country. The true pioneer of the hugely popular new traditionalist movement, Travis helped reconnect the genre with its roots. His 1986 debut, Storms Of Life, delivered two #1 singles & became country’s first-ever multiplatinum album. Getting back to basics never felt so good, & Travis …
You probably haven’t traveled enough if you’ve never heard Cajun music, and there’s a good bet you’ve never really two-stepped around the Christmas tree until you’ve two-stepped to either a Beausoleil or Cajun Gold Christmas classic like those found on this 17-track compilation. Alligator Stomp features fiddles, triangles, and accordions a-blazin’ along with the French-sung carols and other …
Remastered reissue of the country icon’s 1999 holiday release. Ten tracks including: “Christmas Time’s A-Coming”, “O Little Town Of Bethlehem”, & “Away In A Manger”. …
The artist who will forever be known as Prince-and could fittingly be known as “The Artist”-is one of the most brilliant, versatile and influential musical forces of his, or any, time. Prince took R&B and regally marched it into genre-blurring horizons previously unknown, fusing rock, funk, soul, psychedelia, pop, and singer-songwriter aesthetics into a sound that was mind-bending …
Indie powerhouse Tommy Boy Records was born in Tom Silverman’s NYC apartment in 1981 when the entrepreneurial trade mag publisher began releasing the best of the demos crossing his path. He struck gold with the label’s revolutionary debut, Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force’s Planet Rock. One of the only 12″ singles ever to sell 600,000+ copies, …