Originally formed a dozen years ago while
students together at Indiana University, the a cappella group has
reassembled and reemerged after their video for 'The 12 Days of Christmas'
became a phenomenon with almost 8 million views on YouTube. In an era when
so much pop music is the product of digital processing and vocal
pro-tooling, Straight No Chaser is the real deal- the captivating sound of
ten unadulterated human voices coming together to make extraordinary music
that is moving people in a fundamental sense...and with a sense of humor.
Norah has taken a new direction on the The
Fall, experimenting with different sounds and a new set of collaborators,
including Jacquire King, a noted producer and engineer who has worked with
Kings of Leon, Tom Waits and Modest Mouse.
January 21st 2009 is not a date that Susan
Boyle is ever likely to forget. ‘I will never forget it,’ she clarifies, in
her unmistakeably Celtic brogue. It was the day that the shy, devout 48 year
old stepped onto the stage of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
in Glasgow for an audition on Britain’s Got Talent. Or to put it another
way, the day her world turned 360 degrees on its head.
2009 soundtrack to the hit TV show featuring
tracks performed by the show's cast. Glee, from Ryan Murphy (creator of
Nip/Tuck), is an uplifting comedy musical series with biting humor that
features a soundtrack of hit music from past to present. The show follows an
optimistic high school teacher as he tries to refuel his own passion for
singing while reinventing the school's glee club and challenging a group of
ragtag performers to realize their star potential.
2009 release from the four-time Grammy Award
winner and former American Idol winner. Carrie has come a long way since her
AI days including selling more than 10 million albums, garnering ACM and CMA
awards and becoming the first Country artist in history to achieve 10 #1
singles from her first two albums. To top that all off, she was also
recently inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame! This 2009 album
includes the first single 'Cowboy Casanova'.
Original soundtrack to the 2009 motion
picture, the sequel to the enormously successful romantic teen vampire epic
Twilight. Features tracks from Death Cab For Cutie, Thom Yorke, Anya Marina,
The Killers, Muse, Bon Iver & St. Vincent, Sea Wolf, Editors and many
others.
Original soundtrack to the 2009 motion
picture, the sequel to the enormously successful romantic teen vampire epic
Twilight. Features tracks from Death Cab For Cutie, Thom Yorke, Anya Marina,
The Killers, Muse, Bon Iver & St. Vincent, Sea Wolf, Editors and many
others.
Every year, year-in and year-out, since 1993,
Toby Keith has shown up at the very top of country music. And with American
Ride, his 16th studio album, he's done it again.
Madonna, who has racked up a record 37 top 10
hits as well as seven No. 1 albums (including her last four) on the
Billboard Pop Charts, has given her fans yet another opportunity to
'celebrate' her musical achievements. The songs on 'Celebration' have all
been remastered and selected by Madonna and her fans. They cover the expanse
of the Material Girl's extraordinary career of hits.
'Crazy Love', Michael Bublé's first CD in two
and a half years, features two original songs along with his always original
take on 11 standards from various eras. The multi-Grammy winning artist
hunkered down in recording studios in LA, Brooklyn, New York and his
hometown of Vancouver for the last six months to make his 'ultimate record
about the inevitable roller coaster ride of relationships.'
This is the sixth solo studio album from the
legendary musician and follows 2007's highly successful Kill To Get Crimson,
which Rolling Stone heralded as 'a gem' and USA Today described as, '...yet
another unpretentious showcase for his unmistakable gifts as a musician,
tunesmith and storyteller.'
Following seven years of near solid touring,
Muse escalated from being the biggest band in Teignmouth in 1997 to one of
the biggest bands in Europe by 2004. With each successive album, they pushed
the musical envelope with a fusion of progressive rock, electronica, and
Radiohead-influenced experimentation, creating an emotive, passionate sound.
Muse's reputation as one of the best live rock bands in the world is well
deserved with their exhilarating live performances drawing critical acclaim,
industry buzz, and a loyal and rabid fan base.
The classic original Beatles studio albums
have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios
in London over a four year period utilising state of the art recording
technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the
authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result
of this painstaking process is the highest fidelity the Beatles catalogue
has seen since its original release.
2009 release from the Country/Pop icon.
American Classic is Willie Nelson's return to the Great American Songbook, a
crossover standards album by the man who invented the genre with his
landmark, best-selling 1978 album Stardust, which has been certified
five-times Platinum by the RIAA. Produced by Tommy LiPuma and featuring
guest duet partners Norah Jones on the classic tale of seduction 'Baby It's
Cold Outside' and Diana Krall on 'If I Had You.'
No One's First and You're Next is a
collection of newly recorded songs from the We Were Dead Before the Ship
Even Sank and Good News for People Who Love Bad News sessions, as well as
two rare b-sides. Three 7" limited edition, hand-numbered singles were
released over the course of 3 months, all leading up to the release of this
comprehensive collection of songs, including two additional tracks, King Rat
and I've Got it All (Most). This is sure to be a must-have for their
dedicated fanbase.
Daughtry achieved global success with its
self-titled debut, the biggest selling artist release of the past two years.
The band's Grammy-nominated, quadruple-platinum debut garnered multiple
American Music Awards, World Music Awards, and Billboard Music Awards.
Daughtry spent most of the last two years on the road, performing to
sold-out arenas, but is now back with the follow-up to the its massive
debut. Leave This Town will be available on July 14, 2009, and was produced
by Howard Benson.
2009 album from the Country superstar. A
Grammy-winning instrumentalist and the reigning, three-time ACM and two-time
CMA Male Vocalist winner with 13 career #1 singles to his credit, Paisley
has amassed album sales in excess of 10 million units, including his two
times platinum 2005 ACM and CMA Album of the Year, Time Well Wasted.
American Saturday Night features the hit single 'Then,' produced by Frank
Rogers.
Arguably the most accomplished
singer/songwriter of his generation, Rob Thomas is one of modern music's
most compelling and commercially successful artists. Between Matchbox
Twenty, his solo work, and his various collaborations with iconic artists
like Santana and Mick Jagger, his tally now stands at more than 80 million
albums sold worldwide.
Wilco's seventh disc, Wilco (the album), took shape quickly in January
'09 after the band traveled to Auckland, New Zealand to participate in
an Oxfam International benefit project. The band began cutting tracks
for the new album, producing it themselves with the help of engineer Jim
Scott. The sextet completed the disc at its Chicago studio and performed
some of the new material in April at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage
Festival; where the Times-Picayune praised the band's 'thrilling,
nuanced set.' .
TGiven the pace of Michael Jackson's post-Thriller release
schedule, it's striking that Off the Wall appeared between two albums
with his brothers, Destiny (1978) and Triumph (1980), on
which the twentysomething phenomenon was also fully engaged. Aided by
richly detailed but not overdone production, Off the Wall redefined how
much Michael might do.
This collection is the first to span Harrison’s entire solo recording
career, including the #1 Billboard Pop singles “My Sweet Lord,” “Isn’t
It A Pity,” “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth),” and “Got My Mind
Set On You." Let It Roll also features live recordings of three timeless
Harrison-penned Beatles songs, “Something,” “While My Guitar Gently
Weeps,” and “Here Comes The Sun,” from his 1971 all-star Concert For
Bangladesh benefit at Madison Square Garden.
Eric Clapton & Steve
Winwood Live from Madison Square Garden
Billboard, in a cover story on Dave Matthews Band, praised Big
Whiskey as "its best album yet… Highlights include the funk-rock rave-up
'Shake Me Like a Monkey,' the stirring ballad 'Lying in the Hands of
God,' the swampy rocker 'Alligator Pie (Cockadile),' radio-friendly fare
like 'Why I Am,' which features playful horns over a solid rock riff and
a hooky chorus, and 'Funny the Way It Is,' which parlays a subtle intro
into a soaring, syncopated anthem."
The new album by The Black Eyed Peas is off to a blazing start! The
first single from The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies), BOOM BOOM POW was also
the Peas' very first #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart!
With The E.N.D., The Peas are poised to continue with the success of
Elephunk and their fourth release Monkey Business - they have had
multiple hit anthems, such as "My Humps" "Pump It" and "Let's Get It
Started" along with "Don't Phunk With My Heart" "Where is the Love?" and
"Don't Lie".
Billboard, in a cover story on Dave Matthews Band, praised Big
Whiskey as "its best album yet… Highlights include the funk-rock rave-up
'Shake Me Like a Monkey,' the stirring ballad 'Lying in the Hands of
God,' the swampy rocker 'Alligator Pie (Cockadile),' radio-friendly fare
like 'Why I Am,' which features playful horns over a solid rock riff and
a hooky chorus, and 'Funny the Way It Is,' which parlays a subtle intro
into a soaring, syncopated anthem."
Special CD/DVD edition of the trumpeter's 2009 live release includes a
bonus DVD that includes a two hour concert plus a . 40-minute
Behind-The-Scenes bonus. Chris Botti In Boston finds the chart-topping
Jazz trumpeter and special guests performing live at the historic Boston
Symphony Hall with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops on September 18
and 19, 2008. Includes guest appearances from Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma,
John Mayer, Katharine McPhee, Sting, Lucia Micarelli and Steven Tyler.
2009 collection from the Country music great, his second collection of
hits, featuring 15 tracks including the brand new single 'Out Last
Night' (only available on this collection!). Since his debut album 15
years ago, Chesney has managed to shift 25 million units and
consistently plays live to over one million fans every year. Not bad for
a seemingly average-guy from Knoxville, TN!
2009 release, the Punk trio's long-awaited eighth studio album,. The
album is the best-selling trio's first studio album since 2004's
two-time Grammy Award-winning Punk Rock opera American Idiot,
which debuted at #1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles,
and went on to sell more than 12 million copies worldwide.
21st Century Breakdown is divided into three acts: "Heroes and
Cons," "Charlatans and Saints," and "Horseshoes and Handgrenades," and
follows a young couple, Christian and Gloria, through the mess and
promise of the century so far. Songs include "Know Your Enemy", "21
Guns", "East Jesus Nowhere", "Before the Lobotomy", and "Restless Heart
Syndrome.".
Bill Moyers called it a remarkable example of "the simple yet
transformative power of music... to touch something in each of us."
Variety acknowledged it as "a great showcase for just what incredible,
thoroughly accessible popular music is being made worldwide.
Utilizing innovative mobile audio/video techniques, Playing for Change (PFC)
records musicians outdoors in cities and townships worldwide. They've
travelled from post-Katrina New Orleans to post-apartheid South Africa,
from the remote beauty of the Himalayas to the religious diversity of
Jerusalem. Their talents are captured in myriad environments: under the
sun and beneath the streetlights... in public parks, plazas and
promenades... in doorways, on cobblestone streets, amid hilly pueblos.
Their performances are subsequently combined in allowing them to
collaborate - albeit separated by hundreds, or even thousands, of miles.
Together Though Life, produced by Jack Frost, was prompted by the
composition of a new song, “Life Is Hard,” which was written for a
forthcoming film by French director Oliver Dahan (La Vie En Rose). Bob
Dylan’s latest studio album was recorded late last year and features 10
new songs including "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" and "It's All Good." This
will be the 46th release from Dylan, following his Platinum album Modern
Times which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart in 2006.
Another Green
World finds Eno mixing distorted guitars (courtesy of Robert Fripp) with
a variety of keyboards and exotic rhythms to create a meditative wash of
sound that is nonetheless awash with colorful touches.
With
Unstoppable, Gary, Joe Don and Jay release their most powerful and
accessible album to date, taking their career and country music another
large step forward. Produced by Dann Huff and Rascal Flatts, the record
applies the group's formidable talents to a spectrum of songs that range
from the pure drama of "Forever," which deals, as the group has so often
in the past, with the pain of a broken relationship, to the pure fun of
"Summer Nights," a romp through a world of coolers and bikinis
guaranteed to be a concert favorite. The trio is as proud of the project
as they've ever been.
In
2008 Leonard Cohen embarked on his first tour in 15 years. Quickly
recognized as musical folklore in the making, 29 of the original dates
sold out almost immediately, leaving fans and critics alike hailing the
show as a once in a lifetime experience. By popular demand, the
Canadian/UK tour was extended and by the end of that year it had reached
84 markets worldwide, selling more than 700,000 tickets. The Live In
London release fully captures and recreates the extraordinary show from
that tour that earned Cohen more than 80 five-star reviews for his
performances.
2009 release, the fourth album from
one of the biggest Pop stars on the planet! All I Ever Wanted was
produced by Howard Benson, Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Ryan Tedder, Sam
Watters and Louis Biancaniello.
Diana Krall's 12th album Quiet
Nights is an intimate recording of ballads and bossa novas from the team
that brought you her best-selling GRAMMY Award-winning CD The Look of
Love. Accompanied by her quartet and orchestra, Diana turns her sensual
vocals and consummate piano skills to "The Boy from Ipanema", "Walk on
By"and other classic tunes. Quiet Nights is initially available as a
limited edition CD including 2 bonus tracks - her stunning rendition of
the Bee Gee's "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" and the standard "Every
Time We Say Goodbye". Also available on LP pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl.
This long-awaited greatest hits
compilation from one of Scotland's best-known and best-loved stars
follows her triumphant 2007 comeback album 'Songs Of Mass Destruction'.
Songs from that album are included here, as well as tracks from her
other three solo albums 'Diva', 'Medusa' and 'Bare', several of them top
ten hits. The collection also features two newly recorded cover versions
of songs by Ash and Keane, and its striking cover photo was shot by
rocker Bryan Adams.
This limited edition includes a
bonus disc and a DVD.
No Line On The Horizon,
the new studio album from U2, will be released on Tues, March 3, 2009.
The band’s 12th studio album calls on the production talents of
long-time collaborators Brian Eno and Danny Lanois, with additional
production by Steve Lillywhite.
This version is the standard album CD in a plastic jewel case w /24 page
color booklet.
