Totaro Vice Presidential Pardons

Written by Joe Viglione

Sunday, 27 September 2009 11:56

Totaro Vice Presidential Pardons

Last Updated on Sunday, 27 September 2009 21:46

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The Mott The Hoople Collection - Verden Allen

Written by Joe Viglione

Tuesday, 07 July 2009 13:28

A new album from rock & roll's "forgotten boy", to swipe a line from Iggy Pop, Verden Allen's enormous keyboards that were such a novel part of the Mott The Hoople sound are back in full force on My Masochistic Side, a drenched-in-red eight page booklet on the exquisite Angel Air label, one of the finest record labels in the world. All things Mott The Hoople are housed on Peter Purnell's label, from The Reluctant Dog by Steve Holley (Ian Hunter drummer) to live discs and all sorts of odds and ends that fans adore. With Mott The Hoople reuniting (kind of like Sean Connery making a James Bond movie entitled Never Say Never Again) there will be Mott-mania on the planet come this October. Gemmzine plans on covering The Hoople's resurgence with a vengeance. Verden Allen pulls a Paul McCartney / Emmit Rhodes by playing all the instruments and arranging and producing all the songs on this recording made between January and May, 2009 at T.T. Studios in West Glamorgan, South Wales, UK Track 4 "Don't Do This To Me" is more Dylan than Ian Hunter at his most Dylan-esque, the heavy keyboards and the questioning making for a delightful little pop tune that Zimmerman himself could have a ball covering. The jangling guitars and multi-keyboards all played by Verden (is that guitaline from the New Vaudeville Quintet's "Winchester Cathedral"? )

Last Updated on Tuesday, 07 July 2009 13:56

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Mikael Ferreira

Written by Joe Viglione

Monday, 02 November 2009 22:07

Direct link to this site here: http://tinyurl.com/mikaelferreira Listening to "Faut qu'j'arrête", the title track - "Les Mots Assassins" and "Tu n'es pas seul à rêver" on MySpace it is so obvious that Mikael Ferreira has all the elements that go into writing hit songs and great potential for stardom. The guitar playing is great, as is the production with many haunting elements in both the melody and instrumentation. Listen to the music here: www.myspace.com/mikaelferreira Tu n'es pas seul à rêver Le pantin qui s'agite Entre 2 rives Faut qu'j'arrête A quoi ça rime Les mots assassins La petite fée Arracher la peau Question humaine Les idées roses Pour en arriver là Official Press Release About Mikael Ferreira En 1990, Mikale Ferreira intègre un collège musical où il se voit offrir le premier rôle dans la comédie musicale les tams tams de mon cœur, mise en scène par Sylvie Dejoux. Après avoir goûté les plaisirs de la scène, il découvre la composition et l'écriture en participant activement à la réalisation d'un album, musique en boîte et en vrac, dont il signera 5 titres. Souhaitant alors se perfectionner, il enchaîne les stages d'apprentissage autour de ces deux disciplines, avec une préférence marquée pour l'écriture. Parallèlement a cette passion naissante, Mikael persévère dans sa carrière de chanteur et monte son premier groupe en 1996, Equinoxe, avec lequel il jouera une trentaine de dates et réalisera son premier album, Apocalypse. A l'issue de cette tournée, il se verra accorder une bourse par le conseil général de l'Ardèche dans le cadre des Espoirs de la chanson. En 1997, il obtiendra successivement une sélection pour le festival national de karaoké à Lyon, le premier rôle masculin dans la comédie musicale de Virginie Faure, dos ados, et gagnera de nombreux concours de chant dans la région drômoise. Fort de ces expériences, il se produit pour l'événement Sport Alliance à Valence, devant plus de 2000 spectateurs. Sa notoriété grandissant peu à peu en Rhône-Alpes, il se voit inviter dans de nombreux concerts et galas, accompagné à deux reprises par les 53 musiciens de l'orchestre philharmonique de valence. Enchaînant les prestations dans les bars et salles de spectacles, il sera finalement remarqué lors du concours Graine de Stars Tour. Suite à cette expérience, il rencontre Stéphanie et Philippe Delmas, associés principaux de Thierry Ardisson, dans sa société Ardistic Tour. Ensemble ils réalisent une maquette de 5 titres La roue tourne en 2001 où Mikael s'affirme en tant qu'auteur, compositeur, interprète. Il le représente au Midem à cannes en 2002 où il reçoit un succès confidentiel. Cependant cette maquette permet a Mikael de travailler son propre style, souhaitant se démarquer des stars préfabriquées. Arrivé sur Nîmes en 2003, il rencontre Monique REYNAUD, qui devient son manager et sa productrice. Ils envisagent alors la réalisation de l'album les mots assassins. Pour ce faire ils font appel à Gérard Thouret, directeur des studios MGO, pour la composition et les arrangements, mais également Aurélien Marini, compositeur et arrangeur de talent, et à Patrick Loiseau (parolier de Dave entre autres) qui lui propose ses services.

Last Updated on Monday, 02 November 2009 22:15

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Peter Mulvey - Letters from a Flying Machine

Written by Official Press Release

Wednesday, 02 September 2009 19:23

Peter Mulvey's "The Long Haul Tour" Biking 1100 miles to perform 10 shows in 17 days :: September 9-26, 2009 PMulvey 09 Bike - ph cr Jay HollisFrom September 9-26, Milwaukee-based, internationally-touring singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey will again take to his bicycle for a concert tour. This year's third annual bike/concert tour will not follow the previous years' path, when he rode a "circular route in Wisconsin" concept. The Long Haul Tour begins September 9 with a ferry ride from Milwaukee to Muskegon, MI, where Peter will take to his recumbent bike rigged with guitar and travel necessities and pedal to Grand Rapids for the tour's kick-off show. From there it's on to three more Michigan shows, then due east for three shows in New York state, and another three in Massachusetts - with daily rides this year ranging from 40 to 101 miles. It's no coincidence that Peter decided to expand his bike tour - which commences less than a month after the release of his new CD, LETTERS FROM A FLYING MACHINE (August 11/Signature Sounds). LETTERS and THE LONG HAUL tour share a common theme: both are a nod to future generations. LETTERS is a collection of original songs, plus spoken word recordings of four of the many letters Peter has written to his nieces and nephews since they were born. The letters and songs work together to assert that love is what outlasts us all; a message he's hoping to convey to the generations following his. And touring by bicycle dovetails neatly with that message. Says Mulvey, "No matter what you do, it's worth asking yourself if you can do it differently, if you can do it more sustainably. Can I bike to work? Even if 'work' takes me a thousand miles? For me, that's a question that's been challenging and very, very fun to answer. And it's a question each of us owes it to future generations to ask." Fellow songwriter Brianna Lane will also travel the entire tour by bicycle as the opening act. Bolstered on much of the route by a few other cyclist friends, Mulvey and Lane will travel with all their gear, without a support vehicle. "This is going to be a riot," says Mulvey with a grin. "Traveling over land, under our own power - that's elemental stuff. I'm looking forward to seeing what it does to the songs every night." Please visit <http://www.myspace.com/petermulvey> Peter's MySpace page for training entries, video from his 2007 and 2008 bike tours, and notes from the road once the trip begins.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 02 September 2009 19:27

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Goats Head Soup - The Rob Fraboni Collection

Written by Joe Viglione

Friday, 28 August 2009 21:07

Produced by Jimmy Miller Engineer: Rob Fraboni 1. Dancing with Mr. D. Jagger, Richards 4:52 2 100 Years Ago Jagger, Richards 3:58 3 Coming Down Again Jagger, Richards 5:54 4 Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) Jagger, Richards 3:26 5 Angie Jagger, Richards 4:32 6 Silver Train Jagger, Richards 4:26 7 Hide Your Love Jagger, Richards 4:11 8 Winter Jagger, Richards 5:29 9 Can You Hear the Music Jagger, Richards 5:31 10 Star Star Jagger, Richards 4:23 GOAT'S HEAD SOUP: Or why the Rolling Stones still needed Jimmy Miller Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic.com calls this album "trippily decadent", which it is, no doubt about it. Erlewine also calls it excessive...and having worked with Jimmy Miller for a number of years I have some additional insight on what is probably the last great Stones record. True, it doesn't have the total magic of Exile On Main Street, Sticky Fingers, Let It Bleed and Beggar's Banquet, but it is the fifth of the "Jimmy Miller" era (I guess you can include ...one must include...the brilliant Through The Past Darkly, Big Hits Vol. 2) Miller claimed that Keith played him a cassette of "It's Only Rock & Roll" and that the rough mixes were fantastic. The Glimmer Twins, somehow, lost the intuitive sparkly Jimmy Miller brought to the equation...sure he was a party boy, but at the end of the day he had the touch, he knew how to make a great record and even in his latter days when he was working with Buddy Guy, Genya Ravan, Aerosmith's Joe Perry and others with our production company on a very tight budget, he still brought his expertise and special skills to the game. Prior to Rob Fraboni meeting Jimmy Miller, Miller had worked on a number of 45s and albums by The Rolling Stones, "Street Fighting Man", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", Beggar's Banquet, Let It Bleed, "Honky Tonk Women", "Brown Sugar", Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main Street. Released in September of 1969, this album is a monster if you look back at it and think of the song structure, melody and how much fun these songs SOUNDED on the radio. It was a special time in large part to what The Beatles were doing with their colleagues, Mick, Keith and the gang, as so perfectly documented here. The British counterpart has some different tracks and certainly a different chronological arrangement of these classics, and perhaps both versions are worth owning 1.Paint It Black 3:23 2.Ruby Tuesday 3.She's A Rainbow 4.Jumpin' Jack Flash 5.Mother's Little Helper 6.Let's Spend The Night Together 7.Honky Tonk Women 8.Dandelion 9.2000 Light Years From Home 10.Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow? 11.Street Fighting Man

Last Updated on Friday, 28 August 2009 21:30

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