Fasta tider för ROCK & ROLL: Mån-Ons 06.00-09.00, 16.00-18.00 Tors 16.00-18.00 Fre 06.00-09.00, 19.00-24.00 Lör 06.00-10.00 Sön 14.00-18.00 JOHN NICOLE MUSIC "All along the watchtower / While my guitar gently weeps" Ankom: 2012-02-04 Label: www.JohnNicoleMusic.com Born in Fort Lauderdale, Fl, in 1949, John Nicole spent much of his early youth playing at the beaches in southern Florida, enjoying fresh air and sunshine, fishing, driving fast, acting in local and regional theater, working in films, such as “The Eight Daffodil,” produced by Burt Reynolds. John attended Palm Beach College years while acting for a number of regional theaters and playing in a rock during weeknights. John formed a band and played drums for “The Electric Harpoons, “the opening band for Florida’s first official Love In.” While he started his professional career in music by playing drums, much earlier in his life he studied guitar (on an “Elvis” guitar), and began improvising tunes on his grandmother’s grand piano. During college became friends with Burt Reynolds who had once gone to the same school as John. Reynolds offered to help finance John’s continued training in art of acting. John moved to New York City to study at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts. For a brief time, John was managed by the William Morris Agency performed in a few off-Broadway musicals and plays. During his time in New York, he began a series of informal and experimental recording sessions which led to a collection of early work titled, “What Truth Is There To Being?” which is now being considered by John as a future release. John’s unique style and eclectic array of genres, sounds, spaces and tone, have led to the success of his most recent CD entitled “Breathing You.” MARK LANEGAN BAND "Blues Funeral" Ankom: 2012-01-30 Label: 4AD www.marklanegan.com Mark Lanegan Bands nya albumet går under namnet ”Blues Funeral” och följer upp kritikerrosade ”Bubblegum” från 2004. Lanegan har en lång karriär i ryggen och har tidigare figurerat i en rad olika konstellationer. Bland dessa kan nämnas Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age och som ena halvan i duon med Isobel Campell från Belle & Sebastian. ”Blues Funeral” är inspelad tillsammans med Alain Johannes i Hollywood och inleds med singeln ”The Gravedigger’s Blues”. Albumet består totalt av tolv spår som gästas av bland andra Jack Irons, Greg Dulli och Josh Homme. Brittiska MOJO har redan i sin recension utsett ”Blues Funeral” till en kommande klassiker och gett högsta betyg! LOUISE HOFFSTEN "Looking for Mr. God" Ankom: 2012-01-26 Label: Warner Music www.hoffsten.com Hon är fortfarande blond. Hon pratar fortfarande samma breda östgötska. Hon skrattar fortfarande på samma sätt. Ett fniss som blir ett garv. Som klyver ansiktet och förvandlar ögonen till glittrande springor. Men hon har femton års erfarenhet av ett annat liv. Ett liv där gråten varit en lika nära vän som skrattet. Ett liv där inget längre är sig likt. Ett liv där bluesen är en realitet, inte något som hon bara sjunger om. Bluesen, det blå, är en konstant. Till en början var det ett becksvart mörker, så småningom en blå vardag, i dag en levande verklighet med man och barn. Ett liv kort sagt. I mitten av 90-talet drabbades Louise Hoffsten av MS, multiple skleros, en neurologisk sjukdom som påverkar det centrala nervsystemet. Domningar, förlamningar, yrsel och dubbelseende är några av symptomen. Det finns de som har det tusen resor värre. Säger hon. Bland dem som har samma sjukdom ser hon sig som en som dragit vinstlotten. Louise vill inte prata så mycket om sin sjukdom och när vi börjar tala om Louise och MS stannar inspelningsfunktionen på min iPhone. Det har aldrig inträffat tidigare. Men jag vet ju att Louise Hoffsten besitter magiska krafter. När hon skulle sälja sin lägenhet för en massa år sedan gick det till en början trögt. Kvällen innan den sista och avgörande visningen skrev hon ner några rader på en lapp och utförde voodoriter. Det fungerade, spekulanterna stod i kö. Och nu sitter vi i Enskede och ska prata om det allra svåraste och det tar emot. Louise vill sjunga sin sorg för oss. Inte prata om den. Hon vill tjuta ut sin blues genom ett munspel. Inte snyfta fram den i ord och meningar. Hon berättar att hon mår bättre än någonsin. För två år sedan fick hon en ny medicin och har sedan dess varit skovfri. Det är när skoven kommer som hon ramlar ner i ett svart hål och minsta vardagssyssla blir ett oöverstigligt hinder. Förra hösten gick hon från blått till svart, inte på grund av sjukdomen, utan för att hennes älskade far gick bort. Gunnar Hoffsten, mannen med trumpeten och skivaffären i Linköping. Där alla skivorna fanns, Louise’s bibliotek, där hon kunde höra hur mycket Cornelis och Monica Z hon ville, spela hur mycket John Lee Hooker, Howlin’ Wolf och Janis Joplin hon önskade, lyssna på Zeppelin, Hendrix och Little Feat till korna kom hem. Efter pappa Gunnars teoretiska och praktiska musikutbildning var det raka spåret mot stjärnorna. Hon har försörjt sig som sångerska sedan 18-årsåldern. Sky High med Claes Yngström var starten, sen var det soloplattor, Cornelis-tolkningar, filmmusik och albumet Rhythm & Blonde som ledde till Rockbjörnar och Grammisar. Drömmen om att erövra Amerika kraschade så småningom, istället blev det folkmusik och Knäckebrödsblues och shower med rocktema. Och liten revansch när Faith Hill spelade in ”Bring Out the Elvis”. Upphovspengarna från Hills tio miljonersäljare räckte till insatsen för Enskede-huset där Lousie, maken Dan och sonen Adrian bor. Men i höstas trodde Louise att det var slut med sången och musiken. Pappa Gunnar försvann och med honom lusten att skapa musik. Det var ju för honom hon innerst inne hade spelat. I alla år. Nu var han borta och allt han stod för. Varför skulle hon fortsätta skriva låtar, spela in dem och ge ut dem i en värld där ingen längre intresserade sig för att köpa skivor? Hon tappade sugen, musik var tråkigt. Mitt i sorgen över den tappade lusten fick hon kontakt med låtskrivarparet Stefan Örn och Sandra Bjurman (som vann Eurovision Contest genom att skriva Azerbajans bidrag ). Då vände allt. De började skriva tillsammans. På tremanhand. Rock. Back to basic. Och dessutom – vad annat kunde hon göra? Ingen utbildning och ingen yrkeserfarenhet förutom att stå på en scen. Att ha utsetts till hedersdoktor vid Linköpings universitet är en ära, men det ger inga jobb. Louise minns när hon var i Israel och sökte in på ett nunnekloster och abbedissan sa: ”Louise, det är sjunga du ska göra”. Inget annat. Inte försöka bli nunna. Louise var på flykt från sin sjukdom och sökte alla möjliga och omöjliga vägar för att få frid. Men ingen frid gavs. Lika lite som frihet ges. Den erövras. Och återerövras. Att det är sången som är grundbulten i hennes liv tydliggjordes hos nunnorna precis som skedde i mötet med Stefan och Sandra. Det är bara att fortsätta. Inte för att the show must go on. Utan för att Lousie Hoffstens liv inte kan se ut på annat sätt. Och snart är hon en av Stjärnorna på slottet i tv. Inget som hon tar så där väldigt högtidligt. Men det är roligt att vara med, träffa nya och intressanta människor. Nästan lika roligt som att åka till Sollefteå en gråkall novemberdag och hålla föredrag för Vårdförbundet. På nya singeln ”I’ll get by” sjunger hon att vi inte ska oroa oss för henne, hon klarar sig. Att göra misstag, att bränna sig, att snubbla, att till och med falla, är det enda sättet att ta sig fram genom livet. Inget vet detta bättre än hon som sjunger dessa ord. Hon vet vilket som är hennes instrument. Rösten. Som är en gudagåva. En naturtillgång. Inget som går att köpa på tv-shop eller Blocket. Finns endast i ett exemplar. Lyssna noga. Det här är Louise Hoffsten. OMAR & THE HOWLERS "Muddy Springs Road" Ankom: 2012-01-22 Label: RUF Records JIM BUSH "Angels calling / Drinkin´wine spo-dee-o-dee / I got some dinkin´ to do / It´s only fair / Circus Boy / What you see in me /" Ankom: 2012-01-22 Label: Blaze Records CALLE BRICKMAN "Poor Old Mr Woogie" Ankom: 2012-01-22 Label: Ball and Chain Records DANA FUCKS "Drive / Nothing´s what I cry for" Ankom: 2012-01-22 Label: RUF Records Dana Fuchs is a phenomenon, a singer whose mesmerizing voice and presence has led critics to compare her to Rock Legends from Janis to Jagger. Dana’s portrayal of “Sadie” in the highly acclaimed film Across the Universe has exposed her considerable talents to a wider, international audience. Dana and her band spent time in 2010 successfully harnessing the energy & power of her live show in the studio for their new album, Love To Beg (Ruf Records), just released this April. “I’m really excited about the new material and the energy we captured in the studio,” says Dana. “Jon and I wrote most of the tunes while touring for pretty much the past year and we feel this new album really captures all of our influences in a sincere and powerful way.” Since then, Dana has been touring the globe non-stop bringing her high energy “Rock & Roll Church of Love” to audiences far and wide. Love To Beg is a combination of Rock, Soul, Gospel and Blues that captures the visceral energy she brings to the stage every night. “Honestly, we recorded this collection of songs for ourselves and our fans,” says Dana. “We weren’t thinking about having a 3-minute song with ‘hooks’ or worrying about the often dark nature of the lyrics. We just trusted our own musical instincts and let it rip. I can’t wait for the world to hear the new CD and I can’t wait to bring it to life onstage.” But Dana has been honing her craft and creating vibrant music from an early age. The youngest of six musical children, Dana was raised in a small town in rural Florida surrounded by music – her older siblings’ band playing classic rock in the garage, Ray Charles and Hank Williams on her parents’ turntable and a big dose of 70’s and 80’s funk at school. At age 12, she joined the First Baptist Gospel Choir and was singing, shouting and praising the lord every week in a small black church on the outskirts of town. “The best advice I ever got was from a matronly African American woman who told me to just let ‘Mama Music’ take over. I felt inspired, liberated and scared!” At 16, she was fronting a popular local band at a roadside Holiday Inn. It was the beginning of a hunger for singing and the stage that Wildwood, Florida couldn’t possibly satiate. Soon she was headed north, telling friends and family she was “going to New York to sing the blues”. Arriving in NYC alone and broke at the age of 19, Dana soon found herself down-and-out on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. After the wake-up call of her older sister’s suicide (Donna was Dana’s first musical mentor), Dana pulled herself together and was determined to reconnect with her passion for music. She began hitting the local blues jams with a vengeance and it was at one of these sessions that she met Jon Diamond, an established NYC guitarist who toured with Joan Osborne and Debbie Davies. Immediately recognizing a musical chemistry, they formed the Dana Fuchs Band. Within a year, the band was a feature act in New York City’s best clubs, often sharing the stage and performing with the likes of John Popper, James Cotton, and Taj Mahal. For another year Dana immersed herself in the blues, playing three long sets a night, four nights a week – until sunrise – honing her formidable vocal power and performance style, all the while building a large, loyal following. After a couple of years working the blues circuit, Dana knew it was time for a change and decided to tell her own story and create her own music. She and Jon began writing intensively and putting together a solid body of original rock songs. “I didn’t grow up on Tobacco Road, so my personal ‘blues’ had a different story and I needed to tell it. I also needed to explore and express my rock and roll side more.” Soon Dana was back on the Lower East Side again, only this time on stage with the band, debuting her songs to a packed house at Arlene’s Grocery. The fan response was overwhelming. The band was soon selling out shows at The Mercury Lounge, The Stephen Talkhouse and BB King’s, sharing the bill with luminaries including Little Feat, Marianne Faithfull, and Etta James to name just a few. Shortly thereafter, the producers of the off-Broadway hit “Love, Janis,” hearing raves about Dana from various cast and crew-members, asked her to come in for an audition. Dana went in, sang a few bars of “Piece of My Heart,” and was offered the role of Janis Joplin on the spot. “I had 8 days to learn 20 Joplin tunes and 52 pages of dialogue. One of the most exciting challenges of my life!” Playing Janis four nights a week garnered Dana a whole new audience who were soon regulars at her band’s shows listening to Dana performing her own music. The Dana Fuchs Band has released several acclaimed albums, from their studio debut Lonely for a Lifetime to their 2008 internationally distributed Live in NYC CD and DVD. According to Dana, “Live performance is the way I get to truly spill my soul and connect with an audience. I love being in the studio but in live performance every second is a new creation.” MANHATTAN ROB "Bad Passenger" Ankom: 2012-01-21 Label: Rob´s Downstairs Records manhattanrob.com Rob Walsh started out playing his music as a solo coffeehouse performer and street musician in 70's New York City. It was there he was given the name "Manhattan Rob" by his street-level associates in the Washington Square set. With the close of the 70's, Walsh became an active side-man on bass, saxophone and guitar during the post-punk era in Max's Kansas City, CBGB and other NYC venues. After an extended foray into the London Pub scene, Rob returned to the 1980's New York club scene. Rob fronted the enigmatic Hi-Fi TIE, which enjoyed the attention of large audiences in the large rooms as well as smaller venues. Hi-Fi TIE released one EP titled "The Boys Can't Help It" on Right On Red Records in 1984. During the pursuit of other career horizons, Rob spent 10 years traveling in the heartland and cities of America. When it came time to sing again in 2010, Walsh resurrected his moniker from nearly 30 years past. He made the rounds at the open mics, in the biker bar circuit, in the hills of Northern New Jersey. While doing solo acoustic gigs and as leader of Manhattan Rob & The Vagabonds, he drew on his life-long feel for the blues and the folk-like roots in him that were reawkened by his years of travel. Walsh's books of self-penned compositions grew considerably in 2010 and 2011. Since the past decade of traveling, making contact with so many people, in so many places, he had plenty of material to build with. Walsh's writing comes from the heart, and he tries to write from his listener's heart. His themes tend to be populist with the added ingredient of personal depths that many are able to share. Manhattan Rob's treatment of traditional blues is unique, as he sometimes completely re-engineers a song to get his rhythmic point across, and his audiences groovin'. When Rob sets his hands to covers, he usually draws from the pop and soul standards from the 60's, as well as his favorite traditional blues numbers. With his unique application of interpretations and compositions, when Manhattan Rob performs a song, you know its coming from Manhattan Rob. In 2012 Walsh released his debut CD "Bad Passenger". LOU SIFFER AND THE HOWLING DEMONS "The Devil´s Ride" Ankom: 2012-01-16 Label: www.lousiffer.com "Forget that this music comes from Sweden, this is a Detroit-fueled, mega-tons of muscle car, head-on collision to the face of brutal punk-infested garage stomp. Exhaust blows out of the bands nostrils like some devil-spawned hot rod revving at the green line. Hide your daughters, your girlfriends, your neighbors . . . crap, hide your whole town. When Lou Siffer and the Howling Demons come to town nothing but carnage and skid marks will remain. And beautiful carnage at that." - The ripple effect "The Devil's Ride" jump-start with the first single "The Mosher" and from there it just accelerates. The first song that really stuck with me is track four "Legend". Now that's more like it! A steel guitar that directly evokes the DANZIG amazing "777". More punk rock feeling we get in "Gasser -55" and subsequent "Killing Is Fun" which sounds very very old MISFITS (forgive yet another comparison but it is a comparison made with love). "Under Attack" is a pure rockabilly and hell, I like it! Despite numerous comparisons, which some would call rip-offs, I like the band's concept. "The Devil's Ride" is a magnificent album that just grows. Thanks guys, well done!" KRISTIAN KOTILAINEN THE DOORS "She smells so nice" Ankom: 2012-01-12 Label: Rhino www.thedoors.com/ 24/1 släpps The Doors “L.A. Woman – 40th anniversary”, en skiva som i orginalutgåva innehöll blivande Doors-klassiker som L.A. Woman, Love her madly och Riders on the storm”. “L.A. Woman – 40th anniversary” innehåller bl a “She smells so nice”, en låt som producenten Bruce Botnick hittade när han gick igenom “the L.A. Woman sessions tapes”. ”She smells so nice” är alltså den första tidigare outgivna The Doors-låten på 40 år! THE UNKOOL HILLBILLIES "Pause´n´Rewind" Ankom: 2011-12-29 Label: UNKOOL Music www.unkool.se RICK SHAFFER "Hidden Charms" Ankom: 2011-12-28 Label: Tarock Music Rick Shaffer’s album, “Hidden Charms,” continues, expands, and nicely follows-up the feel of his first solo album, “Necessary Illusion,” released March of 2010 STATUS QUO "Quid Pro Quo (2-CD)" Ankom: 2011-12-22 Label: Fourth Chord Records www.statusquo.com KARLING ABBEYGATE "Dig Baby Dig / Miss Fortune" Ankom: 2011-12-13 Label: WT Records karlingmusic.com No one can dispute that Karling Abbeygate inspires the audience to have a grand old time. She is traditional yet VERY different. She gets the tongues wagging with her twirling, her alt-rockabilly dresses and her unpredictable often-hysterical stage banter. But yet… despite all the showmanship, her voice is magical. No one denies this. She is like a nightingale reaching into your soul and touching on the tender points but she’s also like a thunderstorm rocking the room and growling out sheer power and fire, slamming that bastard ex-boyfriend into the dirt! If you want something that is not safe, is not predictable, yet is well within Rockabilly tradition, then you are looking for this creative award-winning creature Karling Abbeygate. And it’s not like she doesn’t have peer reviews! Whether she’s song writing with Big Sandy, doing backgrounds with Kim Lenz, performing duets with James Intveld, or recording at 4 Star Studios (Patsy Cline’s early label) Karling is always up to something. She just completed a very successful tour of Europe. The fans were left chanting “We want more, we want more, we want more!” The Russian backing band were left wondering if they can get visas so they can play permanently with her. And R.J. the Dutch Rockabilly singer also featured on the tour, is currently perfecting his Karling Abbeygate Twirl as we speak. The first album released on hip label Dionysus Records is very traditional honky tonk country--just like Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette or June Carter--lots of heart wrenching ballads that surely show Karling’s unique and pitch perfect emotional impact. This debut effort earned her three Los Angeles Music Awards: Rockabilly Artist Of the Year, Rockabilly Album Of The Year, Americana Vocalist Of The Year. Yet her new CD that’s out this coming Spring is a complete departure. Think Lulu meets Wanda Jackson, who then has a conference call with David Bowie who’s lunching with The Polecats--they exchange notes and then--write a 14 song album! Let’s just say the pre-release has already won a coveted Hollywood Music In Media Award! This girl can do no wrong. It’s only been a short time since she catapulted onto the rockabilly scene. Her first show was opening for Wayne Hancock. Her all star band featuring Thomas Yearsley (The Paladins) on bass, (who by the way said it was the first time in years that he’d felt truly inspired enough to pull his bass out of its bag)--Joey Altruda on guitar (producer of Big Sandy, James Imtveld, Bozz, Glen Glen, and more) and Daniel Glass (Royal Crown Review) on drums. And NO, she doesn’t have a big money backer. These guys play with her because she’s THAT GOOD! Karling will be touring Europe again in 2010 to promote the new album which is already controversial with its suggestive bondage-like cover art. But just listen to the songs! And then you’ll see what all the fuss is about. Amelda May proved that true talent will prevail, and Karling Abbeygate is next in-line. Grab a date now while it’s still affordable! LOUISE HOFFSTEN "I´ll get by" Ankom: 2011-12-08 Label: Metronome www.hoffsten.com Den 18 januari släpper Warner Music nya albumet ”Looking for Mr. God”. "Jag har spelat in en jättestark ny skiva och har precis inlett ett samarbete med Warner Music och det känns fantastiskt kul, de har ett fantastiskt team. Jag känner mig väldigt peppad för framtiden", kommenterar Louise Hoffsten. I mitten av 90-talet drabbades Louise Hoffsten av MS, multiple skleros, en neurologisk sjukdom som påverkar det centrala nervsystemet. Domningar, förlamningar, yrsel och dubbelseende är några av symptomen. Första singeln från albumet heter ”I’ll Get By” där sjunger hon att vi inte ska oroa oss för henne, hon klarar sig. Att göra misstag, att bränna sig, att snubbla, att till och med falla, är det enda sättet att ta sig fram genom livet. Inget vet detta bättre än hon som sjunger dessa ord. Hon vet vilket som är hennes instrument. Rösten. Som är en gudagåva. En naturtillgång. Finns endast i ett exemplar. Lyssna noga. Det här är Louise Hoffsten. Tillsammans med Kim Anderzon, Christer Lindarw, Johan Rheborg och Johan Rabaeus är Louise Hoffsten en av deltagarna i SVTs Stjärnorna på slottet. Programmet börjar sändas på juldagen och sänds därefter lördagar under januari. Under en vecka lever deltagarna tillsammans ett slottsliv på Görvälns slott vid Mälaren utanför Stockholm. Varje stjärna hyllas under en dag och utmanar sina kollegor med olika uppdrag. Louises dag hyllas den lördagen den 7 januari. Albumet är producerat av Stefan Örn och mixat av Niklas Flyckt, Ronnie Lahti & Stefan örn. På albumet medverkar Louise Hoffsten - sång & munspel, Mikael Nilsson – trummor & slagverk, Johan Glössner – bas, gitarr & akustisk gitarr, Stefan Örn – gitarr, Oskar Appelqvist – piano, orgel, Sandra Bjurman, Johan Glössner, Oskar Appelqvist och Peter Kvint. Albumet kommer följas av en omfattande Sverige turné i Mars-April. EYEBALLIN´ TORPEDOES "Grace n´ Grit" Ankom: 2011-11-22 Label: Zorch Productions www.eyeballintorpedoes.com 30 november är den meskalinosande neorockabilly-trion Eyeballin’ Torpedoes tillbaka med den efterlängtade 7 tums vinylen Grace n’ Grit på anrika Zorch Productions. På skivan finns fyra låtar som för tankarna till bortglömd bluegrass, vild spagetthiwestern och plågade mexikanska Mariachimusiker. Hämtat ur en värld av trasiga hjärtan, rastlösa sökare och bekymmersfria hembrännare. Eyeballin’ Torpedoes kommer från Stockholm och har funnits sedan 2004. Bandet frontas av Bob Lind på sång och gitarr, Martin Lind bakom och runt kontrabasen och Erik Hallingström på trummor. Eyeballin’ Torpedoes har tidigare släppt fullängdaren Los Pobres Diablos 2009, Boneshaker 2010 och In Stereo where Available 2004. De har även medverkat på en rad samlingsskivor bland annat Hellacopters-hyllningen Dancing on your graves 2010. Skivan är inspelad på Studio s:t Eriksplan 1 i Stockholm och mastrad av Brian Lucey på Magic Garden Mastering, Ohio (Black Keys, Arizona). Med på skivan medverkar även country/rockabilly-veteranerna Christer Åberg (Staffan Hellstrand, Cajun Hurricane med flera) på fiol och banjo och Andre Hakwinsson (Lil’ Linn & the Lookout Boys, Sleazy Rustic Boys med flera) på triple neck lapsteel. Släppet firas in med releasefest på Bonden i Stockholm den 3 december och efter det åker bandet iväg på en europaturné. Till våren följer fler spelningar i Sverige och festivaler i Europa. THE LYNX feat RAYBURN ANTHONY "Cruisin" Ankom: 2011-11-21 Label: SAVOY BROWN "Voodoo Moon" Ankom: 2011-11-20 Label: RUF Records Kim Simmonds began his solo acoustic career in 1997 with the release of the CD, “Solitaire”. An album of traditional blues, “Solitaire” was the starting point of Kim’s rediscovery of his love of the acoustic guitar. In the truest sense of the word, “Solitaire” was a true solo album and an encouraging beginning for Kim and a fine addition to the acoustic music world. Expanding upon the traditional foundation of “Solitaire”, “Blues Like Midnight” was one of 2001’s pleasant surprises as Kim’s songwriting depth and vocals shined right along with his always stellar guitar playing. A favorite of both fans and critics, “Blues Like Midnight” provided Kim with a firm foothold on the acoustic live music circuit including his first solo tour of the U.K. With his third release in 2004, "Struck By Lightning", Simmonds pulled out all the stops with an album again full of superb guitar playing but this time fully augmented with a powerful acoustic rhythm section. The CD was well received and as one reviewer stated, "Kim's other solo albums were good, but this is probably his best". Kim's newest release, "Out Of The Blue", is a collection of varied material that places him in a new setting, that of the singer/songwriter. This time around the guitar playing is understated with more emphasis on the song. His baritone voice has aged well, matured perhaps and now stands out throughout the CD's eleven songs. A "bare bones" recording with just the occasional background vocal, percussion and string section, "Out Of The Blue" displays Simmonds' wider musical range that will act as a perfect introduction for first time listeners. THE LENNEROCKERS "White Mices, Pink Elephants and strong Liqueur / Coupe de Ville / High Class Lady" Ankom: 2011-11-18 Label: AGR Television Records The Lennerockers have been a solid part of the European rock ‘n‘ roll and country scene for 27 years. In total, they have given more than 2,200 concerts in over 20 countries and shared stages with illustrious artists such as Fats Domino, Wanda Jackson, Tanya Tucker and Mark Chesnutt. After selling more than 50,000 albums it was time for the band’s first Best Of release. 17 of the Lennerockers' most popular songs as well as 3 brand new releases can be found on the album. And what other title is more fitting than “High Class Lady”, an original song by the Lennerockers that has been covered in the meantime by many rock ‘n‘ roll bands in Europe? BRICKHOUSE "Yesterday Revisited" Ankom: 2011-11-16 Label: Brickhouse/rootsy.nu ARCHIE BELL "I´m still waiting" Ankom: 2011-11-13 Label: archiebell.biz/ The great soul and R&B singer Archie Bell is releasing a new single from his up coming Album, entitled “Archie is Back”. The complete Album is to be released first of 2012. The single is called, “I'm still waiting”...it is a whole new sound and a side of Archie rarely heard...the music continues! CHRIS ISAAK "Beyond the Sun" Ankom: 2011-11-13 Label: Vanguard chrisisaak.com My parents had a cupboard at the house where they kept the records. It wasn’t a big stack but it was all great singers: Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and a bunch of Elvis. My brothers and I would listen to these records over and over. I remember starting off to school every day and the last song I heard would be a Jerry Lee Lewis tune. The record player was one of those old fashioned ones that looked like a suitcase and folded out. It had two little speakers, one on each side, about the size of a box of Kleenex. We thought it sounded fantastic, and scratchy sound or not, the records moved you. The years went by. They always do. But those songs that I grew up listening to stuck with me. My parents, always the bohemians, would have parties at the house. These were usually just a bunch of people and somebody brought some wine and somebody had some food and everybody got loud and laughed a lot...but in the middle of the party my brothers and I would be singing and playing guitar and we always played a bunch of the songs that we grew up listening to. More years went by. I was in Japan going to college and boxing. I was missing home like crazy, and one day walking down the street in Kyoto I saw a store selling records and guitars. I walked in and saw an album called Elvis Sun Sessions. It had a painting of Elvis on the cover (the painting made Elvis look like he might even be half Japanese) and I looked at the list of songs on the record and I recognized a couple from my folks’ records. I bought the record and to say it changed the direction of my life would be precise. I still have that record. I think I just about wore it out playing it. It was the first time that I realized that all those Elvis songs I had been listening to had come out of Sun Studio. Years before when I had been shopping in the secondhand store (we bought EVERYTHING secondhand) I had found an old 45 of Elvis on Sun Records. It was like finding a part of a puzzle…I LOVED the music. I listened to “I’ll Never Let You Go” until the record skipped and then I stacked pennies on the record arm and kept playing it. But as much as it was instant connection to the music, I really didn’t know much about Sun Studio or all the great music that came out of there. Standing in Japan with that record in my hands brought me a lot closer. I loved the sound of the records. They were simple, straight ahead...I felt like I was in the room listening to the singers. It changed everything for me. At the time I bought the record I was fighting as a light heavyweight and had a flat top or “sports cut” as part of the boxing team. I immediately struck a bargain with my coach to let me keep my hair long as long as I was boxing well. I started wearing my hair greased up, my clothes started being a lot wilder. I sang so much that my Japanese landlady learned the words to “I Forgot to Remember to Forget” by osmosis! When I got back to the States I was playing guitar all the time at home and listening to Elvis, Jerry Lee, Orbison, Perkins, Johnny Cash...all the singers I grew up with. They were as exciting as ever and I was getting better at picking out the songs. Little by little I found myself thinking less about getting a “real” job when I got out of college and more and more thinking about where I could find a great band. I was hooked on music. I didn’t really have any big ideas of fame or fortune but I was just dying to have an electric guitar, a flashy suit, and a real microphone stand instead of the broom stick taped to the back of a chair that I was using at home. It took a lot of looking, but I got the guitar, the microphone stand, and finally the great band I had always been looking for. We played every honkytonk and bar, and little by little made a name for ourselves. We got the flashy stage suits (at first we all had secondhand blue gabardine...it was the only color we could all find at the junkstore!). I was writing a lot of songs, and we were recording and putting out records and the action never stopped…touring, filming, TV…and if you saw us on the records you might not have known that we were still playing those Sun Sessions tunes. We would sneak one or two into our live shows. For years we closed our live show with a version of an old Jerry Lee Lewis tune that was my Dad’s favorite and mine too, “Bonnie B.” Show business is a small tent and a small circus. I kept bumping into the singers I had grown up idolizing. I worked with Roy Orbison and was thrilled to find he was everything I had imagined and more. He was a great singer and a really kind, funny, down to earth guy. I worked with Johnny Cash and was so excited that I brought along an early picture of Johnny, Sun Studios era, for him to sign. I asked if he would sign it for me and he was gracious, but then when I handed him the photo he just stopped still and looked at it for a long, quiet time. I wasn’t sure if I had upset him or done something wrong, but I was wishing I could crawl away when he turned to me and smiled and said “I was a GOOD looking man.” I have two pictures hanging in my house. One is my mom, the other is that picture of Johnny Cash. I was in a crowd of record executives and trying to sneak out of some kind of radio conference when I looked and saw a guy who looked as uncomfortable as me. It was Carl Perkins. I just thought it was surreal that he could be standing there...I guess I expected him to have a guitar on at all times or something. I remember asking him about one of my favorites of his, a crazy song with wild bending guitars and words I could barely make out. I had listened to it a million times and couldn’t figure out the words…“Carl, what is that song about?” I asked him. I still remember his answer. “That song’s about a quart too many. I was drunk, it was late in the studio, and I was just letting it rip!” I was asked to play with Jerry Lee Lewis, and have to say it was one of the most fun and the scariest things I ever did. I had seen Jerry play live before, and I knew just about all of his music by heart. We didn’t rehearse, not at all, and I just hoped he was going to like my singing. People kept telling me things before I went out on stage like “you know he shot his bass player once.” I didn’t think getting shot was a possibility, but when you respect and idolize somebody as much as I do Jerry Lee, then you want to please them. I was really happy when it came my turn to sing and no shots rang out. These singers and their music just seem to always be a part of my life, always there somehow…a chance meeting, a record I find in a store in Japan, or a junkstore in my hometown. I guess I just love the music and keep looking for it and finding it in strange ways and places. When I was filming my television show I was really tired and I remember getting a copy of Oxford American Magazine. It’s a magazine that actually writes readable articles about cool music. I was saving the magazine to read on a break as a treat because I knew it had an article about Sam Phillips, the guy who pretty much got rock and roll going. I know there are lots of others who helped, but I really don’t think without Sam we would have rock and roll. I can’t explain all he did...it’s too much for the notes from a singer on the back of a record. You need to listen to his records, read a couple of books. I have and I still feel like I don’t know much, but I do strongly believe he is a bonafide genius, one of those guys who looks and sees how things are going to be, only he is fifty or a hundred years ahead of his time. He found Elvis. He found Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Orbison, and Jerry Lee. He recorded Howlin’ Wolf and BB King! (I saw BB King play at the state fair in my hometown. “King” is an appropriate name). If somebody had found ONE of those artists they would have a claim to fame. Two would put you on a short list for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. But to have built the studio in the middle of Memphis way back when, to set up your recorder, and to have found ALL those singers…and got all those amazing performances. He was really way out there on his own. I think just about anybody else would have turned away a young, sweaty, mumbling Elvis. Or they would have tried to turn him into a second rate Dean Martin. But Sam Phillips put Elvis, Bill Black (bass), and Scotty Moore (guitar) together (God bless Scotty Moore. If you like rock music you better believe HE deserves a bow). So I finally took a break from filming and took out the article about Sam Phillips...he is always fun to read. He tells it like he sees it and it is fun to hear that honesty in print just like it is to hear it on his records. But at the end of the article the interviewer asked Sam what new artists he listened to. When he said my name I just about fell out of my chair. It just felt like all that music that I had grown up listening to, his music, Sun Sessions, those great artists...it had all come full circle. I think it meant more to me than any gold record or award I ever received, because Sam Phillips was really the thread that connected all that music that I had been loving all of my life. I have always wanted to make this record. When I first came to town I made a list of songs that I knew (I didn’t know anything about how the music business worked. I thought maybe someone would let me sing with their band...I must have seen that in a movie.) The songs were just about all Sun Sessions tunes from the recording studio out in Memphis, Tennessee. Well, after making a lot of records of my own, I finally got to make this album of all the tunes I have been singing and playing at practices and soundchecks and in my house all these years. I took the band to Memphis to record at Sun Studio, it’s still a recording studio and it is an AMAZING room! We recorded in the late afternoon and stayed up till way too late and we had a ball! We played, not worked. We had rehearsed the songs. We knew most of the tunes we were going to record. Then we added a few. And I wrote a few. I remember scribbling the second and third verses on pieces of paper on the floor between takes. Maybe that room and all the great music that has been made there made everybody bring their best...It was just flat out FUN to sing and record there. We really went for the style of recording that was used on those records early on. We were all playing in the room together, nobody had any headphones, we just listened to each other and went for it. Of course I told the guys, “if I’m singing good you better play good ‘cause that’s gonna be the take we use!” We cut way more music than we intended...we just couldn’t and didn’t want to stop. It’s the most fun I ever had making a record. And I always have fun singing! We hope you like this record as much as we do. I have tried to mix in the heartbreakers with the rockers and even a few that I wrote myself. We called the record Beyond the Sun, because the music starts at Sun Studio and just keeps growing and going. I think Mr. Phillips would have liked that. He probably foresaw it… TAJ MAHAL "Dust me down (feat Ben Harper) / Further on down the road (feat Jack Johnson)" Ankom: 2011-11-08 Label: www.tajblues.com Bluesgiganten, kompositören, multi-instrumentalisten och världsmusikern Taj Mahal är nu högaktuell med fyra spelningar i Sverige. Taj Mahal föddes som Henry S:t Claire Fredricks den 17 maj 1942 i Harlem, NY, men växte upp i Springfield, Massachusetts med en far som var jazzpianist och mamman lärare. Föräldrarna hade en stor skivsamling och Taj fick redan som liten ta klassiska pianolektioner, uppmuntrad av föräldrarna. Men efter ett par veckor hade Taj helt andra planer för sin musik och resten är, som man brukar säga, historia. Taj Mahal har en karriär som spänner över 40 år. Han har på ett avgörande sätt utvecklat bluesen och friskt tagit in influenser från Karibien, Hawaii, Latin och Västafrikansk musik. Taj Mahal var en av pionjärerna på Woodstockfestivalen 1969 och har givetvis gjort ett stort antal betydande plattor. Särskilt kan nämnas debuten ”Taj Mahal” (1967), ”The Natch´l Blues” (1968), Grammy-vinnande ”Senor Blues” (1997), ”Shoutin in the Key” (2000) och nu senast ”Maestro”, 40-års jubileumsskivan från 2008. SVEN ZETTERBERG "Grounded in Reality" Ankom: 2011-10-21 Label: Borderline www.svenzetterberg.com TROUBLE BOYS "In a heartbeat / Pink Cadillac" Ankom: 2011-10-19 Label: Ball & Chain CLIFF RICHARD "Soulicious" Ankom: 2011-10-14 Label: EMI JAMES MARVELL "Love can make you happy" Ankom: 2011-10-12 Label: Cashbox Records "Love Can Make You Happy" is #1 at www.indieworldcountry.com for Marvell. He first sold several million records of the song with Mercy in the '60s See Mercy in Cashbox at #2 in 1969 - http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19690607.html Watch Marvell on RAW DEAL December 3rd through December 23rd at: www.myrawdeal.com (see his episode and vote for James Marvell) TUPELO HIGHSHOTS "Cry" Ankom: 2011-10-10 Label: Tailor Maid Tupelo Highshots är ett nytt Country Boppin Rockabillyband från Katrineholm. Tupelo Highshots består av: TupeloChris: Golden Voice and rythm guitar (Sång, gitarr), Tupelo Al: Upright slappin bass (Bas), Tupelo Dave: Wild honky tonk piano (Piano), Tupelo Andy: Conductor of the Tupelo drum train (Trummor), Tupelo Steve: Honkin riffs and screaming licks (Gitarr). Bandet är just nu i studion med Peter In de Betou (Tailor Maid Produktion) och jobbar med material för kommande album som kommer släppas med Distr. Via Warner Music Sweden. Tidigare har Tupelo Highshots släppt Singel "Nathalie" (också den skriven av Christian Johansson/Peter In de Betou) JIM ALLCHIN "Overclocked" Ankom: 2011-09-16 Label: Sandy Key Music LLC jimallchin.com Jim grew up in a one-room house on a dirt farm in the Deep South. After living the life of a starving musician, he left to earn Masters/Doctorate degrees from Stanford University and Georgia Institute of Technology. He went on to become a world recognized leader in Computer Science and software. Today he codes for fun and he plays guitar for love. Jim’s contemporary blues-rock style has a uniquely modern feel with contemporary lyrics and explosive guitar lines, but it respectfully bows to the core soul that has been embodied in the blues throughout the ages. It is Jim’s dream to help foster the blues to a larger audience. His newest album, Overclocked, is an ambitious, perfectly crafted 13-song set of original blistering blues, sophisticated jazz, heavy rock and tender pop ballads spotlighting his virtuoso guitar chops, creative lyrics and mellifluous vocals. INGRID "Blow my blues away" Ankom: 2011-09-08 Label: Riverside Records www.savbrant.com/ Ingrid Savbrant startade sin musikaliska bana på 80 talet i Malmö när hon bildade gruppen Viola & Turisterna. I mitten på 90 talet kom hennes första soloalbum " Resan " som blev mycket uppskattad av musikrecencenter och sveriges radios P3.Ingrid turnerar runt med sitt band där b.l.a Mats Helmer Andersson på elgitarr. Uffe Göransson på trummor. Nisse Persson på Bas. och Nadja Ericsson på keyboard ingår. September 2011 releasas Ingrids efterlängtade CD "BLOW MY BLUES AWAY" på Riverside Records. www.riverside-records.se . Beställning: info@border.se Ingrid medverkade i det Polska TV programmet Baltic song contest under sommaren 2011. En internationell artisttävling där hon placerade sig på den hedersvärda 2 ndra platsen med låten " Where are you going" från albumet Blow my blues away. THE LYNX "Hit me" Ankom: 2011-09-08 Label: Äkta Rock,n roll band från Sthlm. 5 grabbar i 20 års åldern DON & STEVE WHITE "Daddy Bo" Ankom: 2011-08-31 Label: Luna Chica Records album Don White and Steve White are a father-son team that have enjoyed success in their respective solo careers, and have worked together from time to time over the years. Now they have joined forces to create their exciting new masterpiece, DADDY BO . This album features the duo's unique talents as songwriters, vocalists, musicians, and producers. The new album, recorded at David Teegarden's Natura Digital Studios, brings together some of the finest musicians on the scene today to create a truly memorable experience. Don and Steve's first actual gig together was in Steve's third grade talent show in Tulsa. Don had taught Steve to play the guitar and the duo tore the house down! Don's career path led him to live in Nashville during the 1970s, but he returned to Tulsa for a few years, and Steve started playing with his dad's band in the mid 1980s. The music business once again beckoned Don to Nashville, but in the mid 1990s, Don returned to Tulsa and the father and son joined forces in the band Okie Soul, which also featured international singing star Gus Hardin. They first got together in the studio to work on Don's 1999 release Okie Fiesta," sharing all of the guitar and vocal work. Together, Don and Steve have shared the stage in concert with many greats, including: Dwight Yoakam, Delbert McClinton, Buddy Guy, Asleep At The Wheel, Merle Haggard, Pam Tillis, Ray Charles, and others. Now the duo has joined together to record the all-original studio album, DADDY BO. NISSE HELLBERG "Flod av eld" Ankom: 2011-08-29 Label: Metronome www.nissehellberg.se När Nisse Hellberg i slutet av september släpper sitt nya album ”Flod av eld” (Metronome) är titeln hämtad från en het upplevelse vid en vulkanen Kilauea på Hawaii några veckor efter att denna haft utbrott vid senaste årsskiftet. ”En vulkan innebär oändlig symbolik som fungerar på många plan där den pyser och glimmar. Flöden av ilska, flöden av kärlek. Jag är även oändligt tacksam att mitt musikflöde aldrig upphör” summerar Hellberg titellåten på sitt totalt sjätte egna album. ”Flod av eld” är det fjärde albumet i en svit soloalbum som han inledde med ”Snackbar blues” år 2006. Såväl ”Snackbar blues” som uppföljarna ”En tiger i tanken” och ”En modern man” har belönats med guldskivor. Hösten 2010 underströks suget efter skåningens blågula/rödgula rootssväng när samlingen ”Tufft jobb” även den nådde guldstatus. ”Flod av eld” är även titel på den fösta singeln som släpps från plattan ROKY MOON AND BOLT "American Honey" Ankom: 2011-08-21 Label: ZenHill Records rokymoonandbolt.com album How much is too much? Glam-rock heroes Roky Moon & BOLT! haven't found out yet. Saturday at Fitzgerald's, the band debuts their second full-length album, American Honey, which was recorded over four takes in one day at SugarHill Studios earlier this year. The album is markedly different from BOLT!'s previous recordings, including last year's self-titled LP, but Honey finds the band coming ever closer to completely perfecting their now-signature sound. The road to getting Honey made was paved by the band's live show. The throwback sound and over-the-top delivery — despite the creamy melodies, BOLT! pushes themselves as hard as any punk or metal group — almost militantly wowed SugarHill co-owner Dan Workman. "The first time I saw Roky Moon and BOLT! perform, it was love at first sight — I knew that I had to record this band. Hell, I wanted to be in the band!" says Workman, obviously beaming even through e-mail. "I just got it: Bowie, T. Rex, Meat Loaf. Here were the new glam-rock kids of the 2010s and the star of the band dressed like a slacker!" Zenfilm creative director W. Ross Wells, who partnered with Workman to form ZenHill Records last year, says BOLT!'s noise made him feel decades younger. The group was one of the first acts the brand-new local label signed. "Hearing them for the first time was incredibly satisfying musical comfort food that took me back to my '70s pomp/glam roots," Wells says. "As I listened, I realized they were much more than that. Rather than just paying tribute to their heroes, they were interpreting the genre for a whole new generation." Simply put, no one in Houston sounds like Roky Moon & BOLT!, and all their influences are godheads and legends. There's Meat Loaf in "Hot Saturday Night," David Bowie in "Monster" and Andrew Lloyd Webber on "The Lioness." They even managed to snag permission to use Bowie's "Watch That Man" on Honey. As much as the band's lyrical content seems to come from a mythical stratosphere inside lead singer Moon's wooly brain, there are undeniable allusions to a Houston music and drinking scene that holds as much drama as any nightly CW soap opera. "The fourth track on the album ('Unhinge the Youth') speaks openly about getting high with people we have met," says Moon, the Ziggy Stardust-like alter ego of longtime local musician Mike Hardin. "Every story worth telling in life should deal with some sort of loss. I tend to have a lot of that in my writing." MARIA MULDAUR "Steady Love" Ankom: 2011-08-21 Label: Stony Plain Records mariamuldaur.com/ I'm excited to announce that my latest endeavor, STEADY LOVE, is completed and will be released Sept. 27th ! I returned to my much beloved New Orleans to record with my favorite Crescent City musicians. Our collaboration has resulted in a high energy album of Blues & "Swamp Funk". It was really inspiring working with such an absolutely stellar group of "A-Team" players, who all played with soul & grit, and reckless abandon!! STEADY LOVE is a wonderful collection of Funky, Bluesy/Gospel-y tunes, all with really uplifting, positive messages. I will be touring the entire country with my Red Hot Bluesiana Band to promote it's release, finishing up in New Orleans, where this all began! Meanwhile, we are almost finished working on my Memphis Minnie Tribute Album, which will include soulful guest performances by Bonnie Raitt, Ruthie Foster, Rory Block, Phoebe Snow, Del Rey, Suzy Thompson & others. That one will probably be out at the very end of 2011, or the beginning of 2012. BILLY BURNETTE "Rock n Roll With It" Ankom: 2011-08-21 Label: billyburnette.net Billy Burnette is the epitome of a rock star – he exudes talent, good looks, and the rock star aura wherever he goes and understandably so, given his journey as a musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist. Born in Memphis, singer/songwriter/guitarist, Dorsey William Burnette III (aka Billy Burnette) spent most of his youth in the presence of father Dorsey and uncle Johnny (of the legendary Rock and Roll Trio). The Trio made the Rockabilly name famous by combining the name Billy and his cousin Rocky for the 1953 “Rockabilly Boogie” – thus making the term Rockabilly a household name. The legendary Rock and Roll Trio influenced a diverse array of Rock icons including: the Elvis, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Rod Stewart, Aerosmith, and Ricky Nelson. Elvis used to spend many evenings jamming with the band in the Lauderdale Courts laundry room. Recounts Billy: “I met Paul McCartney once and he said that the Trio were one of his and John’s (Lennon’s) influences – nobody was making music like that back then.” It’s not surprising given his upbringing that Billy’s list of accomplishments in the music arena is both impressive and diverse. Billy has amassed four decades of experience recording music, writing songs, and performing since embarking upon his career at age 7. His first single, a Christmas song, “Hey Daddy” was recorded on Dot Records. When he was only 11, Billy recorded several songs for A&M Records, including one from Dr. Seuss titled “Just Because We’re Kids,” which Herb Albert produced and played trumpet on. By 13, the young Burnette was entertaining the troops with Brenda Lee in the Far East. But it wasn’t until he was 15 or 16 that Billy picked up a guitar and began writing songs. Heavily influenced by the Beatles, Delaney, Bonnie & Friends, and his dad’s music, Billy learned the songwriting craft from some of the greats. “It’s really funny because I grew up thinking that everyone wrote songs. I mean my dad did it, my uncle did it…” At 18, Billy Burnette was only a week out of high school when he recorded his Columbia Records album with famed Memphis hit-making producer Chips Moman (“Suspicious Minds” and “In the Ghetto” for Elvis as well as multiple hits for the likes of Aretha Franklin and BJ Thomas). In his early 20’s, Billy played guitar for Roger Miller as well as for his father, Dorsey Burnette. Meanwhile, Billy also continued his solo career, which included recording records and writing for such hit makers as Rod Stewart, Ray Charles, Roy Orbison, Tammy Wynette, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Everly Brothers, Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Glen Campbell, Eddy Raven, and many more. In 1980, Billy Burnette made the biggest solo record recording deal in history with Columbia Records. Shortly after signing on with Columbia Records, Burnette met Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) at an “American Bandstand” party. The two musicians became fast friends and formed the band Mick Fleetwood’s Zoo in 1983. The Zoo was a Hollywood star-studded jam band, which was sometimes joined by artists such as Stevie Nicks, Roy Orbison, Bob Seger, Eddy Van Halen and others. During that time, Burnette continued to expand his solo career. He constantly penned new tunes while introducing Country music to a new sound. By 1985, Burnette signed on with MCA/Curb. During that year, Billy was nominated as “Best New Male Vocalist” by the Academy of Country Music in competition against Randy Travis, Keith Whitley, Marty Stuart, and T. Graham Brown. His promising Country music career took a sudden turn with one phone call. Burnette tells the story: “I was in an LA studio with Roy Orbison cutting a song I’d written, “Dream You,” for the Mystery Girl album when Mick (Fleetwood) called and asked me to join Fleetwood Mac.” With a number one record worldwide and a sold out world tour, Billy began his journey as a member of one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Burnette toured with Fleetwood Mac between 1987-1995 and appears on such records as: The Chain, Fleetwood Mac/Greatest Hits, Behind the Mask and The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac. At the height of his Fleetwood Mac stint, Billy’s songs were being recorded by such famed artists as: Roy Orbison, Ray Charles, Rod Stewart, Cher, Faith Hill, and Greg Allman. Billy’s natural good looks and ease on stage did not go unnoticed in Hollywood. Burnette landed parts in several feature films including: Richy Rich, The Addams Family Reunion, Casper and Wendy, Not Like Us, and the leading role in Saturday Night Special, which featured Burnette’s songs throughout the film. Later, Burnette returned to Nashville and landed a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records, for whom he recorded the aptly named Coming Home. With Coming Home, Burnette re-entered the Country charts with the hit “Tangled Up in Texas.” Burnette then teamed up with Bekka Bramlett, also of Fleetwood Mac association, to record Bekka and Billy. The Bekka and Billy record was well-received by music fans, artists, and critics alike. During this period, around 2003, Billy co-wrote a tune for Bonnie Raitt and Ray Charles called “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind.” This tune appeared on the album Genius Loves Company, which was the last studio album recorded and completed by Charles. Genius Loves Company garnered 10 grammy nominations and won Album of the Year. In 2006, Billy Burnette recorded one of the most revered Rockabilly albums of his career, Memphis in Manhattan. Memphis was recorded “live” in Manhattan at St. Peter’s Church. Burnette thrived on the live approach to recording: “Doing it live brings out a certain energy in you, because you know you’re under the gun and you have to get it right then and there. And there’s something to be said for that. It was pretty wild. I had a lot of fun recording this record…it was a great experience, and it’s something I’m really proud of overall.” On Memphis, Burnette not only recorded several original tunes – five of which were written with friend Shawn Camp (a successful songwriter and Bluegrass recording artist), but also payed tribute to his father and uncle, by recording “It’s Late” and “Tear it Up.” In addition, Burnette recorded an Everly Brothers classic, “Bye, Bye Love,” and a song made popular by none other than Burnette’s own Memphis neighbor, Elvis: “Big Hunk of Love.” In 2007, Billy collaborated with Shawn Camp on the album Bluegrass Elvises Vol. 1, which rose to the Top 5 on the Americana charts. A collaboration with Shawn Camp and Dennis Morgan became the hit song “River of Love.” George Strait recorded the tune for his 2008 album Troubador, and “River of Love” went on to become Strait’s 44th Number One hit single. In 2009, Billy had a song he co-wrote entered into the Eurovision Song Contest. The song was performed by Tone Damli Aaberge and went on to reach Number One on Norway’s music charts. Billy was also awarded an honorary doctorate in music by Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia. In the last few years, Billy Burnette contributed his talents as a guitar player and singer on tours with legendary musicians Bob Dylan and John Fogerty. Additionally, Burnette has also collaborated regularly with the Mick Fleetwood Band. And so, that brings Billy Burnette’s incredible musical journey up to the present. Where to from here? Billy continues to write, record and perform. He has a number of projects in the works including a new solo album. Despite over 40 years of making and sharing his songs with the world, Burnette’s musical journey is far from over. LEE ROCKER "Black Cat Bone" Ankom: 2011-08-21 Label: Alligator Records leerocker.com This is Lee Rocker's second disc on Alligator and though it rocks as hard as the first one, there are moments when this disc shows that there is an occasional slower tempoed cut (What I Don't Know, is a true belly rubber) or two in this rocker known more for his vibrant energy and straight ahead all out punk rockabilly. Don't think he has forsaken his full speed ahead style but he is just as adept when he does slow it down to a less frenetic pace than his usual. This disc has ten of the thirteen songs penned or co-written by Rocker and the covers are of One More Night by Bob Dylan (quite a nice cover), Crazy When She Drinks, by one of his guitarists, Buzz Campbell, and Leon Payne's, Lost Highway. The songs are all done with just he and his road band which has been together for awhile and is as road tested and as tight as he could want. The band is made up of; Buzz Campbell, guitar, Brophy Dale, slide guitar and vocals, Jimmy Sage on drums and of course Rocker, playing his upright bass, vocals and acoustic guitar. This disc is an extension of the work he was doing with the Stray Cats, a Rockabilly band he formed with High School friends Brian Setzer, and Slim Jim Phantom in the early 80s on Long Island, NY, that eventually had to go to England to get a break. The band split up a few years later and they each went their own way, Rocker continuing to explore the Rockabilly field and doing a good job of expanding its parameters. This is an excellent disc by this extremely talented bassist (if you want to hear some excellent upright bass playing there are few better to learn from) and Alligator Records has done a good job getting his music out there for the public. PATTY REESE "Strong Medicine" Ankom: 2011-08-07 Label: Azalea City Recordings pattyreese.com After a standing ovation following her performance at the packed Strathmore Music Center during the recent Woodstock tribute, Patty Reese’s attitude with soulful expression and her powerhouse pipes proved a match for the likes of Janis Joplin and other prolific and important artists. Other comparisons have been made, that Reese claims as influences, including Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. Patty Reese performs more than 250 dates a year, released a WAMMIE award winning album “Here and Now” and has garnered multiple songwriting awards over the years. Her powerhouse vocals, strong work ethic and honed songwriting skills have led her to the recording of her best work to date Strong Medicine. On the new CD, between acoustic guitar-accompanied story songs and powerful songs backed by a full band, Patty puts all of her crafts to work. The title track, Strong Medicine, tells of the healing power of love with a beguiling, smokey vocal performance over a blues groove reminiscent of Al Green. “Last Call for Love,” a closing time, slow dance, anthem; is perhaps the most revealing of Patty’s style—direct sincerity with a soulful delivery. Crowd pleaser “Who’s Got Your Back” resonates soundly as the song’s Roots Rock, Surf, and Blues tones are juxtaposed with the lyrics’ “Gospel truth.” Among the originals by Reese, also are three tracks—all standout unique versions of other artists songs including “Keep Me in Your Heart” (Warren Zevon), “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (George Harrison) and “Buckets of Rain,” (Bob Dylan) which all perfectly showcase Reese’s intimate, tender and dynamic vocal range. The CD Features the Reese's outstanding band as well as special guest appearances by award winning musicians and/or vocalists, Deanna Bogart, Donna Britton, Nadine Rae, Jen Smith and Jay Britton. JOHN GAAR "Brighter side of maybe" Ankom: 2011-08-07 Label: www.johngaar.com album The Here and Now: John Gaar is a captivating soulful singer with a deft and provocative guitar style that converges to create a powerful and indelible impression. Emanating from the cultural-musical diversity of a rural Louisiana upbringing is the distinct style and energy of his music. His acclaimed 2004 titled Bittersweet Success debut album introduced his style to the world and his latest album, 2011's Brighter Side of Maybe, brings it to new heights. Gaar's sound is a purely post-modern expression of the artistic and cultural journey that has transformed southern roots music into a sonic organic sound of America. His distinctive sound embraces multiple eras and genres, including blues, rock, folk, Americana and jazz, all of which he is well-versed. For John Gaar, the common bond between these influences is the underlying storytelling, the power of song to convey human experience and emotional ties to a spiritual connection. Brighter Side of Maybe introduces ten new introspectively written songs about life experiences which allow the listener to connect between the music of John Gaar and their own lives. Brighter Side of Maybe reunites keyboardist Ron D'Argenio and John Gaar after their successful recording and tour of 2004's Bittersweet Success project. Ron D'Argenio takes a formidable role as Producer and keyboardist on 2011's Brighter Side of Maybe. Gaar and D'Argenio worked closely together to mold and hone ideas for the collection of songs that became Brighter Side of Maybe, recorded at Congress House Studio in Austin, Texas. "The vibe was really conducive to making magic happen at Congress House Studio," says Gaar. We were fortunate to have the skills and exceptional musicianship from the talents of longtime friends, New York bassist, Mark Harris, powerhouse drummer percussionist, Cody Banks, dear friend & vocalist Malford Milligan, soulful vocalist, Michael Cross, vocalist Ginger Leigh, strings creation, Warren Hood and Brian Standerfer and the hard working creative staff at Congress House Studio. From Whence He Came: Southern Roots, Southern Soul. John Gaar was born and raised in the midst of the magical music melting pot of Louisiana. He picked up the guitar at 13 and was playing gigs in smalltown, smoke-filled bars by the time he was 16. From that point on it became all about the music and how it made him feel - and how he could make others feel deep into their souls through his own singing and playing. It was at 18 he had the choice to go on the road with a band, or go to college on a music scholarship -- John chose the road and hasn't looked back! The Journey. In 1981 John's first real taste of R&B, Soul, Southern Roots, Americana, Blues, and Zydeco music was a two-year stint with his brother, Red Hot recording artist, Burton Gaar, with Zydeco-musician, Rockin' Sydney - best known for his grammy-award winning hit crossover song, "My Toot Toot." John then next toured throughout the South with two bands, one a seven-piece R&B horn band, and the other a New Orleans groove band. Then he landed a gig with Miss Molly and the Passions, a ballsy, foul-mouthed, bull-whip-toting band from Lake Charles, LA, that was voted Houston's No. 1 Band -- three years running. After three years with the Passions, John's circumstances forced him to move to the Bay Area where he had to deal with culture shock, a deference of musical attitudes, and no money -- so he played every gig he could get his hands on in the area. By 1993 it was time to re-up on his "Southerness", so John moved back to the South (after four years in California) and headed first to Tulsa, then to Nashville, and then finally back to Louisiana, where he landed a gig with Blind Pig recording artist, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, a rockin' Zydeco Blues band. John toured the US and Europe 300 dates a year for the next five years with Carrier. Then John decided to "get off the bus and stay awhile," by going back to the Bay Area to play, put his own band together, record his own songs and have a lot of fun doing what he loves! After much success with his own band, including being selected for the Monterey Blues Festival after the band was just 5 months old, John decided to pick up and move to Austin, Texas to further his career goals in the land that he loves -- the South! First up was recording and touring his 2004 Bittersweet Success CD, as well as singing and playing with fellow Austin-ites Malford Milligan, Miss Lavelle White, Tracy Conover, Michael Cross, and more. Guitarist--Vocalist--Songwriter--and Showman! John has emerged from his journey so far to find that doing his own thing is the right thing to do! From his incredibly soulful guitar playing to his unmistakably talented and unique voice to page after page of skillfully penned songs and his southern charm -- and you have John Gaar, a true and consummate player and showman. GEORGE THOROGOOD "Going back / Mama talk to your daughter" Ankom: 2011-07-28 Label: EMI Helt nytt album ifrån trotjänaren George Thorogood. "2120 South Michigan Avenue", som är titeln på albumet, är den klassiska adressen på CHESS-studion, där alla bluesens storheter, men även Rolling Stones spelade in i sökandet av sina rötter. Albumet är en hyllning till George´s förebilder ifrån den eran och den musik som ligger till grund för det sound han tagit vidare och gjort sin egen häxbrygd på. Willie Dixon, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley… I ”Going Back”, som kan sägas vara titellåten på albumet och den ena av 2 nyskrivna låtar av George-besjunger han dem alla TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND "Revelator" Ankom: 2011-07-16 Label: Sony Masterworks derekandsusan.net The debut album by 11-piece band fronted by the husband-wife team of Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi. In stores now from Sony Masterworks. Features the AAA, Americana and Rock single"Learn How to Love" and 11 more deep album tracks for blues, eclectic, jazz and other specialty shows. The fastest selling album of either of their careers, including a #12 debut on the Billboard Album Chart. All songs composed by Trucks and Tedeschi, with notable co-writers Gary Louris, John Leventhal, Eric Krasno (Soulive), Oliver Wood (Wood Brothers), and David Ryan Harris. TUPELO HIGHSHOTS "Nathalie" Ankom: 2011-06-19 Label: Tupelo Highshots är ett nytt Country Boppin Rockabillyband från Katrineholm Tupelo Highshots består av: Chris: Golden Voice and rythm guitar Al: Upright slappin bass Dave: Wild honky tonk piano Andy: Conductor of the Tupelo drum train Steve: Honkin riffs and screaming licks Bandet är just nu i studion med Peter In de Betou (tailor Maid Produktion) och jobbar med material för kommande album Nu släpps Ny Singel "Nathalie" (Skriven av Christian Johansson/Peter In de Betou) STACI´S EDGE "I´ve got it all" Ankom: 2011-06-07 Label: www.stacisedge.com digi Staci Butler (Vocals, Lead Guitar, Piano), Chris Shaw (Guitar, Vocals), Corey Moss (Bass) and Kirk Gentle (Drums). Staci's Edge offers an opportunity to hear some of the best rock music in town. They were nominated by the Houston Press "Best of Houston 2010" awards as one of the top bands in the city. Butler's searing guitar riffs, inspired by the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, beautifully compliment her fresh, indy-rock melodies in ways that are nothing short of innovative. Rounding out their distinctive sound, Staci's Edge boasts some of the most consummate musicians on the current indy circuit. Guitarist Chris Shaw proves the old saying that you can never have too much of a good thing by weaving his own 6-string stylings seamlessly around Butler's, bassist Corey Moss adds the driving thump that keeps audiences on their feet, and drummer Kirk Gentle is anything but, as he seals each song with precise rhythmic style. It's been a long road for lead singer, songwriter and guitarist, Staci Butler, whose life experiences have influenced both the sound and identity of Staci's Edge in numerous ways. In 2003, Butler put the guitar down and bowed out of Houston’s music scene to start a family. Two years later, her world was rocked by a cancerous diagnosis. Butler found her fighting spirit and battled through ten months of chemo and radiation therapies. She came through it with a clean bill of health, a new lease on life and a determined inspiration for her music. "I was so grateful for a new chance at living," says Butler. "I decided that if I was going to make my dreams a reality I needed to do it now." She sat at her piano and was inspired to write “For the First Time.” A song about her new view on life,— if you work hard and believe in yourself, you can achieve anything. "I was going to start living my dream for the first time", says Butler. She’'s done just that! Butler has been cancer free for 5 years and her new mantra has paid off for her and her band. Staci's Edge was formed in 2008 and their fan base has been growing steadily ever since. With the release of their new CD “I’ve Got It All,” more success is on the horizon for Staci's Edge THE REFRESHMENTS "Ridin along with The Refreshments" Ankom: 2011-06-03 Label: Darrow Records www.refreshments.nu The Refreshments är tillbaka på vägarna igen; med ena ögat i backspegeln, full fart in i kurvan och huvuden som vänds. Inte att undra på. Åket har väl aldrig varit mer välputsat och motorn spinner bättre än någonsin. Frågan är faktiskt om inte nya plattan”Ridin’ Along With The Refreshments” (släpps 1 juni) är den bästa given på mycket länge från Sveriges hårdast arbetande rock’n’roll-band. Och när vi säger hårdast arbetande skojar vi inte. Med över en halv miljon sålda skivor har The Refreshments kunna hänga upp tolv guld- och två platinaplattor på väggarna. Och räck upp handen alla band som har gjort mer än 3 350 spelningar de senaste 20 åren. Men trots alla dessa år, framgångar och spelningar i varje liten del av Sverige, så känns det alltså som om The Refreshments modell 2011 låter hungrigare än någonsin – lika mopsigt rockiga som när de stolt deklamerade att de spelade ”both rock and roll” på debutplattan för 16 år sedan. Fast med en helt annan tyngd och skicklighet. Nu är det också snart dags för årets sommarturné, Rock’n’Roll Summer 2011 - den här gången med gästerna Dave Edmunds, Jerry Williams med band och Sven-Ingvars.? Missa det på egen risk HARRY MANX & KEVIN BREIT "Sunny (radio single)" Ankom: 2011-05-27 Label: Stony Plain Strictly Whatever is the second o ering on Stony Plain for these two virtuoso musicians. Harry Manx and Kevin Breit, “a match made in guitar heaven,” are unique Canadian players with impressive resumes as in-demand recording artists and busy performers. Both artists contribute original material and lead vocals to this set which includes unique covers of the Bobby Hebb classic “Sunny” and John Lee Hooker’s “Mr. Lucky.” Harry Manx: • Born on the Isle of Man, raised in Canada, but spent many years in Europe, Japan, Brazil and India where he learned the Mohan-veena. • “Mysticssippi” blues man Harry Manx has been called an “essential link” between the music of East and West, creating musical short stories that wed the tradition of the Blues with the depth of classical Indian ragas. Kevin Breit: Currently on tour with Hugh Laurie (yes... Dr. House) • Worked on recordings that have won 13 Grammy Awards for artists like Norah Jones and Cassandra Wilson. • Based in Toronto, Breit has recorded with more then 100 artists including k.d. lang, Hugh Laurie, Lou Reed, Bill Frisell, Amos Lee and Roseanne Cash. THE CUSTOMLINES "Our Legacy" Ankom: 2011-05-27 Label: www.thecustomlines.com The Customlines are Stefan Persson on vocal and bass, Mikael Persson on guitar and backing vocal, Henrik Aminder on guitar and Robert Store on drums. All music on the record are by The Customlines. All text by Mikael Persson and Stefan Persson GINA SICILIA "Can´t Control Myself" Ankom: 2011-04-24 Label: VizzTone Young Philadelphia songstress Gina Sicilia exploded onto the scene in 2007, as her debut CD, ALLOW ME TO CONFESS, was met with joyous acclaim by fans and critics alike. She was heralded as a distinctive new voice in the Blues, as well as an insightful songwriter and interpreter of neglected classics in the Rhythm & Blues canon. In 2008 she was nominated for “Best New Artist Debut” at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis, Tennessee, just as her sophomore release HEY SUGAR proved her also to be a legitimate contender in the worlds of Classic Country and Americana. With her new 2011 release, CAN’T CONTROL MYSELF, Gina broadens her stylistic palette, infusing even more Soul and Americana into her bedrock influences of Blues and R&B. This CD features seven new Gina Sicilia compositions, as well as three choice covers borrowed from Bobby Bland, Stevie Wonder, and Ike & Tina Turner. Gina’s singing and songwriting continue to break new ground, showing remarkable depth, power, and seemingly unstoppable growth. CAN’T CONTROL MYSELF was produced and engineered by Gina’s label mate, the insanely talented Dave Gross, who also played every instrumental track on the record except for trumpet, sax, and one lap-steel track. Now 25 years old, the genre-defying Gina Sicilia continues to smash pigeonholes into kindling and redefine the boundaries of soulful music. STATUS QUO "Rock n roll n you" Ankom: 2011-04-23 Label: Tesco Entertainment www.statusquo.co.uk ANDERS KARLSTEDT with THE JORDANAIRES and SHERILL NIELSEN "In Elvis´s Footsteps" Ankom: 2011-04-20 Label: BULLFROG BULLYA "The Woodpecker Song / Bourbon City / The Ratwoman Blues" Ankom: 2011-04-08 Label: www.bullfrogbullya.com From the ponds of Boston MA "Bullfrog Bullya" is a song writer who is looking to bring back the Old Time Classic Rock and Roll. My goal as as song writer is to give new material for all those people out there that fans of bands like Led Zepplin, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and many more. I have released an EP in liew of my upcoming Spring LP. These four songs are for free listening on this site and can be bought for digital download on this site. EVA EASTWOOD "Lyckost" Ankom: 2011-04-08 Label: Darrow/Border Music www.evaeastwood.com Eva Eastwood är en pionjär inom retrorocken och den enda kvinnan i genren! Redan 1997 blev Eva erbjuden skivkontrakt i Nashville med tackade nej, åkte hem och startade band. 2005 slog hon igenom via Allsång på Skansen. Hon har skrivit låtar år Linda Gail Lewis, Johan Blohm, The Boppers och Berth Idoffs med flera och tilldelades "Millencolin Music Prize" 2010 som första kvinna med följande motivering: "Evas ihärdiga och kompromisslösa musikskapande har rönt henne stora framgångar i svenskt musikliv". På nya albumet sjunger hon på svenska igen och återigen visar hon prov på sin makalösa låtskrivartalang! "Himlen var här" är första singeln som inom kort går ut till radion! BEN WATERS "Boogie For Stu: A Tribute To Ian Stewart" Ankom: 2011-03-26 Label: Eagle album Eagle Records is delighted to release “Boogie 4 Stu” on 18 April 2011. The album is in tribute to pianist Ian Stewart, a founding member of the Rolling Stones, who went on to serve as their long-term road manager. “Boogie 4 Stu” was dreamt up and produced by fellow pianist Ben Waters, a member The A, B, C and D of Boogie Woogie, which also features Charlie Watts. The album is released to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation, and is released near the 25th anniversary of Stewart’s death. The album is mixed by Glynn Johns and the front cover is a newly commissioned portrait of Ian Stewart by Sir Peter Blake. Initially planned by Waters as a solo album, “Boogie 4 Stu” soon took on a life of its own. “When I told Charlie Watts that I was going to record the album, he asked to be on it. I asked Jools Holland if I could hire his studio. He said ‘No’, but that I could have it for free and that he would like to play on the album too, as Ian was a mate.” Letters to other friends and former colleagues of Stu outlining the project elicited the simple response, “Where do we need to be and when?” Ben Waters, of course, plays on every track and is joined on one by his cousin PJ Harvey. Waters says, “Everyone who is on the ‘Boogie 4 Stu’ album knew Ian Stewart really well, in fact most told me that he was their best mate! Despite this I felt many music fans need an introduction to the man and his music. To some he was a roadie that played a bit of piano, to his friends and fans the opposite was true.” Most of the music on the album was laid down live, after no more than a couple of takes, and the atmosphere in the studio was fantastic. The album highlight for many will be the version of Bob Dylan’s song "Watchin' The River Flow”. This features Mick Jagger on vocals & harmonica, Keith Richards on guitar, Charlie Watts on drums, Ronnie Wood on guitar and Bill Wyman on bass. It's the first time Wyman has recorded with his former colleagues since 1992. As well as his work with the Rolling Stones, Ian Stewart played with a host of other talents including Led Zeppelin [this album is named after their track ‘Boogie With Stu’], Howlin’ Wolf, The Yardbirds, his own band Rocket88 and more. Keith Richards said, "Ian Stewart. I'm still working for him. To me the Rolling Stones is his band. Without his knowledge and organization ... we'd be nowhere." As a kid starting out in music, Waters learnt to play in Ian Stewart’s style, whom he saw perform at an event organized by his family. “He had a collection of cine footage featuring Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis, I got access to those, and learned more by playing along. Some of his own performances were there too including the Montreux Jazz Festival. I love his style. No one else played like him, he was unique.” Waters went on to join Stewart’s former band Rocket 88 and, of course, to play with Charlie Watts, so it seems that Ian Stewart has never been far away. “I played with a band in Dorset with Hamish Maxwell [also on this album], who is exactly 40 years older than me, and it turned out he’d been Ian’s best man!” The evolution of “Boogie 4 Stu” from solo tribute to an album featuring some of the incredible talent that Ian Stewart came into orbit with has been amazing. There are two shows booked in at the Ambassador's Theatre in London on March 9th. These will feature The A,B,C & D Of Boogie Woogie as the house band, with Jools Holland hosting and various special guest appearances. The album finishes with the Sam Cooke track ‘Bring It On Home’, performed by Ian Stewart with Rocket 88 at the Montreux Jazz Festival. As Waters says, “Ian Stewart was not a man who liked a fuss, but he would have loved the music on this album, and I wanted him to play it out. “Boogie For Stu: A Tribute To Ian Stewart” will be released on April 18th. EVA EASTWOOD "Himlen var här" Ankom: 2011-03-24 Label: Borde Music www.evaeastwood.com 1:a singeln ifrån Eva nya cd "Lyckost" som släpps 20 april GULLABO-ELVIS "Volym 4" Ankom: 2011-03-23 Label: www.gullabo-elvis.se DANNY & THE JUNIORS featuring JOE JERRY "We´re forever & ever & ever yours" Ankom: 2011-03-20 Label: Nova Music dannyandthejuniors.com Danny & The Juniors, individually Frank Maffei, Danny Rapp, Joe Terranova and Dave White, began singing together in the early 1950's at ages 13 and 14 in Philadelphia where they were fans of the local rhythm and blues radio stations. It was there they heard the first stirrings of a new music soon to become known as Rock 'N Roll. The Juvenaires, as they were called then, quickly decided to become part of the new movement and began to perform the new songs as well as their own original material at school dances, local clubs and restaurants. At that time, record companies were engaged in a frenzied search for young people who could perform the new music. It wasn't very long before they discovered the youths, re-named them Danny & The Juniors and recorded them singing one of their own original songs called At The Hop. The song quickly became a monumental hit on five continents reaching #1 on the pop, country and rhythm and blues charts. It stands today as the #23 all-time biggest record according to The Billboard Magazine List Of #1 Hits. The Group immediately followed with another hit, Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay, which became an anthem of the era, plus dance classics Twistin' USA and Pony Express. These were the first of a string of eleven charted recordings. Their latest albums are the MCA' release Rockin' With Danny And The Juniors, the Collectibles release Danny And The Juniors - Classic Golden Greats, and the Grammy considered children’s CD, For Cool Grandkids Everywhere on the Street Gold label. In the recent past they have had Carolina Beach Music hits Stranger On The Shore and House On Fire, which reached # 1 on the Beach Music charts. Early in 1958 Dick Clark presented Danny And The Juniors with a gold record for At The Hop on American Bandstand, the first of many awards and accolades they would receive over their career, including Best New Group of 1957, a star on Philadelphia’s Broad Street Walk Of Fame along with the presentation of the prestigious Philadelphia Music Alliance Achievement Award and the New Jersey Legislature’s 50th Anniversary of ‘At The Hop’ award. With the success of At The Hop, Danny And The Juniors began touring with the other early legends and founders of American Rock In Roll such as: Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and The Platters in the famous Alan Freed Big Beat Show, as well as appearing at many of the nations top nightclubs, arenas and fairs. To this day they have traveled millions of miles and entertained millions of people in all fifty states, Canada, Europe, South America and Asia. Danny And The Juniors have made over 100 American Bandstand appearances and have been on numerous television shows – including The Patti Page Big Record Show, The Pat Boone Show, The Midnight Special, The Sha-Na-Na Show, Solid Gold and Nashville Now. They've also been featured in three motion pictures and their songs have been in many more. Danny And The Juniors have been covered in many important national publications including Life, Billboard, Cashbox and Teen. The latest of these is a recent USA Today article that points out the broad appeal of Danny And The Juniors and their music across many demographic categories. Now, in their sixth decade as performers, the group still appears at a multitude of venues including conventions, theatres, clubs, casinos, fairs and festivals. Their wholesome, fun-loving stage show is embellished with comedy, impressions, bright costumes and audience participation -- while still preserving the rich history of their music -- and is regarded as one of the best in the business. ÖRJAN ENGLUND "1966" Ankom: 2011-03-10 Label: BODINROCKER "Back On Track (radio edit)" Ankom: 2011-03-09 Label: Bearman Music www.andersbodin.net JENNY BOHMAN & ÖRJAN ENGLUND "Schlagerblues" Ankom: 2011-02-13 Label: Låten spelades in som en rolig branchgrej 2008-2009 efter att Örjan Englund hade hoppat av Svenska Musikförläggarföreningens jurygrupp till Melodifestivalen där han var verksam 2002-2006. Under den perioden hade Örjans förlag 4 låtar med i den svenska uttagningen och som han också kallar gräddfil i låten. Förra året spreds det en omixad kopia på låten so dessutom hittade hela vägen till P4 där den vid förra årets omgång spelades vid några tillfällen. Jenny Bohman hade ett livslång förflutet som bluesartist i b.l.a Jenny & Blue Beans, Monaco Bluesband, Tommy Körbergs bluesband Brevery Blues band m.m innan hon avled den 14 november 2010. Lyssna och njut för varenda ord är sant! SWEET EMMA AND THE MOOD SWINGERS "Home Sweet Home" Ankom: 2011-02-07 Label: DO Music Records www.sweetemma.se Sweet Emma and The Mood Swingers är tillbaka med sitt tredje album "Home Sweet Home", en liveinspelning fylld med musig, svängig rhythm ´n blues och swing! Sångaren Anders Söderberg och basisten Emma Sannerviks samspelta septett gör oerhört stiltrogna tolkningar av 40- och 50-talets mest dansvänliga och medryckande bluesnummer, samt noga utvalda egenkomponerade alster. Bandet har genom flitigt spelande byggt upp en stor publik och fyller klubbar och dansgolv både i sverige och utomlands. CD:n är inspelad live på Bistro HiJazz i Uppsala den 26 och 27 februari 2010 och ges ut på DO Music Records. Releasekonserten blir på Bistro HiJazz i Uppsala den 12 februari kl 21.00 GREGG ALLMAN "Low Country Blues" Ankom: 2011-01-27 Label: Rounder Records album “I’ve got my hand over my heart,” Gregg Allman says of his extraordinary new album, “and if it’s a hit there, it’s a hit.” As a founding member of the one and only Allman Brothers Band and in his own storied solo career, Allman has long been a gifted natural interpreter of the blues, his soulful and distinctive voice one of the defining sounds in the history of American music. Low Country Blues marks the legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s seventh solo recording and first in more than 13 years. Produced by T Bone Burnett, the album finds Allman putting his own stamp on songs by some of the blues giants whose work has long influenced his own, from Muddy Waters and BB King to Buddy Guy and Magic Sam. Named for the coastal Georgia region Allman calls home, Low Country Blues stands as a high water mark in an already remarkable body of work, rich with passion, verve, and the unerring confidence of a true survivor. Though Allman has been a constant presence on the road over the past decade, with The Allman Brothers Band as well as with his own crack combo, he has spent precious little time in the studio since the 2002 death of producer Tom Dowd – the man behind the glass for much of his recorded career. So when his manager suggested he veer off from a 2009 tour for a Memphis meeting with the multiple Grammy Award-winning Burnett, Allman admits to being not entirely enthused. “I said, ‘Oh man, I don’t wanna start meeting a string of dudes, all of ‘em trying to outdo the other one,” he recalls. “But we stopped in Memphis and here comes T Bone. The first sentence out of his mouth was something like, ‘Tommy Dowd was The Man, wasn’t he? I’ve patterned a lot of my stuff after that gentleman.’ I thought, ‘Right, what’ve we got here?’” The two musicians quickly bonded, chatting about favorite records, mutual friends, and reminiscences of Nashville’s renowned clear channel station, WLAC, which introduced rhythm & blues music to a generation of late night listeners from New York to Miami. “He told me some guy gave him a hard drive, it has 10,000 obscure blues songs,” Allman says. “He says, ‘I’m gonna pick out twenty of ‘em and send ‘em to ya and you tell me what you think.’ He said, ‘They’re old, like Billie Holliday old, and when you listen to ‘em, I want you to think about us gettin’ in there and about bringin’ ‘em up to today.’” Allman found the idea irresistible and in January 2010, a stunning combo was assembled at Los Angeles’ The Village Recorder, comprising Burnett and Doyle Bramhall II on guitars, backed by the brilliant rhythm section of upright bassist Dennis Crouch and drummer Jay Bellerose. What’s more, the lineup included a brass section arranged and conducted by trumpeter Darrell Leonard, whose illustrious resume extends back to his work with Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (featuring Gregg’s late, great brother Duane). As if that weren’t enough, sitting in on piano was a dear old friend, the Night Tripper himself, Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack, with whom Allman co-wrote “Let This Be A Lesson To Ya’” on The Gregg Allman Band’s 1977 classic, Playin’ Up A Storm. “T Bone knew that that him being there would put a certain fire in my ****,” Allman says. “It was so good seeing Dr. John, both of us being sober. ‘Cause last time I saw him, both of us were pretty much nose to the floor. He’s such a nice dude, he’s funny, God, is he funny. Before he was so stoned, it didn’t really come out full force, but oh man, he is hilarious!” This powerhouse band – which of course also features Gregg’s own acoustic guitar expertise and trademark Hammond B-3 organ – cooks up an earthy and atmospheric musical stew infused with gritty R&B muscle, spooky Southern psychedelia, and greasy deep soul grooves. “The band was just a ****, man,” Allman says. “It’s not all just a wall of guitars – not that there’s anything at all wrong with The Brothers, because that’s very, very tasty.” The tracking came fast and furious, kicking off with an ominous take on Sleepy John Estes’ ominous “Floating Bridge.” From there, the album covers the blues’ many emotional terrains, from exuberant showstoppers like Little Milton’s “Blind Man” and the album’s one original composition, the swaggering “Just Another Rider” (co-written with longtime ABB guitarist Warren Haynes), to Skip James’ haunted “Devil Got My Woman” and the weary but unbowed traditional, “Rolling Stone.” “If it works right, it all turns real magic,” Allman says. “And that’s what happened this time, more so I think than anything I’ve ever recorded. We got 15 masters in 11 days; let me tell ya, they just went Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!” When it came to vocals, Burnett was determined to push Allman out of his comfort zone, encouraging spontaneity and soul above all else. “First takes scare me to death,” he says, “they really do. On about three or maybe four of ‘em, Bone comes over the microphone, ‘Alright, we got it.’ I said, ‘Well wait, hold it, hold it! What do you mean got it? We just ran it down!’ ‘No, we got it.’ I went back in the control room, I said, ‘Man, I know I can get it better than that.’ He says, ‘What’s wrong with that?’ I said, ‘Well, nothin’s wrong with it, I just think I can do it with a little more interesting feel.’ So we went back out there, I tried, man, I tried as hard as I could. Nope.” Indeed, Allman’s instantly identifiable voice remains a wonder, wringing nuance and history from every lyric. “I have an evolved throat,” he says. “I think I’m a little more meticulous now. I’m a real stickler for melody. I used to think more about beat than I did about melody, but now I think about both of ‘em. See, you’ve got to have beat, because first of all, you’ve got to feel something as well as hear it. Both of those entities have to be really personified in my book.” Like any genuine bluesman, Allman’s own life has been colored by myriad triumphs and too many tragedies. Low Country Blues was initially slated for a mid-2010 release, but that plan changed when Gregg, who had long battled chronic Hepatitis C, was notified that he was a candidate for a liver transplant. In June 2010, he entered the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida where he successfully underwent the difficult surgery. Knowing that he had only just made one of the defining albums of his recorded career proved to be the best medicine, giving Allman the inner strength he needed to fully heal. “This record’s one of the things that’s held me together,” he says. “Because when I woke up in the hospital from this incredibly big surgery, I held on to the idea that, hey man, you’ve got a record in the can!” An inveterate road warrior, Allman is understandably itching to return to the endless highway. He spent the months following the surgery hitting both the gym and the rehearsal studio, working hard to restore his vitality to its requisite level. Moreover, Allman is justifiably proud of Low Country Blues and is eager to get out there to bring these songs to his countless fans. “When you have a new record it always feels different,” he says. “Man, you gotta get out there and move the muscles, you gotta move it and shake it.” “It’s been too long,” he adds. “I guess I was just born with a lot of gypsy in my soul.” Simply put, Low Country Blues is Gregg Allman at his very best, a self-assured, spirited collection that will stand as a major milestone in what is undeniably an exceptional career. “Places you been, things that you done/Somehow you’re still on the run,” Allman sings on “Just Another Rider.” Long may he run. EARL PARKER "I wanna be a Superhero" Ankom: 2011-01-26 Label: RadioDirectX digi SWEET EMMA & THE MOOD SWINGERS "What´s the matter with you" Ankom: 2011-01-20 Label: Plugged Music digi Bass player Emma "Sweet Emma" Sannervik's hard-swinging vintage 40s rhythm and blues septet releases their third album "Home Sweet Home", a fabulous live recording that perfectly captures their infectious musical onstage energy. Since its birth in 2002, the band has over the years developed into one of the most successful Swedish rockabilly and rhythm and blues ensembles, boasting an impressive musical style-awareness. Their performances have attained a huge popularity with swing and lindy hop dance societies. DON RAY BAND "Lonesome Rider" Ankom: 2011-01-20 Label: Margdon Records Inc. www.donrayband.com digi Don Ray Band, first based out of Austin, TX. and now Nashville TN. is a Bluesy Southern Rock band created by world class songwriters and studio / touring musicians. The band members are: Don Ray – Singer / Songwriter, percussionist Jonathan Armstrong – Keyboards, Songwriter, Vocalist, and has been the Keyboard Player, Band Leader and Road Manager for Earl Thomas Conley. Donnie Lee Clark – Guitarist, Songwriter, Vocalist, and has been the Guitarist and Singer for Pure Prairie League and Duke Tumatoe. Curtis Jay – Bass Guitar and has projects to his credit with former Lynyrd Skynyrd great, Artimus Pyle. Scott Thompson – Nashville Session Drumer and has toured with Pam Tillis and Chad Brock among others. Their 2009 album release, “On Top Of The Heap”, received a warm welcome by the Americana, Blues and Southern Rock communities and over two albums, has stayed consistently on the Roots Music Report radio charts for nearly 14 months. In January 2010, Blues Underground Network awarded their album “2009 Best USA Blues Album”, “2009 Best Overall Blues Debut Album” and ranked them #2 on the Top 25 Best Worldwide Blues Albums of 2009. In April of 2010, Real Blues Magazine placed their 2009 debut album at the #1 spot on their Top 100 “Must Purchase” Blues Albums chart. Their 2nd album “Lonesome Rider” is available Now! PATRIK JANSSON BAND "Patrik Jansson Band" Ankom: 2011-01-12 Label: Sneaky Foot Redcords www.patrikjanssonband.com album Patrik Jansson Band startades i Stockholm i slutet av 2007. Efterv att ha spelat trummor i flera olika blues-, jazz- och hårdrocksband under många års tid bestämde sig patrik för att det var dags för en ny utmaning, nämligen att spela gitarr och sjunga i hopp om att utvecklas som sångare, gitarrist och låtskrivare. Med ett nytt mål, att starta och fronta ett grymt bluesband började han leta efter musiker att spela med. Denna CD markerar debuten för Patrik Jansson (Maryslim, Hellsingland Underground, Chris Laney med flera) som kompositör, bandledare, sångare och gitarrist. Med sig har han Henning axelsson (Ane Brun, Claes Yngström, Veronica Maggio) på keyboards, Fredrik Hartelius (Sewer Grooves) på trummor och Per Enstedt på bas. CD:n innehåller 10 låtar, samtliga skrivna och arrangerade av Patrik Jansson och är inspelad och mixad i Music Solutions (Stockholm) av Christoffer Wetterström och Patrik Jansson. Musiken kan bäst beskrivas som en blandning av blues och rock med influenser som sträcker sig från Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter, John Mayall och Albert King till ZZ Top och Joe Bonamassa THE MUSICAL EXPRESS "Electric Blowout" Ankom: 2011-01-04 Label: Doghowl Records album JIM BOYD "Hold those veteran colors high / Scootin on / Iron Horse / The Brothers / Ride on Harley Rider" Ankom: 2010-12-30 Label: Thunder Wolf Records ThunderWolfRecords.com digi Through the years Jim Boyd's soulful voice and reflections have won him an international following. Many compare his style of music to an early Bob Dylan while others compare his rock-n-roll to that of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Marshall Tucker. He first began performing with many cover bands before performing with original music groups XIT, Greywolf and Winterhawk before branching out on his own. Growing up in a military family, Jim Boyd learned first hand the sacrifices of our armed forces. His new release "Harley High" is not only a main stream recording portraying Jim's love for riding Harley-Davidson motorcycles, it is a tribute to Veterans worldwide and their families. Musicians besides Boyd include Garry Tallent (Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band), Craig Krampt (Steve Perry, Alabama, Kim Carnes, among others), David Roe (Johnny Cash, Jerry Reed, Dwight Yoakam, among others), Sandy Pippen (top Nashville studio musician), Dale Herr (creator for musical scores The Simpsons, the 70’s Show, Married with Children, and more). The music of Jim Boyd has been included on video and films like the Miramax motion picture Smoke Signals. He has performed in concert with artists such as Bonnie Raitt, The Indigo Girls, Sarah McLaclan, Joe Cocker, Joan Baez, performing at venues like The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Seattle’s Bumbershoot, Hard Rock Hotels, 60-Minutes television show, The Sundance Film Festival, casinos, blues festivals, music and award shows. "Harley High" features the hits "Hold Those Veteran Colors High" and "Scootin On". Jim Boyd is a seven time Native American Music Award Winner, his most recent is the "2008 Artist of the Year" award. BRIAN HYLAND "Sealed with a kiss (acoustic) / It´s important to me / I´m afraid to go home / Longing for you" Ankom: 2010-12-10 Label: Stone Buffalo Discs www.brianhyland.com EP EYEBALLIN´ TORPEDOES "It might meen something to you" Ankom: 2010-12-01 Label: Wild Kingdom digi Första singeln från ”Dancing On Your Graves”, rockabilly-tributen till The Hellacopters som släpptes på etiketten Wild Kingdom den 24/9! Eyeballin’ Torpedoes har brutit ned ”It Might Mean Something To You” och byggt upp den på nytt i rockabilly-kostym, och visar att det går att göra något nytt och fräscht av denna klassiker från Sveriges genom tiderna bästa rockband The Hellacopters! THE KNOCKOUTS "Ever been hurt" Ankom: 2010-12-01 Label: Sound Pollution digi The Knockouts - EVER BEEN HURT, has a cocky attitude. A song that takes a pure country styling, mixes the craft of rockabilly together with the guts and authenicity of punkrock. A country ballard that takes a breather in an album full of high energy 'knockout' songs that stay in your head all day long. Maybe Social Distortion have been trying to write this song for the last 25 years - The Knockouts take it one step further - laying this country tune at your feet ... and then watching the others go down for the count. 'With faith in PunkRock since 1996' and with a solid grip on the live music scene throughout Scandinavia, The Knockouts from Stockholm, Sweden, NEW full length album - AMONG THE VULTURES has recieved over 40 reviews across Europe, USA and UK since the ablums release in Scandinavia, Nov 27 2009. As the momentum builds, The Knockouts are touring throughout Europe, performing sweaty high energy sold out shows. "...It's the real deal kids and these songs prove that this band can stand on its own six feet and punch their own hole in a genre of music through the quality of the songwriting which just happens to shine through like an absolute huge fuck off diamond. ...” ELLERT NORDMARK "Losing you" Ankom: 2010-11-30 Label: Ellert Nordmark www.nostalgiband.se/ellertz/start.htm album JOHN LINDBERG TRIO "Why don´t you dance" Ankom: 2010-11-30 Label: Cosmos Music johnlindberg.se/wp/ digi ”Om det ska vara rockabilly med fräscha inslag ska det vara John Lindberg Trio”. Dalademokraten kommer med årets statement och ger gruppen 5 plus – högsta betyg – när Arenan i Falun hade 5-års jubileum för någon vecka sedan. Och visst känns det som vågen av 50-tal, rock, dans, umgänget, glädjen – rockabilllyn - är hetare än på mycket länge i landet. John Lindberg Trio går i bräschen – de är den äkta varan – detta är rockabilly när den är som bäst – och de gör den idag, med egna låtar, på egna ben. Tre unga grabbar – redan rutinerade rävar. Tre album i bagaget och massor av mil på vägarna. Ca 100 gigs bara under 2010, flera publikrekord och massor av fans som fått vända i dörren. När de gör 8 julshower i december – är det såklart sedan länge utsålt. Och detta är bara början. Här kommer den första singeln från deras kommande album som släpps den 2:a februari 2011. Why Don’t You Dance - det är knappast en fråga grabbarna behöver ställa publiken när de kör igång. STAN ERHART "Close Down / Let me down easy" Ankom: 2010-11-22 Label: MusicSUBMIT erhart.net/ digi Seven radio friendly originals and six Blues/R&B classics performed by some of northern California's favorite musicians. Stan Erhart on vocals & guitar, Michael Warren on bass (Merl Saunders, Leo Nocentelli), Randy Hayes on drums & harmonies (Coco Montoya, John Wedemeyer), Nancy Wright on tenor sax (B.B. King, John Lee Hooker), Mike Emerson on keys (Elvin Bishop, Percy Sledge), plus Garth Webber on guitar [tracks 10 & 12] (Miles Davis, Ford Brothers Blues Band). Great feel and tight arrangements performed by a world class band that's not afraid to take chances. What could be better? Recorded & mixed at Garth Webber's Red Rooster Studio, Berkeley, Ca. The Stan Erhart Band ... by way of Kansas City and Chicago to San Francisco ... Stan Erhart's musical roots began deep on the family farm in Kansas; where a day's work was accompanied by the twang of country guitars and the rhythm of John Deere tractors. Sideman work in the Chicago clubs came next, before moving to San Francisco to form one of the busiest bands in the Bay Area. Believing in well written tunes and killer grooves, the band has a grand ole time delivering the goods. A great big plate of roots rockin' blues with a little of everything on the side! GLORIA THOMPSON RODGERS "Girls Night Out / Apt 209 / Love Your Man" Ankom: 2010-11-22 Label: MusicSUBMIT digi ext Up, Gloria Thompson Rodgers. a critically acclaimed, veteran Chicago blues artist known for her witty songwriting and her rich alto voice. Considered one of the hardest working blues performer, she is also considered one of the best ballard singers in the Blues genre. 2009 Chicago Blues Music Festival Program “She was fantastic, I knew she would be good but had no idea she could ever be that goo. What a talent…She’s hot on the trail to becoming one of this countries’ top female blues artist.” CrossRoads Blues Society Liz Sarber “Today there are many women belting out the Blues, and Chicago’s own Gloria Thompson Rodgers is one of the most exciting…The presence of contemporary artists like Gloria on Chicago’s Blues Scenen help ensure that the Windy City will remain the World Capital of the Blues for many years to come.” JERRY LEE LEWIS "Mean Old Man" Ankom: 2010-11-19 Label: Verve Forecast album CHRIS ANTONIK "Chris Antonik" Ankom: 2010-11-01 Label: album JONATAN STENSSON "Skilsmässoplattan" Ankom: 2010-10-28 Label: PB8 album COMMANDER CODY "Dopers, Drunks and Everyday Losers" Ankom: 2010-10-25 Label: Blind Pig Records digi Look in any book on the History of Rock and Roll and you will find Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen The band's name was inspired by 1950's film serials featuring the character Kommando Kody and from a feature version of an earlier serial, King of the Rocket Men, released under the title Lost Planet Airmen. The band's founder and leader, George Frayne, took the stage name Commander Cody. Among many other achievements, this eight piece super band's album Deep in the Heart of Texas is one of Rolling Stone Magazine's top 100 albums of all time. Its no wonder Billy C Farlow, the lead singer, also played trumpet and blues harp. The fiddler, Andy Stein, played saxophone and the guitar player, Bill Kirchen, played trombone. Cody the piano pounder, doubled on Kazoo. And they all sang. They toured non stop to a legion of dedicated fans across the globe and back and recorded seven original albums before the band finally broke up and each member went their separate ways in 1977. Since the breakup, each band member has continued the legend by fronting and recording their own smaller groups, sitting in with each other from time to time, and doing occasional band reunion performances. In 1986, the Commander Cody Band recorded the powerful album, Let's Rock! that was released on Blind Pig. Let's Rock! does just that, featuring compositions in the old Cody tradition like "Truck Stop at the End of the World" and "Rockabilly Funeral" among others. The Commander Cody Band relocated to the east coast in 1997 and has been going strong ever since. Cody and his group are still wowing crowds at festivals, giant biker conventions and college concerts in the U.S. and Europe, as well as sleazy, down home, uptown and/or very posh roadhouses and bars. As of late Cody has also been artist in residence as well as boogie woogie pianist extraordinaire on The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise extravaganzas. George Frayne is also a highly respected and sought after artist, having received his bachelor's degree in Design from the University of Michigan and a master's degree in Sculpture and Painting from the Rackham School of Graduate Studies of the University of Michigan. He has taught at the University of Michigan and Wisconsin State University, and has had his art exhibited at numerous shows. Today the Commander Cody Band features Mark Emerick on guitar, Steve Barbuto on drums, Chris Olsen on pedal steel, and Randy Bramwell on bass. Cody is still trying to pound his piano into submission. And they all sing. When Commander Cody suggested this new project during a casual conversation with label owner Jerry Del Giudice, Blind Pig Records quickly signed on. It's the Commander's first studio record in 20 years. Ever since his wild, early days as front man for the Lost Planet Airmen the Old Commander has plowed his own path through the fields of the American music scene as one of its few truly unique and iconoclastic figures. His special blend of old-time rock 'n' roll, redneck country, boogie-woogie and swing has virtually defined American roots music. Dopers, Drunks And Everyday Losers will delight old and new fans alike with its mix of new songs and classics from the Cody catalog. Produced by Cody and Professor Louie Hurwitz of Cromatix fame at Woodstock Studio in Woodstock New York, the album's highlights include updated versions of "Seeds and Stems Again", "Seven-Eleven", "Wine, Do Yer Stuff", "Semi Truck" and first time cover versions by Cody of "Tennessee Plates" and the "No, No Song" as well as many new surprises, 14 tracks in all. As the Commander states from Ozone headquarters in Saratoga Springs, New York "I'm glad Blind Pig Records was excited about this project and gave us the opportunity to make the recording we wanted to make. I've known these guys since their Ann Arbor days and I know they'll do a great job of getting the word out. Now we just want to get out there and continue to bring our music to the people. Let's Rock USA!" SLOWMAN & FRIENDS "Hej Jimi - Slowman & Friends play Hendrix" Ankom: 2010-10-15 Label: Slow Records album JUMP 4 JOY "Made in Norway 2010-01-15 & 16" Ankom: 2010-10-15 Label: Abstract Media / Groove Promotion album SWEET MIKEY C "Rock ´n Roll Time Capsule" Ankom: 2010-09-28 Label: PMRC album I will tell you that Sweet Mikey C is not my real name. As if you couldn't figure that out by yourself. Because Tom Petty's guitar player, Mike Campbell, and I have the same name, I decided to use Sweet Mikey C. My family moved from Phoenix to Odessa, Texas in November, 1956, the middle of my third grade year. We pulled into Furr's Supermarket, which had a small room for kids that featured a TV. The Teen Kings were on. Their singer was a young cat named Roy Orbison. If my memory serves me correctly, the show was called the Hub Jamboree, sponsored by Pioneer Furniture, and it was Saturday. If it does not serve me correctly, I'm sure someone from West Texas will let me know. But, heck, boys, I was only in the third grade. Before leaving Phoenix, I was already hooked on Elvis. And that's Scotty Moore's fault. The sound of his guitar and how he played it were very addicting to a youngster. Then came Buddy Holly. Another early influence was Dean Martin. In those days I wanted to look like Elvis, sound like Roy Orbison, and be as cool as Dean Martin. Still do. Oh, well. Years later I wanted to make a record with those early sounds, mixed in with some oldies and some original tunes. And then drummer Shannon Ford introduced me to Danny Gatton. I had never heard of Danny, but while listening to a live recording of their band, I knew he was the one I wanted to play on this record. Produced by Danny Gatton, Shannon Ford, Mike Campbell. Recorded and Engineered at Big Mo by Ed Eastridge. Mixed at Seventeen Grand by Dave Cline, Michael Teaney, Assistant. Mastered at Master Mix by Hank Williams ERJA LYYTINEN "Oil and water" Ankom: 2010-09-13 Label: digi Blues & gitarrdrottningen Erja Lyytinen ger sig ut på Europaturné och inleder med sex spelningar i Sverige i september och oktober. Samtidigt kommer nya singeln Oil & Water och genast känns det som om vi befinner oss stampande takten på en vägkrog i Mississippideltat. - Oil and Water är en ganska humoristisk historia om personer som inte passar ihop, säger Erja och berättar att slidegitarrspelet på just den här låten är influerat av delta-blues gitarristen Son House. Erja övervinner genrens klichéer och gör både hårdkokt blues och själfull R&B med osviklig känsla för melodier och råbarkat driv. Turnén tar henne till 23 platser i Europa och först ut är Södertälje, Uppsala, Örnsköldsvik, Härnösand, Örebro och Ronneby. Under 2009 hade hon över 100 konserter världen över och hennes Sverigespelningar fick mycket fin kritik. Örnsköldsviks Allehanda skriver “Med en mix av glädje, karisma och stor musikalisk begåvning lever Erja Lyytinen upp till sin blues-drottningsutnämning”. Barometern låter rubriken ta upp ett uppslag och skriver “Stentuff kvinna bjöd på lång kärleksakt”. UNT skriver ”I en totalt mansdominerad genre framstår finländskan Erja Lyytinen på flera sätt som en ung bluesartist som sticker ut från mängden. Det som tilltalar mig mest är tyngden i hennes spel, den feta tonen och kaxiga attacken, den sensuella böjligheten i tonbildningen, samt inte minst hennes förmåga att krama det mesta ur wahwah- och slidespel.” De senaste fem åren har Erja utvecklats enormt som bandledare, låtskrivare och albumartist. Den nya skivan ‘Voracious Love’ fångar det bästa hos Erja Lyytinen; kärleken till blusen, men också experimentlusta och strävan efter ett eget uttryck. -Ju äldre man blir desto mer börjar man förstå vem man är och vad man vill säga, menar Erja. Men jag ser på tillvaron med en ganska stor portion humor också, och tycker inte att musik ska vara allt för allvarsam. Vi kommer självklart att spela en hel del nytt material på turnén och det ska bli roligt att se vad det får för mottagande. Live: 29/9 Södertälje - Estrad 30/9 Uppsala, Katalin - Med Wentus B.B. + Duke Robbilard 1/10 Örnsköldsvik, Brux - blueskällaren 2/10 Härnösand, Metropol 3/10 Örebro, Clarion hotell 4/10 Ronneby, Ronneby Café och Matsal Mer info, turné osv: www.erjalyytinen.com JOHNNY HOT ROD´S "Full Moon Fever" Ankom: 2010-09-02 Label: Old Rock album ROCKIT 88 BAND "Sweet Sugar Cane" Ankom: 2010-09-01 Label: 7 Arts Music digi In 2003 piano/vocalist Bill King paired down his dream band featuring partner – guitarist Neil Chapman - the Saturday Nite Fish Fry to the rhythm section and allowed it to feast on its own vices. A steady Friday night gig at RD’s Barbeque & Blues in Toronto helped the four-piece find a name, attitude, distinct personality and new repertoire. The sound was classic blues with a bit of New Orleans and Southern rock sprinkled on top for seasoning. The group’s debut went on to capture a Maple Blues Award for Best New Artist and a Juno nomination for best blues album. It's now 2010 and the Rockit 88 is back with the two founders: keyboardist/vocals Bill King and guitarist/vocals - Neil Chapman and heavyweights - Jim Casson drums, Jay Speziale bass/vocals and newcomer Stacey Bulmer sharing frontline duty. The band has revamped its sound with several months of writing new material for their second release ‘Sweet Sugar Cane.’ Blues remains at the core but the band has added a touch of country rock, Appalachian, folk electric and Southern rock to the mix. ‘Sweet Sugar Cane’ is all about storytelling - the kind that happens in the Deep South - civil rights, dignity, passion and desire, life, loss and the celebration of the human spirit. The songwriting have been called Van Morrison meets Bob Dylan. At the core of the band’s sound is a blend of rockin’ piano, heavy slide guitar, thundering bass, pounding drums, four lead singers - a sound made to order by great American bands like the Allman Brothers and Little Feet. THE BIG ROCKETS "Mercy" Ankom: 2010-08-28 Label: Big Is Promotion digi RONNIE WOOD "I feel like playing" Ankom: 2010-08-23 Label: Eagle Records album Eagle Records are delighted to announce the release of Ronnie Wood’s brand new studio album “I Feel Like Playing”. The album is released on 27 September 2010. Featuring twelve brand new cuts, written specially for this release, “I Feel Like Playing” takes its name [and cover] from one of Ronnie’s most vibrant recent artworks. The colour and verve of the artwork is equally reflected in the swagger and roll of the music on the album. The album boasts an amazing set of guest artists who have colluded with Ronnie to create something truly special. Ronnie Wood needs no introduction to any fan of British rock music. Starting his career with The Birds and then Creation, it was when Ronnie joined the Jeff Beck Group that he truly started to stamp his identity on the music world. After that group split, Ronnie – along with Rod Stewart - joined up with ex-Small Faces Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones in The Faces. Whilst Ronnie [and Rod] moved on after a couple of years, The Faces are viewed by all rock fans as a truly classic band; and in fact they perform a handful of dates in 2010 with Mick Hucknall on vocals. After the release of his first solo album, Ronnie was invited to join the Rolling Stones - in 1975 – and remains with them to this day. Solo work has always co-existed alongside Ronnie’s band commitments and “I Feel Like Playing” is, he feels, his best album yet. Many of the friends made along the course of an incredible career appear on the album; guests include luminaries such as Slash, Flea, Billy Gibbons, Kris Kristofferson, Bobby Womack, Ian McLagan and more. Rightly revered for his time with The Faces, Jeff Beck Group and of course The Stones, Ronnie Wood has continued to chart his own course and his output of both high quality music and art has been a constant. “I Feel Like Playing” is a great addition to his catalogue and all lovers of true British creative mavericks will find much to admire. "Lucky Man" is the first single off of the album. AL HENDRIX "Rare & Rockin´" Ankom: 2010-08-20 Label: Hummingbird Records album Al Hendrix was born with one of the most intriguing voices of his time. As a youth he was greatly inspired by the music of Hank Williams Sr. Al began performing and playing rhythm guitar in his teen; and has been wowing crowds with his awesome talent ever since! Al’s first big break came in 1956 when he moved to Bakersfield, CA and met Buck Owens. Al and Buck played music together, along with Bill Woods and the Orange Blossom Playboys. At the famous Black Board Café. In 1957, Joe Keplinger (aka: Jolly Jody), hired Al to be the lead singer for his band, Jolly Jody and the Go Daddies. The band recorded such songs as “Rhonda Lee” and “Go Daddy Rock” for the Tally label; both of which were picked up by ABC Paramount in February, 1959. At a later date, Al was signed with LaGree Records in Hollywood, CA. He recorded “I Need You” and “Young and Wild” at Gold Star Studios, issued in 1960. Liberty Records leased both of these tracks for nation wide release. “I Need You” was a number one hit in El Paso, TX for 6 weeks; and made the top 20 in San Diego, CA. Meanwhile, Alan Freed was playing “Young and Wild” on his radio show in Los Angeles, CA (once every hour!). Al signed with Pike Records in Bakersfield, CA, and recorded four more tracks at Gold Star Studios that same year. “Monkey Bite” and “For Sentimental Reasons”, were released in 1962. “Monkey Bite” got wonderful reviews, however, the distribution was limited as the lyrics were said to be too sexual in content. Two more tracks were produced at Pike Records: “Jumpin’ Johnny” and “Fooling Around” - these two remained unissued until 1985 when they were finally released by White Label, in Holland. The years went by and finally in 2006, with the help of producer/engineer, Jimmy Accardi, Al cut a brand new CD with some old and some new material on it (“Rare & Rockin’!). In April of 2008, Bob Timmers inducted Al Hendrix into the ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME. Al went back into the studio with Jimmy Accardi in 2008 and produced his new CD Rockabilly Lovin’. Bo Berglind of American Music Magazine wrote an article on Al’s career in his March, 2004 magazine. “Al Hendrix…Gave us some great rock & roll music, - Bo Berglind, American Music Magazine. With this latest 2009 CD, Al treats us to twelve new songs, recently written and recorded with enthusiasm and finesse, proving that his songwriting and performing talent burns as brightly as ever. ROY ORBISON "The last concert, December 4, 1988" Ankom: 2010-08-10 Label: Eagle Rock digi On December 4, 1988 in Highland Heights, OH, Roy Orbison took the stage for what would be the final time, prior to his sudden passing two days later. The Last Concert features no less than 7 Top-10 singles, including "Oh, Pretty Woman," "Crying," "Dream Baby" & more! THE NAUTICS "Bright light doves" Ankom: 2010-08-10 Label: album Surf rock ALAN GERBER "The Boogie man" Ankom: 2010-08-06 Label: Cashbox Records digi Strap on your boogie-woogie shoes, hold on and get ready ... Alan Gerber has arrived! This eccentric entertainer is wowing audiences internationally. His amalgamation of boogie-woogie, stunning vocal interpretations and fine musicianship make Gerber an artist of the highest order. His show is exhilarating and captivates audiences of all demographics placing him in high demand to festivals, clubs and theaters nationally. With an extensive legacy in the business (Alan was once a member of the famous band Rhinoceros) Alan has recently been touring Canada, the United States & Europe. His latest CD, Queen Of Hearts, is now available. A songwriter, vocalist, musician, producer, and comic Alan Gerber is quite the enigma...... certainly not to be missed. THE BIG ROCKETS "Hey, Soul Sister" Ankom: 2010-07-12 Label: Big Is Promotion digi Så startar sommarens stora hit Hey, Soul Sister från Train, som The Big Rockets tagit sig an och gjort i en medryckande rockabillyversion. Sparka av dig av flip-flopsen, använd rikligt med bryl- och solkräm och skaka loss på beachen så sanden yr! Marty (gitarr, sång) Denny (gitarr, sång) Jake (slap bas) Dimman (trummor, sång) Högoktanig rockabilly influerad av Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran och Stray Cats. En galen slap bas, en fantastisk stand up-trummis, två gitarrer, tre sång och en explosion live och man har ”The greatest rockabilly show on earth”. Se dem live med The Baseballs på Dalhalla den 2 augusti. TRACEY K. HOUSTON "Rockin´ little angel" Ankom: 2010-07-12 Label: Songbird Productions album Her fifth album release, Tracey K. takes a step back into the Rockabilly field with these exciting, toe-tapping songs, sure to get you up and dancing. Featured guest artists are James Intveld and Marti Brom, both of whom lent their writing and vocal talents to the album, with James contributing on piano as well. THE HERD "The Complete Herd" Ankom: 2010-06-21 Label: Repertoire 2xCD FOGHAT "Long way home" Ankom: 2010-06-19 Label: RadioSubmit album Foghat is often linked to the classic rock genre, due to such anthems as “Slow Ride” and “Fool for the City,” but the band has always had their roots in vintage blues. So it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to longtime fans that Foghat has reconnected with the blues on their latest release, ‘Last Train Home.’ Recorded both in New York at EKO Studios and at Foghat’s own studio, Boogie Motel South, the album combines covers of such blues classics as “So Many Roads, So Many Trains” and “Shake Your Money Maker,” as well as a few new originals. Foghat is now using The Radio Submit digital delivery system to present their new music to radio and DJ's around the world. The group’s blues roots can be traced back to the pre-Foghat band, Savoy Brown, as well as Foghat’s first hit single - the classic cover of Willie Dixon’s “I Just Want To Make Love To You.” But perhaps the most obvious connection was a star-studded concert the band organized in 1977 at the Palladium in New York, when they hosted a benefit to start a Blues Archive at the New York Public Library. Foghat was the house band at the show, as many bona fide blues legends joined them on stage - including Muddy Waters , John Lee Hooker, Johnny Winter, Pinetop Perkins, Paul Butterfield, Honey Boy Edwards, Otis Blackwell, and Eddie ‘Bluesman’ Kirkland (the latter of which recently reconnected with the band, and led to his inclusion on ‘Last Train Home’). ‘Last Train Home’ sees Foghat’s line-up - Roger Earl (drums), Charlie Huhn (vocals/rhythm & lead guitar), and Bryan Bassett (lead & slide guitar) - joined by several special guests, including Kirkland, harmonica player Lefty “Sugar Lips” Lefkowitz, and Earl’s brother, Colin, on piano. Due to a prior commitment for the band’s bassist, Craig MacGregor, former Foghat/Savoy Brown/Outlaws bassist Jeff Howell filled in for the recording. One mustn’t forget their roots, and Foghat once more reminds us that it’s the blues that just about every rock n’ roll style is built upon - as evidenced throughout ‘‘Last Train Home". Complete track list for ‘Last Train Home’: Born for the Road – Earl, Bassett, Huhn Needle & Spoon – Chris Youlden So Many Roads, So Many Trains – Otis Rush Last Train Home – Huhn, Bassett, Earl Shake Your Money Maker – Elmore James It Hurts Me Too – Elmore James Feel So Bad – Chuck Willis Louisiana Blues – Muddy Waters 495 Boogie – Earl, Earl, Bassett, Howell, Huhn, Lefkowitz Rollin’ & Tumblin’ / You Need Love – CC/Willie Dixon In My Dreams – Eddie Kirkland Good Good Day – Eddie Kirkland SMOKIN´ JOE KUBEK & BNOIS KING "My heart´s in Texas" Ankom: 2010-06-14 Label: Blind Pig Records digi Despite fifteen years of incendiary shows and nearly nonstop touring, Joe Kubek and Bnois King's tenth release is, amazingly, their first live recording. "My Heart's In Texas," issued on CD and DVD, documents a blazing New Year's Eve set at the legendary J&J Blues Bar in Ft. Worth, Texas. The holiday cheer and roadhouse ambiance make for a uniquely satisfying taste of Joe and Bnois' trademark Texas blues. There's no question why they gave Joe Kubek the nickname "Smokin'." He's one of the hottest electric guitar players on the blues scene today. Kubek has the technique and the chops to burn up any stage and has been doing so since the 1970's when he began frequenting the Dallas bar scene, playing with Stevie Ray Vaughan and people like the three Kings, B. B., Albert and Freddie. He settled into playing rhythm guitar behind Freddie King for a while, until King's death in December 1976. ROCKET OVERDRIVE "It´s so easy" Ankom: 2010-05-10 Label: Enviken Records Rocket Overdrive was formed in late 2009 by Christopher and Andreas, and Michael on the doublebass. First Andreas was supposed just to be a stand-in drummer in Chris and Mikes other band High-speed Generation. But Chris and Andreas had talked before about starting a new rockabillyband with a little mordern touch. And they felt now the times is right. And it was.. About 5-6 rehearsals later they recorded some songs on a tape (true old school!) that they sended to Patrik Staffansson at Enviken Records because when Chris told him about this new project he became interested and wanted to hear something as soon as possible. And he liked what he heard. And after just 10-15 rehearsals they started to record their first CD in his studio in Enviken. Without even have played together live! But just like every band, they have to play live sometime! After about a month after the start of the recording of the cd they booked their first live show. 8 hours of driving to Grand Hotell in the little town Strömsund in northern Sweden was their destination. And I know I speak for the whole band, and the most people who was there, when I say that was probably the best premiér a band could have! And this is just the begining of The tale of Rocket Overdrive. Rocket Overdrive is: Mr. Chris Rocket - Guitar & Lead vocals, Mr. Mike Teardrop - Upright Bass & Backup vocals, Mr. Andy Eastwood - Drums & Backup vocals BRIAN KRAMER "Myself and Mine" Ankom: 2010-05-06 Label: BKB Music album NATIONALTEATERNS ROCKORKESTER "Ge mig mitt liv" Ankom: 2010-05-06 Label: Ni har väl inte missat att Nationalteatern fyller 40 år och firar det hela med att återförena det gamla gänget för att spela kabarevy på Trädgårn i Göteborg med start 2:a september. www.nationalteatern40.se JONATAN STENSSON "Nordan i ryggen" Ankom: 2010-04-28 Label: Plugged Music Hej Här kommer nya singeln 'Nordan I Ryggen' från Bluesmannen Jonatan Stenson. Jonatan Stenson ny bluesman på väg Låten ’Nordan I Ryggen’ är tagen från Jonatan Stensons andra album ’Skilsmässoplattan’ som släpps den 26:e maj via PB8/Plugged. ’Skilsmässoplattan’ speglar tillvaron kring en separation från livskamraten. Gitarristen, låtskrivaren och bluesmannen Jonatan Stenson har jobbat med musik på heltid sedan mitten av 90-talet. Jonatan har spelat och turnerat med flera stora artister så som Roffe Wikström, Sven Zetterberg, Mick Taylor, Linda Gail Lewis, Tina Ahlin, Jan Malmsjö, Anna Nederdal och Max Schultz, Mikael Rickfors, Grymlings för att nämna några. Det kommande albumet ”Skilsmässoplattan” är en uppföljare till debutalbumet ”Jonatan Stenson” från 2007. Skivan är väldigt personlig och utlämnande. Den handlar om att våga vara arg, förtvivlad, besviken, längtande, bitter, försonande och sen att gå vidare. Albumet innehåller tio låtar och är producerat av Jonatan själv. ’Skilsmässoplattan’ som släpps den 26:e maj THORBJÖRN RISAGER "Track record" Ankom: 2010-04-27 Label: Triada Communications Torbjörn Risager är den danska blues gitarristen och sångaren som älskar Sverige. Tidigare i veckan uppträdde han på Akkurat i Stockholm och passade även på att medverka på TV4 Nyhetsmorgon. Plattan “Track Record” släpptes på Calibrated / Naxos den 19 April. ROCKET OVERDRIVE "It´s so easy" Ankom: 2010-04-26 Label: Enviken Records Kompositör: Holly/Petty. Rocket Overdrive was formed in late 2009 by Christopher and Andreas, and Michael on the doublebass. First Andreas was supposed just to be a stand-in drummer in Chris and Mikes other band High-speed Generation. But Chris and Andreas had talked before about starting a new rockabillyband with a little mordern touch. And they felt now the times is right. And it was.. About 5-6 rehearsals later they recorded some songs on a tape (true old school!) that they sended to Patrik Staffansson at Enviken Records because when Chris told him about this new project he became interested and wanted to hear something as soon as possible. And he liked what he heard. And after just 10-15 rehearsals they started to record their first CD in his studio in Enviken. Without even have played together live! But just like every band, they have to play live sometime! After about a month after the start of the recording of the cd they booked their first live show. 8 hours of driving to Grand Hotell in the little town Strömsund in northern Sweden was their destination. And I know I speak for the whole band, and the most people who was there, when I say that was probably the best premiér a band could have! And this is just the begining of The tale of Rocket Overdrive. Rocket Overdrive is: Mr. Chris Rocket - Guitar & Lead vocals, Mr. Mike Teardrop - Upright Bass & Backup vocals, Mr. Andy Eastwood - Drums & Backup vocals PERCY SLEDGE "Percy Sledge Live" Ankom: 2010-04-10 Label: Percy Sledge will forever be associated with "When a Man Loves a Woman," a pleading, soulful ballad he sang with wrenching, convincing anguish and passion. Sledge sang all of his songs that way, delivering them in a powerful rush where he quickly changed from soulful belting to quavering, tearful pleas. It was a voice that made him one of the key figures of deep Southern soul during the late '60s. Sledge recorded at Muscle Shoals studios in Alabama, where he frequently sang songs written by Spooner Oldham and Dan Penn. Not only did he sing deep soul, but Sledge was among the pioneers of country-soul, singing songs by Charlie Rich and Kris Kristofferson in a gritty, passionate style. During the '70s, his commercial success quickly faded away, but Sledge continued to tour and record into the '90s. BILLY ADAMS "When mama started rockin´ (Daddy started singin´ the blues) / Long rough road / Studebaker boogie / Rockin´ on down the road / Rock, pretty mama (1957 45 rpm single)" Ankom: 2010-04-09 Label: Redbush Classics digi Rockabilly legend Billy Adams roars back with the much-anticipated album, Rockin On Down The Road. The full project is slated for release in May 2010. Adams - a longtime favorite of Nashville music impresario, Billy Block and famed musicologist, Colin Escott - is pleased to offer a preview of his new music, exclusively thru AirPlay Direct. Over a decade in the making (during which time he lost Freda, his wife of over 50 years and his middle daughter, Teresa), Rockin On Down The Road marks the first album of new music by Adams since his Sun sessions CD, Legacy, in 2000. It also includes a newly remastered version of his seminal 1957 single, Rock, Pretty Mama, copied from the original 45 rpm record housed in the collection of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and considered by many to be among the most influential songs from the golden age of rockabilly. Rockin On Down The Road was produced by Adams and drummer, Clif Doyal, along with one of Adams original 1950s guitarists, Dave Thornhill (longtime Loretta Lynn bandleader). The two are joined by bassist, Dennis Digby (Osbourne Bros.) and acoustic guitarist, Jackie Crane. In addition to Adams trademark guitar work, the album also highlights his considerable piano skills (think Jerry Lee meets Fats Domino) HELLSINGLAND UNDERGROUND "Madness & Grace" Ankom: 2010-04-09 Label: Killed By Records Den första gnistan till sexmannabandet HELLSINGLAND UNDERGROUND tändes sommaren 2006, när ljusdals-sonen Charlie Granberg återvände till sin hembygd efter en längre Stockholmsexil. Efter att ha skrivit en handfull låtar, frågade han vännerna Mats Olsson och Patrik Jansson om de ville bilda ett band. Ytterligare två likasinnade musiker drogs med ur vänkretsen och så träffade Charlie basisten på en fest - bandet var ett faktum. Merparten av låtarna på 2008 års självbetitlade debutalbum handlade om en rätt sjaskig men levnadsglad småstadstillvaro. Med texter om förlorad vänskap, drogmissbruk och paranoia - i kombination med en närmast sinnessjuk spelglädje, stora skägg och långa vansinnes-jam, lyckades Hellsingland Underground med sin kompromisslösa attityd få södra Norrland att framstå som en helt naturlig del av den amerikanska södern. Bandet utnämndes av lyriska fans och musikkritiker världen över som fullvärdiga efterträdare till Southern Rock-giganter som The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd och Outlaws, alltmedan bandet själva envisades med att kalla sin musik för NORTHERN ROCK. ”Vi kommer från norra Sverige, inte södra USA, och vi låter därefter.” sa Charlie själv i en intervju. 16 april släpps den efterlängtade uppföljaren ”Madness & Grace”. Räkna med klassiskt rock-sväng, hammondorgel och mycket gitarrsolon! FRANCIS ROSSI "Faded memory" Ankom: 2010-04-01 Label: Ear Music Hamburg based earMUSIC, the international pop-rock label of the European entertainment group Edel, is proud to announce the new solo album of Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi called “One Step At A Time”. Francis Rossi, who was awarded an OBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the New Year’s Honours List, will also undertake his first ever solo tour in May 2010, accompanied by an 8 piece band. The Status Quo frontman has long been regarded as one of the UK’s finest Rock performers this nation has ever produced and his songwriting has been duly recognized by the Classic Songwriter Award and the BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution To Music (jointly with Rick Parfitt). This solo album will allow him to reveal another side of himself to the Rock fraternity and also to step outside the Status Quo machine and indulge himself musically. Rossi commented, “I never stop writing songs and melodies but there have been many tracks over the years that just weren’t right for Quo. These songs have been gathering dust in my mind for too long and now seems the right time to let them out into the world. It’s a big step for me – I love these songs so much it hurts!” The only previous Francis Rossi album, “King Of The Doghouse” was released 14 years ago and so the new release is long overdue. The “One Step At A Time” album is hugely entertaining set and offers an insight into another facet of Rock’s great frontmen. Francis Rossi is famous for his dry wit and lyrical dash, and this album offers a chance to get up close and personal. This is a taste from the upcoming album; the first single, "Faded Memory". SKÅNSKA MAFFIAN "Skånska Maffian" Ankom: 2010-03-30 Label: MIKO Produktion Det är i år 25 år sedan Kal P Dal dog! Skånska Maffian hyllar honom med en underbart jazzig version av låten "Jonnie" på sin nya CD. Om det passar ert musikutbud skickar vi mer än gärna upp låten "på riktigt"... :-) Skånska Maffian är en av de nya fanbärarna vad det gäller att försvara den skånska rock'n'roll traditionen. Läs mer på www.skanskamaffian.se. BODINROCKER "Mysterious man" Ankom: 2010-03-29 Label: Bearman Music HELLSINGLAND UNDERGROUND "The spark that never dies" Ankom: 2010-03-12 Label: Big Is Promotion Den första gnistan till sexmannabandet HELLSINGLAND UNDERGROUND tändes sommaren 2006, när ljusdals-sonen Charlie Granberg återvände till sin hembygd efter en längre Stockholmsexil. Efter att ha skrivit en handfull låtar, frågade han vännerna Mats Olsson och Patrik Jansson om de ville bilda ett band. Ytterligare två likasinnade musiker drogs med ur vänkretsen och så träffade Charlie basisten på en fest - bandet var ett faktum. Merparten av låtarna på 2008 års självbetitlade debutalbum handlade om en rätt sjaskig men levnadsglad småstadstillvaro. Med texter om förlorad vänskap, drogmissbruk och paranoia - i kombination med en närmast sinnessjuk spelglädje, stora skägg och långa vansinnes-jam, lyckades Hellsingland Underground med sin kompromisslösa attityd få södra Norrland att framstå som en helt naturlig del av den amerikanska södern. Bandet utnämndes av lyriska fans och musikkritiker världen över som fullvärdiga efterträdare till Southern Rock-giganter som The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd och Outlaws, alltmedan bandet själva envisades med att kalla sin musik för NORTHERN ROCK. ”Vi kommer från norra Sverige, inte södra USA, och vi låter därefter.” sa Charlie själv i en intervju. 16 april släpps den efterlängtade uppföljaren ”Madness & Grace”. Räkna med klassiskt rock-sväng, hammondorgel och mycket gitarrsolon! EVA EASTWOOD "Packing up to hit to road" Ankom: 2010-03-10 Label: Bonnier-Amigo Music Group Millencolin Music Price 2010 till Eva Eastwood. Priset delades ut till Eva Eastwood på en gala i Örebro. Eva Eastwood fick sitt kommersiella genombrott när hon medverkade i Allsång På Skansen och framförde låtar från den då aktuella CD´n "Ny Stil I Stan", sedan dess har Eva Eastwood släppt tre kritikerrosade album "Ton Of Heart", "Well, Well, Well" (som gick direkt in på plats 2 på Topplistan) och senaste albumet "The Beat Goes On" (som högst 6:a på Topplistan). Under sommaren kommer Eva Eastwood att ingå i turnépaketet "Rock´n´Roll Summer" tillsammans med The Refreshments och The Boppers. I samband med turnéstart släpps även en samlings-CD med de medverkande artisterna. Den nya singeln "Packing Up To Hit The Road" släpps nu från succé albumet "The Beat Goes On" ARNESEN BLUES BAND "Walkin with my baby / I´m more like the moon / Mess of blues" Ankom: 2010-03-03 Label: GUITAR SHORTY "Bare Knuckle" Ankom: 2010-03-02 Label: Alligator Records digi GUITAR SHORTY "We The People" Ankom: 2010-03-02 Label: Alligator Records digi JOHN LINDBERG TRIO "Give it up baby" Ankom: 2010-02-24 Label: Bonnier Amigo Music Group JLTs låt ”Give It Up Baby” har alla ingredienser en Rockabilly låt ska ha, smattrande ståbas, fingerpicking guitar, stabil virveltrumma & en vokal med dom rätta 50’s vibbarna. Basic, enkelt & svängigt precis som när det begav sig en gång i tiden. Men med JLTs uppdaterade Rockabillysound känns det aldrig daterat på något vis. KEVIN COYNE "Marlene" Ankom: 2010-02-07 Label: digi ROB MICHAELS "Remember me" Ankom: 2010-02-07 Label: MusicSUBMIT digi JEFFERSON AIRPLANE "Surrealistic pillows" Ankom: 2010-02-02 Label: BMG Jefferson Airplane var den första av San Franciscos psychedeliska rockgrupper som fick stjärnstatus, och är gruppen som definierar San Francisco-soundet från 60-talet. Detta är gruppens andra album från 1967, som innehöll de stora hitsen "Somebody to love" och "White rabbit" som båda placerade sig Top 10 i USA. Folk-rockbaserad psychedelia är här presenterad i sin finaste form. Den nya medlemmen Grace Slick bakom micken lyfte bandet till höjder som gjort att albumet stannat kvar bland de stora klassikerna THE LEMON PIPERS "The Lemon Pipers" Ankom: 2010-02-02 Label: Sequel Records The Lemon Pipers var ett stjärnskott i samband med Flower Power-vågen i USA på 1960-talet. Deras "Green tabourine" var en stor framgång som toppade Billboards singellista 1968 och följdes av flera mindre (t ex "Rice is nice"). Denna platta gavs ut 1990 i England och innehåller 20 typiska Lemon Pipers-låtar. Gruppen hade bildats 1967 i Cincinnati, Ohio och bestod av Ivan Browne (sång), William Bartlett (gitarr), Reg G. Nave (keyboards), Steve Walmsley (bas) och William Albaugh (trummor). Gruppen prövade även på ett mer psykedeliskt sound, men det gick inte hem och Lemon Pipers upplöstes 1969 CHUCK BERRY "Live at Fillmore Auditorium San Fransisco" Ankom: 2010-01-21 Label: THE PLAYTONES "Sofie" Ankom: 2010-01-19 Label: Lionheart-International Vinnarna i Dansbandskampen 2009! Med sin medryckande rockabilly tog de hela svenska folket med storm! Ingen kunde sitta still och succén var med ens ett faktum. Men de är inga gröngölingar. I en lång rad olika konstellationer har medlemmarna spelat land och rike runt sedan länge. Det har spelats country, rock n’ roll, blues och rockabilly - allt i klassisk 50-tals stil. Och här har vi den gemensamma nämnaren - som fört dem tillsammans - och som format hjärtat, själen och svänget i The Playtones. En gemensam kärlek till rötterna i den amerikanska 50- och 60-talsmusiken, med influenser som Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Merle Haggard och Johnny Cash. The Playtones spelar en blandning av country och rock n’ roll vilket passar väl i sammanhanget - det är ju det som dansbandsmusiken är född ifrån. Hemorten för bandet är Kallinge trots att medlemmarna är utspridda över hela halva Sverige. Stjärnan i bandet, sångaren och piansten Stefan Jonasson, har hittils hunnit avverka turné i USA, medverkat i ”Sikta mot stjärnorna” och har stått på scen tillsammans med flera av de gamla storheterna från 50-talet. Övriga medlemmar är Per ”Svannte” Sennerhall, trummor, Andreas Carlsson, gitarr och kör, Mattias Schertell, kontrabas och Peter Andersson, pedalsteel. Nu pågår de sista detaljerna på debutskivan som släpps tidigt under 2010! ANDY FRASER "This is the big one" Ankom: 2010-01-18 Label: McTrax International digi Rock Icon... Andy Fraser has recently been honored by BMI’s 3 Million Play Club for crafting the monster Rock anthem "All Right Now". Andy Fraser is best known around the world as the legendary bassist and founding member of the 70's rock band FREE, and for writing Robert Palmer’s mega-hit "Every Kinda People". For over four decades Fraser has been composing and songwriting with artists’ Rod Stewart, Chaka Khan, Paul Young, Joe Cocker, Paul Carrick, Wilson Pickett, Three Dog Night, Bob Seger, Randy Crawford, Etta James, Frankie Miller, Ted Nugent, and many more. His most recent smash hit anthem “This Is The Big One” was written, performed and recorded to coincide with the efforts of others concerned about global climate change. "Music is my gift, and thus how I make my contribution", says Fraser. The song also features virtuoso slide guitar from one of music industry’s best female guitarists, Kat Dyson. Internationally renowned in the industry, Kat was previously lead guitarist and band member for Prince and The New Power Generation during the Jam of the Year and Emancipation tours as well as his electrifying 2005 NAACP awards performance. Fraser is standing with campaigns such as Avaaz.org, TckTckTck, Repower America, 350 and Al Gore, to help promote the message of catastrophic climate change by releasing the worldwide free download of the song. In an unprecedented move, the link to the song allows fans to forward the song to friends for free: http://www.andyfraser.com/bigone.html In support of the song Fraser recently released the new video to worldwide acclaim. Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63qIoGpnrl8 In the video, “This Is The Big One” looks through a ticking clock at both the beauty of our planet and the stress and destruction that man has placed on the earth and is the new anthem to the perils of ignoring global warming as well as a statement about the planet’s beauty.”, says the video’s producer Eric Donaldson. “It features striking images of sandy beaches, sunsets and cascading waterfalls, juxtaposed with power plants belching flames toward the sky, melting icecaps and rising ocean levels.”, states Gary Walker, writer for the LA based newspaper The Argonaut. The video also includes stunning footage of his daughter, Hannah Fraser, swimming with a whale pod. Rarely seen in the wild, the footage in the video was captured during the filming of Hannah swimming with whales in Tonga, VAVA'U Island. Hannah Fraser is a professional mermaid and commercial model. Fraser is finalizing his forthcoming CD "On Assignment" which is scheduled for release in 2010 on McTrax International along with the long-awaited "Alive" concert DVD/documentary. More is yet to come from Andy Fraser as he continues to lend his voice and creativity in support of causes that he feels passionate enough about to share with his fans. Find out more about the incredible life of Andy Fraser at: www.andyfraser.com SVEN ZETTERBERG "Hollerin´ up a storm" Ankom: 2010-01-08 Label: Border Music Sven Zetterberg turnérar konstant med sitt band. På senare år har hans skivor varit mer soul än blues - kanske - men nu är han tillbaks som bluesman - och då är han den klart starkaste stjärnan på blueshimlen! Plattan innehåller 13 låtar varav 12 är nya egna alster. Munspelet glöder, gitarren gör vad den ska, och sjunga den kan han! Bandet gungar - helt igenom sagolikt! CLIFF RICHARD "Rare B-sides 1963-1989" Ankom: 2010-01-08 Label: EMI Music Udda B-sidor på singlar mellan åren 1963-1989, digitalt remastrade 2008. 25 låtar, bl.a. Say You're Mine, True True Lovin', Just Another Guy, Somebody Loses, I Get The Feelin' och I Only Know I Love You. THE PRETTY THINGS "The very best of The Pretty Things" Ankom: 2010-01-08 Label: Shout Factory Ett klassiskt band samlas med den äran! Alla stora låtar är här givetvis och också en del rara singel B-sidor etc. Rosalyn, Get the picture, Don't bring me down, Honey I need, Midnight to six man, £.S.D. och massa fler! Bästa samlingen hittills?! NISSE HELLBERG "När det regnar silver och guld" Ankom: 2009-12-21 Label: Metronome Det finns ett uns av ironi i titeln på Nisse Hellbergs nya soloalbum. Visserligen är sångaren som en gång blev riksbekant i gruppen Wilmer X en man som är väl placerad i den nya tiden, mycket av innehåler på det nya albumet understryker detta. Men precis som på hans föregående soloalbum finns även på "En modern Man" åtskilliga referenser tillbaka i rocktraditionen, till inte fullt så moderna tider. Precis som på de guldsäljande föregångarna "Snackbar Blues" (2006) och "En tiger i tanken" (2007) vilar Helbergs arketypiska låtar och texter på en stabil grund av moderniserad rockabilly. Ett slags blues- och country-färgad rockabilly som är så kärleksfullt utförd att den blir tidlös. GIL EDWARDS "Can´t give it up" Ankom: 2009-12-12 Label: Corona Music album EVA EASTWOOD "Wow Wow Wonderful" Ankom: 2009-12-07 Label: Bonnier Amigo Music Group Wow Wow Wonderful är den nya singeln från Eva Eastwoods tredje album "The Beat Goes On". Bubblig reggaepop, med samma råa oborstade rockljud som på albumets övriga spår. Albumet släpptes den 23e september i år och till skillnad från de tidigare plattorna har hon sökt sig från rockabillyn för att landa i skarven mellan country, blues och pop. "En platta med röjig och ljus rockmusik" säger hon själv, "som jag vet att tusentals människor älskar - alla de som liksom jag gillar rockmusik från 50-talet och framåt. Det var ett tomrum som måste fyllas. Så jag gjorde det". MICKE FINELL & FRIENDS "Walking with me and Mr Lee" Ankom: 2009-11-12 Label: Albumet ”Walking With Me and Mr Lee” innehåller tolv välstrukturerade rocklåtar vilken ingen klockar in över 3.30. Micke är väl medveten om det gamla rock´nroll axiomet att har man inte fått sagt det man vill på runt tre minuter kan man lika gärna hålla tyst. På albumet gästar en rad internationella namn som Augie Meyers, NRBQ, Lee Rocker, Slim Jim Phantom, Billy Bremner, Steve Gibbons, Geraint Watkins och Gene Taylor. Herrar som alla gästat Sound Control Studios där dessa inspelningarna gjorts i samband med turnéer i Sverige de senaste åren. Här handlar det om titlar som Honky Tonk, Mellow Saxophone, Gene & Tonic, Jumping Sax samt givetvis klassikern Yakety Yak.. Men vem är då Mr Lee? Den man, som Micke Finell här är ute och musikaliskt promenerar tillsammans med. Jo, det är Amerikanen Lee Allen, saxofonisten som spelade på de flesta av Fats Dominos och Little Richards inspelningar och en av Mickes stora inspirationskällor, Lee Allen lämnade det jordiska redan 1994. Men någonstans i ”rock´n´roll heaven” höjer han nu säkert sitt glas för att gratulera Micke Finell och hans medmusikanter till det album som bär såväl hans namn som instrumentala prägel. THE BRYMERS "Where are they now?" Ankom: 2009-11-02 Label: The Brymers On a hot California day in 1963 three teens by the name of Dick Lee, Ken Valentine, and Mike Wagner formed a garage band in Lemoore, California. They named the group “The Challengers”. The boys quickly had to change their name to “The De-Fenders”, when they found out that another group from the area was called “The Challengers.” During the same time period, a local disc jockey by the name of Mel Simas formed a business as a dance promoter. He named his business “Melco Interprises” and asked The De-Fenders if he could become their personal manager. “The De-Fenders” matured and quickly became a recognized act through-out the central California valley area. In 1965, Bill Silva and Al Verissimo of Diplomacy Records approached the group and asked them to sign with the record label. This began a long relation with Diplomacy Records. In late 1965, Diplomacy Records along with Coast Artists Entertainment, re-named the group to “The Brymers.” In an up scale salon in Hollywood, Coast Artists Entertainment and Diplomacy Records arranged to have “The Brymers’ heads shaved in front of cameras, teen magazines, and hundreds of girls. Thus, “The Brymers” (pronounced Brimmers) were officially born. The group transitioned from a surf band of the early 1960’s to a well seasoned professional rock-n-roll act that featured multi-level harmonies, blues harmonica, fuzz guitar, and the wild Hammond B3 playing of Kenny Sinner. The Brymers blended various sounds until they developed one unique sound reminiscent of “The Byrds,” “The Kinks,” and “The Yardbirds.” In 1966, the group recorded their classic garage hits of “Sacrifice” and “I Want To Tell You.” The group toured extensively and played many venues in San Francisco during the infamous “Summer of Love” (1967). In June, 2007 60sgaragebands.com label released a CD of all the group’s 1960’s recorded output. THE BRYMERS "Never to old to rock-n-Roll" Ankom: 2009-11-02 Label: THE BRYMERS "40 year brotherhood" Ankom: 2009-11-02 Label: THE BRYMERS "Sacrifice" Ankom: 2009-11-02 Label: Original versions from 1963-1966 THE BRYMERS "Cowgirls delight / Great balls of Fire - 'Show me - Do you wanna dance / I want to tell you / Repro man / Sacrifice" Ankom: 2009-10-22 Label: musicSUBMIT On a hot California day in 1963 three teens by the name of Dick Lee, Ken Valentine, and Mike Wagner formed a garage band in Lemoore, California. They named the group “The Challengers”. The boys quickly had to change their name to “The De-Fenders”, when they found out that another group from the area was called “The Challengers.” During the same time period, a local disc jockey by the name of Mel Simas formed a business as a dance promoter. He named his business “Melco Interprises” and asked The De-Fenders if he could become their personal manager. “The De-Fenders” matured and quickly became a recognized act through-out the central California valley area. In 1965, Bill Silva and Al Verissimo of Diplomacy Records approached the group and asked them to sign with the record label. This began a long relation with Diplomacy Records. In late 1965, Diplomacy Records along with Coast Artists Entertainment, re-named the group to “The Brymers.” In an up scale salon in Hollywood, Coast Artists Entertainment and Diplomacy Records arranged to have “The Brymers’ heads shaved in front of cameras, teen magazines, and hundreds of girls. Thus, “The Brymers” (pronounced Brimmers) were officially born. The group transitioned from a surf band of the early 1960’s to a well seasoned professional rock-n-roll act that featured multi-level harmonies, blues harmonica, fuzz guitar, and the wild Hammond B3 playing of Kenny Sinner. The Brymers blended various sounds until they developed one unique sound reminiscent of “The Byrds,” “The Kinks,” and “The Yardbirds.” In 1966, the group recorded their classic garage hits of “Sacrifice” and “I Want To Tell You.” The group toured extensively and played many venues in San Francisco during the infamous “Summer of Love” (1967). In June, 2007 60sgaragebands.com label released a CD of all the group’s 1960’s recorded output. JENNY BOHMAN "Coming home" Ankom: 20091020 Label: rootsy.nu Jenny Bohman har en lång karriär som musiker, som sångerska och munspelare extraordinaire i band som Monaco Blues Band och Little Jenny and the Bluebeans. Nu har hon äntligen färdigställt sin första, och i värsta fall också sista, soloplatta. ”Coming Home” handlar i högsta grad om liv och död. Om musik som plötsligt betyder så oändligt mycket mer an förströelse och underhållning. Inspelningen av ”Coming Home” avslutades i redan förra hösten, men innan den hann ges ut avled producenten, musikern och vännen Thomas Almqvist oväntat. Sorgen förlamade. Utgivningen av skivan stannade upp. Sommaren 2009 återvände lusten sakta och arbetet med att ge ut ”Coming Home” återupptogs. Strax därefter fick Jenny Bohman beskedet att hon drabbats av en allvarlig sjukdom. Trots det chockartade beskedet och nersatt hälsa bestämde hon sig snabbt att göra allt för att nu få ut plattan. För även utan sin tunga bakgrundshistoria är ”Coming Home” ett starkt och angeläget album. Jenny Bohman har levt och andats blues i stort sett hela sitt liv och nu gör hon egen, personlig musik utifrån sina erfarenheter. Här finns inga standard-tolvor, men bluesen finns i botten. Dock mer som känsla eller stämningsläge än form. Tillsammans med Jenny Bohman gör den mästerlige producenten Thomas Almqvist och lyhörda musiker som Michael Blair, Kjell Gustavsson och Björn Lundqvist ”Coming Home” till en platta som berör på alla plan. THIA JASMINE "Miss you / My world / Rock with me / Saturday night" Ankom: 2009-10-13 Label: musicSUBMIT digi FREE "The best of Free - All right now" Ankom: 20091007 Label: Island album BILLY LEE RILEY "Red Hot" Ankom: 20091007 Label: Charly album SISTA SKRIKET "Ett andetag i sänder" Ankom: 20091005 Label: Beat Butchers NISSE HELLBERG "Alltid hem, hem, hem" Ankom: 20090930 Label: Metronome digi Det finns ett uns av ironi i titeln på Nisse Hellbergs nya soloalbum. Visserligen är sångaren som en gång blev riksbekant i gruppen Wilmer X en man som är väl placerad i den nya tiden. Men precis som på hans föregående soloalbum finns även på "En modern Man" åtskilliga referenser tilbaka i rocktraditionen, till inte fullt så moderna tider. Precis som på de guldsäljande föregångarna "Snackbar Blues" (2006) och "En tiger i tanken" (2007) vilar Hellbergs arketypiska låtar och texter till "En modern man" på en stabil grund av moderniserad rockabilly. Ett slags blues- och country-färgad rockabilly som är så kärleksfullt utförd att den blir helt tidlös. Bandet och producenten (Chips Kiesby) är också de desamma som på de plattor som gjort att soloartisten Nisse Hellberg i dag har minst samma status som hans band Wilmer X hade dessförinnan. THE UNTAMED "Delicious Death…" Ankom: 20090929 Label: Heptown Album JOHN WHITELEATHER & THE KINGRATS "Bright River Cruisers 10 år 1993-2003" Ankom: 20090929 Label: EP DR. RAGE & THE UPPERCUTS - "Sexus Diablo" Ankom: 20090926 Label: Radio Direct X digi Dr. Rage & The Uppercuts are a hard hitting, riff based Rock/Funk/Blues band based out of Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Combining raw energy and attack, with a soulful delivery, their style pays homage to the spirit of the late 60s and early 70s, blended with an in-your-face attitude and high intensity sound. The band began as a 4-piece in 2005. Their debut release “Hittin’ Wood & Diamond Hard” was received very well nationally and internationally gaining favorable reviews for the band in the local scene and abroad. They have continued to add styles and flavours to their music and with their follow-up release “Sexus Diablo” the band has developed into a solid 5-piece with a definitive sound built around hard rocking riffs and groove based rhythms. Dr. Rage & The Uppercuts are sure to leave you drunk, sweaty and thoroughly satisfied. The POWER of RAGE compels you… ACE DIAMOND "Elvis, Jerry Lee and me" Ankom: 20090926 Label: Radio Direct X digi VIDEOS: YouTube:(evids92) "Red Sox" & "Rockies"(Dynamic & Explosive) Singer/Songwriter "ACE DIAMOND"(USA-Maine) has a brand new Rockin' "12-Song CD Summer/08 release" Entitled: "ELVIS,JERRY LEE AND ME"..This New Album is the follow up to ACE DIAMOND's very Popular.. "Colorado Rockies" CD(December-2007) Check out on Ace's new site at: http//cdbaby.com/cd/acediamondmusic2.This (12-Song CD will get your motor running for sure!! Listen to "ALL" these commercial Studio Quality Tracks! Including.. MONSTER Hit Songs.. "BONY MORONIE".. "WHEN WILL I BE LOVED?.. "LITTLE QUEENIE".. "CAROL".. "PEGGY SUE/MAYBE BABY"(Medley) Plus: Ace's own original Baseball Tune The "RED SOX ARE BACK IN TOWN" along with his Foot-Stompin' rendition of "ELVIS,JERRY LEE AND ME"!!.. Several Great Dance numbers will keep you Rockin'& Rollin' to the "Oldies" ALL NIGHT LONG!! Mr.DIAMOND's Album also brings you (6)of his "NEW COMPOSITIONS" to round things out!..It's destined to be a real favorite! This "ACE DIAMOND" release is a real "Diamond In The Rough"!"A Hot-Pickin'/Barn-Burner" That will bring the place down every time! It Features "Lead Guitar Wizzard" (DENNY BREAU)!! An excellent mix of 50's/60's Rock with a touch of Country!!. Executive Producer of the project is EAB International-Pres. "ED BOUCHER" Along with "HARRY KING"..Top notch Producer/Arranger/and Musician makes "Every Track" jump right out at you! "ACE" sings this style of music with a fiery "RECKLESS ABANDON" that's hard to match! ACE DIAMOND.. well known overseas for several past releases:...This new 12-Song CD.."ELVIS, JERRY LEE AND ME"..is sure to burn up the airways for a very long time!! These Hot,Smokin' tracks are "GUARANTEED" to keep your foot a-tappin'."Rock n Roll" is here to stay! PATRIC STEELE "Hotter than hot / Satisfaction / Like a rolling stone" Ankom: 20090926 Label: Radio Direct X digi For the crowd that likes their rock straight....Guitars with no Pop...Masterwerks Presents: Keepers Of The Flame. This new Patric Steel cd release includes definately cool remakes of two rock classics,"(I Can't get No) Satisfaction" and a very unique version of " Like A Rolling Stone" Patric Steel Discography Somewhere Down The Line .....Masterwerks 2002 Sonicwerks....Masterwerks 2003 Love In Passing (with Matt Flynn) ...Masterwerks 2004 Sonicwerks II ....Masterwerks 2004 These Dark Skies ....Masterwerks 2004 Astral Drive (Box Set)....Masterwerks 2005 Nights Of L.A. .....Masterwerks 2005 The Cinders....Ressurected ..2005 The Songs Of Steel and Yates....2006 Affair Of The Heart...Masterwerks 2006 Keepers of the Flame....Masterwerks 2006 Mojave Tales....Masterwerks 2006 All cds can be viewed,previewed and purchased at http://www.cdbaby.com/all/masterwerks or at www.masterwerksmusic.com DREW WOMACK "Watermelon Willie" Ankom: 20090926 Label: Radio Direct X digi DREW WOMACK IS AN INDEPENDANT ARTIST,, LIFE LONG PRO. WRITER PERFORMER PLAYER WHO LIVES THE SONGS HE WRITES... THERE ABOUT ENJOYING LIFE... THINK THATS EASY ..... TRY IT .... I DARE YOU.... DREW J. TEX "Misery" Ankom: 20090918 Label: Heptown Records www.jtex.dk CLIFF RICHARD & THE SHADOWS "C´mon everybody / Singing the blues / Sea cruise" Ankom: 20090917 Label: Cat 23:e september kommer den definitiva samlingen "Reunited" med Cliff & The Shadows och bara en månad senare står de tillsammans på scen igen för sin sista turnéihop under samma namn - REUNITED. Albumet som kommer innehåller 3 HELT NYINSPELADE låtar, "Singing The Blues", "Sea Cruise" samt Eddie Cochrans "C´mon Everybody". ROY BUCHANAN "Deluxe Edition" Ankom: 20090912 Label: Alligator Records digi Roy Buchanan was one of America's true geniuses of the electric guitar. Even posthumously, he commands the ardent respect of his fellow guitarists and a devoted army of fans. The Buchanan sound is unique: heartbreaking, searing solos, trademark shimmering tone, gorgeous melodies and a mixture of lightning quickness and technical creativity that mark him as a wizard of the instrument. He was a pioneer in the use of controlled harmonics, and although this technique has been used by the likes of Jeff Beck, Robbie Robertson and ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, all acknowledge Buchanan as the master. Raised in the small town of Pixley, California, Roy's musical fire was sparked at an early age. His father was a sharecropper and Pentecostal preacher and Roy's first musical memories were of the racially-mixed revival meetings his family would attend. Surrounded by gospel, R&B and country influences, it wasn't long before Roy expressed interest in playing an instrument. His parents sent him to the local lap steel guitar teacher, Mrs. Pressure, who had Roy picking out the Hit Parade favorites by the time he was seven years old. Six years later, Roy moved on to a Fender Telecaster. "I liked the tone," he said, "it sounded a lot like steel guitar." Soon thereafter, drawn to the blossoming R&B scene in Los Angeles, Roy ran away from home and headed for the big city. At only 15 years of age, he was taken under the wing of famed bandleader/producer/writer/arranger/impresario Johnny Otis. The young Roy studied the blues mastery of guitarists such as Jimmy Nolen (later with James Brown), Pete Lewis and Johnny 'Guitar' Watson. The late fifties and early sixties found Roy playing for and cutting a number of sessions with musicians as diverse as pop idol Freddie Cannon, rockabilly legend Dale Hawkins, and even Ronnie Hawkins (whose band, the Hawks, would later gain fame as the Band). During his stint with Ronnie Hawkins, Roy played guitar mentor to the group's then bass player, Robbie Robertson. Then, in 1962, Roy's trademark harmonics were introduced on “Potato Peeler,” his groundbreaking single with drummer Bobby Gregg. In the mid-sixties, exhausted by life on the road, Roy settled down in the Washington, D.C. area, started his own group, The Snakestretchers, and began a residency at the Crossroads Club in Blades Burg, Maryland. In 1971, already riding on word-of-mouth reputation that included accolades from Eric Clapton, Merle Haggard, the Rolling Stones and John Lennon (who made a personal pilgrimage to see Roy at the Crossroads Club), Roy "broke" nationally as the result of an hour-long National Public Television documentary. Entitled The Best Unknown Guitarist In The World, the show won Roy a contract with Polydor and began a decade of national and international touring. He cut five albums for Polydor (one went gold) and three for Atlantic (one gold), while playing virtually every major rock concert hall and festival. The major labels gave him fame and fortune, but no artistic freedom. Finally, disgusted with the over-production forced on his music, Roy quit recording in 1981, vowing never to enter a studio again unless he could record his own music his way. Four years later, Roy was coaxed back into the studio by Alligator Records. His first album for Alligator, When A Guitar Plays The Blues, was released in the spring of 1985. It was the first time he was given total artistic freedom in the studio; it was also his first true blues album. Fans quickly responded, and the album entered Billboard's pop charts with a bullet and remained on the charts for 13 weeks. Music critics, as well as fans applauded Roy's efforts with accolades and plenty of four-star reviews. His second Alligator LP, Dancing On The Edge, was released in the fall of 1986. The album won the College Media Journal (CMJ) Award for Best Blues Album of 1986. One year later, Buchanan released Hot Wires, his third Alligator LP and the twelfth of his career. It was hailed by the Chicago Tribune as "his best album ever." By this time, Roy's illustrious career had taken him from underground club gigs in the sixties, to international recognition and gold record sales in the seventies and worldwide tours in the eighties with the likes of the Allman Brothers. He even performed to a sold-out Carnegie Hall with label-mates Albert Collins and Lonnie Mack. Roy was thoroughly enjoying the creative freedom he received from Alligator. "Since coming to Alligator," Roy once commented, "I'm finally making the records that I've always wanted to make." Buchanan's skill, soul and technical innovations were nothing less than marvels to his contemporaries and admirers. Without his inventiveness, the landscape of modern guitar playing would be completely different. Buchanan died in Virginia in 1988. He was 48 years old. RUTH BROWN "Ms. B´s Blues" Ankom: 20090912 Label: Rounder Records BRIAN SETZER "Songs from Lonely Avenue" Ankom: 20090910 Label: Surfdog Brian Setzer has made a career of bucking trends, going against the grain, ignoring popular culture, and blowing people away with his innovative work. As a teenager, Setzer drew inspiration from 50’s rockabilly, fused it with new wave punk, and created a worldwide phenomenon with his band Stray Cats. Always pushing the boundaries, he then created the 18-piece Brian Setzer Orchestra, sold millions of albums, won three Grammys, redefined Christmas music, and toured the planet many times over. He is one of the world’s most dynamic and respected guitarists and has a best-selling, extensive line of elite Gretsch signature model guitars bearing his name to prove it. Setzer just completed his new record entitled Songs From Lonely Avenue. The album features 13 new original songs all written by Setzer. Nine of the tracks feature orchestrations by the legendary Frank Comstock (Doris Day, Sonny Dunham, Benny Carter, Judy Garland, not to mention the Rocky & Bullwinkle theme!). Inspired by the attitude and tension of the film noir soundtracks from the ‘40's and ‘50's, Setzer set out to create songs that carry a classic cinematic mood that's missing from today's musical landscape. With a propulsive rhythm, an ominous minor key, wicked good instrumental solos and the familiar character of the Devil up to his old tricks, the opening track “Trouble Train” sets the mood for the whole album. Throughout the rest of the album, thugs prowl the street, young couples dance the night away in New York, hearts are broken, and lives are taken, all over pitch-perfect melodies and arrangements. Sit back, close your eyes, and allow yourself to be taken on a journey of crime, passion, heartbreak, and torment on the seedier side of town. "Songs From Lonely Avenue" will be released on October 14th. JOHNNY WINTER "3rd degree" Ankom: 20090831 Label: Alligator Records JOHNNY WINTER "Deluxe edition" Ankom: 20090831 Label: Alligator Records JOE FOURNIER "Tiny mine" Ankom: 20090831 Label: THE BEATLES "Past Masters / Abbey Road / With The Beatles / Sgt. Peppers Lnely Hearts Club Band / Rubber Soul / Revolver / Help! / A hard day´s night/ Please Please Me / Beatles for Sale / Magical Mystery Tour / Yellow Submarine / Let it be / The Beatles (White Album)" Ankom: 20090830 Label: Parlophone / EMI Alla Beatles studioalbum har för första gången har remastrats digitalt. Samtliga CD releasas onsdagen den 9 september 2009 (09-09-09), samma datum som det emotsedda dataspelet "The Beatles: Rock Band" släpps. Varje album behåller sin ursprungliga design, och har kompletterats med unika bilder och utökade CD-häften med nyskrivna kommentarer. Under en begränsad period kommer varje CD också att innehålla en kort dokumentärfilm om respektive album. Albumen har remastrats under en fyraårsperiod av ett hängivet team på EMI's Abbey Road Studios i London. Med hjälp av den allra modernaste tekniken, kompletterad med den ursprungliga studioutrustningen från sextiotalet, har teamet varit noggranna med att behålla äktheten och integriteten i de ursprungliga analoga inspelningarna. Resultatet av denna omsorgsfulla process är den bästa ljudåtergivningen av albumen sedan de releasades för första gången. Releaserna inkluderar alla 12 Beatlesalbumen i stereo, med låtordning och utseende som de ursprungligen releasades i England och i Sverige, samt 'Magical Mystery Tour', som har varit en del av The Beatles albumkatalog allt sedan CD-skivorna först releasades 1987. Dessutom är nu 'Past Masters Vol I och II' sammanslagna till en dubbel-CD, vilket gör att det totalt är 14 album som releasas, varav två är dubbel-CD. Detta är första gången som de första fyra Beatlesalbumen releasas i stereo i sin helhet på CD. Dessa 14 album, tillsammans med en DVD som innehåller de korta dokumentärerna om varje album, kommer också att releasas tillsammans i en stereobox. I varje CD-häfte ingår detaljerade inspelningsdetaljer och en historisk tillbakablick på respektive album. Med undantag av 'Past Masters', så innehåller varje album QuickTime-filer med nyproducerade minidokumentärer om respektive inspelning, regisserade av Bob Smeaton. Dokumentärerna innehåller arkivfilmer, unika bilder och aldrig tidigare publicerat småprat i studion mellan tagningarna, vilket ger en unik och mycket personlig insyn i studioatmosfären. EVA EASTWOOD "The beat goes on" Ankom: 20090827 Label: Bonnier-Amigo JOHN LINDBERG TRIO "Wanted man" Ankom: 20090827 Label: Bonnier-Amigo THE ROYAL GUARDSMEN "My airplane / Snoopy vs The Red Baron / Snoopy for President" Ankom: 20090826 Label: Star Creek Records Screaming fans. Hit Records. Worldwide acclaim. At the height of its illustrious career, the 1960s band, The Royal Guardsmen, achieved what most rock groups only dream of. The sextet from Ocala, FL rose to fame in 1966 with its single, “Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron,” which became the title track of its debut album. The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and remained there for 12 weeks. It went on to sell one million copies, earning it gold certification from the R.I.A.A. in 1967. Subsequent chart-toppers followed, including: “The Airplane Song,” “Wednesday,” “I Say Love,” “Snoopy’s Christmas” and “Baby Let’s Wait.” The Royal Guardsmen’s original lineup consisted of: Bill Balough (bass), John Burdett (drums), Chris Nunley (vocals), Tom Richards (guitar), Billy Taylor (organ), and Barry Winslow (vocals/guitar). NATURAL BORN ROCKERS "Nothing left to lose" Ankom: 20090801 Label: digi LAS VEGAS ORCHESTRA "I am rock´n roll" Ankom: 20090708 Label: album Låt mig få presentera LVO = Las Vegas Orchestra, ett band som funnits i år och spelat 150-200 gig varje år, kompat shower och artister samt spelat covers… ZOE VETTE AND THE REVOLVERS "Trash is the new glamour" Ankom: 20090706 Label: MusicSUBMIT digi TRICKY DIX "$2500 Reward" Ankom: 20090629 Label: EP BO WINBERG "My own favorites" Ankom: 20090616 Label: Riverside album THE ROYAL GUARDSMEN "Snoopy vs. Osama" Ankom: 20090612 Label: Northstar Records & Promotion digi The Royal Guardsmen, of the late 60's "Snoopy vs The Red Baron" fame, have brought America's cartoon hero Snoopy to the 21st Century. Now, 40 years later, Snoopy and Charlie Brown do their part to help the save the world against terrorism. "Snoopy vs Osama" was written and performed by the original members of this band to honor the men and women of our Armed Forces. May God bless and protect them all. BONGO BRAINS featuring STEFAN SUNDSTRÖM "Royal Straight Flush" Ankom: 20090608 Label: BB Productions Album STATUS QUO "Still in search of the lost chord" Ankom: 20090605 Label: Fourth Cord Records 2xCD-album BONGO BRAINS "Royal straight flush" Ankom: 20090526 Label: singel THE REFRESHMENTS "A band´s gotta do what a band´s gotta do" Ankom: 20090525 Label: Bonnier Album LARS KRANTZ "Gold mining in treasures of our minds" Ankom: 20090519 Label: Satnin Records Album "Gold mining in the treasures of our minds" är Lars Krantz första album som soloartist efter en brokig karriär som gitarrist, basist, trummis och sångare i ett flertal band. Skivan är en soloprestation i ordets bredaste bemärkelse: den är komponerad, arrangerad, spelad och producerad av Lars. Musiken har sina rötter i punken, med 60+-talsklingande melodier som Lars framför med sin karaktäristiska baryton THE DOMESTIC BUMBLEBEES "Crying for more" Ankom: 20090514 Label: Enviken Records Album JOHN LINDBERG TRIO "Brand new philosophy / I´m on fire" Ankom: 20090510 Label: Enviken Records singel THE REFRESHMENTS "Promo-EP" Ankom: 20090508 Label: Darrow/Bonnier EP THE BOPPERS "57 (Fiftyseven)" Ankom: 20090506 Label: Bonnier Amigo digi MIKAEL RICKFORS "Let´s go" Ankom: 20090505 Label: Warner Music International Rock Airplay Direct PATRIC STEELE "Let it rock/Come a rockin with me/Rock around the world/Somewhere down the line/Sweet little rock and roller/Who do you think you´re foolin´" Ankom: 20090503 Label: Rock Airplay Direct BLANDADE ARTISTER "Aussie Rock" Ankom: 20090503 Label: Rock ALAN DALE & THE HOUSEROCKERS: Back in the USA BARRY BRADY: I still love rock and roll FOCUS: Sea crusie IAN MacLEOD: I´m a rockabilly cat WES PUDSEY & THE SONIC ACES: My baby looks like Betty Page JESSE WINCHESTER "Love filling station" Ankom: 20090427 Label: Appleseed Recordings/Rootsy.nu Album Jesse Winchester är tillbaka med sitt första studioalbum på nio år. »Love Filling Station« innehåller nio nya originallåtar plus tre covers. Country, bluegrass, folk och lite pop finns i mixen och Winchester backas av ett fenomenalt lag med bland andra Jerry Douglas, Russ Barenberg och Claire Lynch. Winchester debuterade redan 1970 med en Robbie Robertson-producerad platta och har sedan dess gjort ett dussintal utmärkta album. Hans låtar har spelats in av en mängd artister - Michael Martin Murphey, the Weather Girls, Wynonna, Waylon Jennings, Reba McEntire, Joan Baez, Tim Hardin, Jimmy Buffett, Emmylou Harris och Jerry Jeff Walker. THE REFRESHMENTS "Keep movin´ on" Ankom: 20090423 Label: Bonnier digi BLANDADE ARTISTER "Ännu Mera Svenska Rockminnen från 50- & 60-talen" Ankom: 20090413 Label: Riverside LEPPE SUNDEVALL: Här ska vaskas ROCK-RAGGE: Be bop a lula THE REBELS: Never be anyone else but you ROFFE BERG & HIS SCHOOLBYS: Oh-bop-sha-bo FINN & HIS ROCKING RAMBLERS:: Turn me loose OWE THÖRNQVIST: Hjälp WILLY KING: I got a feeling BOOGIE-BENGT: Gärdebylåten BORIS & THE JAILERS: Take me back baby LITTLE GERHARD: How old do you have to be BENGT JOHANSSON: Straight skirt ROCK-OLGA: Red sails in the sunset JAN ROHDE & THE COOL CATS: Lotta lovin WHITE BEAR: Pretty little things called girls ROCK-KRISTER & HIS CRISTALS: Oh Julie CHARLES NORMAN: Rockin´ the boogie BURKEN: Slippin´ & sliding THE Q BROTHERS: Stupid Cupid LILLE JOHN: Maybe baby PERCY STEELE: You got to go LITTLE GERT & THE STREAPLERS: Dream baby THE CLIMBERS: The Cossack Patrol DOUG AND HIS MILLSMEN: Whehn the red red Robin THE NOISE MEN: Bajoski Bajo (Little child) CHICO AND THE TIGERS: Before I saw you smile THE PARTNERS: On the banks of Wabash (Barndomshemmet) SVEN-ERIK MAGNUSSON: Någon att hålla i hand THE SLEEPSTONES: Just eighteen JIM MOONS COMBO: You will break my heart THE TYPHOONS: Long John MIKE DOUGHAN AND HIS GHOSTRIDERS: Waiting THE GIMMICKS: Flottarkärlek BRÖDERNA VOLT: Little lady THE STREAPLERS: Säkkijärven polka BOB ELLIS ORKESTER: For you my love THE SHANES: Banzai WICKERS QUINTET: Shadows and dreams THE BALUBAS: Rosenkyssar KEN LEVY & THE PHANTOMES: Long tall Sally THE BOOTS: Picknick MusicSUBMIT REFLECT "New Day" Ankom: 20090412 Label: Rock JEFFREY FOUCAULT "Shoot The Moon Right Between The Eyes: A Collection, Jeffrey Foucault Sings The Songs Of John Prine" Ankom: 20090410 Label: rootsy.nu Digi I sin ungdom lärde sig Jeffrey Foucault att spela gitarr genom att lyssna på John Prine-plattor och man får anta att han samtidigt lärde sig ett och annat om låtskrivande också. För Foucault är en utmärkt singer-songwriter med en rad starka plattor bakom sig. Men nu har han gjort verklighet av ett drömprojekt: att album helt ägnat John Prines fantastiska låtar. BLANDADE ARTISTER "Proggklassiker" Ankom: 20090410 Label: MNW HOOLA BANDOOLA BAND: Vem kan man lita på? PEPS BLODSBAND: Falsk matematik CONTACT: Samma vinder samma dotter NATIONALTEATERN: Barn av vår tid BJÖRN AFZELIUS: Bläckfisken TRÄD, GRÄS OCH STENAR: Sanningens silverflod NYNNINGEN: För full hals MIKAEL WIEHE & KABARÉORKESTERN Titanic BLÅ TÅGET: Den ena handen vet vad den andra gör (Staten och kapitalet) SÅNGER OM KVINNOR: Vi är många NATIONALTEATERN: Livet är en fest RAGNAR BORGEDAHL: Hum, hum från Humlegården JAN HAMMARLUND: Jag vill leva i Europa DAN HYLANDER: Dfarväl till Katalonien TÄLTPROJEKTET: Vi äro tusenden SILLSTRYPAREN: Doin the omoralisk schalgerfestivalblues GLÄNS ÖVER SJÖ OCH STRAND: Är Du lönsam lille vän? BJÖRN AFZELIUS: Sång till friheten OLA MAGNELL: Påtalåten SÅNGER OM KVINNOR: Vi måste höja våra röster NATIONALTEATERN: Hanna från Arlöv CONTACT: Hon kom över mon GUNDER HÄGG: Glassfabriken HOOLA BANDOOLA BAND: Stoppa matchen LASSE TENNANDER: Med revade segel BJÖRN AFZELIUS: En kungens man NJA-GRUPPEN: Balladen om Olsson TURID: Om snällhet GUDIBRALLEN: Fy på sig sosse SÅNGER OM KVINNOR: Törnrosa PHILEMON ARTHUR & THE DUNG: In kommer Gösta GLADA HUDIK TEATERN "Elvis Live" Ankom: 20090410 Label: Start Klart ERJA LYYTINEN "Inner Beauty / Grip of the Blues" Ankom: 20090409 Label: I nästa vecka inleder Finlands unga bluesdrottning Erja Lyytinen en serie spelningar i Sverige. Erja är mycket väletablerad i Finland och håller med stormsteg på att bygga upp en internationell karriär. I år har hon bland annat hunnit med en omfattande tysklandsturné två större tv-framträdanden i Finland, spelningar i Österrike, Schweiz, Holland och Frankrike. Turnén i Sverige inleds i nästa vecka med spelningar i Enköping, Norrtälje, Härnösand och Örnsköldsvik. Fler datum i Sverige är bokade i maj, juni och juli GENE TAYLOR BLUES BAND featuring DAVE ALVIN "Live!!! 605Boogie!!!" Ankom: 20090408 Label: DUCKS DeLUXE "Box of shorts" Ankom: 20090401 Label: Hawkhero Records Album NEIL YOUNG "Johnny Magic" Ankom: 20090306 Label: Warner Music International Neil Young släpper ny singel och album den 1 april. Neil kommer även till Sverige den 12 juni GUY DAVIS "Slow motion Daddy / Sweetheart like you" Ankom: 20090306 Label: rootsy.nu Digi Bluesmästaren Guy Davis är tillbaka med en ny platta producerad av John Platania (Van Morrison, Chip Taylor). Davis blandar egna nya låtar med några bluesklassiker och toppar anrättning med en briljant cover på Dylans »Sweetheart Like You«. Blues som även går hem hos country och americana-publiken. KENT AHLM "Boxer Boulevard - 60- och 70-tals klassiker" Ankom: 20090304 Label: Musiklagret BLANDADE ARTISTER "Svenska Rock Minnen från 50- & 60-tal" Ankom: 20090304 Label: Riverside SIMON BREHM: En äkta rock and roll TOMMY HALLDÉN: Rockin´ Robin TOMPA JAHN: Stockholm rock LITTLE GERHARD: What you´ve done to me ROCK-RAGGE & HIS FOUR COMETS: Who slapped John BORIS: Rock a beatin´ boogie STICKAN LUNDBECK: Shake rattle & roll/Tutti frutti/Giddy up a dong-dong ROCK-KRISTER AND HIS CRISTALS: Sputnick rock and roll BURKEN: True fine mama CHRIS LENNERT: Du måste lära Dig rock LILLE JOHN: Baby I don´t care OWE THÖRNQVIST: Nam-Jam WHITE BEAR: Stupid Cupi ROCK-OLGA: Where my baby goes LITTLE GERT & THE STREAPLERS: Four little heals ROCKIN´ SAM: Party LENNE & HIS FALCONS: Shine BOOGIE BENGT: Number boogie WILLY KING: Rock-a-billy MONA GRAIN: Lipstick on your collar THE VIOLENTS: Alpens ros JERRY WILLIAMS & THE VIOLENTS: Darling Nelly Gray THE ADVENTURES: Johan på Snippen LILLAN & STIKKAN ANDERSSON: Baby twist THE SHANES: Gunfight saloon SUZIE: Johnny loves me STEN & STANLEY: Wiggy woogie LARRY MOON: Tijuana ball THE SPOTNICKS: Ghostriders in the sky GUNNAR KINCH: Baby, baby JI-COO & THE VIKINGS: Viking boogie BENNY BORG: Little Tina THE CARETAKERS: Little pretty Anna STAN NELSON: Once THE BOOTS: Volga MAD CAPS MED DANNI LA FONTAINE: South of the border THE BASEMEN: I sommarens soliga dagar KJELL HENNING & THE CUSTOMS: Three guitars and drum THE BACON: Twist till menuett BENNY LAWINS: Mr Flintstens twist THE HOLLIES "Buddy Holly" Ankom: 20090304 Label: EMI Album THIS WAS "This Was" Ankom: 20090225 Label: BMA Records Album MIKAEL RICKFORS "Du vinner över mig!" Ankom: 20090223 Label: Warner Music International STELLAN WAHLSTRÖM BAND "Charlotte says" Ankom: 20090219 Label: Belpid Records "Charlotte says" is taken from the coming new album "Across the room" PSYCHOSOMATIC COWBOYS "Give it all to me" Ankom: 20090217 Label: Nordic Talents Records Sydstatsrockl/country med influenser från bl a Dire Straits. "Give it all to me" är första singeln från albumet som släpps i höst VARIERANDE ARTISTER "Snatch and grab it - Rhythm & Blues classics" Ankom: 20090206 Label: Bear Family Album JULIA LEE: Snatch and grab it LOUIS JORDAN: Boogie woogie blue plate PIANO RED a.k.a. DR. FEELGOOD: Let´s have a good time tonight NELLIE LUTCHER & NAT "KING" COLE: For you my love THE ORIOLES: Baby, please don´t go ARTHUR "BIG BOY" CRUDUP: I´m gonna dig myself a hole SMILEY LEWIS: Ain´t gonna do it HOWLIN´ WOLF: Mr. Highway man (Cadillac Daddy) PRISONAIRES: That chick´s too young to fry MELVIN SMITH: It went down easy JOE HILL LOUIS: Hydramatic woman LITTLE RICHARD: Little Richard boogie HERBERT "WOO WOO" MOORE: Something´s wrong RUFUS THOMAS: Tiger man SHY GUY DOUGLAS: No place like home SPIDERS: Don´t knock JESSE STONE with "MICKEY" BAKER (guitar): Night life THE MIDNIGHTERS: Don´t change your pretty ways SCREAMIN´ JAY HAWKINS: What that is MICKEY BAKER, LARRY DALE (vocal): Midnight hours FATS DOMINO: Pour me BIG AL SEARS: Tom, Dick `n´ Harry CADILLACS: Zoom BOBBY MITCHELL: Goin´ round in circles MICKEY & SYLVIA: Dearest FRANKIE LYMON & THE TEENAGERS: I want you to be my girl RAY SHARPE: Oh my baby´s gone THE PLATTERS: Goodnight sweetheart, it´s time to go THE CUES: Yes Sir ALLEN TOUSSAINT: Tim Tam LEONARD LEE: So tired JIMMY McCRACKLIN: The wobble KING CURTIS: Beach party THE MAZ MITRENKO BAND "Comin´ thru" Ankom: 20090205 Label: Maz Mitrenko Album BARBARA PITTMAN "Getting better all the time" Ankom: 20090123 Label: Charity ZAK DANIELS AND THE ONE EYED SNAKES "Snakeland" Ankom: 20090112 Label: Big Water Records Album SWEET EMMA AND THE MOOD SWINGERS "Turn it up!" Ankom: 20090107 Label: Heptown Records Album THE MOONSTOMPERS "Highspeed Daddy-O" Ankom: 20081230 Label: Enviken Records Album Andra albumet från detta Torsby band som fick en bra skara fans efter deras första platta. De som gillade deras första kommer inte att bli besviken på denna. Det här är Rockabilly / Rock & Roll utan krussiduller, de flesta låtarna åt det lite snabbare hållet. BRENTON WOOD "Aces up your sleeve / Classic / I feel the mood for love comin´ on / I get the picture / Lovin´ you / Your the girl in my dreams" Ankom: 20081230 Label: MusicSUBMIT Digi BLANDADE ARTISTER "Soul Folks - The Sam Cooke Concerts" Ankom: 20081211 Label: Legal Records Album BRIAN KRAMER & THE NIGHTS OF BLU-TOPIA "Live at Club Stampen" Ankom: 20081201 Label: rootsy.nu Album GARY PRIMICH "Ridin the Darkhorse" Ankom: 20081119 Label: Electro-Fi Records INGER NORDSTRÖM & AMARILLO "Make my day" Ankom: 20081111 Label: Easy Street Music Super Puma Records DANIEL NORGREN "Outskirt (Promo)" Ankom: 20081111 Label: THE HIGH-JACKS "Around midnight" Ankom: 20081020 Label: Scana JOE FOURNIER "Raw sugar shed" Ankom: 20081004 Label: Dusty Records Album JOE FOURNIER "Three chord MacGyver" Ankom: 20081004 Label: Dusty Records Album THE GO GETTERS "Hot rod roadeo" Ankom: 20080925 Label: Goofin´ / Playground Sveriges hetaste rockabillycombo fyller 20 i år, men det hörs knappast på deras tidlösa sväng. På nya plattan gör västeråstrion sex egna låtar och sex covers av bland andra Ramones och Clash. Bandet firade albumreleasen med en spelning på Debaser i Stockholm och turnerar under hösten i Sverige, Tyskland och USA. EVA EASTWOOD "Well well well" Ankom: 20080917 Label: Bonnier Eva Eastwood är Sveriges starkaste låtskrivare och artist när det gäller rotfast musik med rötterna i country, blues och rock'n'roll. Med albumet "Well Well Well" befäster hon sin position och dukar upp ett dignande bord med lokala specialiteter i form av 12 varierade låtar som får foten att stampa och bilförare att glömma växelspaken. Här finns allt det som har gjort Eva Eastwood så uppskattad genom åren: de smittande melodierna, den omedelbara känslan och den totala närvaron i sången. CHRIS FARLOWE "Hotel Eingang" Ankom: 20080917 Label: Inaktus En legendarisk röst genom sin inspelning "Out Of Time". Här med en eklektisk mix av rock, blues och lite country-stänk. Annorlunda på flera sätt då musikeruppställningen i hans band förändrats och bl a Miller Anderson, med flera album i eget namn, ingår. Från en del tempofyllt via ballader till R&B-nummer i god stil. THE BEATNICKS "Swing is the thing!" Ankom: 20080910 Label: Tylden & Co MARK ERELLI "Shadowland" Ankom: 20080831 Label: Signature Sounds Digi Taken from the brilliant album "Delivered" - the lead theme has something to say against the Irak War.... Don't miss this one QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS "C-lebrity" Ankom: 20080825 Label: EMI Det första studioalbumet sedan Freddie Mercury avled släpper Queen + Paul Rodgers i Sverige den 17 september. Titeln på 14-spårsalbumet är ''Cosmos Rocks''. Queen är numera ett tremannaband med Brian May, Paul Rodgers och Roger Taylor som medlemmar och det är också denna trio som har producerat, och medverkat på, plattan. Albumet släpps i tre olika format, CD, CD+DVD (med en film från bandets Super Live in Japan concert liveinspelat på Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo den 27 oktober 2005) samt en digital release för nedladdning (som även innehåller bonusmaterial). För att promota plattan åker bandet på en Europa- och Euroasia-turné som inleds i mitten av september. MASON RUFFNER "So far…" Ankom: 20080820 Label: Maldonor Records Inc Album MASON RUFFNER "Live" Ankom: 20080820 Label: Maldonor Records Inc Album Airplay Direct G.MASON PRODUCTIONS "What´s going on Marvin Gaye Tribute/Rick James Tribute/The Temptations tribute" Ankom: 20080807 Label: Rock Airplay Direct PIGFARMER "Country boy/PigFramer/Sixteen tons" Ankom: 20080807 Label: Rock DUSTY SPRINGFIELD "In Memphis" Ankom: 20080718 Label: Mercury Records Album THE REFRESHMENTS "Jukebox - Refreshing Classics" Ankom: 20080710 Label: Bonnier/Darrow Efter mer än en halv miljon sålda album, tio guldskivor, en platina och otaliga radiohits sedan det kommersiella genombrottet med "Miss you miss Belinda" 1999 bestämde sig The Refreshments för att det äntligen var dags att genomföra ett riktigt drömprojekt: en platta med bandets tolkningar av sina absoluta rock'n'roll-favoriter. Resultatet är "The Refreshments Jukebox - Refreshing Classics", med 15 såväl kända som lite mer obskyra pärlor. Alla i bandet fick skriva ner en lista med sina tio favoritlåtar och sedan valde de utifrån det. Behöver man tillägga att det är ett lysande sväng? OBS! Denna platta finns även i en vinyl-utgåva - precis som på den gamla go´a tiden… GENE VINCENT & THE SHOUTS "Shakin´ up the storm" Ankom: 20080710 Label: EMI HERMAN´S HERMITS "The very best of…" Ankom: 20080710 Label: EMI EASY ACTION "We go rocking" Ankom: 20080627 Label: Diesel & Glory I början av 80-talet skrev Easy Action historia, när de som första svenska band signade ett miljonkontrakt med en amerikansk major label. Zinny Zan gick sedan vidare och sålde en halv miljon album mot sitt "Shotgun Messiah" och Kee Marcello blev gitarrhjälte i Europé, ett av Sveriges mest framgångsrika band genom tiderna. Förra året återutgavs bandets självbetitlade album för första gången på CD. Den gick omdelebart in på hårdsrockslistans tredje plats och bandet gjorde en mindre sväng med Twisted Sisters "We go rocking" är en nyinspelning på bandets 80-tals klassiker, en låt som de amerikanska glamrockarna Poison sedermera "stal" i megahiten "I want action". Låten är "The official Speedway Grand Prix Anthem" och gick direkt in på svenska singellistan. Låt nummer två är den nya kompositionen "Jack´s Back" vilken ger en fingervisning om hur nya Wasy Action kommer att låta. Mycket nöje! KNUTH SWEDBERG "Gitarrgodis 4" Ankom: 20080617 Label: JOHNNY HOT ROD´s "Hot rod girl" Ankom: 20080611 Label: Old-Rock Records ELLERT NORDMARK "Lilla vackra Anna" Ankom: 20080610 Label: JACK RIVERS "Please" Ankom: 20080603 Label: EVA EASTWOOD "My my my" Ankom: 20080524 Label: Bonnier Amigo Music Group Eva Eastwood har gjort det igen! För två år sedan sadlade Eva Eastwood om. Hon gick från att vara Sveriges mest firade kvinnliga rockabillystjärna till att göra nutida countryrock på lovande solodebuten "Ton of heart". Med första singeln "My, my, my" från det kommande nya albumet (släpps 10 september) visar Eva att hon har tagit ett imponerande stort steg framåt under tiden sedan dess, både som låtskrivare och sångerska. Den vattentäta rytmsektionen Peter Damin (trummor) och Robert Ivansson (bas) är en kompromisslös groovemaskin och med deras stadiga driv i ryggen får gitarristen Jesper Wihlborg fritt spelrum för lekfulla inpass, rörglödande bluesriff och twangiga solon. Längst fram i ljudbilden finns Eva själv: mer övertygande och angelägen än någonsin, hela tiden effektivt uppbackad av Rebecca Meiselbachs stämsång. Eva har producerat "My, my, my" (och resten av det kommande albumet) själv, med Robert Wellerfors som tekniker. Resultatet är tyngre, melodiösare och med självklara rötter till de musikstilar Eva älskar allra mest. Och tycker du att det doftar sommarhit om "My, my, my" kan vi som har tjuvlyssnat på albumet intyga att det kommer mera. Mycket mera. Mer än så säger vi inte nu… MASTERS OF ROCK "Summertime/The nazz are blue" Ankom: 20080514 Label: KINGEN "Ride with me" Ankom: 20080514 Label: Black Cat Antalet webbsiter, forum och magasin som recenserar Kingens skiva i USA växer... och alla har hittills undantagslöst höjt den till skyarna. Skivan börjar spridas hos musikälskarna och proffskritikerna på allt större webbpublikationer och magasin, och har fått ett mottagande där recensenterna helt enkelt kapitulerar mangrant. Hands down. Alex Green, radioprofil och chefredaktör på publikationen "Caught in the carousel" i Californien recenserar Kingens nya album; "I took a master class in misery and heartache/I got an A-plus studying bitterness and greed," sings Sweden's Kingen on his new album Ride With Me. Doleful admission aside, Ride With Me is anything but downcast; on the contrary, it's an invigorating blast of rock and roll that is as pure as any album you'll hear all year" En genomgående tendens i recensionerna är att kritikerna konstaterar, att om man idag ska leta efter den bästa Amerikanska rotmusiken inom Rock och Soul, så måste man söka sig till Sverige, och "Kingen". Samtidigt återkommer ständigt paralleller till Amy Winehouse, "Brit 60´s Redux" och de Amerikanska rocklegenderna som Otis Redding, Dr. John, Al Green, Engelska The Faces m.fl. Recensenterna påtalar också tydligt, att det här inte är en retro-platta, utan att sound och attityd har en "contemporary finish". THE REFRESHMENTS "Jukebox" Ankom: 20080508 Label: Bonnier Efter mer än en halv miljon sålda album, tio guldskivor, en platina och otaliga radiohits sedan det kommersiella genombrottet med ”Miss You Miss Belinda” 1999 bestämde sig The Refreshments för att det äntligen var dags att genomföra ett riktigt drömprojekt: en platta med bandets tolkningar av sina absoluta rock’n’roll-favoriter. Resultatet är ”The Refreshments Jukebox – Refreshing Classics”, med 15 såväl kända som lite mer obskyra pärlor; ”Buzz-Buzz-Buzz”(Hollywood Flames),”I’m Coming Home”(Carl Mann)”I’m Talking About You”(Chuck Berry),”Love Letters”(Ketty Lesters),”Down The Road Apiece”(Will Bradleys & Ray McKinleys Big Band),”Georgia Slop”(Jimmy McCracklin),”Judy”(Teddy Redell 1960, Elvis P 1961),”Big Blue Diamonds”(Little Willie John 1962 m.fl),”Your True Love”(Carl Perkins),”A Big Hunk Of Love”(Elvis P),”I Got Loaded”(Little Bob & The Lollipops m.fl.),”Pucker Paint”(Huelyn Duvall),”Pledging My Love” Johnny Ace,”High School Confidential” Jerry Lee Lewis samt nyskrivna Jukebox. BLANDADE ARTISTER "Stora Rock `n´ Roll Boxen" Ankom: 20080506 Label: Premium NISSE HELLBERG "En tiger i tanken" Ankom: 20080502 Label: Bonnier NOSEY JOE & THE POOL KINGS "Tunes from the Bighouse" Ankom: 20080423 Label: Heptown Records GUNHILD CARLING BIG BAND "Magic swing" Ankom: 20080423 Label: Heptown Records SWEET EMMA AND THE MOOD SWINGERS "More!" Ankom: 20080423 Label: Heptown Records ASTROLITES "Hard luck" Ankom: 20080423 Label: Heptown Records Album THE BUCKSHOTS "3 Jacks High" Ankom: 20080423 Label: Heptown Records Album STHLM COWBOYS "Garage tracks" Ankom: 20080417 Label: Amfra Records AB - ROCKITS "Demo" Ankom: 20080409 Label: CAROLE KING "Her Greatest Hits" Ankom: 20080328 Label: ÅKE "HANK" NILSSON "50 years on stage" Ankom: 20080325 Label: PAT BOONE "Pat´s Great Hits" Ankom: 20080325 Label: RAY CHARLES "Ray" Ankom: 20080320 Label: RUTH BROWN "Wild wild young men" Ankom: 20080307 Label: ERIC BIBB "Diamond days" Ankom: 20080213 Label: Album JOE FOURNIER "Dirt road joyride" Ankom: 20080125 Label: THE TORNADOS "The Tornados" Ankom: 2008-01-08 Label: BLANDADE ARTISTER "Rhythm Bomb Records" Ankom: 2008-01-07 Label: THE TAYLORS "Grey haired & tired" Ankom: 2008-01-04 Label: JET BLACK COMBO "My machine / Out of control" Ankom: 2007-12-30 Label: Promosys KINGEN "She´s mine" Ankom: 2007-12-30 Label: Promosys TOMMY-OPERA FORTSÄTTER TURNÉ Roger Daltrys turné med Pete Townshends och The Who´s rockopera 'Tommy', som hittills gjort succé i Nordamerika, fortsätter sitt segertåg över världen. Nu meddelas att turnén fortsätter till Japan där man spelar fem konserter i Tokyo, Osaka, Kanagawa och Nagasaki den 23-30 april. Innan dess spelar man i Australien (9-16 april) och Europa i form av Italien och Frankrike (9-24 mars) (publ. 2012-01-26 06:35:53) JOHNNY OTIS HAR AVLIDIT Storbandsledaren, talangscouten och låtskrivaren Johnny Otis avled den 17/1 i sitt hem i Los Angeles, han blev 90 år. Otis är mest känd för att som storbandsledare ha lanserat sångare och sångerskor som t ex Etta James, men han skrev också låtar, exempelvis R&B-standardlåten 'Willie And The Hand Jive'. Hans son Shuggie Otis är även en framgångsrik artist (publ. 2012-01-22 06:21:09) ETTA JAMES HAR AVLIDIT Rhythm & Blues-sångerskan Etta James har avlidit idag fredagen den 20 januari. Hon blev 73 år. Hennes hälsa har varit vacklande en tid och hon har vårdats på sjukhus. För ett par veckor sedan flyttade hon hem och har vårdats av sin personliga läkare och hennes anhöriga under livets slutskede (publ. 2012-01-20 22:41:24) JIMMY CASTOR HAR AVLIDIT Den amerikanske funk/soul-saxofonisten Jimmy Castor avled på måndagen i Las Vegas. Castor och hans grupp Jimmy Castor Bunch hade flera stora hits i hemlandet under 1970-talet och är mest känd för 'Troglodyte (Cave Man)' som även varit en populär källa för samplingar. Castor blev 71 år (publ. 2012-01-18 14:06:02) ETTA JAMES UTSKRIVEN Etta James har blivit urskriven från det sjukhus där hon sedan i december vårdats för leukemi. Den nu 73-åriga sångerskan, vars främsta hit är 'At last', vilar nu i sitt hem i Riverside, California (USA) med sin make och doktor närvarande. Förutom cancern lider James även av demens och hennes doktor säger att hon mestadels kommunicerar med nickningar och enstaka enkla ord (publ. 2012-01-07 19:48:12) FLEETWOOD MAC-GITARRIST DÖD Gitarristen Bob Weston har hittats död i sin bostad i norra London. Han blev 64 år. Enligt polisen finns inga misstankar om brott och obduktionen visar att han led av magsår, leversvikt och halsproblem. Han var gitarrist i Fleetwood Mac där han efterträdde Danny Kirwan 1972. Han medverkade på bandets album 'Penguin' och 'Mystery to me' men fick sparken från bandet under en USA-turné året efter då det uppdagades att han hade en affär med Mick Fleetwoods fru Jenny Boyd. Senare släppte han flera soloalbum och samarbetade även med artister som t ex Long John Baldry, Murray Head och Steve Marriott (publ. 2012-01-07 19:43:51) ROCK I SANDVIKEN Trettondagsafton bjuder på härlig rockmusik på Bolaget i Sandviken där Ingemar Dunker samlat flera intressanta akter som ska underhålla publiken. Förutom Dunkers egna Dunker Explosion (med gästartisterna Ingemar Wallén och Matte Lagerwall från Boppers och Per Persson från Perssons Pack) kan man avnjuta Just 4 Fun (från Storvik) samt The Boys Are Back - ett Thin Lizzy-tributeband från Uddevalla. Arrangemanget har blivit en tradition och det har gått av stapeln de senaste 5-6 åren (publ. 2012-01-05 08:25:39) ARETHA FRANKLIN FÖRLOVAD Under jul- och nyårshelgerna har souldrottningen Aretha Franklin förlovat sig med sin mångårige vän William 'Willie' Wilkerson. Ännu har inte bröllopsdatumet bestämts men det kan kanske bli ett sommarbröllop i Miami Beach. Aretha har redan funderingar om vilka som skall designa hennes bröllopsklänning. Hon har tidigare varit gift två gånger. I ett uttalande säger Aretha 'Nej, jag är inte gravid'. Den 5 november blev hon invald i Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. (publ. 2012-01-04 10:19:11) ELVIS 77 ÅR På Jonssons Fik i Enviken utanför Falun firar man Elvis Presleys 77:e födelsedag den 8 januari med liveuppträdanden (men inte av Elvis naturligtvis). Å så bjuds det naturligtvis även på riktigt kondisfika i 50-talsmiljö. Tyvärr är evenemanget slutsålt i förköp så Du som är otroligt nyfiken får väl trycka näsan och örat mot fönstret... Kanske det ordnas nåt liknande evenemang på annat ställe i landet? (publ. 2011-12-30 19:39:09) McCARTNEY SLÄPPER NYTT Den snart 70-årige Paul McCartney släpper i februari sitt nya, ännu inte namngivna, album. Albumet kommer att innehålla hans versioner av låtar som har inspirerat honom men dessutom även några nyskrivna låtar. På 'My Valentine' gästspelar Eric Clapton och på 'Only our hearts' gör han ett samarbete med Stevie Wonder (dessa båda gjorde 'Ebony and Ivory' till en hit på 1980-talet) (publ. 2011-12-23 08:19:44) ETTA JAMES SVÅRT SJUK Bluessångerskan Etta James är svårt sjuk i en obotlig form av leukemi, berättar hennes läkare. James, som är 73 år, fick besked för ett par veckor sedan att hennes sjukdom är obotlig och hennes läkare uppmanar nu alla hennes vänner och fans att be för hennes liv. Förutom cancersjukdomen lider James även av Alzheimers sjukdom, njursvikt etc. Etta James slog igenom 1955 som medlem av gruppen The Peaches vars singel 'The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)' toppade R&B-listan. Senare blev hon soloartist och har släppt 30 album and 58 singlar trots att hon var beroende av heroin under delar av 1960- och 70-talen. Hon gjorde sig fri från beroendet 1974 och började bygga upp sin karriär igen. Hon var bl a förband för Rolling Stones 1989 (publ. 2011-12-17 19:29:21) BEACH BOYS GÖR SENSATIONELL COMEBACK Nöjestidningen Billboards nyhetsbrev berättar att The Beach Boys under 2012 gör en högst sensationell comeback. Det är de bandmedlemmar som fortfarande är i livet som under 2012 ger sig ut på en 50-årsjubileumsturné som startar den 27 april vid New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Turnén omfattar hela 50 konserter. Dessutom kommer ett album med nyinspelat material, en Greatest Hits-collection samt en box med låtmaterial som spänner över deras hela karriär. Det nyinspelade albumet, som produceras av Brian Wilson, har ännu inte fått en titel men vi gissar att dess namn blir 'Celebration'. The Beach Boys bildades 1961 och deras surfsound gav dom stora hits under första halvan av 1960-talet. Bandet har under året drabbats av flera uppmärksammade dödsfall och bandets medlemmar har legat i luven på varandra och drivit rättsliga processer om royalties och om rätten att använda bandnamnet. Tidigare i år släpptes albumet 'The Smile Sessions' som spelades in i slutet av 1960-talet med som färdigställts först 2011 (publ. 2011-12-17 17:46:44) HALL O FAME 2012 14 april 2012 kommer Guns N Roses, Beastie Boys, Donovan, Laura Nyro, Red Hot Chili Peppers och The Small Faces att väljas in i amerikanska Rock ´n´ Roll Hall Of Fame. Den bortgågne bluesgitarristen Freddie King kommer att väljas in som ”early influence” och dessutom kommer branschlegenden Don Kirshner m fl att hedras. (publ. 2011-12-17 11:17:59) ELVIS-SHOW PÅ BÅTEN I januari bjuder färjeföretaget Viking Line på en Elvis-Show á la Las Vegas ombord på sin Åbo-färja m/s Isabella. Fartyget trafikerar rutten Stockholm-Åbo-Stockholm och showen spelas upp den 8-31/1 (publ. 2011-12-17 06:38:10) JULROCK MED JLT John Lindberg Trio bjuder publiken på hemmaplan i Sandviken på julrock när man ikväll (14/12) spelar upp i Folkets Hus. Det var förra året man startade ett samarbete med en krögare i Rättvik som ville ha lite livemusik när man serverade julbord. I år har man varit i Rättvik vid nio tillfällen och till kvällens konsert har man bjudit in Stefan Nykvist från dansbandet Larz-Kristerz som spelar distat dragspel och piano. Enligt Arbetarbladets nätupplaga anser bandet att han är 'en Duracellkanin och en jävel på piano'. John Lindberg Trio kommer efter nyår krypa in i studion för att spela in ett helt julalbum som ska släppas inför julen 2012 (publ. 2011-12-14 13:49:15) DOBIE GRAY HAR AVLIDIT Sångaren Dobie Gray har avlidit den 6 december i Nashville, Tennessee (USA) efter en längre tids kamp mot cancer. Han var född i Simonton, Texas (USA) den 26 juni 1940 och hans riktiga namn var Lawrence Darrow Brown. Hans mest kända låt var 'The In Crowd' som var en USA-hit 1965, som bäst #13 på Billboardlistan (låten var en ännu större framgång med Ramsey Lewis Trios instrumentala version, #5). Låten blev även en framgång för Bryan Ferry på 1970-talet. Gray fick en andra miljonsäljare 1973 med 'Drift Away' som nådde #5 på Billboardlistan och 1976 blev 'You can do it' en Top40-hit. Så sent som 2003 kunde man höra Gray gästa Uncle Kracker när han gjorde en modern version av 'Drift Away' och den placerade sig som bäst som #9 på singellistan i USA (publ. 2011-12-11 10:04:17) BARBARA ORBISON HAR AVLIDIT Barbara Orbison, änkan efter rocklegenden Roy Orbison, dog den 6 november i Los Angeles efter att under lång tid kämpat mot sin cancersjukdom. Hon blev 60 år. Barbara Orbison skötte efter sin makes bortgång 1988 dödsboets rättigheter och har även gjort CD-utgivningar med dennes musik (publ. 2011-12-07 14:15:29) NÖJESRADION ENKÖPING 89,8   Tel 021 - 495 15 75   E-mail studion@nojesradion.eu © and ®: Göran Ohlzon 2011-