Amy MacDonald has admitted that she will not be celebrating her natal day next week.
The Scottish isaac Bashevis Singer turns 21 on Monday, but months of international promotion for her debut album This Is The Life sustain left MacDonald too exhausted to design a party.
"I'm knackered. I won't be celebrating at all," MacDonald told the Daily Record. "Whenever I get time I want to nap. Maybe individual will throw me a surprise, simply I'm not sure how likely that is."
This Is The Life has just been released in the US, but MacDonald is exquisite to quash comparisons to fellow Brits Amy Winehouse, Duffy and Adele, wHO have all achieved success Stateside.
She aforementioned: "I was never the next anybody. Mine was never the 'you must listen to this' disc. It's scarcely natural."
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Thursday, 28 August 2008
Monday, 18 August 2008
Daddy Yankee
Daddy Yankee's studio is located in a modest house that looks just like whatever other in Carolina, a town on the outskirts of San Juan, Puerto Rico that is home to the reggaeton movement. Inside, it's a dissimilar story. There's an expensive, design-conscious look to the floors, walls, soundproofed cream-colored wood and the glass-enclosed booth equipped with the latest sound technology. Construction materials ar still gap around the building as the restoration continues merely Yankee (whose real make is Ramon Ayala) has recently absorbed up another major contrive: "Talento de Barrio."
"Barrio," which he produced and stars in and which tells a story of the Puerto Rican barrio, had its premier at last month's New York Latino Film Festival and is slated for release in theaters in September. The soundtrack, which includes Yankee's hit single, "Pose", dropped August 12 on Machete Records.
"What can your fans expect to hear on the "Talento de Barrio soundtrack"?
This album reflects my personal taste. I don't limit myself as an artist, and I have no musical limits whatsoever, I explore every kind of music. There are artists who remain faithful to one sound. Not me. In essence, this is a musical trip through reggaeton, hip hop, vallenato, merengue, rock, soca, bachata and bounce, combined with the electro pop and dance on "Pose". All of the songs are new and I think that they will be equally well received by purists and the most cutting edge fans.
The sound of "Pose" is a surprise for people who still identify you with pure reggaeton, what's in the mix?
It's difficult to classify that song, and the proof is that it's already being played on thousands of radio stations, whether they're pop, hip hop or reggaeton.
We made a fusion using latin music, hip hop, electro, and dance, we used so many things in that song that it came out as something really innovative, totally new.
Every time I release a new single, it's always the same phenomenon -- it happened with "La Gasolina" "Rompe, "Impacto." People say, "But what is this? What is Yankee up to now? This is a musical revolution." Then they get it and understand the message, that it is an innovation and that I'm an artist who doesn't just stick to any one genre.
As the principal ambassador of reggaeton in Puerto Rico and the whole world, where do you think reggaeton is going?
I think the urban genre is in its best moment in terms of its internationalization. We're moving into a world that's more complex and sophisticated, because as you get in to other markets you have to assume that there are fans from different cultures and so you have to pay attention to their tastes as well. That means when I'm putting a song together I can't just be thinking about what Puerto Ricans. Now I have to be aware of the varied tastes of the international public.
I think big and you can see that in my videos, hear it in my lyrics and in my musical fusions. You can see it in the people I work with and at my shows. When you're carrying the torch you have to be out ahead all the time, and everyone follows your lead. If I stop, the movement stops. I'm not saying that in an egocentric way. In this genre, let's suppose that the first name that's going to be mentioned is mine. So you have a responsibility that comes with that, to represent the genre all the time, not one hundred percent, but one thousand percent, because you're the international face [of reggaeton].
You play the central character, Edgar Dinero, in the movie "Talento de Barrio." How was your experience acting in a film for the first time?
There's no one as happy as me in the world right now. The truth is, I lost sleep during the filming of the movie because it was my first time acting and I was worried about doing it right. We spent about seven months filming in the Gautier de Caguas projects and we were really suported by the people who live there. The production took a long time because of my commitments outside of Puerto Rico. There were no known actors. We used the artists who are in the movie because they took the roles where they need to be: real. Among the actors were Maestro, Voltio, Eddie D, Pedro Prez, Gringo, Glory, and my back-up singer Cochy.
What is the movie about?
It's about a guy who moves in the streets, who doesnt know that he has a talent that is going to help him out of the low life. What he really likes is music and one day he starts singing and his friend thinks he really has talent. Little by little, he starts taking his singing career seriously but his past won't let him go. Drugs, crime, life in the barrio and hope are all themes in the movie.
What is the principal message that you'd like people to take away from this film?
There are poor, marginalized negihborhoods around the world where there are problems with drugs, and people in different cultures will be able to idenitfy with it. What I want them to remember from "Talento de Barrio" is that there is a way out and they should never lose hope.
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"Barrio," which he produced and stars in and which tells a story of the Puerto Rican barrio, had its premier at last month's New York Latino Film Festival and is slated for release in theaters in September. The soundtrack, which includes Yankee's hit single, "Pose", dropped August 12 on Machete Records.
"What can your fans expect to hear on the "Talento de Barrio soundtrack"?
This album reflects my personal taste. I don't limit myself as an artist, and I have no musical limits whatsoever, I explore every kind of music. There are artists who remain faithful to one sound. Not me. In essence, this is a musical trip through reggaeton, hip hop, vallenato, merengue, rock, soca, bachata and bounce, combined with the electro pop and dance on "Pose". All of the songs are new and I think that they will be equally well received by purists and the most cutting edge fans.
The sound of "Pose" is a surprise for people who still identify you with pure reggaeton, what's in the mix?
It's difficult to classify that song, and the proof is that it's already being played on thousands of radio stations, whether they're pop, hip hop or reggaeton.
We made a fusion using latin music, hip hop, electro, and dance, we used so many things in that song that it came out as something really innovative, totally new.
Every time I release a new single, it's always the same phenomenon -- it happened with "La Gasolina" "Rompe, "Impacto." People say, "But what is this? What is Yankee up to now? This is a musical revolution." Then they get it and understand the message, that it is an innovation and that I'm an artist who doesn't just stick to any one genre.
As the principal ambassador of reggaeton in Puerto Rico and the whole world, where do you think reggaeton is going?
I think the urban genre is in its best moment in terms of its internationalization. We're moving into a world that's more complex and sophisticated, because as you get in to other markets you have to assume that there are fans from different cultures and so you have to pay attention to their tastes as well. That means when I'm putting a song together I can't just be thinking about what Puerto Ricans. Now I have to be aware of the varied tastes of the international public.
I think big and you can see that in my videos, hear it in my lyrics and in my musical fusions. You can see it in the people I work with and at my shows. When you're carrying the torch you have to be out ahead all the time, and everyone follows your lead. If I stop, the movement stops. I'm not saying that in an egocentric way. In this genre, let's suppose that the first name that's going to be mentioned is mine. So you have a responsibility that comes with that, to represent the genre all the time, not one hundred percent, but one thousand percent, because you're the international face [of reggaeton].
You play the central character, Edgar Dinero, in the movie "Talento de Barrio." How was your experience acting in a film for the first time?
There's no one as happy as me in the world right now. The truth is, I lost sleep during the filming of the movie because it was my first time acting and I was worried about doing it right. We spent about seven months filming in the Gautier de Caguas projects and we were really suported by the people who live there. The production took a long time because of my commitments outside of Puerto Rico. There were no known actors. We used the artists who are in the movie because they took the roles where they need to be: real. Among the actors were Maestro, Voltio, Eddie D, Pedro Prez, Gringo, Glory, and my back-up singer Cochy.
What is the movie about?
It's about a guy who moves in the streets, who doesnt know that he has a talent that is going to help him out of the low life. What he really likes is music and one day he starts singing and his friend thinks he really has talent. Little by little, he starts taking his singing career seriously but his past won't let him go. Drugs, crime, life in the barrio and hope are all themes in the movie.
What is the principal message that you'd like people to take away from this film?
There are poor, marginalized negihborhoods around the world where there are problems with drugs, and people in different cultures will be able to idenitfy with it. What I want them to remember from "Talento de Barrio" is that there is a way out and they should never lose hope.
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Friday, 8 August 2008
Table Mountain Casino Welcomes Grammy Award Winner Boz Scaggs
Catch the New Spirit at Table Mountain Casino!
FRIANT, Calif., Aug. 1 -- Table Mountain Casino, voted the
2008 People's Choice Award Winner for Best Local Casino, continues to
ravish guests with another exciting entertainment know by presenting
Grammy Award winner Boz Scaggs, for a special one-night-only performance on
Monday August 11, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Scaggs, born in Texas and raised with an abiding regard for a wide
spectrum of American roots music, has combined rock, wind, R & B and blues
to create his trademark Boz Scaggs sound. His encompassing and typical
career began in the 1970s with the Steve Miller Band. For over thirty
long time, Scaggs has continued to prove himself as ane of music's most
creative and original artists.
"My first erotic love was the sound of a guitar and my earliest influences
were things I heard in my household," emphasised Scaggs. "My songwriting
and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole
and put my music together." Much to the delight of his enthusiastic fans,
Scaggs' dedication to his musical instincts has culminated in what have at once
become all-time Boz favorites such as, Lido Shuffle, Look What You've Done
to Me, Lo Down, Harbor Lights and, of course, the passionate and
consuming lyrics of We're All Alone.
John Mayewski, President and CEO of Table Mountain Casino is pleased to
take yet another top-performing headliner to the stage at Table Mountain.
He explained, "Our guests cause come to expect only if the best from our
concerts and that's what we are delivering ... the very c. H. Best! We will
continue with our ongoing line-up of outstanding entertainers; providing
unpaired performances for our audiences to enjoy."
Scaggs' concert is the latest in a serial of sold-out Table Mountain
shows that get recently included Heart, Ronnie Milsap, Liza Minelli, Huey
Lewis and the News and Blues Legend Bonnie Raitt.
As an added bonus for Boz Scaggs' concertgoers, the crowd will be
treated to an extra-special show-stopping event-ticketholders can win their
parcel of $4000 just for walking through the concert doors! As concertgoers
enter the show, they'll be given a beaded necklace with a number on the
front. Winning numbers game will be announced after the show and each number
called will gain $500*.
"Having earned the distinction of being named Number One Local Casino
truly sets us apart. We will continue to work hard to maintain Table
Mountain as the premier Entertainment Destination for our guests," promised
Mayewski.
Tickets for Scaggs' August 11, 2008 usher are useable at the Main
Casino Cage or at tmcasino.com. Prices ar $45 VIP, $35 Reserved, $25
General Admission. Members of The Club save $5, Platinum Members save $10.
No refunds, cameras or video recording. Must be 18 years or sr. to advert.
*Must be present to win.
About Table Mountain:
Table Mountain Casino is owned and operated by the Table Mountain
Rancheria Band of Indians who actively support many community-based
agencies and not-for-profit organizations serving residents of the Greater
Fresno area and the regional San Joaquin Valley community.
To instruct more around Table Mountain Casino, its community service
programs and current promotions, please inflict tmcasino.com.
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FRIANT, Calif., Aug. 1 -- Table Mountain Casino, voted the
2008 People's Choice Award Winner for Best Local Casino, continues to
ravish guests with another exciting entertainment know by presenting
Grammy Award winner Boz Scaggs, for a special one-night-only performance on
Monday August 11, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Scaggs, born in Texas and raised with an abiding regard for a wide
spectrum of American roots music, has combined rock, wind, R & B and blues
to create his trademark Boz Scaggs sound. His encompassing and typical
career began in the 1970s with the Steve Miller Band. For over thirty
long time, Scaggs has continued to prove himself as ane of music's most
creative and original artists.
"My first erotic love was the sound of a guitar and my earliest influences
were things I heard in my household," emphasised Scaggs. "My songwriting
and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole
and put my music together." Much to the delight of his enthusiastic fans,
Scaggs' dedication to his musical instincts has culminated in what have at once
become all-time Boz favorites such as, Lido Shuffle, Look What You've Done
to Me, Lo Down, Harbor Lights and, of course, the passionate and
consuming lyrics of We're All Alone.
John Mayewski, President and CEO of Table Mountain Casino is pleased to
take yet another top-performing headliner to the stage at Table Mountain.
He explained, "Our guests cause come to expect only if the best from our
concerts and that's what we are delivering ... the very c. H. Best! We will
continue with our ongoing line-up of outstanding entertainers; providing
unpaired performances for our audiences to enjoy."
Scaggs' concert is the latest in a serial of sold-out Table Mountain
shows that get recently included Heart, Ronnie Milsap, Liza Minelli, Huey
Lewis and the News and Blues Legend Bonnie Raitt.
As an added bonus for Boz Scaggs' concertgoers, the crowd will be
treated to an extra-special show-stopping event-ticketholders can win their
parcel of $4000 just for walking through the concert doors! As concertgoers
enter the show, they'll be given a beaded necklace with a number on the
front. Winning numbers game will be announced after the show and each number
called will gain $500*.
"Having earned the distinction of being named Number One Local Casino
truly sets us apart. We will continue to work hard to maintain Table
Mountain as the premier Entertainment Destination for our guests," promised
Mayewski.
Tickets for Scaggs' August 11, 2008 usher are useable at the Main
Casino Cage or at tmcasino.com. Prices ar $45 VIP, $35 Reserved, $25
General Admission. Members of The Club save $5, Platinum Members save $10.
No refunds, cameras or video recording. Must be 18 years or sr. to advert.
*Must be present to win.
About Table Mountain:
Table Mountain Casino is owned and operated by the Table Mountain
Rancheria Band of Indians who actively support many community-based
agencies and not-for-profit organizations serving residents of the Greater
Fresno area and the regional San Joaquin Valley community.
To instruct more around Table Mountain Casino, its community service
programs and current promotions, please inflict tmcasino.com.
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Thursday, 19 June 2008
Coldplay: "We'll Try and Copy Anyone"
Whoops.
Just as his band is accused of ripping off someone else's song, Coldplay's Chris Martin says in an interview that he and his bandmates are "the world's...
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Foundland
Artist: Foundland
Genre(s):
New Age
Discography:
Everybody's Neighbour
Year: 1996
Tracks: 11
Foo Fighters - Grohl Denies Writing Letter To Metallica
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Oscar winner charged after fatal crash
Roger Avary, the Oscar-winning co-writer of 'Pulp Fiction', has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence after a fatal car crash northwest of Los Angeles.
Reuters reports that the crash occurred in the city of Ojai, 80 miles (130 km) northwest of Los Angeles, at about 1am on Sunday.
Thirty-four-year-old Andreas Zedini, a passenger in Avary's car, died of his injuries at a local hospital, Captain Monica McGrath of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department said.
Avary's 40-year-old wife, Gretchen, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Captain McGrath said Avary was released from jail after posting $50,000 bail.
Reuters reports that the crash occurred in the city of Ojai, 80 miles (130 km) northwest of Los Angeles, at about 1am on Sunday.
Thirty-four-year-old Andreas Zedini, a passenger in Avary's car, died of his injuries at a local hospital, Captain Monica McGrath of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department said.
Avary's 40-year-old wife, Gretchen, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Captain McGrath said Avary was released from jail after posting $50,000 bail.
Thursday, 29 May 2008
'German experimental rock scared the shit out of me'
Art of Noise - And What Have You Done With My Body, God? This four-disc mayhem is the missing link to my soul. Well one of them anyway. This avant-garde early 80s group really printed the colourful alchemical magic of sound science onto the young, impressionable Lidellian mind and it never really came out in the wash. Permanent stains might as well be a good name for this record. Listen out for all the sounds LCD Soundsystem ripped off. If the songs could speak, they would tell us: "them DIY punks that stole my heart and used the beat".
· Click here to download Moments in Love from the Art of Noise boxsetSun Ra - Singles Collection Welcome to history, or should I say HIS story. In this case a history of Sun Ra's early single releases that span the length and breadth of the Ra universe. You'll find Fletcher Henderson influenced big band workouts rubbing up next to crazy, I mean Krazy, rollers about Batman and spilling out onto the spacefloor with gems like Disco 3000. If I could, I'd bury myself in space dust and listen through my pores to this until I rot in peace.· Not available from iTunesCan - Tago Mago I don't know about you lot but I grew up wanting to smoke pipes like the big boys. It didn't really go so well though, until I found this record. To be honest the music - German experimental rock - scared the shit out of me at first. It was something I knew the world held for me, the ghosts all swimming in a sort of pinky yellow shroom haze. Slowly I started to chop and sample this music, and only then could I lose my fear of it. I started to blow smoke through it. It started to be my friend. A spirit guide. soul herder. I heard it again recently and it felt like slipping into an old shoe, a shoe made of every smoke I've ever had.· Click here to download Bring Me Coffee or Tea from the album Tago MagoParliament - Osmium I don't know of any other record that stacks bagpipes on soul. This fucker has enough raw power to burn all vegetation to the sky: smoke stacks as high as the stratosphere will surely rain their funk dust on the inhabitants of all galaxies with ears. I'll be over there somewhere, sucking on cinnamon. Seriously though, people might not realise the sheer power of this band. They should. This is a black hot poker for your ass. Feel the burn.· Click here to download Funky Women from the album OsmiumMinnie Ripperton - Perfect Angel The cover to this record alone is enough to wash away the smell of seaweed from the soul. Minnie was another one of a string of artists that passed away too soon. She is one of those people that you try to lay back and imagine: how was she? How sweet must her soul have been? I've heard this album described as a gift of love for all the world to see, which is pretty close I'd say. Feel the gift.· Click here to download the song Perfect AngelRaymond Scott - Manhattan Research This is a compilation of the unique soul that is Mr Scott. An electronic pioneer in the 50s and 60s, Scott not only invented machines but knew how to coax beautiful music from them. Huge walls of military surplus oscillators and pieces of tape machines adorn his studio in the tantalising pictures one finds in the booklet of this bumper comp. The sounds are clearly from another dimension and shimmer away beautifully, like spirits caught in a Ghostbusters trap ready to be unleashed by that play button. A man of many talents, Scott was an inventor and businessman and his works were featured in many a jingling advert of the time. These money-spinners feature on this two-disc set and offer a sweet glimpse into the mindset of the radio industry back then. Anything that stood out from the crowd was encouraged and Scott was the one who knew what it meant to satisfy the call for "the weirder the better" ... there's an advert for a telephone company that pretty much just has a high pitch tone running the duration. It's utter madness. And utter genius ...· Song not available from iTunes· Jamie Lidell's album Jim is out on April 29. The single A Little Bit Of Feel Good is out now
· Click here to download Moments in Love from the Art of Noise boxsetSun Ra - Singles Collection Welcome to history, or should I say HIS story. In this case a history of Sun Ra's early single releases that span the length and breadth of the Ra universe. You'll find Fletcher Henderson influenced big band workouts rubbing up next to crazy, I mean Krazy, rollers about Batman and spilling out onto the spacefloor with gems like Disco 3000. If I could, I'd bury myself in space dust and listen through my pores to this until I rot in peace.· Not available from iTunesCan - Tago Mago I don't know about you lot but I grew up wanting to smoke pipes like the big boys. It didn't really go so well though, until I found this record. To be honest the music - German experimental rock - scared the shit out of me at first. It was something I knew the world held for me, the ghosts all swimming in a sort of pinky yellow shroom haze. Slowly I started to chop and sample this music, and only then could I lose my fear of it. I started to blow smoke through it. It started to be my friend. A spirit guide. soul herder. I heard it again recently and it felt like slipping into an old shoe, a shoe made of every smoke I've ever had.· Click here to download Bring Me Coffee or Tea from the album Tago MagoParliament - Osmium I don't know of any other record that stacks bagpipes on soul. This fucker has enough raw power to burn all vegetation to the sky: smoke stacks as high as the stratosphere will surely rain their funk dust on the inhabitants of all galaxies with ears. I'll be over there somewhere, sucking on cinnamon. Seriously though, people might not realise the sheer power of this band. They should. This is a black hot poker for your ass. Feel the burn.· Click here to download Funky Women from the album OsmiumMinnie Ripperton - Perfect Angel The cover to this record alone is enough to wash away the smell of seaweed from the soul. Minnie was another one of a string of artists that passed away too soon. She is one of those people that you try to lay back and imagine: how was she? How sweet must her soul have been? I've heard this album described as a gift of love for all the world to see, which is pretty close I'd say. Feel the gift.· Click here to download the song Perfect AngelRaymond Scott - Manhattan Research This is a compilation of the unique soul that is Mr Scott. An electronic pioneer in the 50s and 60s, Scott not only invented machines but knew how to coax beautiful music from them. Huge walls of military surplus oscillators and pieces of tape machines adorn his studio in the tantalising pictures one finds in the booklet of this bumper comp. The sounds are clearly from another dimension and shimmer away beautifully, like spirits caught in a Ghostbusters trap ready to be unleashed by that play button. A man of many talents, Scott was an inventor and businessman and his works were featured in many a jingling advert of the time. These money-spinners feature on this two-disc set and offer a sweet glimpse into the mindset of the radio industry back then. Anything that stood out from the crowd was encouraged and Scott was the one who knew what it meant to satisfy the call for "the weirder the better" ... there's an advert for a telephone company that pretty much just has a high pitch tone running the duration. It's utter madness. And utter genius ...· Song not available from iTunes· Jamie Lidell's album Jim is out on April 29. The single A Little Bit Of Feel Good is out now
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