Monty Alexander

   
Artist: Monty Alexander

   Genre(s): 
Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Steaming Hot (CD2)

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 13


   
 Steaming Hot (CD1)

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 9

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Monty Alexander long ago combined together the influence of Oscar Peterson with the soul of Gene Harris and Nat "King" Cole to physique his own appealing and personable mode. Long a bit underrated (due to the shadow of Peterson), Alexander has recorded more than than a score of splendid albums. Monty Alexander began pianissimo lessons when he was sestet and he played professionally in Jamaican clubs patch still a adolescent; his band, Monty and the Cyclones, was quite an popular locally during 1958-1960. He first played in the U.S. when he appeared in Las Vegas with Art Mooney's Orchestra. Soon he was incidental a change of circus tent singers, formed a friendly relationship with vibist Milt Jackson, and began gigging with bassist Ray Brown. With the transcription of a copulate of Pacific Jazz albums in 1965, an RCA escort in 1967, and a Verve academic term in 1969, Alexander began to gain ground a firm report. His series of exciting albums for MPS during 1971-1977 institute him in prime physical body, and his recordings in the '80s, '90s, and 2000s establish him building on his original style. Alexander, wHO oftentimes pays tribute to his Jamaican heritage, performs regularly with his own trio and swings tough in his have voice.





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World's leading art fair opens in Switzerland as demand soars

BASEL, Switzerland - The world's largest international contemporary art fair opened Wednesday and will be watched as a key indicator of whether world art prices will continue to boom despite economic woes.

Record prices at recent auctions indicate the art market remains resilient despite global financial woes and private jets were flying in with the wealthier of the 60,000 artists, collectors, gallery owners and enthusiasts expected for the four-day Art Basel fair.

More than 300 of the world's leading galleries are presenting works of more than 2,000 artists from five continents. Prices range from millions of dollars for the work of established artists to thousands of dollars for newcomers.

The fair includes work by significant artists such as Francis Bacon. A Bacon triptych sold for US$86.3 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York last month to become the most expensive work of contemporary art ever auctioned.

Other featured artists include Japan's Murakami Takashi, U.S. artists Robert Rauschenberg and Tom Wesselman and China's Cai Guo-Qiang. All forms of artistic expression are on view, ranging from paintings, drawings and sculptures to installations, performances and video art.

The Allianz Suisse insurance company said Wednesday that demand for insurance coverage has grown 30 per cent since the February robbery of four Impressionist paintings worth $163 million from a Zurich museum.

Two of the paintings taken in the robbery, by Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh, were recovered a few days afterwards, but the other two - by Paul Cezanne and Edgar Degas - remain missing.

"Despite the financial market crisis and high energy prices, the art market is still booming - as is the market for private art insurance," the company said.

The company said it has insured collections for more than $625 million, triple the amount set three years ago, and expects business to double in the next three years.

A parallel "Art Unlimited" exhibition features unconventional works by 60 artists from 23 countries, some created for the occasion, such as a dollar-covered wallpaper installation by U.S. artist Tony Oursler.

The Art Basel newspaper reported German customs officers at the border with Switzerland discovered more than 1,000 dollar bills stuffed in Oursler's bag. The event's daily said the officers counted every note to make sure it did not exceed Germany's legal export limit of US$10,000.

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Full Strike

   
Artist: Full Strike

   Genre(s): 
Metal: Power
   

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Discography:


   
 We Will Rise

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 11

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Skillet

   
Artist: Skillet

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Rock: Hard-Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 Comatose

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 11


   
 Collide

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 10


   
 Alien Youth

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 12


   
 Skillet

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 10


   
 Invincible

   Year:    
Tracks: 12

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Alternative CCM bikers Skillet formed in Memphis, TN, approximately the nucleus of wind singer and bassist John Cooper, guitar player Ken Steorts, and drummer Trey McClurkin. Debuting in 1996 with a self-titled LP, the threesome returned two days later with Hey You, I Love Your Soul. Invincible followed in early 2000, and the group contributed threesome tracks to the Ardent Worship: Skillet Live digest that same year. With a new lineup of Cooper on bass and lead vocals, his wife Korey Cooper on guitar and keyboards, Ben Kasica on guitar, and Lori Peters on drums, Skillet released Stranger Youth on Ardent Records in 2001, followed by Collide, besides on Ardent, in 2003. The latter album was then picked up by Lava/Atlantic and reissued the following year with a bonus track. Clash went on to be the band's best-selling album to date (even earning them a Grammy nominating speech), and the band supported the record on tours with bands like Saliva and Shinedown. Skillet's future elbow grease for the pronounce, Comatose, appeared in fall 2006.

DJ TeeBee

   
Artist: DJ TeeBee

   Genre(s): 
Drum & Bass
   

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Discography:


   
 Subtitles (SUBTITLES049)

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 2


   
 Subtitles (SUBTITLES048)

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 2


   
 Subtitles (SUBTITLES046)

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 2


   
 Black Science Labs

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 11


   
 Assassin The Abyss

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 2

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The Jonas Brothers Describe Their Dream Girl

The Jonas Brothers have already revealed what type of clothes they like to see on the fairer sex, and now Kevin has revealed he is quite partial to the Italian girls.

Cutie Joe has already confessed to having a penchant for U.K. ladies, favouring Harry Potter actress Emma Watson and Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole, but now it’s the eldest sibling’s turn to have his say.

When asked if would like to find himself a girl from England to potentially romance, curly-haired Kevin told Entertainmentwise: “You never know what could happen but I’m definitely a big fan of the Italian girls.”

If faced with a lady from Italy, would Kevin be able to contain his excitement? Or will he follow in the hyper footsteps of his two younger brothers Joe and Nick?

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The stars may not be pumping their own gas, but they've sure been pumping iron. Get pumped people!




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Jonas Brothers: 'We Love Girls That Dress Up!'

Do you think you have what it takes to impress the Jonas Brothers with your style? Well you’d better have an extensive amount of feminine frocks in your wardrobe!

Having caught up with eldest sibling Kevin Jonas, Entertainmentwise asked him what clothes he likes to see on members of the opposite sex.

He excitably revealed: “I definitely like a girl in a dress, a nice sun dress in the summer, or you know one of those party dresses that are like silky and really beautiful.”

The 20-year old added: “We love a girl that dresses up and takes care of herself. We appreciate that a lot.”

Would your sense of style interest Kevin, Joe and Nick? Be sure to leave your comments below.

Guardian

   
Artist: Guardian

   Genre(s): 
Rock: Hard-Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 Miracle Mile

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 12


   
 First Watch

   Year: 1989   
Tracks: 12

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With melodious influences centered around such bands as Guns N' Roses and Motley Crue, Guardian has suit a powerful strength in the religious doctrine music industry. The Christian bikers, best known for such hits as "Power of Love" and "Shoeshine Johnny," take forged their way into the '90s with advanced gospel metallic element.


Protector was originally known as "Nuclear fusion" by its founders, bassist David Bach and vocalist Paul Cawley. Along with drummer Rikk Hart and guitar player David Caro, the band played at local gigs passim the early '80s earlier ultimately obtaining a record deal from the Enigma label in 1985. When they constitute that thither was already a band of the like name, they changed to Guardian and added guitar player Tony Palacios to replace Caro. Their album Offset Watch was released in 1989 and was followed by all-inclusive touring.


When the dance band finished their go in Japan, both Cawley and Hart left in 1990 afterward existence unable to handle the stresses of touring. Bach and Palacios asked to be freed of their Enigma contract, requesting a more than Christian tag. They would be released later that twelvemonth, and vocaliser Jamie Rowe and drummer Karl Ney would be added around that same time. The fresh card began to phonograph recording, finally cathartic their first album on their new Pakaderm tag, Fire and Love, in 1991. The response to the album was overwhelming, and the video filmed for their hit "Great power of Love" was added to MTV's Headbangers Ball. After a more than successful turn, Miracle Mile was released in early 1993, and the album reached the CCM Top Five. Miracle Mile was quickly followed by Swing Swang Swung in 1994, the band's experiment with acoustic music. By 1995, they had finally recognized the modern '90s mainstream rock that had suit such a strong furore, and in a new arrangement with Myrrh Records, they released Hum that come down. After some other tour and a Spanish disc recording, Guardian released Bottlerocket, their twenty percent studio album, in the spring of 1997.





Petty pleases with time-tested Americana songbook

Figure Four

   
Artist: Figure Four

   Genre(s): 
Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Suffering the Loss

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 12


   
 When It's All Said and Done

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 13


   
 No Weapon Formed Against Us

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 11

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Christian hard-core squad Figure Four called Winnipeg, Canada, home. Emerging in 1996 about vocalist Andrew Neufeld, the lineup at first shifted wildly. However, it finally solidified around Neufeld, guitarists Jeremy Hiebert and Metal Mel, bassist Jason Bailey, and drummer Steve. No Weapon Formed Against Us, the band's debut LP, appeared in 1999 on Facedown; an extensive, pertinacious tour schedule spread the password throughout the North American hard-core metro. When It's All Said and Done followed in 2001, and naturally Figure Four embarked on another round of shows in support. The band sign to the Tooth & Nail affiliate Solid State for 2003's Suffering the Loss and followed its spill with more touring. Eventually, though, the band's activity slowed to something resembling a abatement as Neufeld and Hiebert off their attention more to their other band, the full-time touring hard-core outfit Comeback Kid. Bailey went on to join New Jersey's Shattered Realm, as other members besides focused on outside projects.





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