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The steady stream of good ol' rockin' 50s / early 60s instrumentals seems endless - here we have secured you a nice place to enjoy volume 10 of our popular non-vocal guitar driven real rockin' instrumental series. 30 tracks and 8 page booklet.1...

The splendor and cultural heritage of Humanism contain an intricate network of intuitions and revolutions - that are often local or have developed in geographically or politically well-defined areas - of culture and of it's representation in society: an...

The special editions added to the Atomicat Records-A-Rama series continue with Duet-A-Rama Atomicat (ACCD126). The album is an all-around mixture of rockin' styles sung with glorious harmony. You will pin your ears back to some rockabilly bop, pulsing...

The special editions added to the A-Rama series continue with Boogie-A-Rama 01. The album is full of rhythmic-jive sounds aimed directly at the dancers who enjoy up-tempo rhythm and blues and hillbilly boogie. The twenty-eight songs begin in 1944 and...

The Spanish master guitarist Paco de Luc?a, whose death anniversary will be celebrated for the seventh time in 2021, is the focus of the new album by the Eos Guitar Quartet. For the four musicians, his music, his innovative power and not least their...

The soundworld of the violin and of electronic music may not be as far apart as one would immediately think. When composer and radio engineer Pierre Schaeffer stated in the middle of the 20th century that sound recording and speakers created a new...

The sound of unaccompanied chant moves and inspires those seeking the sublime. In our increasingly busy and secularized world, people return to chant, regardless of their religious beliefs, for the peace and calm that this eternal music offers.1...

The sound of the unusual combination of clarinet, viol and piano fascinated many great composers. The merger of dark, noble and sensual tones with brilliant, virtuosic and melodic expression allows this ensemble to produce varied and diverse soundscapes...

The soprano voice occupies the highest-sounding line of music (in Italian 'sopra' means 'over' or 'above') and it is subdivided into various types. The coloratura is the virtuoso, suited for rapid ornamentation such as in Mozart's Queen of the Night (Die...

The soprano Louise Alder has been described as 'the brightest lyric soprano of the younger generation' (The Arts Desk),'a born actress' (Opera), and as having 'a voice of sparkling beauty' (Gramophone). In this her debut recording for Chandos, she and...

The Songwriter's album Leroy Kirkland Thrill-La-Dill (KM-CD-176) is the first of two independent albums from Koko Mojo Records that endeavour to dig more deeply into Kirkland's legacy and focus on the up-tempo compositions he cast his magic upon. As his...

The songs on this album are played in a version for violin and piano. With the exception of a few passages played an octave higher than the voice part, everything else is performed in accordance with the original score. To give the listener the...