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Having Mickie Most as producer could be a double-edged sword. On The Hurdy Gurdy Man, his over-ambitious nature and scattershot production sense occasionally sabotaged Donovan's songs rather than emphasizing their strengths. (The credits shamelessly list "Produced by Mickie Most" and "A Mickie Most Production," right next to each other.) As with the last few LPs, the program began with the hit title track (one of Donovan's best singles), a dim, dark song balancing psychedelia with the heavier, earthier rock championed during 1968 by Dylan and the Beatles. Though the next two tracks - an eerie, trance-like "Peregrine" and the endearing acoustic number "The Entertaining of a Shy Girl" - are excellent performances, any sense of mood is soon shattered by a hopelessly overblown music-hall showtune, "As I Recall It"…

Un voyage dans l'espace et dans le temps à la découverte du Liban : les lieux emblématiques (Beyrouth, Byblos), les personnages célèbres (l'émir Fakhréddine II, Alexandre le Grand…), les mythes et légendes, les écrivains voyageurs (Lamartine, Flaubert, Nerval), les auteurs libanais (Gibran, Andrée Chédid, Amin Maalouf), les problèmes de la société actuelle et d'autres informations diverses. …

Derrière chaque violon se cache un arbre…

Sarah Vaughan is accompanied by her regular rhythm section of the early '80s (with pianist George Gaffney, bassist Andy Simpkins, and drummer Harold Jones), guitarist Freddie Green, and the Count Basie horn sections on this enjoyable date. The arrangements by Sammy Nestico and Allyn Ferguson unfortunately do not leave much room for any of the Basie sidemen to solo, but Sassy is in superb form. She is at her best on "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues," a remake of "If You Could See Me Now," and a rapid "When Your Lover Has Gone," although some listeners may enjoy her overly dramatic rendition of "Send in the Clowns."

Un panorama de la civilisation japonaise dans lequel l'auteur propose des clés pour comprendre les paradoxes structurant la culture de ce pays où les traditions occupent toujours une place prépondérante, alliée à une modernité sans limites. …

Des jardins de Babylone au parc de Versailles, des jardins privés aux parcs publics, le vagabondage d'Alain Baraton s'adresse au plus grand nombre tant sa curiosité est communicative. En sa compagnie, nous franchissons les méridiens avec délectation et l'ombre du temps qui passe avec gourmandise. …

Illegal was released in 1981, hardly a year associated with good prog music. Maybe Grobschnitt were living in their own world but they came back with a rather pleasant album , not a sure guarantee back then. Of course, the sound has been updated on some tracks as Lupo the guitarist is not afraid now to play some good hard rock guitar here and there.