Over-glossed R&B tracks, heavy doses of keyboards and drum programming are an ideal way to make albums for the pop charts, but for B.B. King, they are tools of disaster. Lyrically and vocally the album holds up rather well. …
"Bongo Bong" is the first solo single by Manu Chao from his first album, Clandestino. It is his most successful and recognisable song—a remake of Mano Negra's song, "King of Bongo" (1991), which has its roots from a 1939 recording of "King of the Bongo Bong" by the trumpeter Roy Eldridge.
Handwritten ballet manuscripts found in the most unexpected way. Two world premiere recordings. A mysterious composer. And last but not least, electrifying Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra with a young, award winning director – Sebastian Perłowski. These releases definitely will not be forgotten!
WaterTower Music release the official soundtrack album for the monster movie Godzilla: King of the Monsters. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Happy Death Day, Outlander, Colossal)…
“King Of The World” is a new blues'n roots based group from the Netherlands. In september 2011 the legendary dutch bluesband “Cuby & the Blizzards” ceased to exist because of the death of it's frontman Harry “Cuby” Muskee. Erwin Java, who was their leadguitarplayer for some 25 years, decided to form a new band together with drummer Fokke de Jong (known from the dutch dialectrockband “Normaal”). The latter had played with several dutch bluestalents and came up with bassplayer/singer Ruud Weber (also known for his work with Snowy White) and hammond/keyboardplayer Govert van der Kolm (who played with such outstanding artist as Coco Montoya, Matt Schofield, Dede Priest, Sue Foley amongst others)…
Known to music fans around the world as the “King of the Boogie,” John Lee Hooker endures as one of the true superstars of the blues genre. His work is widely recognized for its impact on modern music – his simple, yet deeply effective songs transcend borders and languages around the globe.
In conjunction with Cirith Ungol's first ever live show on European soil at the Keep It True festival in Lauda-Konigshofen, Germany, Metal Blade Records will release the Ultimate Edition of Cirith Ungol's King Of The Dead album on the weekend of the fest, April 28th! The King Of The Dead - Ultimate Edition digipak CD features a full re-mastering by Patrick W. Engel at Temple Of Disharmony and five bonus tracks.