Classic Boat January 2021

Singer/actress Lena Horne's primary occupation was nightclub entertaining, a profession she pursued successfully around the world for more than 60 years, from the 1930s to the 1990s. In conjunction with her club work, she also maintained a recording career that stretched from 1936 to 2000 and brought her three Grammys, including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989; she appeared in 16 feature films and several shorts between 1938 and 1978; she performed occasionally on Broadway, including in her own Tony-winning one-woman show, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, in 1981-1982; and she sang and acted on radio and television.

The first popular jazz singer to move audiences with the intense, personal feeling of classic blues, Billie Holiday changed the art of American pop vocals forever. More than a half-century after her death, it's difficult to believe that prior to her emergence, jazz and pop singers were tied to the Tin Pan Alley tradition and rarely personalized their songs; only blues singers like Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey actually gave the impression they had lived through what they were singing.

Frontiers Music Srl is excited to announce the release of Big City's new album, "Sunwind Sails" on January 20, 2023. Big City is a Norwegian melodic hard rock/heavy metal band masterminded by Daniel Olaisen of death metallers Blood Red Throne (he is also a former member of Satyricon). The band blends classic '80s influenced melodic rock with heavy metal influences, for songs that are anthemic, uplifting, and driving. Lead vocalist Jørgen Bergersen has been favorably compared to hard rock legends like Joey Tempest (Europe) and Jani Lane (Warrant) for his melodic, powerful delivery.

Greatness, beauty and grace are expressed in this fantasy on classical themes, presented in arrangements that keep the balance between subtlety and magnificence and form a fascinating sound prism. By freely using well-known themes, this recording picks up a compositional practice particularly popular among the masters of the baroque era.