Coming Home Gui Lai (2014)

The great electric Blues Rock LP from 1969 sung entirely in English by Javier Batiz. Called by many the "Father of Mexican Rock", Javier Batiz has been a longtime friend of Carlos Santana and is said to have helped Carlos develop his distinctive style.

Smile, set for release on October 7th, is White's fourteenth recording as a leader, and his scintillating, contemporary jazz sound is buttressed by his equally-impressive command of several instruments and augmented by an impressive array of special guests, including vocalist Mindi Abair, trumpeter Rick Braun, soprano saxophonist Euge Groove, keyboardist Philippe Saisse, bassist Nate Phillips, violinist (and daughter) Charlotte White, Ramon Yslas on bongos and vocalist Stevo Theard.

Through summoning demons from the depths of hell as the frontman of metal pioneers Black Sabbath in their best days, partying hard through the '80s and landing on a reality show focusing on his dysfunctional family in the 2000s, Ozzy Osbourne has kept on the wicked side for the majority of his decades-spanning career in evil. Starting his solo bid almost immediately after his departure from Sabbath, Ozzy turned in classic metal albums with early-'80s Randy Rhoads collaborations like Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman, and stayed consistently strong with many platinum-selling albums throughout the '90s, 2000s, and beyond.

A live Cinderella album entitled 'Stripped', a solid collection of live tracks from Philadelphia based group, was released on May 16th through Collectors Dream Records. Originally released in 2001 as 'Live At The Key Club', the songs contained on 'Stripped' were recorded over the course of two nights at the Key Club, in Hollywood, during Cinderella's 'Unfished Business' tour. The shows were staged on October 2nd and 3rd of 1998 and featured the original Cinderella line-up, with main man Tom Keifer out front, commanding with his tortured vocals, along with Jeff LaBar, Fred Coury and Eric Brittingham. 'Stripped' includes fourteen hard rockin' and blues-based tracks from the group's recording career and two bonus tracks recorded live in 1991.

Amenophis was founded in 1978 by Michael Roessman, Wolfgang Vollmuth, and Stefan Roessmann. The name was taken from an Egyptian Pharoah, and was meant to have international appeal.
Amenophis' self-titled 1983 debut is regarded by many as a masterpiece of symphonic prog. Its moody and mystical world enveloped the listener in a spell not broken until sometime after the last bonus track had reached homeopathic decibel levels. Unfortunately, the album achieved little sales success, and the band was only able to release a follow up if it met certain commercial standards, hence "You and I" from 1988, a decent pop prog album but with few of its predecessor's charms. It sold only a little better, and that was pretty much that, perhaps…

Studio Brussel proudly presents the first "Life Is Music" compilation of 2014, with all the highlights from this year's much appreciated Stubru playlist.