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Ron Carter plays here with pianist Kenny Barron, drummer Harvey Mason, and guitarist Hugh McCracken, in a setting that is augmented by an off-kilter string section, and which has that sort of bright sound that characterized some of Carter's recordings from the time. Many of the tracks have a relaxed funky groove, and Carter's bass is very up front in the recording, with lots of tight plunked hard solo notes. Tracks include "12+12", "Woolaphant", and "One Bass Rag". (Source: Dusty Groove America, Inc.)

Just like the albums her husband/producer Mutt Lange produced for Def Leppard, Shania Twain's albums are designed to generate hit singles for two or three years, which means that each of her blockbuster records – 1995's The Woman in Me, 1997's Come On Over, 2002's Up! – already seem like greatest-hits records, since they're filled with huge hits. This makes assembling an actual greatest-hits album a little difficult, since not only is the material overly familiar, but there are so many hits that they're difficult to fit on a single-disc collection. Impressively, 2004's Greatest Hits – the first compilation Shania has released in her career – doesn't skimp in either the hits or its actual length.

Although Peter Banks sadly died in 2013, this new studio album features some of his work which has never been released until now. On 10th August 2010 he and David Cross got together for an afternoon of improvisation and all guitar and violin parts are from that time. Banks had expressed his desire for this music to one day be made available, so over the last few years Cross asked some friends to become involved and help in making this album a reality…

ake a musical journey through the history of the USA with this rousing new CD. With performances from Opera Australia soprano Taryn Fiebig and tenor Juan Jackson (also starring in the Australian production of Miss Saigon), this album showcases America's folk music. From Civil War ballads and minstrel tunes to Gospel and blues songs, this is a reflection of the mixing of cultures which the young America experienced in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.