Joel Thurm

Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel is a greatest hits album by Billy Joel, originally released on 15 November 2004.

There have now been 25 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it’s getting to the point where they are making films about superheroes that are incredibly niche, from way deep down in comic book lore. Such is the case with their latest film, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. The film stars Chinese-Canadian actor Simu Liu as the eponymous Shang-Chi; Shang is the son of Xu Wenwu (Tony Leung), a fearsome warrior who has been granted immortality due to his possession of the legendary Ten Rings, and now controls a powerful army of assassins and fighters who have been loyal to him for centuries. However, Shang has been estranged from his father for years, and now lives now an intentionally uneventful life in San Francisco’s Chinatown, working as a parking valet, and hanging out with his best friend Katy (Awkwafina). Everything changes for Shang when his father’s minions come looking for him, and he is reluctantly drawn back into his old life when he learns that his father is searching for the gateway to the mythical realm of Ta Lo – and that, if he finds it, the entire Earth could be in jeopardy.

The Billy Joel - Philadelphia '72 album, released under the Artyfact label, captures a live performance recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia in 1972. This recording, originally broadcast on WMMR radio, played a crucial role in launching Billy Joel's career. Notably, the live performance featured "Captain Jack," a song that gained immense popularity on the station and helped establish Joel’s early fan base.

Live at Tokyo Dome, Japan March 30/31 1998.

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (OST) from the film Just Mercy (2020). The music composed by Joel P. West (Youth in Oregon, The Glass Castle, The Bachelors). Just Mercy is a 2020 biographical drama film, based on Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson. The film written by Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Lanham, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, stars Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Tim Blake Nelson.

John Dowland enjoyed great fame during his lifetime as a composer and lutenist. He traveled widely for study and employment, but most of all longed to be home, in Queen Elizabeth’s England. He yearned for the security and honor of a position at her court, but it was denied him. Only late in life, after the Queen’s death, did he receive an appointment as lutenist under King James I. These songs, many of which elevate Elizabeth to Goddess-like status, are Dowland’s legacy of suffering and platonic love.

Joel G. Pagán and Sangmi Lim present Encantos de mi tierra, a collection of pieces for viola and piano by Puerto Rican composers, including Nicky Aponte, Armando L. Ramírez, and Alberto Guidobaldi!

At the age of 25, Joel Ross is considered one of the most exciting vibraphonists of his generation. That said, competition is hardly fierce. The Chicago-born Brooklyn-based student of Stefon Harris has chosen a pretty rare instrument that unfortunately doesn’t entice many jazzmen.

In January 2021, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, The Joel Plaskett Emergency went to The New Scotland Yard in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia to revisit and re-record their celebrated debut album, Down at the Khyber. One of Canada's most celebrated songwriters, Joel Plaskett has dozens of awards to his credit and thousands of tour dates under his belt. Joel is known as one of the country's most innovative, hard-working, and fiercely independent artists, whether as a solo performer or with his rock band, The Emergency.

Der amerikanische Bass-Bariton Joel Frederiksen hat mit seinem Ensemble Phoenix Munich entdeckenswerte Weihnachtsmusik aus Spanien und Lateinamerika des 16. und 17. Jhd. eingespielt. Das Album "Un Niño nos es naçido" (Uns ist gboren ein Kindelein) nimmt den Hörer mit auf eine Reise von der besinnlichen geistlichen Vokalmusik Spaniens bis hin zur reizvollen Weihnachtsmusik Zentralamerikas. So erklingen spanische Werke von bekannten Komponisten wie Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) oder Mateo Flecha el Viejo (1481-1553), aber auch von unbekannteren Komponisten wie Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566), Diego Ortiz (1510-1570) sowie Luys de Narváez (1505-1549), teilweise bearbeitet für zwei Vihuelas, Viola da Gamba, Flöte, spanische Harfe und Percussion.