Michael Eamon

In 1986 Mr. Glass was commissioned to create and bring a piece to the Adelaide Festival of Arts in Adelaide, Australia. He chose to write a piece based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story "A Descent into the Maelström" and invited collaborators dancer/choreographer Molissa Fenley, set designer Eamon D’Arcy and theatre director Mathew McGuire to participate. They transformed Edgar Allan Poe's vertiginous short story of being swept into a huge and terrible whirlpool by a raging hurricane that "the oldest seaman in Norway never experienced" into a Musical/Dance/Theatre extravganza. This compelling, propulsive piece of music premiered in March, 1986 at the Adelaide Festival of Arts and was only performed by the Philip Glass Ensemble during the week of the festival in Australia. Consequently, it has had very little exposure to Philip Glass' audience. This little known recording of this powerful piece of classic Glass music was made when the Philip Glass Ensemble was at one of its peaks. It was also done in possibly one of the best settings for Philip Glass and his musicians– musical theatre.

Recorded in Helsinki, Paris and New York, Hey Clockface is the latest "Elvis Costello & Sebastian Krys Production", following their work together on Elvis Costello and The Imposters GRAMMY-winning album Look Now.

On March 1st, Forty Below Records released Somebody Save Me, the new studio album from soul blues singer, Sugaray Rayford. At 6’5” this cigar chompin’ ex-Marine with a voice like a force of nature holds court in any room he enters. Possessing a magnetic personality, and an old school vocal style that echoes Muddy Waters, Otis Redding and Teddy Pendergrass, Rayford is also a stellar dancer with moves reminiscent of the legendary James Brown.

Take the nightclub home with 101 R&B HITS. 5CD's of massive urban anthems from Alicia Keys, Usher, R. Kelly, TLC, OutKast, Chris Brown, Jennifer Lopez, Kelis, P!nk, Pitbull and more.

NOW That’s What I Call Music continue their Millennium series with a look at the years 2004 and 205. NOW Millennium ’04 – ’05 is available in the usual formats for deluxe 4CD set in hardcover book, 2LP coloured vinyl and the standard 4CD in a card sleeve. 4CD sets features 83 tracks while the 2LP vinyl edition offers 31 songs. It’s always interesting to look back at the relatively near past and there’s probably more big names on here than you might imagine. So for every Shane Ward, Kelly Clarkson and Crazy Frog there’s also George Michael, Duran Duran both singles off their Astronaut comeback and R.E.M. New bands at the time The Killers and Keane feature, as do Kylie, Robbie, Maroon 5, Embrace, Snow Patrol and the like.

NOW That’s What I Call Music continue their Millennium series with a look at the years 2004 and 205. NOW Millennium ’04 – ’05 is available in the usual formats for deluxe 4CD set in hardcover book, 2LP coloured vinyl and the standard 4CD in a card sleeve. 4CD sets features 83 tracks while the 2LP vinyl edition offers 31 songs. It’s always interesting to look back at the relatively near past and there’s probably more big names on here than you might imagine. So for every Shane Ward, Kelly Clarkson and Crazy Frog there’s also George Michael, Duran Duran both singles off their Astronaut comeback and R.E.M. New bands at the time The Killers and Keane feature, as do Kylie, Robbie, Maroon 5, Embrace, Snow Patrol and the like.

'The Offering' is the fourth independent release from Clara Rose. The album carries the listener on a journey through original blues, roots, country, funk and a whole lot of soul. The constant presence is that of the powerful, soulful voice of Clara Rose.