Preston & Brogan Bareback

Als Unterpfand für einen zerbrechlichen Frieden wird Fiona Sinclair von ihren Brüdern in eine Ehe mit ihrem Erzfeind gezwungen. Der temperamentvollen Fiona bleibt keine andere Wahl, als einzuwilligen, denn andernfalls muss ihre unschuldige kleine Schwester ihren Platz einnehmen. Ähnlich ergeht es ihrem künftigen Gemahl. Myles Campbell, ältester Sohn des Clananführers, ist es gewöhnt, seinen Willen durchzusetzen. Da ihm jedoch der König von Schottland persönlich befiehlt, das ihm unbekannte Mädchen aus den Highlands zu heiraten statt seine geliebte adelige Französin, bleibt ihm nichts anderes übrig, als sich zu fügen …

Jan Preston’s 2024 album PIANOLAND comprises 12 tracks of boogie, blues and ragtime songs and instrumentals to delight your ears. 10 of the tracks have been written by Jan, and all the material showcases her extraordinary talent as a piano player and singer.

A Whole New Thing is the twelfth studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1977.

Simon Preston established a career as a virtuoso organist and conductor of (mainly) religious choral music. He was a composer and an expert on organs as well, affecting the replacement of the traditional cathedral-style organ at Christ Church, Oxford, with a Rieger organ from Austria; he was consulted on the replacement of organs at the concert hall at St. John's, Smith Square and at Tonbridge School. Preston developed a broad repertory as both organist and conductor, taking in church (and other) music from the Baroque era but also reaching well into the 20th century.

This album is a companion to David Preston’s 2023 debut under his own name: a set of recordings that confounded expectations as much as they delighted audiences. He went into the studio with a coherent set of compositions that focused on texture and mood as much as improvisational virtuosity, and a band of front-rank players whose ability to work outside the confines of genre matched his own. The sessions were so productive that they yielded two albums worth of material, of which this is the second. Like its predecessor, Purple/Black Volume 2 combines the unique talents of Kit Downes, Kevin Glasgow and Seb Rochford into an intuitively coherent unit that explores the carefully crafted material in a way that impresses with its focus and control as much as with its spontaneity. The result is an album that combines the directness and accessibility of mainstream popular music forms with the depth and subtlety of jazz.

Die Bücher über die Fälle des agent Pendergast sind klasse, gut recherchiert und nur wenige Fehler sind mir aufgefallen. Es macht Spaß den Figuren bei ihrer Jagd zuzuschauen und macht richtig Lust auf den nächsten Roman. Viele Schauplätze und unerwartete Wendungen halten die Spannung über die ganze Zeit hoch. Klasse Bücher. Ich kann die nur empfehlen.