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When Leonard Cohen sang "I was born like this, I had no choice/I was born with the gift of a golden voice" in his song "Tower of Song" in 1988, most people took it as a self-deprecating joke. No one regarded him as one of the great vocalists of his generation when he released his first albums in the late '60s, given the dour, sometimes flat tone of his delivery. Conventional wisdom has it that his albums succeeded not because of his singing but despite it.

Digitally re-mastered two CD set containing a pair of albums from the Soul/R&B quartet (plus five bonus tracks): Inside the Glass House (1971) and Thanks I Needed That (1972). The Glass House featured Pearl Jones, Ty Hunter, Larry Mitchell and Scherrie Payne (sister of Invictus star Freda). All the singers had excellent pedigrees, including releases on Motown and other Detroit labels. The group scored five R&B and Pop hits, including the #7 'Crumbs Off the Table'. This release contains both the group's very rare albums along with five bonus tracks (the non-album singles sides). The booklet is extensively annotated by expert Tony Rounce and features many rare singles labels.

2 exceptionnal musicians, Eric Le Lann (trumpet) and Paul Lay (piano) united around the first Great Man ever produced by Jazz : Louis Armstrong. An elegant and moving tribute to an eternal legend.

La carrière de ce « blues singer » canadien est hors du commun. Jeune chanteur dans les années 1970, Harrison Kennedy a vendu plusieurs millions de disques en prêtant sa voix à l’un des ensembles de musique soul les plus réputés de son temps, Chairman of the Board. Ce succès planétaire ne l’a pas empêché de vouloir retourner aux sources de son art. Le blues a toujours été ma préoccupation artistique première, précise-t-il. Avant l’abolition de l’esclavage, certains de mes ancêtres se sont enfuis des plantations sudistes afin de trouver refuge au Canada, mais une grande partie de ma famille est restée dans le Tennessee.

The Hank in the title refers to Hank Cochran, not Hank Williams, because Jeannie Seely recorded as many of Hank Cochran's songs as Connie Smith did of Bill Anderson's. The album leads off with the hit "A Wanderin' Man" before covering a number of Cochran's songs that were hits for other artists, such as Burl Ives' "A Little Bitty Tear" and "A Funny Way of Laughin'." Side two bogs down a little with ballads, but closes with the ever-popular "Make the World Go Away." The Pennsylvania-born Seely helped set the pattern for contemporary country artists since she looked like a model and had a very pop-oriented voice, but today she seems like Kitty Wells compared to some of the pure pop that has since passed for country. Thanks, Hank! was later reissued by Harmony, Columbia's budget label, with the title Make the World Go Away. ~ Greg Adams

Mandolinist, singer, songwriter, and radio host Chris Thile's new album, Thanks for Listening, will be released on Nonesuch Records on December 8, 2017, with vinyl to follow on December 15.

Following their debut album for Resonus Classics, The Choir of HM Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace, with their director Carl Jackson, returns with an album of choral works by the late-Tudor composer Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656). Featuring elaborate verse anthems, two settings of the Evensong canticles, and four-part psalm settings, this album reminds us of Tomkins’s prominence as one of the greatest Chapel Royal composers of the late-English Renaissance.

Surprises - they come around, but not often. It’s the rarity that catches you off guard. The jolt that wakes you up. When an unsolicited email comes in suggesting you look into something, you get used to it being a bit of a let down. Then a message comes around from a stranger about a local 18 year-old’s new full-length album. Curiosity sets in, your ears perk, your eyes shift, your head turns on its axis. A wash of perplexity overcomes. “Who is this? What’s the story here? How did I not already know about this? His voice sounds great… he’s 18?!” Too often, locals might presume we know of all Wichita has to offer, but there are still sucker punches still there. And damn, if it doesn’t feel good to get knocked out every once and a while.

Jerry Butler's career spans four decades; he recorded more than 50 albums and his voice is one of the most distinguished voices in all of music. As soulful as ever, yet smooth as ice, his nickname "the Ice Man" epitomizes his demeanor and sound. In spite of his status as a true music icon, he remains humble. Listen this copilation by Zeopop Records on which we will be able to hear such songs as: Butterfly, No End of Time, He Will Break Your Heart and many other hits Jerry Butler.