The Beautiful Old

Award-winning singer/songwriter/harmonica player has been playing soul-powered R&B for over 40 years. His compelling career story involves stints with Santana, The Robert Cray Band and Roomful of Blues, not to mention tutoring John Belushi for his role as "Joliet" Jake Blues in The Blues Brothers. 'The Beautiful Lowdown' is Salgado's most personal record, as for the first time he wrote or co-wrote almost all the songs. He also co-produced and contributed to horn and background vocal parts. The results, from soulful Van Morrison-esque rock to slippery funk, from gritty harp-stoked blues to devastating ballads, is nothing short of spectacular.

From Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo, a landmark work of narrative nonfiction that tells the dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the 21st century's great, unequal cities.
In this brilliantly written, fast-paced book, based on three years of uncompromising reporting, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human.

Carry On up the Charts: The Best of the Beautiful South is the Beautiful South's fifth album and first greatest hits collection. It spent a total of 8 weeks at UK album charts number 1 over the winter of 1994. The album itself was released in November 1994 and includes all of the single releases from The South's first five years in the order of their release. Its title is a reference to Carry On films such as Carry On up the Khyber.