The Invitations

Warren Haynes et Allen Woody, tous deux ex-Allman Brothers, forment Gov't Mule en 1994 et livrent un premier album éponyme dès 1995, certificat de naissance d'un groupe naviguant entre rock sudiste, hard rock et blues avec un fort penchant psychédélique et une tendance aux jams aussi longues qu'enfièvrées. C'est ainsi sur scène que Gov't Mule dévoile tout son potentiel et bâtit sa réputation, comme en témoigne le nombre de disques live à son catalogue de Live at Roseland Ballroom (1996) à Mulennium (2010) en passant par Live…With a Little Help from Our Friends (1999) ou The Deepest End (2003). En outre, nombreux sont les musiciens de renom à avoir répondu aux invitations du groupe, parmi lesquels Billy Gibbons, Flea, Bootsy Collins, The Black Crowes, Steve Winwood ou encore Dr John, attestant du potentiel illimité de l'entreprise.

Founded in the fifteenth century, The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge is undoubtedly one of the world’s best known choral groups. Every Christmas Eve millions of people worldwide tune into A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, a service that has been broadcast almost every year by the BBC since 1928. While the Choir exists primarily to sing the daily services in King’s College Chapel, its worldwide fame and reputation, enhanced by its many recordings, has led to invitations to perform around the globe, and to an extensive international tour schedule.

British crossover jazz, funk, and pop outfit Shakatak are a sophisticated ensemble who have enjoyed a long career. With a sound steeped in contemporary jazz and R&B, they found success with both instrumental albums and pop vocal productions. Formed in London in 1980, Shakatak originally featured keyboardists Bill Sharpe and Nigel Wright, guitarist Keith Winter, bassist Steve Underwood, and drummer Roger Odell. The group quickly scored an underground hit with its debut single "Steppin'." The following year, they cracked the British Top 50 with the singles "Livin' in the UK" and "Brazilian Dawn," both of which were included on their debut album, Drivin' Hard.

Le corner est un concept global. RBC en sont les prophètes.
RBC est né un été entre 2 vieux amis de scène, 2 vieux amis tout court.
Entre deux parties de SuperMario sur une console sans âge, au coeur de volutes chamanesques où se croisent les âmes de Philippe Lavil et Yellowman. Coin de verdure pour horizon, samples de roots trafiqués par un certain Monkey Green.
Ainsi arrive (très) bientôt “CORNER”, album lifestyle, chanté/rappé, saupoudré de quelques états d’âme et deux trois invitations à la luxure.

Kubelík’s Czech identity is powerfully asserted with works by Smetana (including movements from Má vlast), Dvořák, Janáček and Martinů, but the box also includes Austro-German repertoire (Mozart, Beethoven Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms), Russian composers (Tchaikovsky, Borodin) and music by Bartók and Nielsen. Kubelík’s recordings for EMI, now Warner Classics, have been by far less exploited and reissued than his recordings for DGG, and numerous recordings, including early pre-war rare performanced with the Czech Philharmonic find here there first release on CD.

Identical twins Adam and David Moss of The Brother Brothers bring their blood harmonies and real-life observations to carry on the folk tradition for a new generation. With minimal instrumentation, meaningful lyrics, and their incredible harmony blend, the siblings draw on the energy and creativity of Brooklyn, New York, for their full-length debut album, SOME PEOPLE I KNOW. Growing up in Peoria, Illinois, they sang along as children to their father’s record collection of the Kingston Trio, the Everly Brothers, the Beatles, and the Beach Boys. After earning music degrees at the University of Illinois in Urbana- Champaign, the brothers set off on separate musical journeys. This project emerges from the number of years the brothers traveled across the country, both separately and together, playing in other ensembles and sometimes settling in separate cities. Reunited in Brooklyn, they were soon accepting invitations to open tours with Sarah Jarosz and Lake Street Dive. They’ll join I’m With Her for an extensive fall 2018 tour in the US.

Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group Presents Essential Northern Soul contains the defining tracks of the decade and features some of the biggest hits from artists including Frankie Valli, Chuck Wood, Gloria Jones, Archie Bell And The Drells and many more.

The final evening of their 2003 summer tour found the Allman Brothers planning a special night on the friendly turf of Raleigh, NC, wrapping up yet another road trip with invitations to Susan Tedeschi, Karl Denson, and truly serious jazzbo Branford Marsalis to join the group on-stage. It was all captured by the state-of-the-digital-arts folks at Instant Live, who burn CDs of the shows and make them available to concertgoers who still have a few extra green ones in their pockets by evening's end.

Smooth soul singer Lew Kirton was born in Barbados and grew up singing in his church choir; he later performed with island vocal groups as Jiggs Kirton. Also an accomplished drummer, he later moved to the United States and took over the drum chair in Sam & Dave's touring revue in 1969. He joined the Philly-styled soul group the Invitations in 1972 as lead vocalist, and they attracted some attention with singles like "They Say the Girl's Crazy" and "Look on the Good Side." Kirton went solo in the late '70s, signing with the Miami-based TK label family (best known for hits by George and Gwen McCrae) in 1977. Teamed with writer/producer Clarence Reid (whose alter ego was, of course, the bawdy comedian Blowfly), his first releases on the Marlin subsidiary included the future collector's item "Do What You Want, Be What You Are." 1978 saw the single release of his best-known song, "Heaven in the Afternoon".