Toto

This album which has been put together to celebrate the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest rock bands on earth, and to emphisis this you just have to look at the contributing musicians. Chris Sqire (Yes), Alan White (Yes), Tony Kaye (Yes), Dweezil Zappa, Tommy Shaw (Styx), Edgar Winter, Richie Kotzen (Poison/Mr. Big), Pat Torpey (Mr Big), Tony Levin (King Crimson), Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, HTP), Fee Waybill (The Tubes), Mike Baird (Journey), Bruce Kulick (Kiss), Bobby Kimball (Toto), Mike Porcaro (Toto) and the list goes on!!! The album features 11 classic Floyd tracks and are masterfully performed.

Six years after the classical Music of the Spheres, Mike Oldfield returns to his version of rock. Man on the Rocks is a slick production that recalls the AOR sounds of the late '70s and early '80s. He plays many instruments here but concentrates mainly on guitar. Among his collaborators are bassist Leland Sklar, keyboardist Matt Rollings, drummer John Robinson, guitarist Michael Thompson, and the Struts' vocalist Luke Spiller. Though these songs are housed in tightly written, hooky pop/rock melodies with conscious source checks from Queen and Toto to the Rolling Stones and the Steve Miller Band, they are among - if not the - most deeply personal entries in his catalog. Opener "Sailing" contains pained, troubled lyrics, yet its Celtic-flavored singalong chorus and ringing slide guitar solo add contrast and elevation…

La colonna sonora per il romanzo della Televisione 2010 Passione (l'Edizione italiana)

After 20 years of silence, the west coast rock group PowerPlay from Copenhagen, Denmark, is together again and returns with a new strong melodic AOR rock album, inspired by the sound and feel of bands like Toto, Journey, Supertramp and Starship. PowerPlay was founded in a basement in Hellerup, Copenhagen, in 1987 by Simon Dalberg (drums), Erik Thomsen (vocals), Kurt Lundgaard (guitar), and Peter Gjedde (keyboards). The music was heavily inspired by Toto, Journey, Starship and other West Coast bands of that time and with a twist from Supertramp, but always with a twist of pure energy and the desire to play and perform with own composed music…