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'The Tiger Who Came to Tea (Original Film Soundtrack) is the exciting new soundtrack for Channel 4’s highly anticipated animated Christmas special of the same name. The soundtrack features, ‘Hey Tiger!’ a stunning new track performed by Robbie Williams. Grammy Award winning composer, David Arnold, composes the score to the film. The Tiger Who Came to Tea is based on the much-loved children’s book of the same name by Judith Kerr. Originally published in 1968, the book remains extremely popular and has sold over 5 million copies

Following several releases over the past decade of archival Arnold Dreyblatt & The Orchestra of Excited Strings material and collaborations with other ensembles, on labels including Black Truffle, Choice Records, Megafaun and Superior Viaduct, Drag City is excited as well to be able to introduce Resolve, the first release of new Excited Strings music from Arnold Dreyblatt since 2002. Resolve acts in dialogue with the minimalist inspirations of the first Arnold Dreyblatt & The Orchestra of Excited Strings release, 1982s Nodal Excitation – in effect, looking beneath the hood of several decades of progression, reviewing and renewing the revolutionary intent of their foundation credo.

Four years after RESONANZ Arnold Kasar proudly announces the next piano/electronic/crossover album MY FAVOURITE COLOURS. 14 exciting new tracks, starting with the first single VIOLET SUNSET on Feb 10, album release date : May 26.

Eddy Arnold drifted steadily toward the pop mainstream throughout the late '50s and '60s until, with T"he Last Word in Lonesome", he arrived at his destination. "Country-pop" and "Nashville sound" do not describe the music here – it is pure MOR pop vocal material of the sort in which John Gary and Al Martino dealt.

"I Want to Go With You" spent six weeks at the top of the country chart and crossed over to the pop Top 40, becoming one of the biggest hits of the year and one of Eddy Arnold's biggest hits in the '60s.

Eddy Arnold moved hillbilly music to the city, creating a sleek sound that relied on his smooth voice and occasionally lush orchestrations. In the process, he became the most popular country performer of the 20th century, spending more weeks at the top of the charts than any other artist. Arnold not only had 28 number one singles, he had more charting singles than any other artist. More than any other country performer of the postwar era, he was responsible for bringing the music to the masses, to people who wouldn't normally listen to country music. Arnold was initially influenced by cowboy singers like Gene Autry, but as his career progressed, he shaped his phrasing in the style of Pete Cassell. Nevertheless, he was more of a crooner than a hillbilly singer, which is a large reason why he was embraced by the entertainment industry at large and frequently crossed over to the pop charts. Arnold's career ran strong into the '90s. Although his records didn't dominate the charts like they did during the '40s and '50s, he continued to fill concert halls, and reissues of his older recordings sold well.

Despite the title, which implies that this is going to be another one of Eddy Arnold's many MOR pop albums, The Easy Way is actually one of the most invigorating and enjoyable of his mid-'60s LPs.

Eric Nathan’s Some Favored Nook goes far beyond a setting of texts by Emily Dickinson and abolitionist and essayist Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Nathan’s piece is a dramatization of the relationship between these two historical figures, incorporating text settings of Dickinson’s poetry as well as a libretto by Mark Campbell that is woven from their correspondence. Nathan’s curation of that correspondence focused on themes related to slavery and the American Civil War. The result, performed here by soprano Tony Arnold, baritone William Sharp, and pianist Seth Knopp, is a poignant and intimate work that explores a friendship within the context of a nation in turmoil, ideologically and on the literal battlefield. Some Favored Nook allows the listener to reflect on another fraught time in the history of the United States, as we live through our own era of conflict.

It is telling that "Somebody Like Me", one of the blandest middle-of-the-road pop records Eddy Arnold made in the '60s, was also one of his most commercially successful. Its strong sales performance explains why the so-called Tennessee Plowboy came to make such an abundance of easy listening records.

The “best of my works,” as Beethoven described his String Trios Op.9 when they were published in July 1798.