as You Like it 2009

Starting in the 1990s, quite a few hard rock bands decided to go "the symphonic route," by putting on concerts that merged big guitar riffs with swirling strings. The Scorpions, Kiss, and Metallica all immediately come to mind as bands that have taken the symphonic plunge. But admittedly, the results varied wildly. But one band that seemed custom-made for a symphonic collaboration was Kansas – who have always favored technicality and layered compositions over your basic three-chord rock. And in 2009, Kansas officially joined the "symphonic rock age," with the release of CD and DVD sets (sold separately), titled There's Know Place Like Home. Recorded/filmed live at Washburn University's White Concert Hall (in Topeka, KS), the group is joined on-stage by the 50-piece Washburn University Orchestra, and the results make such already-bombastic-sounding tracks as "Carry on Wayward Son" even more grandiose.

There aren’t too many bands these days writing thoughtful, original blues songs. But then, not too many blues bands are blessed with a charismatic singer / harmonicist like Raoul Bhaneja, an accomplished actor who’s held down a regular role in a television series, appeared in several feature films, and has toured the world in support of his one-man production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.Shakespeare and the blues may seem odd bedfellows, but Bhaneja’s abilities as both writer and performer give You My People, the third outing by Raoul And The Big Time, a uniquely hip vibe.Bhaneja wrote most of the material (some with help), following conventional blues forms but adding a personal stamp through rhythmic twists and a unique approach to harmonica. He deftly avoids cliché, even when dealing with time-honored topics…..

One of the last great Rock 'n' Roll, Blues 'n' Soul shouters is back with a fine album of pure unadulterated old school rockin' Rhythm & Blues madness. Raw, Raw, Rough serves up Barrence Whitfield just as you want to hear him - blistering, red hot and savage.Whitfield uses his God-given voice to pay the devil his due! Inspired lunacy - equal parts soulful and unhinged, Barrence Whitfield is a true force of nature that cannot be tamed. Dig Barrence's cover of the Sonics' classic Strychnine… dig the beat on Geronimo Stomp…..

The Very Best of Thunder is a career spanning three CD set, with over three and a half hours of hits, b-sides, classic album
tracks, rarities and live favourites–recorded between 1989-2008–from the dynamic and prolific British hard rock band, formed in 1989.
Compiled in association with Thunder themselves, discs one and two include material from their classic albums, while the third disc
contains the entire legendary Donnington Monsters of Rock performance, which cemented their place in the hearts of British rock fans.
Thunder's career in rock spanned twenty years, and after twenty top-50 singles and 9 studio albums, this collection provides a great
insight into one of the biggest and best rock bands of all time.

2009 two CD live release from the German Hard Rock band. Live In Karlsruhe contains the entire 20th Anniversary Karlsruhe concert from January 2009 as well as two bonus tracks recorded at Das Fest Festival in Karlsruhe.