Hanging In The Balance can be considered Metal Church’s coming of age. They really hit their creative prime here. The lyrics and music are well refined. The production is crystal clear thanks in part to producer Paul O’Neill, famous for his excellent work with Florida metal band Savatage. This album is highly recommended to anyone who is looking for a great thrash/power metal record as well as any REAL fan of Metal Church…
Blues-rockers Big Dave & the Ultrasonics have gained popularity for their live show on the Midwestern club circuit. Based in Ann Arbor, MI, the group comprises vocalist and guitarist "Big Dave" Steele, lead guitarist Dave Farzalo, Dave Morris on harmonica, Todd Perkins on bass, drummer Pieter Struyk, and Ben Wilson on keyboards. The band also combines funk and fusion elements on its two albums, Shake It While You Got It (1991) and Love & Money (1994).
Described by critics as melodramatic and bombastic, the Mission, as they were known in their native U.K. (their name had to be changed in America owing to a Philadelphia R&B band with the same moniker), nonetheless attracted a core audience of goth rock fans…
A chronological history of jazz vocal presented by André Francis and Jean Schwarz. 10 CDs with more than 12 hours of music.
The resulting 2 boxed sets of 10 CDs in each, unlike any other available today, groups together the main vocalists in the story of jazz from the first half of the 20th century. Each of these 20 CDs offers in more or less the same proportion, the purest of African-American song with gospel and blues singers, from truculent Ma Rainey to majestic Bessie Smith, sophisticated Sarah Vaughan to popular Louis Prima, the folk-related tones of Charlie Patton to the honeyed voice of Frank Sinatra.