This is BIG Rock! Ocean Hills, the new band of former Ignite singer Zoli Téglás, is here - delivering up-to-date stadium Rock with and alternative touch to it. Definitely one of the bands to watch! He has been the voice of melodic hardcore band Ignite, but Zoli Téglás is a lot more than just that: Having also been fronting Pennywise and the Misfits temporarily, Téglás in addition has a nice resume of acting in Hollywood movies and is known as an activist for animal rights and environmental protection for many years.
A superior Brazilian jazz singer, Ana Caram takes a slight detour on this CD, stretching her repertoire while mostly still performing in a style influenced by bossa nova. For lovers of life and music everywhere, here comes a disc to define the chart sweeping Rio Lounge considered so vogue today. Hollywood Rio is the authentic connection between an ardent Ipanema sun and lush, opulent Beverly Hills palm trees. Ana Caram’s silky voice takes you on a voyage through a world of Hollywood’s most memorable music - it’s Hollywood with a bossa groove.
LEGENDS OF THE CANYON delivers the story of the advent of rock music spawned in the garden of the Hollywood Hills, Laurel Canyon. Many of rock music's legendary artists of the late 1960's brought to life the anthems of a generation in these hills, in a commune-like setting. CROSBY STILLS and NASH, The Mamas and the Papas, Joni Mitchell, America,, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds and many others. Adding depth, color and certainly authenticity to the film, famed rock photographer Henry Diltz, (CSNY official photographer) contributes as narrator and with a variety of original photographs, some never before exhibited, and rare footage shot amongst the musicians' tribe of Laurel Canyon. Visually stunning, intensely captivating and musically inspiring, this CLASSIC ARTISTS' film brings us to a time and place where some refused to let go of a dream of a life where harmony ruled the Earth, their music still echoes through the hills of Laurel Canyon to this day.