Midnights

Taylor Swift is that rarest of pop phenomena: a superstar who managed to completely cross over from country to the mainstream, becoming an enduring pop culture icon and conquering the world in the process. Swift shed her country roots like a second skin, revealing that she was perhaps the savviest populist singer/songwriter of her generation, one who could harness the zeitgeist, make it personal and, just as impressively, perform the reverse.

The multiple Grammy Award winner Taylor Swift releases "Speak Now" (Taylor's version) a re-release of the album "Speak Now", which she released in 2010. The album, which was written solely by the singer, is characterized by brutal honesty and diary-like confessions. "Speak Now" (Taylor's version) marks the third re-release of her first six studio albums.

Compilation of wild beat bands from the German beat scene, where even the Beatles honed their skills in their early days! As seen in the movie "No Hamburg No Beatles", the German beat scene exploded in Hamburg, the world's largest red-light district, following the example of UK migrant bands. The wave spread to Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, and other cities. This is a compilation of 18 groups of German wild beats that emerged from the rough production of just cover bands and bands of unknown identity and nationality. - Jimmy Masuko

Looking Back boasts a smattering of previously unissued gems from the likes of A Wild Uncertainty, Tony Rivers & The Castaways, The Thoughts, The Trekkas and The Knave.Many tracks were new to CD when this esteemed boxset was first released, including nuggets from the Lloyd Alexander Real Estate (who later became Audience), and soul obscurities from Maynell Wilson, Hoagy Benson and Watson T. Brown & Explosive.Looking Back is designed by Andy Morten (Shindig magazine, Rev-Ola).Many of the rarities here are drawn from cult British labels such as Planet, Ember and Chapter One. Other obscurities were only issued abroad (The Sorrows, The Alan Bown Set). Many of the artists, such as Arthur Brown and The Groundhogs, went on to enjoy huge success. The Valentines, for example, were fronted by a pre-AC/DC Bon Scott!

Taylor Swift has now played two nights in Paris as the latest leg of her Eras tour gets under way. For many fans and Swift-curious observers, one question has been how the singer-songwriter might incorporate songs from her newest album, The Tortured Poets Department, which she released during a break between tour dates.

Compilation by Taylor Swift: Taylor Swift has started her long-awaited ‘Eras Tour’. The singer kicked off the tour in Paris.
Following the release of her album ‘Midnights’ in 2022, Taylor Swift is now releasing her 11th studio album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’. Last year, she already shared the re-recordings (Taylor's version) of her albums ‘Speak Now’ and ‘1989’ with her fans.

Midnight Journeys is an album of double concertos by composer-violinist Ittai Shapira, composed as part of his recovery and in an attempt to regain and connect fragments his memories after a terrible act of violence inflicted on him over a decade ago. Ittai will use selected sequences from these compositions to work with patients, refugees, women recovering from violence and abuse, veterans with PTSD, and as an educational tool for societal healing. Sephardic Journeys for Violin and Cello - soloist Thomas Carroll - emphasizes a sense of identity and empathy, and draws on the rich and vast Sephardic sound world.