Oliver Mally, stage name "Sir" Oliver Mally, is an Austrian blues musician and singer-songwriter. On stage, he mostly presents his own compositions as well as pieces from the various traditions of the blues. Mally got his first guitar at the age of 15 and subsequently taught himself how to play it. As influences, especially for his own playing on the electric guitar, he names blues musicians such as Albert King, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, BB King and Albert Collins, in songwriting Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt. In 1990 Mally formed the band "Sir" Oliver Mally's Blues Distillery. He spent the following years touring both nationally and internationally. He has played with artists such as Louisiana Red, Steve James, Doug MacLeod, John Mooney, Larry Garner, Sugar Blue, among others.
The latest release by Swedish metal act Engel, "Blood of Saints" builds on the sound of the previous album "Threnody". Thus, the listener is treated to modern metalcore-based music in the form of 11 rocking tracks…
Hot on the heels of Amy Winehouse and Katie Melua, Joss Stone is the latest teenage sensation to be feted by the music industry. There's a massive buzz about Stone at the moment, with both Paul Weller and Lenny Kravitz offering to write songs for her, and soul legend Betty Wright producing this, her debut album. Joss Stone launched her career by singing soul standards so when it came time for a reboot she went back to the beginning, dusting off the old blueprint for The Soul Sessions and following it to a T, right down to replicating its title and giving a contemporary alt-rock hit a soul makeover. First time around, the intent was to prove that teenage Joss had soul bona fides, but in 2012 the purpose of The Soul Sessions, Vol. 2 is to signal how she's done messing around with fleeting fashions and is getting back down to the real business.
It is believed that the rush hour lounge music falls on the 50-60s. Then it executes unknown bands, but the rooms were great friends. While implementing lounge music could be called any musician who played in a cafe or restaurant to the public. In the 60s there were ensembles, records which are related to Lounge. Among them - the bands of James Last, Bert Kempferta, Paul Mauriat, Herb Alpert. Distinguished as a lounge music and musical design films, because this style of music can rightly be called the background.