Theengineer From July 2014

Roots band Birds of Chicago formed in 2012 as a collaboration between Chicago's JT Nero (JT & the Clouds) and Vancouver's Allison Russell (Po' Girl). Although both singer/songwriters were actively leading their own projects, their combined efforts were convincing enough to make a go of it and they set about recording their debut. Though a talented songwriter in her own right, a big part of the Birds of Chicago sound came from the material Nero had written specifically for Russell to interpret, and it was their combined voices that won over fans on 2012's self-titled Birds of Chicago LP.

The Prestige label is a byword in jazz circles, founded in 1948 by Bob Weinstock he launched a series of subsidiary labels buoyed by its unprecedented success. One of the more successful of those sister labels was Bluesville, which proceeded to release some truly legendary blues artists in the shape of Lightnin' Hopkins, Victoria Spivey and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. Sometimes in acoustic settings and in others with full accompaniment the labels' roster shone brightly no matter how they were presented…

Death metal, as a genre, hasn’t made too many leaps since its birth into the field. But like the old saying goes, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, and Massacre’s new piece takes that motto to heart with their new album Back From Beyond…

Channel 5 - Worlds Worst Journeys from Hell (2014)
PDTV | 1024x576 | .MP4/AVC @ 1795 Kbps | 44mn 49s | Audio: English AAC 128 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: None | 618 MiB
Genre: Documentary

Everyone has experienced journeys that have not gone to plan, but this documentary reveals the moments when things go spectacularly wrong.
There is shocking footage from a thrill-seeking speed-freak who takes his eyes off the road and finds himself smashing at full throttle into the rear of a car. Finally, a recently engaged British couple take a romantic trip up one of Europe’s tallest mountains – only to find themselves clinging to each as their cable car grinds to a halt and the weather closes in! All the drama is captured, relived and retold moment by moment, journey by journey, in this breathtaking documentary.