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Romantique
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Richard Clayderman
Format: Audio CD
Publisher: Decca (2013, Apr 30th).
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In 1976 Olivier Toussaint wrote a piece of music for his daughter Adeline and held an audition to find the perfect person to play it. That s when he discovered Richard Clayderman. With 80 million records sold (thats more than Coldplay, Adele, Jay Z, Lady Gaga and even Bob Dylan!) and one of the biggest single hits of all time (Ballade Pour Adeline with 22 million sales even more than Its Now or Never by Elvis Presley!) Richard is officially the worlds best-selling pianist. Dubbed The Prince Of Romance by Nancy Reagan hes is back with a new album Romantique; a gorgeous collection of everyones favorite hits brought to you by the most popular pianist in the world. History will be repeated... more
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The Piano Guys 2
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: The Piano Guys
Format: Audio CD
Publisher: SONY MASTERWORKS (2013, May 7th).
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The Piano Guys are back with their new album, The Piano Guys 2, continuing their unique take on music from Pachelbel to The Turtles to Bruno Mars, featuring songs never before available on CD. The Piano Guys 2 features more of their imaginative mash-ups and arrangements including "Begin Again" (Taylor Swift's song combined with Bach's "Sheep May Safely Graze"), Mission Impossible with fellow YouTube sensation, violinist Lindsey Stirling, The Lord of the Rings theme and more. more
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The Music of Nashville, Season 1, Vol. 2
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Format: Audio CD
Publisher: Big Machine Records (2013, May 7th).
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2013 release, the second volume of songs featured in the first season of the hit TV series Nashville. The series stars Connie Britton as Rayna Jaymes, a legendary country music superstar, whose stardom begins fading, and Hayden Panettiere as rising teen star Juliette Barnes. In the series, Rayna James is the established "Queen of Country" music. However, her latest album is not selling well and her tour is playing to half empty venues. Her record label suggests that she open for Juliette Barnes, the young and sexy best selling singer of bubble gum country. However, Juliette, seeing Rayna as washed up, purposefully alienates her and Rayna, who dislikes Juliette's style of music, rejects a joint tour out of hand. The two women come into conflict as both try to get guitarist Deacon Claybourne (Charles Esten), Rayna's bandmate and former lover, to sign onto their tour. more
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Mother
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Natalie Maines
Format: Audio CD
Publisher: Columbia (2013, May 7th).
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MOTHER is the solo debut from Natalie Maines, the always provocative, multi-platinum, Grammy-Award winning singer of the Dixie Chicks. On MOTHER, people will hear a new direction from the singer. Heavily influenced by the more rock-based, edgy and intense sound of title track, and Pink Floyd cover, "Mother," Maines teamed up with friend and Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and guitar wizard Ben Harper, who co-produced the record with Maines. The album was recorded in Harper's studio."I wanted this music to be very different from the Dixie Chicks," she says. "Lots of albums by lead singers might just as well have been made by the band, but I think this is very different from anything the Chicks could make. That separation and distinction was important. more
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Me, You & The Music
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Format: Audio CD
Publisher: 19 Records / Interscope Records (2013, Apr 30th).
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Born and raised in Chula Vista, California, Sanchez has worked on honing her vocal versatility for almost her entire life. She started singing when she was two and lists Mariah Carey, Etta James, and Ray Charles among her musical influences. At age ten she performed Aretha Franklin's Respect on an episode of Showtime at the Apollo. A year later, she competed on the premiere season of America's Got Talent, reaching the wild-card round before getting cut. Over the next few years, Sanchez performed at venues both large and small (including a 2008 San Diego Chargers game) and released a number of covers (such as Etta James's I'd Rather Go Blind ) through an independent record label. After nailing her American Idol audition in 2011, Sanchez climbed to the final two and landed her deal with Interscope soon after the season finale. more
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Love Has Come For You
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Steve Martin
Format: Audio CD
Publisher: Rounder (2013, Apr 23rd).
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Steve Martin is currently in the fifth decade of a varied and accomplished career as a comedian, actor, author and playwright, and as a Grammy®-winning, boundary-pushing bluegrass banjoist and songwriter. His fellow Texas native Edie Brickell initially burst onto the national scene in the late 80s fronting the New Bohemians, and has since carved out an iconoclastic solo career that's solidified her reputation as compelling singer and a songwriter of rare insight. Although these new musical partners have already built widely-respected individual bodies of work, their inaugural duo effort is a substantial departure, as a well as a creative milestone, for both artists. Love Has Come for You offers 13 eloquently rootsy Martin/Brickell compositions that combine the former's inventive, expressive five-string banjo work with the latter's heart-tugging vocals and vivid, detail-rich lyrics. more
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Vol. 2-Junior Jukebox!
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Publisher: EMPHASIS (2013, Mar 5th).
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The explosive sounds of early Rock `n' Roll and Rhythm & Blues has always had a stirring effect on children reacting to the beat instinctively and enthusiastically. Papa Snow takes well known words, adds freshly written material as needed, and invokes a series of distinct Classic Rock and R&B styles through arrangement and performance. more
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Isles
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Wild Belle
Format: Audio CD
Publisher: Columbia (2013, Mar 12th).
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2013 debut from this duo consisting of siblings Natalie and Elliot Bergman. Wilde Belle is a unique combination of bold songwriting, studio wizardry and late night vibes hailing from Chicago, IL. Natalie and Elliot wrote, produced and recorded the album by themselves with engineer Bill Skibbe. Features the single 'Keep You'. more
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I Found You!
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Format: Audio CD
Publisher: Aurora Elephant (2012, Dec 18th).
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Simple, fun, acoustic, sing along songs for kids ages 0-6 and their parents is what the sixth album from Caspar Babypants is all about. I FOUND YOU! is a good time happy song collection for the whole family.Caspar Babypants is also known as Chris Ballew, the twice Grammy nominated songwriter and lead singer for the Seattle rock and roll band The Presidents of the United States of America.Caspar Babypants makes high quality simple music with integrity that is rooted in American, European and African folk traditions mixed with classic pop and rock and roll themes and a light sense of humor and imaginative fun.Influences include Dan Zanes, Ella Jenkins, Elizabeth Mitchell, Spider John Koerner, Delta blues, The Velvet Underground, Edvard Grieg and Scott Joplin. more
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Golden
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Lady Antebellum
Format: Audio CD
Publisher: Capitol (2013, May 7th).
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For Seven-time GRAMMY winning trio Lady Antebellum, their upcoming fourth Capitol Records Nashville release GOLDEN out May 7 was figuratively and literally borne on the move. The harmony-based trio and its sizeable fan base bonded heavily during the band s headlining Own The Night World Tour an over-sized road trip, if there ever was one. The shows themselves were inspirational. But so was the time offstage. Lady A made a point of experimenting and creating with its road band as the one-nighters and the miles of travel piled up. That behind-the-scenes interaction inspired much of the music on GOLDEN, an instantly infectious project in which Lady A discovered new edges for its already successful foundation. We were just kind of in that live show mindset for this album, said Lady A s Dave Haywood. more
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