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| Posted: 15 Jan 2009 04:08 AM CST |
| VA - Smooth Jazz Christmas (2007) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 04:03 AM CST
01 - Lee Ritenour - Have yourself a merry little Christmas 02 - Patti Austin - Christmas time is here 03 - Will Downing - I'll be home for Christmas 04 - Laura Fygi - Sleigh ride 05 - Joe Williams - Kissing by the mistletoe 06 - Shirley Horn - Winter wonderland 07 - Mark Whitfield - Those soulful jingle bells 08 - Phil Perry - The Christmas song 09 - Voyceboxing - Let there be peace on Earth 10 - Jeff Golub - Here comes Santa Claus 11 - Russ Freeman - Hark, the herald angels sing 12 - Antonio Carlos Jobim - Looks like December 13 - Gerald Albright - This Christmas 14 - Carl Anderson - O holy night 15 - George Howard - The first Noel 16 - Laima - Blue Christmas 17 - David Benoit - After the snow falls Part 1 / Part 2 (Thanks to ss Lotus) |
| Ian Kelly - Speak Your Mind (2008) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:58 AM CST This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:53 AM CST Less sculpted than Steps, not as gaudy as Destiny's Child, and, if you can believe it, far more of an awkward, provocative outfit than just about any logical peer, the Sugababes didn't so much usher in the suffused post-millennium market for myopic pop as give it a much-needed kiss of nubile soul. Clearly 16-year-olds Keisha Buchanan, Siobhan Donaghy, and Mutya Buena have been weaned on Madonna and Aaliyah records, taking from them their feminist assurance and passion, but they remind us of a valuable lesson -- if you're going to hew melodious, structurally accessible songs out of cold dub and rock, it really helps to use actual feeling and sincerity, and hang on to every shaky personal trait that got you there in the first place. From the Reebok Matterhorn-rumble of "Overload" to the petal-plucking Bangles cheval glass of "Soul Sound" and on to the nocturnal, string-doused pop-wonderland-with-trenchant-garage-middle-bit that's "Run for Cover," the jitters of youth are here though tempered by shrewd ambition and a clever and unpredictable production aesthetic. As alarmingly undeveloped LPs go, One Touch is everything a post-Spice Girls teen pop debut should be -- discreet, adolescent, and as unstudied as a late-night phone call about boys. Track List 01 Overload 02 One Foot In 03 Same Old Story 04 Just Let It Go 05 Look At Me 06 One Touch 07 Soul Sound 08 One Touch 09 Lush Life 10 Real Thing 11 New Year 12 Promises 13 Run For Cover This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Isgaard - Wooden Houses (2008) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:48 AM CST |
| Lionel Richie - The Definitive Collection (2003) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:42 AM CST Track List 01. Hello 02. Just To Be Close To You 03. Easy 04. Running With The Night 05. Three Times A Lady 06. Still 07. All Night Long (All Night) 08. Endless Love 09. Truly 10. Penny Lover 11. You Are 12. Sail On 13. Stuck On You 14. Say You, Say Me 15. Dancing On The Ceiling 16. Do It To Me 17. Ballerina Girl 18. Angel 19. To Love A Woman DL Link http://music.alexdang.com |
| Helene Segara - Mon Pays C'est La Terre (2008) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:37 AM CST |
| Kevin Kern - Embracing The Wind (2001) | All Music for Soul Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:32 AM CST Kevin's Kern's fifth album, Embracing the Wind, is a collection of inspired emotional themes, deftly articulated through soft piano, warm rhythms, and acoustic guitar. The opening track, "Blossom on the Wind," begins with the gentle sound of a raindrop, a single note of stillness that sets the mood of this effort. For this particular work, Kern and producer Terence Yallop returned to the original source of their inspiration, the piano itself. With a tape continually running to capture each moment of expression, Kern and Yallop tapped into their own familiar wellspring of feeling, from the uplifting "Bathed in Dawn's Light," to the passionate "From This Day Forward," a piece that Kern composed for his fiancé in honor of their wedding day. While Embracing the Wind is a reflection of Kern's self-described "musical journey" through a myriad of influences, it maintains a classic simplicity of sound and arrangement built around a well-balanced framework of song structures. It's plain to see that he's grown considerably out of the first wobbling steps of New Age music into his own right as a composer and a pianist. Embracing the Wind is Kern's own acknowledgement of his coming-of-age as an artist, and like most things that get better with time, "Embracing the Wind" is to be savored slowly, appreciated newly again with each listen. --Leslie R. Marini Track List 01. Blossom On The Wind 02. Through Your Eyes 03. Childhood Remembered 04. The Silence Of Knowing 05. Above The Clouds 06. Bathed In Dawn's Light 07. From This Day Forward 08. A Secret Grove 09. Fantasia's Lullaby 10. A Gentle Whisper DL Link 1 DL Link 2 |
| Diana Krall - Love Scenes (1997) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:26 AM CST |
| Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:21 AM CST |
| Natalie Cole - Ask A Woman Who Knows (2002) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:16 AM CST |
| VA - String Quartet Tribute to Fall out Boy Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:11 AM CST Track List 01. Sugar, We're Goin' Down 02. Dead On Arrival 03. Of All The Gin Joints In All The World 04. Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year 05. Homesick At Space Camp 06. A Little Less Sixteen Candles A Little More - Touch Me 07. Chicago Is So Two Years Ago 08. Grenade Jumper 09. Dance, Dance 10. Grand Theft Autumn/ Where Is Your Boy 11. Nobody Puts Baby In The Corner 12. Radiation Boy DL Link |
| Def Leppard - Songs from the Sparkle Lounge (2008) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:05 AM CST Track List 1. Go 2. Nine Lives 3. C'mon C'mon 4. Love 5. Tomorrow 6. Cruise Control 7. Hallucinate 8. Only The Good Die Young 9. Bad Actress 10. Come Undone 11. Gotta Let It Go |
| John Mayer - Try! John Mayer Trio Live (2005) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:00 AM CST
What got into John Mayer? Sometime after the release of his 2003 sophomore album, Heavier Things, a perfectly pleasant affair that expanded on the dreamy, mellow adult pop of his breakthrough hit, "Your Body Is a Wonderland," he decided that he just didn't want to follow that direction anymore. He started penning a monthly column for Esquire magazine, within which he hinted that his musical tastes were far broader than his recordings suggested, and then he started cameoing all over the place, appearing on albums by Buddy Guy, Herbie Hancock, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, and John Scofield -- heavy hitters one and all, yet none of them seemed to have much to do with Mayer's music, at least on the surface. These veterans recognized something within Mayer's playing, but more importantly, he realized that he needed to push himself further and decided to expand his horizons by seizing the opportunity to play with these masters and then incorporating what he learned into his own music. He toured as a power trio with studio pros Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino and recorded the live album Try! while on the road. There are no two ways about it: anybody who dismissed Mayer as a lite Dave Matthews wannabe based on his first two records will be forced to reassess him on the basis of this excellent record. While he still has some vocal tics that bring to mind Matthews and certainly shares an affection for lengthy live jams, Mayer has developed serious chops that transcend boilerplate jam band rock, where the groove and feel is more important than what's played. Here, Mayer is pushed by Jordan and Palladino -- and he pays back the favor by giving them equal billing on the album's front cover, which is unusual for any pop/rock star of his popularity (the cover also marks the second Blue Note allusion in Mayer's oeuvre, which is surely not a coincidence) -- and he rises to the challenge with muscular playing that's his best playing on record. Not just that, but there's a palpable grit to Try! -- and a sultry smoothness to the mellow numbers -- unheard on his previous studio albums. That alone would make Try! not just noteworthy, but a step forward for Mayer. But what makes it more remarkable is that Mayer takes an even greater risk by relying on new material for this album. There are two older songs -- "Something's Missing" and the hit "Daughters," both from Heavier Things -- but the rest consists of covers of Jimi Hendrix and Ray Charles ("Wait Until Tomorrow" and "I Got a Woman," respectively) and new songs that showcase Mayer's earthier, blues-rock direction. Although he sometimes dips into blues-rock clichés -- particularly on the slow-crawling "Out of My Mind" -- it's only on occasion (and when he does tread that familiar ground, he does so with conviction), and the songs overall are his strongest, most ambitious set of tunes yet. And that's what's most impressive about Try! -- Mayer has expanded what he can do as a musician and a writer and in the process has definitively separated himself from the pack of sensitive, jammy modern singer/songwriters. Based on this, he has more heart, soul, ambition, and chops than the rest of them combined. Track List 01 - Who Did You Think I Was 02 - Good Love Is On The Way 03 - Wait Until Tomorrow 04 - Gravity 05 - Vultures 06 - Out Of My Mind 07 - Another Kind Of Green 08 - I Got A Woman 09 - Something's Missing 10 - Daughters 11 - Try DL Link |
| Diana Krall - When I Look in Your Eyes (1998) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:00 AM CST |
| Posted: 14 Jan 2009 02:24 PM CST |
| Roxy Music - The Best Of (2001) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 02:19 PM CST |
| Posted: 14 Jan 2009 02:13 PM CST
Track List 01. Zigo feat. Joan Rochette - Sleigh Ride [05:39] 02. Jon Kennedy - A Child Is Born [03:37] 03. Sub Santa - Jingle Bells [05:01] 04. Aaron Lordson - Little Drummer Boy [07:34] 05. Love Colony feat. Six - White Christmas [04:10] 06. Billy Paul Williams feat. Nicole Henry - Santa Claus Is Coming To [04:15] 07. Durbin Elf - Carol Of The Bells [04:05] 08. Cortex Cure - I Believe In Father Christmas [04:56] 09. Charles Afton - Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy [03:58] 10. Sub Santa - O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum) [04:53] 11. DJ Trax - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas [05:12] 12. Billy Paul Williams feat. Nicole Henry - The Holly And The Ivy [05:19] 13. Rauder And Hobbs - Do You Hear What I Hear [05:14] 14. Myntee - Hard Candy Christmas [04:43] DL Link (Thanks to sis Lotus) |
| Posted: 14 Jan 2009 02:08 PM CST Track List 01 Nada (2) Earthgarden (6:20) Producer, Written-By - Humphrey Bacchus , Russel Davies 02 Mantra Man Shivai (4:43) Mixed By - Goddard Producer - Adlam , Biddu (2) Written By - Biddu Adlam 03 Nada (2) Raja Mati (7:05) Producer, Written-By - Humphrey Bacchus , Russel Davies 04 Loop Guru Climax (Youth & Humph's Remix) (8:41) Engineer [Remix] - Adam Pickard Producer, Written-By - Dodson Darling* Remix - Humphrey Bacchus , Youth 05 Tripswitch Exiled (7:40) Producer, Written-By - Nick Brennan 06 Nada (2) Manakhana (7:47) Producer, Written-By - Humphrey Bacchus , Russel Davies 07 J.Viewz Into The Mood (5:45) Producer, Written-By - Jonathan Dagan 08 Adham Shaikh Somptin Hapnin (East Shore Mix) (9:44) Bass - Sean Hill Flute, Featuring [Vocal Samples] - Jean-Marc Guillemette Percussion - Yasmin Amal Producer, Written-By - Adham Shaikh 09 Prometheus Sweet Tooth (6:37) Producer, Written-By - Benji Vaughan Vocals - Michele Adamson 10 Tripswitch Silver (8:42) Guitar - James Sanders Producer, Written-By - Nick Brennan DL Link |
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| Corrinne May - Fly Away (2001) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 01:53 PM CST
From Amazon.com This Singapore-born, Berklee-educated songwriter combines the haunting otherworldliness of artists like Sarah McLachlan and Sting with the open veracity of Joni Mitchell. The result is Corrinne May's stunning self-titled release. May's voice is instantly intoxicating - beautiful and adept, but never needlessly showy. Her melodies slide elegantly through well-executed, smart arrangements. Even though one track, the lovely "If You Didn't Love Me", was co-written by Carole King and Carole Bayer Sager, May's solely self-penned songs stand on their own as solid, engaging examples of writing. "Stay on the Road" and "All that I Need" are lush driven pop while "Mr. Beasley" and the sweet opener "Fly Away" are piano adorned folk gems. With her hopeful, fluid lyrics and heavenly voice, this is a touching, enchanting record. Track List 01. Fly Away 02. Same Side of the Moon 03. Something About You 04. Fall to Fly 05. If You Didn't Love Me 06. Stay on the Road 07. Mr. Beasley 08. All that I need 09. Walk Away 10. Will You Remember Me 11. Journey 12. Mr. Beasley (unplugged) DL Link |
| Posted: 14 Jan 2009 01:48 PM CST |
| Aaron Neville - Bring It On Home...The Soul Classics (2006) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 01:43 PM CST Approach Aaron Neville's Bring it on Home ... the Soul Classics with anything but an open heart and you've missed the point. This is a serious CD, at once mournful, humble, and joyous, with no shortage of moments that recall the terribleness of Hurricane Katrina. One way of processing it is as a cataloging of classic songs that helped Neville's fellow New Orleanians soldier through: opener "Rainy Night in Georgia" with jazzman Chris Botti wrings beauty from soaking-wet despair, "Stand By Me" turns its heel on pleading in favor of promise-making, and "People Get Ready," with David Sanborn and brother Art, is a chill-sending reminder of how unity and perseverance can trump tragedy. Viewed from another lens, Soul Classics is Neville's attempt at climbing aboard the late-career, classic-covers bandwagon while weaving his bayou-soul heritage into the picture. The trouble with that theory, though, is that it feels like so much more. His voice flutters alongside Mavis Staple's on "Respect Yourself" with completely uncontrived tenderness, and Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" becomes a meditation on stillness and ease that befits a boulder-sized lump in the throat. A tossed-together concept album this is not; a reflection of a soul man gifted with the ability to spin epic, unyielding sorrow into grace is more like it. --Tammy La Gorce Track List 01 Rainy Night In Georgia 02 Ain't No Sunshine 03 (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay 04 Stand By Me. 05 You Send Me 06 Respect Yourself (Featuring Mavis Staples) 07 When A Man Loves A Woman 08 Let's Stay Together (Featuring Chaka Khan) 09 It's All Right 10 People Get Ready (feat.David Sanborn&Art Neville) 11 My Girl 12 Ain't That Peculiar 13 A Change is Gonna Come Part1 / Part2 |
| Girlicious - Girlicious (2008) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 01:38 PM CST Track List 01. Do About It 02. Baby Doll 03. Liar Liar (Featuring Flo Rida) 04. Save The World 05. Here I Am 06. Already Gone 07. I.O.U.1. (Featuring Kardinal Offishall) 08. My Boo 09. Radio 10. Still In Love (Featuring Sean Kingston) 11. It's Mine 12. The Way We Were 13. Stupid S**t 14. Like Me 15. Mirror DL Link |
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