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Aldo Nova - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links However, inspired by the playing of Jimi Hendrix and with a keen interest in jazz, Nova worked obsessively to master the instrument (along with keyboards) and became a hometown hero in the local clubs. Winger; Warrant; Ratt; Heart; Def Leppard; The Babys; Mr. AMG represents the combined effort of over two hundred experienced music writers to point out the most important artists and their finest music. www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/webs/0,,474153,00.html?src=search   (247 words)

CD Baby: BOOGIEWALL SOUNDSYSTEM: Super My Own Band The Boogiewall Soundsystem function more as a collective than a normal band, seeking out collaborations with DJs and dance music producers as well as MCs and horn sections.This disc features remixes by UK dub hero the Mad Professor and a house mix by local boy Rob Nice. From full band reggae and ska to down-tempo studio dub, the debut album from Toronto's Boogiewall Soundsystem, 'Super My Own Band" is an ambitious and satisfying endeavor that finds vocalist Tanya Kornobis and crew unbacked by the power of their recent mad professor remix but still indexing Morcheeba or Massive Attack. And, oh yes, as it is supposed to be a DUB album after all, love the FX... www.cdbaby.com /cd/boogiewall   (247 words)

WESTERN FRONT - Dedicated to Western Australia's Metal Music Scene A lookalike of local metal icon and hero Dyson was submitted by Dan from Maxi P so I've added that to the lookalikes page for your viewing (dis)pleasure. The album contains eleven tracks combining a whole variety of styles from death and black, to progressive, industrial and insanity. In proper news, Black Steel will be releasing their new album 'Hellhammer' worldwide through the Adrenaline / SteelHeart label October 2005. www.wf.com.au   (247 words)

The Rapture: Echoes ---Ink Blot Magazine The Rapture were a group of California punks who settled into the Bay Area in the late 90s and played the kind of noisy, tune-hating punk rock that guarantees a band local hero status. But it seems just as likely that the album was delayed by its own shortcomings. I mean, the very thought of The Rapture, a band of wild-haired New York punks zestily experimenting with pupil-expanding dance music under the tutelage of the day's most important producers it's just too good not to believe in. www.inkblotmagazine.com /rev-archive/Rapture_Echoes.htm   (627 words)

Mark Knopfler - Shangri-La - Warner Brothers Records - CD Knopfler began his solo work in earnest, while still with the band, doing the soundtrack to the great little movie 'Local Hero', in 1983. In 1996, Knopfler's first proper solo album was released to mixed reviews. Knopfler does some sweet chicken-pickin' on the shit-kickin' Lonnie Donegan tribute "Donegan's Gone", and "Don't Crash the Ambulance" closes out the disc with what could be a stolen serenade from a spaghetti western, with great wry, cryptic lyrics. www.musictap.net /Reviews/KnopflerMarkShangriLaCD.html   (627 words)

Official Site of Meadow Brook Music Festival Knopfler has contributed to numerous movie soundtracks such as Local Hero (1983), Wag the Dog (1998), Metroland (1998) and Shot at Glory (2002). The album was released as a deluxe edition, which includes both a CD and a DVD featuring behind-the-scenes interviews and performances of four songs including the previously unreleased track, “Summer of Love.” The album’s title track helped propel it to number one on Billboard’s Heatseekers Album chart. www.palacenet.com /prdetail.cfm?category=8&pressreleaseID=2582   (627 words)

amazon.cgi?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=B0000658I5 In fact, the entire album (aside from the vocal tracks) is very familiar--it sounds a heckuva lot like the "Local Hero" soundtrack. While I prefer the Dire Straits albums, or the solo albums by David or Mark, the soundtracks that Mark has composed over the past 20 years have found a comfortable spot on the cd rack as well. And this release doesn't vary the formula from his previous soundtracks too much at all (although it is much more a Knopfler album than the somewhat annoying "Metroland"). www.jarusa.com /cgi-bin/apf4/amazon.cgi?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=B0000658I5   (627 words)

purevolume™ too late the hero Now the new and improved Too Late the Hero is recording their first album, Human Tragedy, at Sound Creations with the help of Shinji Tanaka, and Squid Crib with Raimund Marasigan. Too Late the Hero got to play with great local acts they respect like Typecast, Beauty of Doubt, Humble Sauce, Monsterbot, No Fucking Morals, Mind Rape, Aunt Audrey, Village Idiots, Tame the Tikbalang, Bad Omen, Throw, On a Day Like Today and ADA. Born in the summer of 98’, Too Late The Hero started as a four piece punk rock band with founding members Ian and Peter Irving Ferrer, Jonette “Kimi” Jakosalem (ex.The Spank), and Joe Salazar (ex.Milk Carton Kids and Big Eye Henry). www.purevolume.com /toolatethehero   (627 words)

interview78.html The band's popularity was reinforced by albums such as Communiqué and Making Movies, and before long, Knopfler was also much in demand as a session gun-for-hire (Van Morrison, Bryan Ferry, Steely Dan); film composer (Local Hero, Cal, The Princess Bride); and record producer (Bob Dylan, Aztec Camera, Randy Newman). Even then, there was nothing to indicate, to Knopfler or anyone else, that Brothers in Arms would cement itself as one of rock's all-time bestselling albums: 20 million and counting, last time anybody sat down with a calculator. This seems like the perfect moment to bring the conversation back to the new album, but on this subject Knopfler modestly reserves his enthusiasm for his co-star's rather than his own achievements ("James Taylor is in great shape... www.knopfler.net /interview78.html   (1418 words)

UrbanTulsa.com - Article Local sensation The Hero Factor has finished their first proper studio album and they are inviting all their friends and fans to come out and celebrate with them. Hero Factor’s sound is organic, built around classic guitar tones and vintage keyboard washes that sound fresh and current (instead of coming off as a dated re-hash of the past), soaring with Kilgore’s soulful vocals to amazing effect. By the time summer hits, The Hero Factor will only be in town about once a month so catch on now before they make their big break. www.urbantulsa.com /article.asp?id=2485   (864 words)

Amazon.com: Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits: Music: Dire Straits I came to love all their albums as much as "Love Over Gold", and I was pleased when they recently released this anthology of many of their hits, even including a theme from Knopfler's "Local Hero" movie score. For one thing, CD dominance has made for longer compilations, and this one is fleshed out by singles, three tracks from 1991's On Every Street, and Knopfler's solo "Local Hero" theme, performed live. Of course, as I think back upon it, I was familiar with their hit "Sultans Of Swing", but never really paid much attention until hearing this terrific album and Mark Knopfler's unbelievably stirring, crisp and innovative guitar solos. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000DGUY?v=glance   (1540 words)

Biography - STOMY BUGSY And, for a brief period, Bugsy trained to follow in his hero's footsteps, taking part in ten local amateur matches. Bugsy returned to the studio after the release of this mini-album to record his first full-length album "Le calibre qu'il te faut" (which was released in November 96). Impressed by Passi's style and convinced that he could rap just as well, Bugsy began performing on the local circuit. www.rfimusique.com /siteen/biographie/biographie_6128.asp   (1271 words)

Mark Knopfler -- Mark Knopfler (12 augustus 1949) is de zanger en gitarist v... Sorteer alfabetisch Artiest Albums MP3-titels Toevoegen Lijst Mark Knopfler A Shot At Glory Cal Golden Heart Last Exit To Brooklyn Local Hero Metroland Neck and Neck Princess Bride Sailing To Philadelphia Shangri La The Ragpickers Dream The Trawlermans Song Wag The Dog Top 40 2003,2004 2003... Sorteer alfabetisch Artiest Albums MP3-titels Toevoegen Lijst Mark Knopfler A Shot At Glory Cal Golden Heart Last Exit To Brooklyn Local Hero Metroland Neck and Neck Princess Bride Sailing To Philadelphia Shangri La The Ragpickers Dream The Trawlermans Song Wag The Dog Top 40 2003,2004 2003...... Coldplay - Speed Of Sound album version 03. mark-knopfler.nl.tracking24.net   (731 words)

Jazz All About Jazz A local album, probably Bernie McGannÂ’s new disc, and maybe some others In the taciturn and almost self-effacing McGann, there is the perfect conflation of jazz man as hero and ordinary man. This is bound to be true of jazz artists all over the globe, but in the deeply ingrained egalitarianism of the Australian soul it rings especially true. A new album is due out on the Rufus label around July (email rufusrecords@one.net.au). www.allaboutjazz.com /articles/down0600.htm   (731 words)

Amazon.com: Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits: Music: Dire Straits I have seen Dire Straits and Mark in concert several times and "Local Hero/Wild Theme" live at the close of the CD still gives me goosebumps when I hear it. In the time since the band was actively recording in the mid 1980s, Knopfler has become a kind of institutionalized artistic force everywhere one looked, writing soundtrack music for (among other films) "Local Hero" and "Cal", performing both alone and with Dire Straits, and collaborating with other artists, as well. Not a greatest hits album at all, plus Dire Straits are one of the greatest rock groups in history. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000DGUY?v=glance   (1539 words)

TrouserPress.com :: Wedding Present When the Wedding Present chose iconoclastic soccer superstar George Best as the cover boy and namesake of its first album, the Leeds group wasn't just honoring a universal pop icon or a local childhood hero. Frequently slow and spare, letting small-scale instrumental restraint release Gedge's most luminous melodies and performances, the album is a surprising charmer — except in the lyrics of songs that shrug off guilt while acknowledging its validity. After a lone album, several radio sessions and a stack of singles, the Wedding Present was already due for a leftovers collection, Tommy, which summarizes the prolific band's first two years, a crucial era for independent music in Britain. www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=wedding_present   (1597 words)

english.eastday.com Asian mega pop star Leehom Wong recently also got together with Jin on his new Grammy-nominated album "Hero." Both American-born Chinese, the two share a bond and love for their shared culture that reverberates throughout the album. According to Max Zhang, a local rap music lover, Jin is changing the way America looks at the hip-hop genre. "I asked Jin to rap on my album not because he's Chinese but because he is the best," Wong says. english.eastday.com /eastday/englishedition/features/userobject1ai1859391.html   (444 words)

Ruthie Henshall She was born and raised in Bromley and now lives in the Surrey countryside with her fiancé, actor John Gordon Sinclair (Gregory’s Girl, Local Hero, That Sinking Feeling). In November of the same year she released her second solo album, ‘The Ruthie Henshall Album’. Her huge success in the role led her to record her first solo album ‘Love Is Here To Stay — Ruthie Henshall Sings Gershwin’. www.angelfire.com /pq/lesmis/ruthie.html   (361 words)

Arts Unlimited Arts features Not a perfect day Lou Reed is a bit of a hero of mine. Reed is playing at the local concert hall, which looks made to measure for Reed in its concrete misery - the Barbican meets Belmarsh prison. Soon after his most commercial album, Transformer, Reed made his least-commercial record, Metal Machine Music, an album of feedback. arts.guardian.co.uk /features/story/0,11710,958770,00.html   (1806 words)

Music: A Piece of Their Souls (Austin Chronicle . 07-27-98) Despite the two guitarists' repeated denials that Storyville is not a guitar hero's band, it's easy to listen to the albums or see a show and conclude that the group's most compelling principals are in fact David and David. Even though Storyville may be one of the only local bands in town confident enough to charge $10 or more for their shows, Grissom admits the band's early history of touring half-empty clubs wasn't nearly as profitable. Album Review: Dog Years - A review of Storyville's latest release weeklywire.com /ww/07-27-98/austin_music_feature1.html   (5116 words)

Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Magazine / Boston Uncommon When the band Boston released its self-named debut album in 1976, the gargantuan hit "More Than a Feeling" gave local-hero status to guitarist and songwriter Tom Scholz -- and earned the band an almost cultlike following among classic-rock fans. At a time when professional sports was not very welcoming to women, she was a pioneering sports anchor on Boston television, working from 1972 to 1976. These days, sequestered in the basement studio of his house outside Boston (the city, not the band), Scholz is remixing Corporate America songs for rerelease this spring. www.boston.com /news/globe/magazine/articles/2004/04/04/boston_uncommon   (1115 words)

WESTERN FRONT - Dedicated to Western Australia's Metal Music Scene A lookalike of local metal icon and hero Dyson was submitted by Dan from Maxi P so I've added that to the lookalikes page for your viewing (dis)pleasure. In proper news, Black Steel will be releasing their new album 'Hellhammer' worldwide through the Adrenaline / SteelHeart label October 2005. The album contains eleven tracks combining a whole variety of styles from death and black, to progressive, industrial and insanity. www.wf.com.au   (1115 words)

BBC - Disccover Kent - History - Features - Billy Childish - A Picture of Kent Billy also drew on his local roots for the band's album 'The Medway Wheelers', named after a cycling club that his mother belonged to in her youth. Billy Childish is a true local hero whose creativity never stops and whose life and art are inextricably intertwined. Childish remains the embodiment of how an artist can be a product of the place where he was born and bred. www.bbc.co.uk /kent/discover_kent/history/features/picture_of_britain.shtml   (1362 words)

Canconrox - The Kings Originally known as Whistle King, the band was formed in Oakville, Ontario in 1979 by high school buddies David Diamond on bass, drummer Max Styles and local guitar wiz Mister Zero. The band's simple but slick approach was captured best with the release of "Partyitis", the third single and "Anti Hero Man", their social commentary. The band still goes strong today and a new album is in the works. www.canadianbands.com /Kings.html   (1362 words)

WESTERN FRONT - Dedicated to Western Australia's Metal Music Scene A lookalike of local metal icon and hero Dyson was submitted by Dan from Maxi P so I've added that to the lookalikes page for your viewing (dis)pleasure. The album contains eleven tracks combining a whole variety of styles from death and black, to progressive, industrial and insanity. In proper news, Black Steel will be releasing their new album 'Hellhammer' worldwide through the Adrenaline / SteelHeart label October 2005. www.wf.com.au   (1362 words)

Amazon.com: The Ragpicker's Dream: Music: Mark Knopfler The waltz, "Ragpicker's Dream" is achingly beautiful, full of all the sentinmentality and bittersweetness of the waltzes he wrote for "Local Hero". Overall, this album is a positive continuation of "Sailing to Philadelphia" with a familiar, but more bluesy feel to it and still fewer emotional guitar solos. Mark Knopfler's third solo album (not counting his numerous film soundtracks) is his bluesiest yet. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006J3T4?v=glance   (1685 words)

issue_149.txt Among the top local producers who were tasked with remixing these tracks were the Kalahari Surfers, Felix Laband, Mime, Sibot, Anti-hero, and Bombshelter Hi-Fi. LET'S ROCK - NEW, RECENT AND UPCOMING RELEASES --------------------------------------------------- FELIX LABAND RELEASES SECOND ALBUM - '4/4 DOWN THE STAIRS' (ADOPECD005) It’s called ‘4/4 Down The Stairs’, it’s the sequel to his debut album ‘New Shoes In June’, and it’s another seriously strange and soothing set of tracks from Felix Laband on the African Dope label. Felix Laband takes you on a ride through his world of quirky beats, exotic melodies, moody soundscapes, rumbling sub-basslines, and some cheeky samples twisted together in his distinctive downtempo style". www.sarockdigest.com /archives/issue_149.txt   (6266 words)

alt.tv.northern-exp Frequently Asked Questions In Local Hero, an upwardly-mobile young professional (oilman) goes to a remote part of the world (northern Scotland) where he is initially annoyed by the lack of modern conveniences but eventually enchanted with the local culture. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ebudae [Northern Lights] The piece played at the end of the episode "Northern Lights," where Chris is displaying his sculpture of light, is "Ebudae" by Enya, from her album "Shepherd Moons." It is sung in Gaelic. [Northern Hospitality] It is within a 75 mile radius of 143 degrees W, 62 degrees N, according to the ice-sculpture at Maurice's feast. www.faqs.org /faqs/northern-exposure-faq   (7136 words)

N/A Records She has also performed and recorded bass with Filipino rock legend Mike Hanopol and was a sometime boddhisattva for local guitar hero Jun Lopito. Soon after the album's release, she was nominated Best New Artist and Best Bass Player at the 1997 NU 107 Rock Awards. She was nominated in 15 categories at the 1998 Katha Music Awards where she garnered Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album. www.narecords.com /artist_cynthia.shtml   (431 words)

Sailing To Philadelphia - Mark Knopfler - Buy @ SmokeCDs.com music cd store Falling between a classic Dire Straits sound, a little bit of the his "Notting Hillbillies" side project and the "Local Hero" soundtrack, including special guests Van Morrison and James Taylor, this is fine album from this understated craftsman which is sure to please his many many fans. From the voice and guitar of Dire Straits comes "Sailing To Philadelphia", the first solo studio album from Mark Knopfler since "Golden Heart" in 1996, which sold over two million copies worldwide. Our New Zealand music selection is second to none, and we ship worldwide. www.smokecds.com /cd/11562   (172 words)

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