February 26, 2008

Reba McEntire - biography, music, life, albums

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Reba McEntireReba McEntire ’s first CD release in 1989 was the album Reba Live. During those last 18 years, 77 albums of the artist were released. Hereunder are some of ’s best successes. By the way, did you ever wonder how the artist succeded ? Birth Name: Reba Nell McEntire. Nickname: The Queen of Country Music, Big Red. The reigning queen of country music has pursued a musical career since the age of 5. In junior high, she performed with her siblings as the Singing McEntires. A fine athlete, McEntire followed in the footsteps of her rodeo champion father in competitive barrel racing. Her performance of the “Star Spangled Banner” at the 1974 National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City caught the attention of songwriter, Red Steagall who suggested she consider a career in music. She has since earned 7 gold and 5 platinum albums and 2 Grammy Awards.
never wanted to take four years between albums. But along the way she encountered a couple of diversions - including garnering commanding reviews for her starring role in the hit Broadway revival of Annie Get Your Gun and launching her successful new TV series, Reba. As much as she missed recording and singing, her absence allowed her a chance to recharge her musical batteries.

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Now she’s ready to return to her first love with a renewed perspective and a stronger-than-ever commitment. In doing so, she’s turned Room To Breathe into a celebration of the sum of her strengths, creating a stunningly emotional, wide-ranging album that underscores why she’s the most remarkable and accomplished female country singer of her generation. “I’m proud of all the music I’ve recorded and not to sound egotistical ” Reba remarks, “but I think this is the best collection of songs that I’ve ever had on one album.” While she worried about staying away so long - this is also the first time she’s ever gone more than two years without staging a concert tour - she figures that the break allowed her a chance to re-evaluate what she loves about singing music. Like the title song says, it gave her room to breathe. Now, having exhaled, she savored the chance to record again, and she did so with more vigor and resolve than ever. “There’s something about having been away from the routine of the music business that ended up being refreshing to me,” she says with her typical aplomb. “By getting away from it for a little while, it all feels fresh and new again. It’s got a crisp feeling to it. It’s just felt so wonderful to get back to music again.” Meanwhile, Reba looks forward to taking her new music to the concert stage. “In 25 years, this is the longest break I’ve taken from live performing,” she says. “I needed a break, to be honest. But now I’m ready. The fans always make it really special, and I miss it.”  That word - heart - keeps coming up as Reba talks about her music these days. For someone who’s accomplished so much, who’s reached so far beyond her wildest dreams, everything still comes back to the same quality that initially drew her to music and to performance in the first place. has succeeded so well because she knows what’s important: sharing her heart, and touching other people’s hearts.

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Latest albums:

Reba Duets - Reba McEntire Reba Duets Year 2007

Reba #1's (CD 1) - Reba McEntireReba #1’s (CD 1) Year 2005

Reba #1's (CD 2) - Reba McEntireReba #1’s (CD 2) Year 2005

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February 17, 2008

Michael Nyman and his music

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Michael NymanOk, let me tell a couple of words about composer, music director, musician and writer . Full name, Michael Lawrence Nyman; born March 23, 1944, in London, England; son of Mark and Jeannette Nyman; married Aet Toome, May 16, 1970; children: two daughters.
I don’t want to light his movies work, his films appearance and etc. I want to say only about his music. So albums of :

- The Songbook, London Records, 1992
- The Convertibility of Lute Strings, Argo, 1993
- For John Cage, Argo, 1993
-  Goodbye Frankie, Goodbye Benny, Argo, 1993
- Other recordings include The Draughtsman’s Contract, A Zedand Two Noughts, Drowning by Numbers, The Cook, the Thief, HisWife, and Her Lover, Bell Set Number One, and The Fourth Wall, all Virgin; Decay Music, Obscure; Michael Nyman, Sheet; Ariel Songs: Come and Go; While You Here Do Snoring Lie; Full Fathom Five, I Am an Unusual Thing, and Lorgie Parisienne, all Decca; The Kiss and Other Movements, Caroline; And Do They Do and Zoo Caprices, both That’s Entertainment Records; The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, CBS Masterworks; Out of the Ruins, Silva Screen;Prospero’s Books, String Quartets 1-3, and The Essential Band, all London.

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Nyman’s first major success came in 1982 with the score to the Greenaway film The Draughtsman’s Contract; his subsequent collaborations with Greenaway on pictures including 1988’s Drowning By Numbers, 1989’s The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, and 1991’s Prospero’s Books remain among his most high-profile works, their notoriety coming at the risk of overshadowing his forays into opera, chamber music, music, and dance scores. The signatures of Nyman’s work include not only his use of propulsive repetition, but also a palette of idiosyncratic touches — thumping keyboards, “rude” bass clarinets, and baritone saxophones, and extreme high and low octave doublings. Mozart was a central influence in much of his work, including 1976’s In Re Don Giovanni and 1983’s I’ll Stake My Cremona to a Jew’s Trump; Schumann, meanwhile, was the major inspiration behind the acclaimed 1986 chamber opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, while Bartok shades 1988’s String Quartet No. 2, commissioned for the Indian dancer and choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh.

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Latest albums of :

Michael Nyman - The Very Best Of: Film Music 1980-2001 (CD 1) The Very Best Of: Film Music 1980-2001 (CD 1) Year 2001

Michael Nyman - The Very Best Of: Film Music 1980-2001 (CD 2) The Very Best Of: Film Music 1980-2001 (CD 2) Year 2001

Michael Nyman - The Claim The Claim Year 2000

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February 16, 2008

Blake Lewis - music, life, mp3 downloads

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Blake LewisBlake Lewis was born on July 21, 1981 at Redmond, Washington, USA, and he hails from Bothell, Washington, USA. Best known as the beatboxing contestant on season six of American Idol, hails from Bothell, WA. Lewis comes from a musical family — his mother used to be in a band and continues to sing and play guitar — and began singing himself at age five. He impressed Randy Jackson, Simon Cowell, and Paula Abdul at the Seattle auditions with his beatboxing and performance of Seal’s “Crazy,” and further wowed them at Hollywood week, where he performed with fellow contestants Rudy Cardenas and Chris Sligh. Performances of songs like Keane’s “Somewhere Only We Know” and Jamiroquai’s “Virtual Insanity” reflected his hip musical tastes; some of Lewis’ other favorite artists include Imogen Heap, 311, and Gnarls Barkley. A spectacular hodgepodge of styles as varied as synth-, alterna-funk and old school hip-hop, Audio Day Dream could only be the brainchild of a true visionary … or at least a funk brotha with a studio addiction. His distinctive style won him early fan support, including a voting bloc calling themselves “the Blaker Girls,” and Lewis ultimately emerged as the season’s runner-up. While completing the subsequent American Idol tour that summer, he spent most of his evenings focusing on his full-length studio debut, co-writing 12 of the album’s 13 tracks and collaborating with such producers as OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder. Audio Day Dream dropped in December 2007, buoyed by the leadoff single “Break Anotha”. He auditioned for “American Idol” at Seattle, Washington. During his audition, he sang to the beat of Seal’s “Crazy.” All the judges said yes, but Simon reminded him not to be too cocky. On March 8, 2007, made the Top 12 on “American Idol.” He was eliminated from the competition on May 23, 2007. He garnered 2nd place or runner-up, losing only to winner, Jordin Sparks.

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The latest albums of :

Audio Day Dream - Blake Lewis Audio Day Dream Year 2007

Blake Lewis Blake Lewis Year 2007 

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February 13, 2008

Justin Timberlake - life and music

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Justin TimberlakeJustin Randall Timberlake was born to Lynn Harless and Randy Timberlake on January 31, 1981, in Memphis, Tennessee. At the age of 11, he appeared on the show “Star Search” (1983), and even though he didn’t win, it didn’t dampen his ambitions. He also appeared on “MMC” (1989), where his costars included Britney Spears, Ryan Gosling, Keri Russell, Christina Aguilera and future band-mate J.C. Chasez. At age 14, Justin became a member of the boy band *NSYNC. *NSYNC got started in Orlando, FL, in 1996, when Timberlake and Chasez teamed up with Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Joey Fatone. Managed by former New Kids on the Block manager Johnny Wright, *NSYNC were eventually formed in 1995. Enlisting hit pop producers Kristian Lundin (Backstreet Boys), and Denniz Pop and Max Martin (Robyn, Ace Of Base ), the team recorded a collection of teen-oriented /dance tracks. The band found success in Europe first on the strength of their singles, I Want You Back and Tearin’ Up My Heart. A tour of American roller rinks introduced them to the US audience, as a result of which I Want You Back became a US No.13 hit in May 1998. Their self titled debut album was released in 1998 selling millions of copies in Europe and the US. They became a big hit with fans and made a place for themselves in the music world with a succession of big-selling albums. In the beginning of 2002, Justin spent time working on and writing songs for his debut solo album. During this time, he broke up with his longtime girlfriend, Britney Spears. The release of the solo album, titled “Justified”, came in November of 2002. Songs from his solo album include: “Like I Love You”, “Cry Me A River” and “ Your Body”. Timberlake returned to the music world in 2006 with his Prince-inspired FutureSex/LoveSounds, which featured production work from Timbaland and Rick Rubin, and was followed by a brief club tour.

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Justin Timberlake - Cry me a River

The latest albums:

Give It To Me (CDM) - Justin Timberlake Give It To Me (CDM) Year 2007

Future Sex - Love Sounds Future Sex - Love Sounds Year 2006

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February 11, 2008

Julio Iglesias - career, life, mp3 download

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Julio IglesiasJulio Iglesias (born September 23, 1943) in Madrid is Spain’s best selling singer in history and one of the best selling Hispanic singers of all time. Julio Iglesias has sold 250 million records and released nearly 80 records. He has performed approximately 5,000 concerts during his career. was the most popular Latin singer of the ’70s and ’80s, selling over 100 million albums around the world. Iglesias was a smooth, romantic crooner and his appeal translated to many different countries in many different languages.Initially, Iglesias planned to be a lawyer. As he studied, he was a goalkeeper for the Real Madrid football team. His career as an athlete was ended after an automobile accident in the mid-’60s.While he was recovering, Iglesias started playing guitar and writing songs. Before he began a musical career, he finished his law studies at Cambridge University. In 1968, he was a contestant at the 1968 Spanish Song Festival at Benidorm, singing his original song “La Vida Sigue Igual. Iglesias won the first prize at the contest, which led to a record contract with Discos Columbia, an independent record label.

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 During the ’70s, he toured Europe and Latin America, gaining a large fan base with hits like 1975’s  Manuela. By the end of the decade, he was extremely popular — so popular, CBS International sought out a contract with him. He signed with the label in 1978. Iglesias began to record not only in Spanish, but in Italian and French as well. At the turn of the decade, began to pursue the American and British markets by concentrating on his English recordings. His efforts began to pay off in 1981, when his cover of “Begin the Beguine” became a number one hit. It was quickly followed by the compilation record Julio, which became a big success in England and America. However, his major crossover success was 1984’s 1100 Bel Air Place, a collection of duets. Featuring the Top Ten hit duet with Willie Nelson “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before,” the album sold over three million copies in America and peaked at number five on the pop charts; it also spawned “All of You,” a hit duet with Diana Ross. Iglesias’ popularity continued to grow throughout the ’80s, although he only had one more pop crossover hit, 1988’s “My Love,” a duet with Stevie Wonder. By the 1990s, he had stopped courting the English market and concentrated on recording mainly in Spanish, as well as a handful of other languages. His popularity did not diminish at all in his third decade of recordings — he was still capable of selling millions of records and selling out concerts around the world.

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The latest albums:

Romantic Classics - Julio Iglesias Romantic Classics Year 2006

Divorcio Divorcio Year 2003

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