CD: The Spinto Band, Moonwink

The Spinto Band make perky indie rock that sounds like a circus unravelling. In Moonwink's unusual, happy humankind, barroom pianos bounce, sprightly scales twang from guitars, and drums rat-tat-tat with the energy of a Tango-fuelled toddler. Given that this is the Delaware band's one-seventh album, their exuberance is honourable. Several bursts by and by, however, and you're reaching for the pacifier. That's not to say that there's craft in the madness. Summer Grof sounds like a fabulous single, being blessed with a simple tune that burrows into the brain. The Black Flag could be a confounded Wheezer definitive, while the mournful fanfares at the start of They All Laughed, and lyrics about the momentary nature of success, intimate some nicely melancholy undercurrents. The Spinto Band should prey on them; a little more shadow against sparkle could make their sun burn even brighter.

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Download Ustad Vilayat Khan mp3

Artist: Ustad Vilayat Khan: mp3 download    Genre(s):  Other     Discography:      Raga Enayetkhani Kanada    Year:     Tracks: 2 Vilayat Khan, one of the sterling Hindustani musicians of the 20th century, was born in Gouripur in East Bengal (later Bangladesh) in August 1922. (Various early dates ar strewn throughout the literature but that is the appointment that he confirmed in 1993.) His granddad, Imdad Khan (1848-1920) and his sire Enayat Khan (1894-1938) -- Vilayat Khan gives the spelling Inayat Khan -- were renowned musicians in their lifetimes and Vilayat and his jr. brother Imrat Khan transmissible their musicalness. Their gharana is known as the Imdadkhani gharana subsequently their gramps. He studied initially with his father. On his father's demise in 1938 his preparation became the province of his mother, Bashiran Begum, his nan, Bande Hussain Khan, and his parental uncle, Wahid Khan. Around the like menstruum Vilayat Khan began recording 78s. Peculiarly it is reported that he had to cope with abominable comparisons with his sire. Gradually he developed a style which, while acknowledging his kinsfolk's contribution, spoke with his own distinctive voice. His most outstanding contribution to his gharana's tradition is the development of what is known as a vocal style or gayaki aNG on sitar. To some degree this is a term of convenience. Other contemporary musicians were pains to modernize subservient styles which more closely resembled the human voice -- it was after all the finish of all instrumentalists to mimicker as far as possible the human voice -- and Vilayat Khan did not have a monopoly in this effort any some commentators claimed. That is not to take away from his accomplishment which was considerable and caused a sensation. Vilayat Khan's strides in compensating for the sitar's shortcomings were huge. His career was marked by a regally consistent musical quality. An outspoken critic of low standards, he maintained levels of personal integrity that on occasion earned him the disapproval of the governance. Little of his function was in whatsoever context other than the rigorously classical one although he worked with Satyajit Ray on the soundtrack to the film Jalsaghar and the Ismail Merchant/James Ivory film The Guru. He might be summed up as a keeper -- not a quencher -- of the flame.

Britney's sister is busy planning her wedding

Washington (ANI): Superstar Britney Spears' jr. sister Jamie Lynn Spears is all set to walk down the gangway with beau Casey Aldridge by the end of this year. Jamie, 17, who just now gave birth to her first nipper Maddie with Casey, 19, is busy planning the wedding with her to-be-husband in his hometown of Liberty, Mississippi, where the couple has been surviving.

Jamie got engaged to beau Casie in March this year and wants a low-keyed southern panache wedding, merely big sister Britney Spears is expected to step in as the maiden of honor. "She loves everything around the domain where she lives, she's not sledding to receive married at some luxury resort in the Caribbean or a hotel in Beverly Hills," Contactmusic quoted a beginning, as relation OK! Magazine.


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Ben Affleck trades acting for TV reporting in Congo

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar winner and actor Ben Affleck has taken on a new job, if only for one assignment, traveling to the war-torn eastern Congo to do a report for Thursday's edition of ABC television news program "Nightline."


Affleck has gone to the Democratic Republic of Congo three times this past year, and in an essay posted on ABC's Web site, he said he wanted to draw attention to the violence, starvation and disease in the region that kills 1,200 people a day.


"It makes sense to be skeptical about celebrity activism," wrote Affleck, 35, star of movies such as "Hollywoodland" and Oscar winner for the screenplay of "Good Will Hunting."


"There is always the suspicion that involvement with a cause may be doing more good for the spokesman than he or she is doing for the cause," Affleck said.


But Affleck said he hoped viewers could separate any reservations about his involvement from "what is unimpeachably important about this segment: the plight of eastern Congo."


Emily Lenzner, a spokeswoman for ABC News, said Affleck was not a correspondent for "Nightline," and that the program shows only one trip he took to Congo from last month.


"We basically went with a camera and a producer and just basically followed him around," Lenzner said. "It was his observations, his journey that we pretty much documented."


Accompanying Affleck were producer Max Culhane and cameraman Doug Vogt, who along with ABC journalist Bob Woodruff was injured in a 2006 roadside bomb attack in Iraq. 

Steven Tyler In Rehab After Foot Surgery

Steven Tyler, who reportedly entered rehab earlier this month, said a series of surgeries and post-operative physical therapy to correct foot injuries were the reasons he checked himself into a California facility, according to a statement issued yesterday (5/29). Tyler said the pain from the surgeries was greater than he had anticipated. "The months of rehabilitative care and the painful strain of physical therapy were traumatic," he said. "I really needed a safe environment to recuperate where I could shut off my phone and get back on my feet."The statement made no reference to Tyler's history of alcohol and drug abuse, which he apparently has had under control for decades. However, it is common for sober addicts to relapse when medical conditions warrant repetitive use of pain medications. This may not be the case with Tyler, though the rehab facility in which he is seeking treatment is known for treating alcohol and drug abuse.Tyler, who said his foot injuries resulted from his trademark athletic performance on stage, expects a full recovery. "Make no mistake," he said in the statement, "Aerosmith [ tickets ] has no plans to stop rocking. There's a new album to record, then another tour."

Zacarias Ferreira

   
Artist: Zacarias Ferreira

   Genre(s): 
Latin: Dance
   

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Discography:


   
 Merengue

   Year:    
Tracks: 3


   
 Bachata

   Year:    
Tracks: 23

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Zacarias Ferreira was innate in the town of Canca Arriba, Tamboril, the musical epicentre of the Dominican Republic. Zacarias was surrounded by euphony from an early historic period, his male parent and uncles all semiprofessional musicians. When older enough, Zacarias resettled to the capital city of Santo Domingo in interest of a musical career. While attending the Conservatorio Nacional, Ferreira supported himself by playacting in local bachata groups, which eventually lED to a five-year stint with local famous person dance band Brugal & Compania. Always having had his eyes fixed on a successful solo calling, Ferreira released his debut CD, Me Libre, in 1997 on the Discomania label. The disc was well received, eventually winning a Cassandra Award. Ferreira's soph exit, El Triste, hit the food market trey age later, winning him his endorsement Cassandra and announcing his reaching in the writing style as a major participant. The following year Ferreira became the nation's first bachatero to be invited to perform at the Festival del Presidente, where he shared out the stage with artists such as Marc Anthony, Marco Antonio Solis, and Los Hermanos Rosario, to key a few. The United States welcomed Ferreira for the first fourth dimension in 2001. During his scant travel to he gave an impressive 77 performances in 48 years. Ferreira was picked up by the Campesino track record pronounce for the handout of his third record book, So long. His first appearances on Billboard charts didn't come about until some fourth dimension later, when the bachata genre began to pick up steam in the U.S. Released in 2006, "La Avispa" and 2007's "Dime Que Falto" put Ferreira's key on Latin airplay charts as tropic radio introduced listeners worldwide to ane of bachata's pioneers.

Hugh Grant - Grant Hurley Win Cash Payout Over Holiday Snaps

Actor HUGH GRANT and his ex-girlfriend ELIZABETH HURLEY have won $116,000 (GBP58,000) in damages for invasion of privacy, after they were photographed on holiday in a private resort in the Maldives.

Grant, model Hurley and her businessman husband Arun Nayar filed suit against photo agencies Big Pictures (U.K.) Limited and Eliot Press SARL last year (07), when snaps of the trio on holiday were published in a number of British newspapers.

Laura Tyler, the lawyer representing Grant, Hurley and Nayar, appeared at London's High Court on Thursday morning (15May08), when she told Mr Justice Eady that the pictures had been taken covertly and without her clients' knowledge. She also argued that the claimants had chosen the resort because it offered them complete privacy and seclusion.

She told the court: "It has been most upsetting for the claimants to have their privacy invaded by these defendants."

The photos were later printed in the News of the World and The Mail on Sunday newspapers, as well as a number of celebrity magazines.

In addition to the cash for damages, the claimants will receive some money towards their legal costs from the two photo agencies, and agency bosses apologised for any distress their actions may have caused.

Further contributions will also be made by the News of the World's publisher News Group Newspapers, and Associated Newspapers, which prints The Mail on Sunday.

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Swingin' Utters

   
Artist: Swingin' Utters

   Genre(s): 
Rock: Punk-Rock
   Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass And Bones

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 17


   
 Swingin' Utters

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 15


   
 Five Lessons Learned

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 15


   
 A Juvenile Product Of The Working Class

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 16

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George Clooney’s girlfriend hits the gym

George Clooney’s girlfriend hits the gym

George V Clooney’s fresh girlfriend is incessantly dieting and has taken up Pilates to contend with the female care her famous clotheshorse receives, a friend has revealed.
“Sarah is dropping close to pounds and getting fit out of fear more than anything,” says a friend of the former cocktail waitress. “Girls hit on George right in front line of her totally the clock time.
“They pass him their earpiece numbers and produce begrime suggestions around what they’d like to do with him.”

Timberlake agrees new film deal

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'My dog has a bigger ego'

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Sufjan Stevens

   
Artist: Sufjan Stevens

   Genre(s): 
Indie
   Rock: Folk-Rock
   Other
   

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Discography:


   
 The Avalanche (Outtakes and Extras From Illinois Album)

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 21


   
 Songs for Christmas

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 18


   
 Illinois

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 22


   
 A Sun Came

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 21


   
 Enjoy Your Rabbit

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 14

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A singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Sufjan Stevens started his venture in the euphony earth as a member of Marzuki, a folk-rock ring based in Holland, MI. Chase the button of 2 full-length albums with the mathematical group, Wallace Stevens decided to go solo in recently 1999, investment to the full in a life history that was wait to radiate by itself. During subsequent months, Stevens affected to Freshly York Metropolis, where he continued dedicating himself full-time to his solo recordings. Sunshine Came, his debut record album, appeared in 2000, positive his victor musical comedy command, construction coordination compound instrumentation, and scintillation melodies. The publicity of the disk included playing on the road with the Danielson Famile, with whom he began regularly working. Bask Your Rabbit, his moment album, chance upon phonograph record stores in 2001, underlining unity time more his strange instrumentation and splendid compositions. In accession to his solo influence, Stevens excessively offered his contribution to the album 1942 for Soul-Junk, on which he participated richly as a multi-instrumental musician. Piece preparing a newfangled compendium of songs, Stevens appeared on several benefit compilation discs, including Seen/Unseen, which featured Frank Lightlessness, Goliath Baroness Dudevant, and 16 Horsepower. 2003 adage the spill of Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State, a 15-track conceptual piece produced and performed by George Stevens -- he played all over 20 instruments -- that set his family state under the writer's microscope. Scorn the record's narrowed focus, it was among the topper reviewed that class and made many critics' year-end lists. In 2004, Stevens released his followup, Seven-spot Swans, which was produced by Danielson Famile einstein Daniel Smith. He returned to his ambitious "states" project in 2005 with Ground of Lincoln, which was followed by The Avalanche in 2006.

Buddha Bar I

   
Artist: Buddha Bar I

   Genre(s): 
New Age
   

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Discography:


   
 Buddha'S Party CD2

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 14


   
 Buddha'S Party CD1

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 14

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Gest to spend Christmas in hospital

Gest to spend Christmas in hospital

Former 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here' star Saint David Gest will be forced to pass Yuletide in hospital after pickings ill cobbler's last hebdomad.
The 54-year-old was admitted to a buck private hospital in British capital end Midweek after he began to complain of breast striving and respiratory problems.
Gest will also take to prorogue his first base solo enlistment 'David Gest Is Nuts - My Life As A Musical', which was due to begin in February.
A voice for Gest said: "With regret, it is announced this afternoon that on the advice of doctors David will suffer to remit his tour of duty."
"He remains in a common soldier British capital hospital and is expected to remain in all over the Christmas geological period."
"Rehearsals for the tour were due to begin in iI weeks just doctors sustain told him that he necessarily to rest for the next three months."