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Kalevala biography

KALEVALA was formed in 1969 by Juha Salonen (bass), Remu Aaltonen (drums/vocals) and Albert Järvinen (guitar). Their first name was VIETNAM, but they had to change it in order to get concerts. This first line-up played straightforward rock'n'roll, and they were a popular live act in Finland. There were no studio recordings from this line-up, but the Finnish broadcasting company recorded their performance from 1970 "Ruisrock" festival. After this the line-up changed. Remu founded HURRIGANES, which Albert also joined later. Now KALEVALA's musical direction was changed to more progressive direction. The new musicians on their second line-up were Markku Luukkanen on drums, Matti Kurkinen on Guitar and Harri Saksala doing singing. They recorded one album, "People No Names" (1972) which was released by Finnlevy. They had some guest musicians helping on doing it: pianist Olli Ahvenlahti, Raimo Wallen playing flute and on acoustic guitar Ile Kallio, who was playing on HURRIGANES during that time. The result was quite unique, you can form your own opinion of it by listening the sample mp3 presented on this page. The band was very unstable, as they had again changes in their line-up. Now they had Zape "Limousine" Leppänen on vocals, who has worked with many respected Finnish artists. The band recorded an album "Boogie Jungle" (1975), which is again more basic rock music. They had Jim Pembroke doing their lyrics plus backing vocals, and Jukka Gustavson playing keyboards on one track. Shortly after this band faced a sudden catastrophy, as Matti Kurkinen got in to a fatal car accident. Their name was defined as KALEVALA ORCHESTRA for their next album "Abraham's Blue Refrain" (1977). After this they toured Europe with ANGE, but they faced financial problems, and the musicians disbanded KALEVALA went to different directions.Some members of the band rejoined in studio 1995, but they couldn't get a record deal. These new tracks are available on "Anthology" (2004), which has some live recordings and before unreleased material on it.

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Kalevala - People No Names (1972)

Pink Floyd and Jazz...

2013 release, the newest volume in the ongoing saga of outstanding Jazz stylings synonymous with good taste and elegance. Jazz And Floyd brings you the songs made famous by the creators of the Wall in new Jazz versions, with all the sophistication of the New York Jazz club scene. The chance to give a twist to classics such as 'Another Brick in the Wall' and 'Wish You Were Here' excited the producers of this fantastic series and Jazz And Floyd, like it's predecessors, will surely be a hit with listeners of all ages.

Pink Floyd Tribute - 2013 - Jazz and Floyd

01. Stella Starlight Trio – Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) (2:45)

02. The Cooltrane Quartet – Breathe (In the Air) (2:37)

03. Michelle Simonal – Time (3:44)

04. George White Group – Money (2:54)

05. Shirley Adamson – Us and Them (3:51)

06. 48th Collective – Shine on You Crazy Diamond (2:42)

07. Celso Mendes – Wish You Were Here (3:28 )

08. Mandy Jones – Mother (3:58 )

09. Jazzystics – Learning to Fly (3:21)

10. Dinah York – On the Turning Away (3:54)

11. Les Crossaders – See Emily Play (2:39)

12. The Bryan J. White Trio – Run Like Hell (2:37)

Isaiah - Krautrock Jazz Prog - Áustria

Uma banda austríaca meio jazz, meio prog com flautas e sax sob uma batera e baixo muito bem marcados. SONZEIRA!

Isaiah (1975)

All Blues'd Up - The Songs Of Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin: This Ain't No Tribute Series -- All Blues'd Up! is a collection of songs performed and sometimes written by Led Zeppelin. It seems like the idea of this tribute is to point out the band's obvious blues roots, but the approach isn't the most successful. The problem is that the use of many of the same musicians several times (Eric Gales and James Cotton especially) and the album's very modern approach cause much of the passion and emotion attached to these tunes to simply disappear. The album is too planned-out to evoke the down-and-dirty blues feel, and despite some excellent performances, this is sunk by its smooth production and studio gloss.

All Blues'd Up: Led Zeppelin album was released Jul 09, 2002 on the Compendia Music Group label. Recording information: Ardent Studsio, Memphis, TX; Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, IL; Dockside Studios, Maurice, LA. All Blues'd Up: Led Zeppelin music CDs Arrangers: Dave Smith ; Eric Gales. All Blues'd Up: Led Zeppelin songs Personnel: Chris Thomas King, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Joe Louis Walker, Magic Slim, Matt Tutor, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Otis Rush, Eric Gales (vocals, guitar); Otis Clay (vocals); Michael Dotson, Criss Johnson, Jack Holder, Rico McFarland (guitar); Derek Trucks (slide guitar); Dave Smith (baritone guitar, drum programming); Carey Bell (harmonica); Kurt Clayton (clarinet, Fender Rhodes piano); Eric Demmer (alto saxophone); Jim Spake (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Joe Krown (piano); Norris Johnson (Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, synthesizer); Al Gamble (Wurlitzer organ); Steve Potts , Alan Kirk (drums); Jason Latshaw (drum programming); Jackie Johnson, Jacquelyn Reddick (background vocals). Liner Note Author: Lisa Robinson. All Blues'd Up: Led Zeppelin CD music contains a single disc with 14 songs.

All Blues'd Up - The Songs Of Led Zeppelin 

01. Trampled Underfoot  - Eric Gales 

02. Since I've Been Loving You  - Otis Clay 

03. Good Times, Bad Times  - Carl Weathersby 

04. Custard Pie (Revisited)  - Eric Gales, Derek Trucks, Matt Tutor 

05. Heartbreaker  - Alvin Youngblood Hart

06. When the Levee Breaks, Pt. 2  - Magic Slim, James Cotton 

07. Hey, Hey (What Can I Do)  - Chris Thomas King 

08. I Can't Quit You Baby  - Otis Rush, Eric Gales

09. Custard Pie  - Eric Gales 

10. When the Levee Breaks, Pt. 1  - Magic Slim, Billy Branch, James Cotton 

11. You Need Love  - James Cotton, Joe Louis Walker 

12. Rock & Roll  - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 

13. Bring It on Home, Pt. 1  - Robert Lockwood Jr. 

14. Bring It on Home, Pt. 2  - Robert Lockwood Jr.

All Blues'd Up - The Songs of Janis Joplin

Another in Entertainment One’s This Ain’t No Tribute series, this one features 13 tracks associated with Janis Joplin done in blues style by veteran singers in the genre. Since everything Joplin recorded essentially came out of her own Texas roadhouse approach to love, life, and music, nothing here is a serious departure from what she did in the first place, but it’s nice to hear Joplin gems like “Ball and Chain” done by the great Etta James, “Piece of My Heart” in the Otis Clay version, and Taj Mahal's wonderful and inspired take on “Mercedes Benz.”

All Blues'd Up!: Songs Of Janis Joplin album was released Jun 14, 2011 on the Intersound label. Another in Entertainment One's This Ain't No Tribute series, this one features 13 tracks associated with Janis Joplin done in blues style by veteran singers in the genre. Since everything Joplin recorded essentially came out of her own Texas roadhouse approach to love, life, and music, nothing here is a serious departure from what she did in the first place, but it's nice to hear Joplin gems like "Ball and Chain" done by the great Etta James, "Piece of My Heart" in the Otis Clay version, and Taj Mahal's wonderful and inspired take on "Mercedes Benz." ~ Steve Leggett Tributee: Janis Joplin. All Blues'd Up!: Songs Of Janis Joplin CD music contains a single disc with 13 songs.

All Blues'd Up - The Songs of Janis Joplin

01.Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) - Cathy Richardson & Sugar Blue
02. Move Over - Tad Robinson
03. Ball and Chain - Etta James
04. Piece of My Heart - Otis Clay
05. Longin' - Friend'n Fellow
06. Me and Bobby McGee - Syl Johnson
07. What Good Can Drinkin' Do - Tracy Nelson
08. Maybe - Lonnie Brooks
09. One Good Man - Lou Ann Barton
10. Down On Me - Paul Black
11. Turtle Blues - Lynn Jordan
12. Get It While You Can - Koko Taylor
13. Trouble In Mind - Willie Kent
14. Mercedes Benz - Taj Mahal

All Blues'd Up - The Songs of Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton has drawn so much from the blues -- a position he has admitted, endorsed, and never denied -- that it seems just a bit odd to see his songs (including songs he covered, like Robert Johnson's “Crossroads,” that have become Clapton songs in many people’s minds) translated back into a blues format when most of them were never far removed from the blues in the first place. Here we have it, though, versions of Clapton-associated songs done by blues veterans, including Carl Weathersby (“Lay Down Sally”), Buddy Guy (“Strange Brew”), Bo Diddley (he offers his own take on his own composition “Before You Accuse Me,” a song Clapton has played frequently in concert), and Honeyboy Edwards and James Cotton (they team up for a nice version of Johnson's “Crossroads”), and if it seems like one has heard all this before, well, that’s because Clapton did them.

All Blues'd Up: Songs of Eric Clapton album was released May 17, 2011 on the Intersound label. Eric Clapton has drawn so much from the blues -- a position he has admitted, endorsed, and never denied -- that it seems just a bit odd to see his songs (including songs he covered, like Robert Johnson's "Crossroads," that have become Clapton songs in many people's minds) translated back into a blues format when most of them were never far removed from the blues in the first place. All Blues'd Up: Songs of Eric Clapton music CDs Here we have it, though, versions of Clapton-associated songs done by blues veterans, including Carl Weathersby ("Lay Down Sally"), Buddy Guy ("Strange Brew"), Bo Diddley (he offers his own take on his own composition "Before You Accuse Me," a song Clapton has played frequently in concert), and Honeyboy Edwards and James Cotton (they team up for a nice version of Johnson's "Crossroads"), and if it seems like one has heard all this before, well, that's because Clapton did them. ~ Steve Leggett Tributee: Eric Clapton. All Blues'd Up: Songs of Eric Clapton CD music contains a single disc with 12 songs. 

All Blues'd Up - The Songs of Eric Clapton

01. Miss You - Larry McCray 

02. Blues Power  - Koko Taylor  

03. Wonderful Tonight  - Otis Clay  

04. Lay Down Sally  - Carl Weathersby 

05. Strange Brew  - Buddy Guy 

06. Before You Accuse Me  - Bo Diddley 

07. Roll It Over  - Joe Louis Walker (Feat. James Cotton) 

08. Crossroads  - Honeyboy Edwards (Feat. James Cotton) 

09. Old Love  - Otis Rush 

10. Too Bad  - Pinetop Perkins (Feat. John Hammond & Bob Margolin) 

11. Tears In Heaven  - Ann Peebles 

12. Layla - Eric Gales (Feat. Derek Trucks) 

All Blues'd Up Series - The Song of The Rolling Stones (2003)

That the Rolling Stones built a long and illustrious career with the blues as a template is hardly any kind of revelation, and while Mick Jagger and Keith Richards developed into a pretty fair and often brilliant songwriting team, the Stones themselves never ventured too far from the Chicago blues model that brought them all together in the first place. It should come as no surprise, then, that when veteran blues players get their hands on a Rolling Stones song, it usually works out well. This set has several examples of this migration back to the blues, and some of them, like Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown's shakedown of “Ventilator Blues,” Otis Clay's stunning take on “Wild Horses,” and Johnny Copeland's guitar-dominated “Tumblin’ Dice” (it was Copeland's last recording before his death in 1997), are near definitive interpretations. This set is a perfect illustration that “whatever goes around, comes around.” ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi.

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All Blues'd Up! Songs of the Rolling Stones album was released May 17, 2011 on the Intersound label. That the Rolling Stones built a long and illustrious career with the blues as a template is hardly any kind of revelation, and while Mick Jagger and Keith Richards developed into a pretty fair and often brilliant songwriting team, the Stones themselves never ventured too far from the Chicago blues model that brought them all together in the first place. All Blues'd Up! Songs of the Rolling Stones songs It should come as no surprise, then, that when veteran blues players get their hands on a Rolling Stones song, it usually works out well. All Blues'd Up! Songs of the Rolling Stones album This set has several examples of this migration back to the blues, and some of them, like Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's shakedown of "Ventilator Blues," Otis Clay's stunning take on "Wild Horses," and Johnny Copeland's guitar-dominated "Tumblin' Dice" (it was Copeland's last recording before his death in 1997), are near definitive interpretations. This set is a perfect illustration that "whatever goes around, comes around." ~ Steve Leggett Tributee: The Rolling Stones. All Blues'd Up! Songs of the Rolling Stones CD music contains a single disc with 13 songs.

All Blues'd Up! Songs of the Rolling Stones

01. You Can't Always Get What You Want  - Luther Allison 

 02. Tumblin' Dice  - Johnny Copeland

 03. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction  - Junior Wells 

 04. Wild Horses  - Otis Clay

 05. Honkey Tonk Woman  - Taj Mahal

 06. Sway  - Alvin 'Youngblood' Heart 

 07. Ventilator Blues  - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown

 08. Beast Of Burden  - Wendell Holmes, Sherman Holmes & Willie 'Popsy' Dixon

 09. Under My Thumb  - Lucky Peterson 

 10. Its All Over Now  - Bobby Womack 

 11. Midnight Rambler  - Larry McCray 

 12. Heart Of Stone  - Joe Louis Walker

 13. Moonlight Mile  - Alvin 'Youngblood' Heart

Blues Power ~ Songs Of Eric Clapton

Although Blues Power: Songs of Eric Clapton contains a couple versions of blues standards recorded at one time or another by Clapton, it's mostly devoted to covers of Clapton compositions by blues veterans and relative newcomers alike (i.e., either influences on Clapton or artists who have been influenced by him). The performances are generally spot-on, but that's to be expected from an artist roster that includes Koko Taylor, Pinetop Perkins, Otis Rush, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, Larry McCray, and Eric Gales, among others.

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Northern Soul OST

Um excelente filme musical... Dois amigos desanimados com a monotonia da cidade em que vivem descobrem um novo mundo ao ouvirem pela primeira vez o legítimo soul americano. A paixão recém-adquirida logo mostra-se uma interessante possibilidade de negócio, os dois se destacam discotecando nas festas locais e, a partir de então, nada será como antes. Nem mesmo a amizade. E muito som rolando... Segue uma palhinha:

Northern Soul - The Soundtrack

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All Blues'd Up! - Songs of Bob Dylan

Um grande tributo... As grandes canções de Bob Dylan cantadas por monstros do Blues & Soul... Vale a pena!!!

VA - All Blues'd Up! - Songs of Bob Dylan

1 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Taj Mahal)

2 Gotta Serve Someone (Mavis Staples)

3 Lay Lady Lay(Isaac Hayes)

4 Everything Is Broken (R.L. Burnside)

5 Pledging My Time (Luther "Guiter Jr." Johnson and the Magic Rockers)

6 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight(John Hammond, Sr.)

7 Ballad of a Thin Man (James Solberg)

8 Million Miles(Alvin Youngblood Hart)

9 Watching the River Flow (Leon Russell)

10 Wallflower (The Holmes Brothers)

11 All Along the Watchtower(Larry McCray)

12 One Too Many Mornings The Band

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Paint It, Blue ~ Songs Of The Rolling Stones

The idea behind Paint It Blue: Songs of the Rolling Stones is such a simple, appealing one that it's a wonder that the record wasn't made before 1997. The Stones never made any secret of their debt to the blues, so it makes sense that their songs would sound good when performed by blues and R&B artists. That's the idea behind Paint It Blue -- contemporary blues and R&B artists sing some of the band's bluesiest songs. While some may quibble that the idea is a little too cute, the performances by Luther Allison ("You Can't Always Get What You Want"), Junior Wells ("(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"), Taj Mahal ("Honky Tonk Women"), Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown ("Ventilator Blues"), the Holmes Bros. ("Beast of Burden") and Bobby Womack ("It's All Over Now"), among many others, are hard to argue with. It's a rock-solid record that confirms what great songwriters Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are.

VA - Paint It, Blue ~ Songs Of The Rolling Stones (1997)

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Will Sessions - The Elmatic Instrumentals

Um som diferente, que ouvi, gostei e partilho aqui...

"The name Will Sessions was born as a producer alias of trumpeter Sam Beaubien. After sharpening his keyboard skills and learning writing and arrangement from the accomplished David Van De Pitte (who arranged for countless Motown recordings including Marvin Gaye’s album What’s Going On) at Wayne State University, he decided to start a band. With classmates Tim Shellaberger (bass) and Bryan Arnold (drums) along with recruits Ryan Gimpert (guitar) and Eric Kacir (Percussion), the band was complete.T h e y helped to develop a nascent monthly funk music party called Motor City Funk Night, and three years later, the party has grown into one of the sta- ples of the Detroit scene, and Will Sessions were playing in front of crowds of up to 3000 people.

The success of the Funk Night parties led to significant studio work with artists like Black Milk, Mayer Hawthorne, and Slum Village, and the hip hop sessions in particular led Beaubien to concoct the idea of Will Sessions recreating his favorite sample-based music in a live setting with the full band. His vision would be realized with three smash concerts in 2009 for Black Milk, Guilty Simpson, and Phat Kat, which left hip hop fans in awe of how the band stayed faithful to the original sampled and programmed beats, while creatively elevating the songs to new heights by recreating them live. It was the particular challenge of duplicating the unique beats of J Dilla that gave Beaubien the confidence to work on the emcee Elzhi’s anticipated project Elmatic.

Elmatic had been initially planned and announced in 2008 as a tribute to the historic 1994 album Illmatic by Nas, but it wasn’t until early 2011 that Elzhi and his manager Jae Barber agreed that it would be best to recreate all of the beats from scratch--and there was clearly nobody who could do it better than producer Sam Beaubien and Will Sessions. Since it’s widely considered to be the holy grail of hip hop recordings, the prospect of du- plicating the music from Illmatic was daunting. By using the original sam- ple sources of the album’s tracks as a foundation, producer Beaubien and the band members managed to recreate both the sound and the mood of the classic album with stunning precision on Elmatic, exceeding lofty expectations set by loyal fans and skeptical critics alike.

With an ever-increasing body of recorded work, a skyrocketing reputation within their hometown market, and their first tastes of national and international interest, Will Sessions are primed to be among Detroit’s hottest musical exports."

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Will Sessions - The Elmatic Instrumentals

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The Plastic People of the Universe - Czech Rock

The Plastic People of the Universe (PPU) is a Czech rock band from Prague. It was the foremost representative of Prague's underground culture (1968–1989), which had gone against the grain of Czechoslovakia's Communist regime. Due to their non-conformism, members of the band often suffered serious repercussions such as arrests. The group continues to perform despite the death of its founder, main composer and bassist, Milan "Mejla" Hlavsa in 2001.

Egon Bondy' s Happy Hearts Club Banned (1978) 

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The Mandrake Memorial - Psychedelic Progressive Rock and Acid Folk

The Mandrake Memorial biography ( Progarchives.com):

THE MANDRAKE MEMORIAL, formed by Craig Anderton (guitar, sitar, electronics), Michael Kac (keyboards), John Kevin Lally (drums) and Randy Monaco (bass, lead vocals) in 1967, were one of renowned Philadelphia-based rock bands along with THE NAZZ during the late 1960s. They got started performances mainly in The Trauma, produced by Manny Rubin as a new club located in the middle of Samson Street, where they eventually could attract notice of Poppy Records, an affiliated label of MGM. In the fall of 1967 they signed with Poppy Records and released three albums - 'The Mandrake Memorial' (1968), 'Medium' (1969), and 'Puzzle' (1970). THE MANDRAKE MEMORIAL were a short-lived outfit disbanded by Michael's withdrawal shortly before the last album 'Puzzle' released, but much influenced by 60s psychedelic rock or folk rock, and moreover blended with their unique originality such as Craig's epochmaking electronics or Michael's Rock-Si-Chord, their soundscape was worth calling a pioneer of Psychedelic Progressive Rock and Acid Folk.

The Mandrake Memorial - Puzzle

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One - Psychedelic Folk Rock

Um sonzinho bem agradável, com uma batera bem marcante e uma gaitinha animal. 

"A little-known album whose participants were better known for session work. Brent Forbes, who was in  Locust in the mid-seventies, also worked for Bob Pegg and  The Surprise Sisters; Norman Leppard played with  Aynsley Dunbar and Alan Marshall, who was in  Zebra in the mid-seventies, played for  Pete Bardens. Conrad Isadore was most prolific of all - cropping up on several other artists albums. Soul influenced prog rock, with a few funk moves, and featuring long, improv driven tracks with soulish vocals, some brass, organ, flute, some strings, and a mix of light and heavy"

ONE

Tracks:

01. Don't Listen To Me (Richie Havens) - 6:59

02. Cautiously (Maurey Hayden) - 8:41

03. Stop Pulling And Pushing Me (Richie Havens) - 7:53

04. Near The Bone (Alan Marshall, Bobby Sass) - 3:59

05. Run, Shaker Life (Richie Havens) - 17:37

Personnel:

- Alan Marshall - vocals, harp, congas, talking drum, tambourine, guitar, arranger, producer

- Bobby Sass (Bobby Tench) - organ, piano, guitar, arranger, producer

- Norman Leppard - flute, tenor saxophone

- Kevin Fogerty - guitar

- Brent Forbes - bass

- Conrad Isidore - drums

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- Nicky Harrison - strings arrangements

- Adrian De Rovere - brass arrangements

- Roger Burrow - producer

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