Born in February 26, 1939 in Rio de Janeiro, Simonal discovered his artist vocation while he was doing obligatory military service. Like others big Brazilian artists, he started his career playing at bars and night clubs in Rio, singing rock, mostly in English. He composed and produced for Carlos Imperial, who found him, and took him to his TV show, helping to record his first album, in 1963, very Bossa Nova influenced. Right after that Simonal became one of the main artists of that time, with the hits "Meu Limão, Meu Limoeiro", "Mamãe Passou Açúcar em Mim" e "Sá Marina". At some point, Simonal was accused of collaborating with the Brazilian military regime (1964-85), which, some claim, took him away from the public during the 80s and 90s. And he came back with the album "A Bossa de Wilson Simonal". He died on July, 2000. The year of 2009 may well be remembered as an important milestone in Simonal's artistic redemption - albeit again resurfacing his and his family's tragic personal lives. The documentary "Simonal - Ninguem Sabe O Duro Que Dei" and its soundtrack, together with Ricardo Alexandre's biography "A Vida E O Veneno De Wilson Simonal" were released during the year.

Easily, 1980 could have gone down as the year that Utopia broke through to the mainstream. With the commercial success achieved with the album Adventures in Utopia and its single, "Set Me Free," it appeared as though Rundgren and company were well on their way with their next release. But instead of issuing another album of new wave-esque pop, the group completely switched gears and released a twisted Beatles parody, Deface the Music. While longtime fans loved it, the release obviously confused and alienated their newfound mainstream following, as it failed to follow its predecessor's strong chart showing (and with John Lennon's death just two months after its release, a Beatles parody wasn't exactly what many rock fans wanted to hear at that point in time). As a result, the group only performed selections from the Deface album during its short supporting tour. Now fans can finally hear what the songs sounded like on the concert stage, with Vol. 6 of Rundgren's bootleg series, Deface the Music Tour.

The Swedish label Deeplay Digital, is being re-invented, known as the Deeplay Music from 2001 to 2010, and on 2013 return again under the name Deeplay Digital, and tomorrow will be published its fifth referencewith this new EP, and to this new EP brings us a review of a forgotten classic, the track ‘Utopia – Me Giorgio’ by Giorgio Moroder a tack from the album ‘From Here to Eternity’ from 1977 as the B-side of the single ‘From Here to Eternity’ from 1977, now remixed and updated by I- Robots aka Gianluca Pandullo (Opilec Music), an update with full respect for the original, performing an extended version of the track, as the original was 3:25 minutes and now with almost 7 minutes, opening the pack with the remix ‘I- Robots 1977 Reconstruction’ in which stays true to the original, right to the dance floor and almost 7 minutes, the second remix is called ‘I- Robots 2014 Tape Reconstruction’ with the effects taken from a tape by Moroder purchased at a flea market, with a sound cassette over, messier, and these analog synthesizers and danceable rhythms, and the third remix ‘I- Robots 2014 Reconstruction’ (exclusive bonus track in the digital edition) which have been cleaned dirty sounds from the Tape remix, to give it a more modern sound over club.

Now over 20 years strong, So Fresh is the longest running, must trusted and recognised compilation brand in Australia. The Hits of Winter 2022 compiles 19 of the biggest and best pop smashes of recent times.

Originally released by Misra Records. CD edition only. The One Burned Ma is an album of 4-track recordings made between March 96 and February 2000.

Electronic pop trailblazers, Röyksopp, release the second part to their expansive Profound Mysteries project, Profound Mysteries II.

Richard Wayne Penniman (December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020), known professionally as Little Richard, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was an influential figure in popular music and culture for seven decades. Described as the "Architect of Rock and Roll", Richard's most celebrated work dates from the mid-1950s, when his charismatic showmanship and dynamic music, characterized by frenetic piano playing, pounding back beat and raspy shouted vocals, laid the foundation for rock and roll. Richard's innovative emotive vocalizations and uptempo rhythmic music also played a key role in the formation of other popular music genres, including soul and funk. He influenced numerous singers and musicians across musical genres from rock to hip hop; his music helped shape rhythm and blues for generations.

For her first album in five years, Céline Dion returns to her native French, cutting a moody collection called Sans Attendre. Perhaps it is the relatively diminished commercial expectations of a French-only album but there's an appealing small-scale aspect to Sans Attendre; certainly it is melodramatic but it is not garishly bombastic. The production is relatively restrained and, in turn, it gives plenty of space for Dion to grandstand on these tales of heartbreak, aging, and death. These aren't songs of love; they're songs of loss, and while there is certainly an affectation to Dion's performance, there's also genuine pathos and the small scale of Sans Attendre makes for one of her better albums of recent memory.

Welcome to our world of modern folk music from Stockholm, Sweden! This particular constellation, with Lisa Rydberg on violin, Jonas Sjöblom on percussion and vocals, and myself – Gunnar Idenstam – on harmonium and keyboard, for a few years in the early 2000s under the name plan3. During that time, we performed all over Sweden at venues ranging from churches to dance halls and pubs.

A mysterious musical commune RYORCHESTRA were founded around Nagoya, Japan by a saxophonist / flutist Ryoko ONO and her rockmates in 2006 "without any strong intention" and they've had serious development "slowly but step by step". The album "DMK" has been released in June, 2018 as their debut studio-based album, that is definitely filled with Ryoko's massive sentiment and attractive soundscape (anyway via this album we can hardly hear her saxophone play except in the first track "Evison" surprisingly … suppose she's done her best as their "basis under the stage"). Honest to say, the six talented artists have got fantastically unified and fascinatingly harmonized upon the brilliant disc due to her "basis", just like a great marriage of unique cuisine and special alcoholic beverage. Melody lines sound quite improvisational and rhythmic basis incredibly complicated, but they play in perfect order and quite in natural. What an amazement.

Mesa/Bluemoon announces the release of veteran guitarist and composer Grant Geissman’s new album Blooz. The collection of 12 original blues and jazz songs, performed by a stellar supporting cast of musicians. Features include guitarists Josh Smith and Joe Bonamassa, Robben Ford, John Jorgenson, trumpet by Randy Brecker, Tom Scott on sax, David Garfield, Russell Ferrante on piano. Grant Geissman also co-wrote music for all six seasons of Mike and Molly, all 12 seasons of Two and a Half Men.

Comprehensive hits & rarer cuts comp his early years incl. Maggie May, You Wear It Well, Gasoline Alley & more. 46 tracks. Stewart is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 100 million records worldwide. He has had six consecutive number one albums in the UK and his tally of 62 UK hit singles includes 31 that reached the top ten, six of which gained the #1 position. Stewart has had 16 top ten singles in the US, with four reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. He was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music and charity. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart came to prominence in the late 1960s and the early 1970s with The Jeff Beck Group, and then with Faces, though his music career had begun in 1962 when he took up busking with a harmonica. In October 1963, he joined the Dimensions as a harmonica player and part-time vocalist.

The 1980s new wave movement introduced a large number of stylish, artful bands from the U.K. and Europe to American audiences, but the opposite was also true, and Cock Robin were one act from the U.S. that found a larger and more loyal audience outside their homeland. While "When Your Heart Is Weak" was a modest hit in the U.S. in 1985, the single fared better overseas, and over the next five years, Cock Robin would enjoy consistent success in France, as well as in Italy, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, while attracting only a cult following in their homeland. Cock Robin was formed in 1982 by Arizona-born Peter Kingsbery, who was establishing a career as a tunesmith in Los Angeles when he relocated to San Francisco and formed the group.

Lance Warlock was born on November 10, 1968 in Van Nuys, California, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Love N Quarantine (2022), Publish or Perish and 3:46 PM (2021). He has been married to Dana Warlock since April 8, 1992. They have three children.

“Bill Scorzari has done it again. This writer finds it remarkable that the New York-based singer-songwriter and former trial lawyer could produce works as strong as his 2017 Through These Waves and 2019 Now I’m Free but his Crosswinds of Kansas is every bit their equal and maybe just a tad better. We throw around terms like a “songwriter’s songwriter” and Scorzari fits that to a tee. His thoughtful, cinematically shaped songs continue to resonate after repeated listens.