Brian Eno, Bono, D.Lanois, J.Hassell, B.Frissell & other: June 2008

Exit-13

Artist: Exit-13

   Genre(s):
Metal
   Rock
   Other

Discography:

Gout d'Belgium

Year: 1996
Tracks: 6

Ethos Musick

Year: 1994
Tracks: 13

Don't Spare The Green Love

Year:
Tracks: 25

Feeder to play tiny London show

Easy Star All Stars

Artist: Easy Star All Stars

   Genre(s):
Rock
   Reggae

Discography:

Radiodread

Year: 2006
Tracks: 14

Dub Side of the Moon

Year: 2003
Tracks: 13

New York City's Michael G. (born Michael Goldwasser) and Ticklah (born Victor Axelrod) ar the iI longtime friends world Health Organization form the Easy Star All-Stars. Goldwasser had been playing guitar with the R&B band Special Request, just afterwards five-spot active years the band skint up. Around this time, the guitarist turned his care to reggae and formed the Easy Star All-Stars with late Special Request keyboardist Ticklah. Ticklah had been gigging with Cooly's Hot Box, worked with DJ Spinna and Dr. Israel, and created remixes for les Nubians and Mary J. Blige. The number one discharge under the Easy Star All-Stars streamer came in 1997 with the team's production on Rob Symeonn's "Anything for Jah" single, and a collection of their productions, Easy Star, Vol. 1, appeared in 1998. Working with Brooklyn sound organisation Twin Sound, the deuce organized trey tribute concerts to Augustus Pablo in 1999 and backed the likes of Sugar Minott, the Meditations, and Sister Carol onstage and in the studio apartment. In 2003, the duet released Dub Side of the Moon, their reggae/dub version of Pink Floyd's most illustrious album. In 2006, they turned toward Radiohead's OK Computer and reimagined it as Radiodread.

Sirus and Irina Feat. Sangit Om

Artist: Sirus and Irina Feat. Sangit Om

   Genre(s):
New Age

Discography:

Floating

Year: 1998
Tracks: 2

Wings

Artist: Wings

   Genre(s):
Pop
   Rock

Discography:

London Town

Year: 1978
Tracks: 16

Wings Over America Cd 2

Year: 1977
Tracks: 13

Wings Over America Cd 1

Year: 1977
Tracks: 15

[1977] Wings Over America (live)

Year: 1976
Tracks: 28

Wings At The Speed Of Sound

Year: 1976
Tracks: 14

Venus and Mars

Year: 1975
Tracks: 16

Wings Wild Life

Year: 1971
Tracks: 13

Suge Knight - Knight Loses Death Row Bid

LATEST: Hip-hop mogul MARION 'SUGE' KNIGHT has lost his appeal against a ruling forcing him to sell off all assets from his fallen Death Row Records label.

Knight, who first filed for bankruptcy in 2006 after the collapse of the company, was ordered by a California judge in May (08) to liquidate the label at an auction this month (Jun08).

He headed back to court on Tuesday (24Jun08) - when the sale was meant to take place - to argue the order, but his motion was refused and the judge ordered him to press ahead with selling off the rights to the legendary label's back catalogue.

The highest offer for the firm's assets came from Global Music Group bosses, who bid $24 million (GBP12 million) for the lot, reports website TMZ.com.

The sale includes the rights to all the recordings of stars including the late Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and his tracks with NWA.

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King Sunny Ade

Artist: King Sunny Ade

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

Juju Music

Year: 1982
Tracks: 7

King Sunny Ade is the unchallenged martin Luther King of juju music, the dance-inspiring hybrid of westerly pop and traditional African music with roots in the guitar custom of Nigeria. Although he's yet to be the success that he enjoyed with his early-1980s albums and American tours, Ade and his banding, His African Beats, continue to interweave an infectious portmanteau of electric guitars, synthesizers and multi-layered percussion. Born to a syndicate of Nigerian royalty, Ade leftfield schooltime to prosecute a career in music. In the mid-1960s, he performed with a Highlife banding, Moses Olaiya's Federal Rhythm Dandies. Ade formed his have stria, The Green Spots, in 1967. Frustrated by the exploitation of the record industry, Ade launched his have record label in 1974. In the two and a half decades since, the label has released more than one c of Ade's recordings in Nigeria. Ade began to draw attending in the western world when triad of his albums -- Hoodoo Music, Selsyn System and Aura -- were released in the early-1980s on the Mango label, a foot soldier of Island Records. Ade and His African Beats made their debut American performances to enthusiastic crowds in 1983. Although Juju Music and Selsyn System showed signs that Ade was departure up to live up to charge as "the African Bob Marley," Aura was a commercial disappointment and the chemical group was dropped by Island Records. While they released an album, Authority, in 1990, it excessively failed to stir much commercial interest. E Dide (Experience Up), released in 1995, offered hints that the topper days of Ade and His African Beats ar so far to descend. The chemical group followed it with Odu, a collection of ancient Nigerian songs, in 1998; the album was nominated for a Grammy. Its followup, 7 Degrees North, appeared in 2000. Ade has remained a powerful strength in Nigeria. Money received from his early albums has been secondhand to launch an oil unshakable, a mining company, a cabaret, plastic film and video yield companionship, a PR unfluctuating and a record label specializing in recordings by African artists. It's been estimated than more than 7 c people are employed by Ade's companies. In the mid-1990s, Ade founded the King Sunny Ade Foundation, an organisation that includes a playacting liberal arts centre, state of the art recording studio and housing for loretta Young musicians and performers on a quintuplet acre tract donated by the Lagos state government. Ade currently serves as chair of the Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria. In 1996, Ade formed a "supergroup", The Way Forward, featuring crack Nigerian musicians. Ade and His African Beats make been featured in tercet films -- Juju Music in 1988, Lively At Montreux in 1990 and Roots of Rhythm in 1997.

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Chris Cargo

Artist: Chris Cargo

   Genre(s):
Electronic

Discography:

Solid Substance

Year: 2001
Tracks: 2

Entertainment world

Liza Minnelli - Minnelli To Testify In Person In Driver Sexual Harassment Case

Legendary entertainer LIZA MINNELLI has won a battle to defend herself in person against claims she forced herself on her former driver.

The 62-year-old star is being sued for $100 million (GBP50 million) by her former chauffeur M'hammed Soumayah - who claims Minnelli forced him to have sexual relations "without his consent" in 2004.

Soumayah alleges to have suffered assault and battery in the case, claiming his pay was withheld until he performed certain services for the star.

Soumayah's lawyer suggested the star give testimony by video, as Minnelli "has been known to have professional commitments to meet".

But Minnelli's rep has insisted the request is "just a way to embarrass" the singer and would suggest she isn't sound enough to appear for the deposition in person.

Minnelli is scheduled to make a pre-trial statement in Manhattan Supreme court on 15 August (08).

The Cabaret star's lawyers have previously called Soumayah's lawsuit "a quicksand of untruths and misstatements" and accused him of an attempt to "shakedown" Minnelli for financial gain.

This is not Minnelli's sole experience dealing with sexual harassment lawsuits.

The star's suit against her former husband David Gest was thrown out of court by a New York federal judge in 2006 before the couple's divorce was finalised the following year (Apr07).

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Coldplay: 'We're Not A Stadium Band Yet'

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin says the band aren't yet confident enough to play stadiums.

Writing on the band's website, Martin said Coldplay are “still trying to figure out how to make a room full of 10,000 people as exciting as possible, let alone a stadium.

“To me an arena feels like the perfect size canvas, so we're trying to master that," he added.

The UK leg of Coldplay's world tour, which includes two nights at the O2 Arena in London, will take place in December.

Free Song

And Martin said that fan's attending the gigs can expect a fantastic show.

“If you come to our concert, you'll see the most magical balls you've ever seen. And ours is the first concert in the world to feature them,” he said.

It's also been announced that ticket holders for each of the band's UK dates will receive a free copy of the unreleased track 'Goldrush'.

The song features vocals from the band's drummer Will Champion.

Coldplay live in Brixton, London

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Paul Weller brings 'Dreams' to US

Paul Weller [ tickets ] has assembled a late-summer US outing to support his just-released ninth solo album, "22 Dreams."The influential British singer/songwriter will sandwich the September trek between tours of Europe, Japan and Australia. US dates, which launch Sept. 2, include a two-night stand in Los Angeles and stops in San Francisco, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Washington, DC. The stateside itinerary is listed below and international dates can be found at Weller's website."22 Dreams," Weller's first release in three years, draws on numerous styles he has worked into his music over the past 30 years, including rock, funk, soul, free jazz, krautrock, classical, spoken word and electronica. The set, which debuted at No. 1 in the UK and is receiving critical acclaim in the US, also reflects a personal milestone in the former Jam frontman's life."I'm 50 this year, and I think that contributed to the sense of urgency," Weller said with a laugh, according to his bio. "But it also made me want to make something really special. I wanted to make an album with a beginning, a middle and an end. That's why the two songs 'Light Nights' and 'Night Lights' are at the first and last tracks. It's designed to be listened to in one sitting, in the same way that 'Pet Sounds' or 'Sgt Pepper' were."Guest appearances on the 21-track record include Noel Gallagher and Gem Archer from Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene's Steve Cradock, ex-Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, Little Barrie and folk guitarist John McCrusker. A link to the video for the latest single, "Have You Made Up Your Mind?," can be found at Weller's website.In conjunction with "22 Dreams," the performer has also released a limited-edition book and 12-inch vinyl boxed set titled "A Thousand Things." The collection is a visual history of Weller's recording career presented in more than 350 photographs, including rare images from his own family archive. Weller wrote the text for the book and oversaw all stages of its production--from selecting the photographs to re-mastering four previously unreleased Jam demos, according to his website.