Disky boils down the wild and varied career of Willy DeVille and concentrates on his legendary New York band, Mink DeVille, and their brand of no-nonsense, razor-blade Spanish stroll Jersey soul; it was a musical blend that had more in common with Phil Spector's 1960s than the CBGB '70s, but that's where it came from and it connected with the punks big time. This is roots rock with soul, swagger, and slither; it's a combination of catchy hooks, sweeping early rock crescendos, and DeVille's in-the-cut vocals that could melt the pants off a teenage girl at 50 paces – well, at least back in the day they could…

This fourth release by Norwegian vocalist Solveig Slettahjell and the Slow Motion Quintet offers another magical experience. On Good Rain, these creative and busy musicians expand the musical language that they began to explore on their previous release, Pixiedust (2005). In addition to Slettahjell, the group includes trumpeter Sjur Miljeteig, formerly of the jazz-pop-electronica outfit Jaga Jazzist and one of the leaders of the art-rock group Friko; keyboardist Morten Qvenild, who leads In The Country and Susanna and the Magical Orchestra; bassist Mats Eilertsen; and drummer Per Oddvar Johansen. The quintet flirts with pop and art-rock and even trip-hop, aiming to position the jazz vocalist as an artist again within a popular form, but avoiding banalities and without giving up its intelligent elitist aroma.

Violins of Hope presents instruments that were owned by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust, representing strength and optimism for the future during mankind’s darkest hour. They have been refurbished by luthiers Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein, founders of the Violins of Hope project. On this album, recorded live at Kohl Mansion, the instruments are used to perform two string quartet masterpieces by Schubert and Mendelssohn, alongside a new composition by Jake Heggie, inspired by the violins’ histories. Schubert’s unfinished Quartettsatz is often considered Schubert’s first mature work and displays a typically Schubertian mix of impetuous agitation and sublime lyricism.

After eight years of silence Sieges Even was releasing their sixth album and it became their most untypical one and certainly their most accessible one. After they lost (once again) their lead vocalist Andre Matos (ex-Angra) and found a brilliant replacement with the Dutch Arno Menses they decided to restart again under the new name Val'paraiso in 2003. But soon after they had recorded the new material they realized that it contained all features which are typical for the music of Sieges Even and switched back to the band's original name. There is a lot of Rush-influence in these songs: sounds, chords, riffs, changes/shifts, drumming, even the vocals. And yet, they manage to make it sound fresh and like it's all their own. Truly in interesting and refreshing.

Port Talbot based pianist Dave Jones is an established figure on the vibrant South Wales jazz scene. He has returned to the principality after spending many years in South East England where he worked with a string of well known jazz musicians in a sideman capacity and appeared at many of London’s leading jazz venues. Jones made his recording début in1996 releasing “Have You Met Mr. Jones” on the Parrot label (catalogue number PARCD 507). In 1999 he made an album for the Jamaican Vivid label and more recently has appeared on albums by Welsh jazz/folk band Burum and by the folk musician Miranda Sykes of Show Of Hands fame. The Parrot release was largely an album where Jones interpreted material by composers such as Herbie Hancock and Hank Mobley alongside more conventional standards and the occasional original. The self released “Impetus” is a vehicle for Jones the writer.

Hard rock pioneers UFO are one of the UK's most prolific and influential rock bands - their musical influence can be seen across a host of modern metal groups and during the course of over four decades they have built up an extremely loyal and dedicated fan base. Spanning 5CDs, a DVD and a massive 52 remastered tracks, UFO 'At The BBC' collects together all of the legendary group's BBC appearances from their first session with Bob Harris in 1974 through to their epic live set at Knebworth in June 1985…

“Bennett’s ability to straddle jazz and popular music was one he shared with few others. He managed to retain more of a jazz feel than either, and that’sN what Basie senses in him: a kindred spirit who is devoted to the not so very taxing business of s(w)inging the song with minimum distraction.”

10 CD box set of sixteen original jazz albums from the Godmother of female jazz, Ella Fitzgerald. Including the legendary Porgy and Bess with Louis Armstrong and milestone recordings like Ella sings Gershwin and Rhythm is My Business.

".Net of illusions" the band's second conceptual album, is inspired by the works of science fiction writers of the so-called "new wave" (Philip K. Dick, William Gibson, Roger Silverberg, Roger Zelazny …) and the writings of historian Yuval Noah Harari ( from which the concept of network of illusions or network of myths is taken).

Few stars of the '60s reinvented themselves as successfully as Marianne Faithfull. Coaxed into a singing career by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham in 1964, she had a big hit in both Britain and the U.S. with her debut single, the Jagger/Richards composition "As Tears Go By" (which prefaced the Stones' own version by a full year)…

Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American alternative rock singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actress. Morissette began her career in Canada in the early 1990s, with two commercially successful dance-pop albums…