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Take Kid Rock, Hank Williams Jr and Toby Keith, mix with a little "Dirty South" rap influence, and what you get is Colt Ford, former golf pro-turned-country music's first legitimate rap star. His debut album, "Ride Through The Country", came out in 2008, featuring some of his friends and influences, from country stars Jamey Johnson and John Michael Montgomery to rapper Bonecrusher and RnB artist Attitude. "Chicken and Biscuits", featuring appearances by Josh Gracin, James Otto and Daryl "DMC" McDaniels came next in April 2010. A third album, featuring new single "Country Thang", was released in 2011. Mixing southern rock,...

Clifford Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956), aka "Brownie," was an American jazz trumpeter. He died aged 25 in a car accident, leaving behind only four years' worth of recordings. Nonetheless, he had a considerable influence on later jazz trumpet players, including Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Booker Little, and Freddie Hubbard, among others. He was also a composer of note: two of his compositions, "Joy Spring" and "Daahoud", have become jazz standards. He won the Down Beat critics' poll for the 'New Star of the Year' in 1954; he was inducted into the Down Beat 'Jazz Hall of...

Solitary Experiments formed in 1994 as a collaboration between Dennis Schober and Michael Thieleman, who had briefly collaborated before as 'Plague'. The following years saw occasional live shows and the release of a couple of demo tapes before the song 'God, Where Are You?' from the 'New Violent Breed' compilation in 1999, which would become a hit in their native Germany as well as Holland and the USA. Their debut album 'Final Approach' was released on Machinery later that year. A couple of high-profile festival performances in 2000 (including a slot at that years chaotic Wave-Gotik-Treffen) preceeded their second album...

Randy Crawford的歌声可以把灵魂乐与节奏蓝调融合成非常具有都会情调的摩登爵士抒情小品，30多年来，她的歌声始终蕴藏着浓郁的都会情韵，以最舒柔的歌声缓和生活的步调，就像是华灯初上街头闪烁的霓虹灯一样，点亮了心头的一些感觉，没有过于卖弄的灵魂唱腔，只想舒舒服服的唱着歌，纾解紧绷忙碌的情绪，创造流行歌曲的闲情逸致。 　　出生于乔治亚州Macon，在俄亥俄州辛辛那提长大的Randy Crawford从教堂唱诗班的练唱中培养出对歌唱的兴趣，15岁的时候，在父亲的陪伴下，开始游走欧美俱乐部作巡回演唱，20岁发表处女单曲"If You Say The Word"，隔年，她的精湛歌艺就得到爵士乐坛传奇人物George Benson、Quincy Jones的赏识，担纲暖场演唱，76年首张专辑《Everything Must Change》登场，78年又因为爵士名团Crusaders的Top 40畅销曲"Street Life"客座主唱一举打响名气，并与Crusaders巡回欧洲开唱，80年被日本东京音乐祭选为最杰出的演唱者，81、83年专辑《Secret Combination》、《Nightline》加进些许放克的节奏，喜欢四处演唱的她更是蒙特娄、北海、伊斯坦堡等地爵士音乐祭的常客，与Ray Charles、Joe Sample、Al Jarreau等才气洋溢的艺人、乐手分享歌唱心情，热心公益的她也曾出席联合国于克罗埃西亚所举行的慈善义唱，为南非自由斗士曼德拉慈善义唱，90年与意大利巨星Zucchero 连袂前往克里姆林公开唱，91年还应罗马教皇约翰保罗二世之邀，成为梵蒂冈圣诞音乐会的演唱嘉宾，丰富的现场演唱经验还包括联合国儿童基金会悼念一代女伶奥黛莉赫本的演唱会，以及与伦敦交响管弦乐团的同台合作。经过短暂的休息，95年重新以金唱片专辑《Naked And True》出击，98年专辑《Every Kind Of Mood Randy, Randi, Randee》则是与Prince、U2专辑制作人Mousse T.精心雕琢的情韵上选之作，甚至挑战了Massive Attack的歌曲"Hymn Of The Big Wheel"。 　　不用排行榜的背书，Randy Crawford的歌声早已随着巡回脚步而赢得全球各大都会的心情共鸣，此张发行于99年的精选辑《Hits》搜藏了她多年来的都会知音小品，包括:享誉乐坛的成名单曲"Street Life"(昆汀塔伦提诺执导电影《黑色终结令Jackie Brown》选为插曲)、招牌曲"One Day I'll Fly Away"(妮可姬嫚在电影《红磨坊》中重新诠释)、"Almaz"、美国软调爵士音乐电台的钟情单曲"Give Me The Night"，以及细腻诠释一些流行经典曲，像是Bob Dylan的反越战经典名曲"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"(电影《致命武器2》插曲)、与当代融合爵士乐圈Yellowjackets合作的 John Lennon祈祷和平的感人之作"Imagine"、Journey合唱团81年TOP 4抒情劲歌"Who's Crying Now"与节奏蓝调歌手Brook Benton 70年TOP 4名曲"Rainy Night In Georgia"。Randy Crawford那份居于灵魂乐与爵士乐之间的都会浪漫，是你展现都会风雅与品味的最佳选择。 .

Military Wives were originally a British choir formed by Gareth Malone through the fourth series of the BBC TV series The Choir. Malone formed the choir at two British Military locations in Devon (Chivenor and Plymouth). He sought to enlist voices for an all-women choir – the wives and girlfriends of military personnel deployed to Afghanistan.[1] The climax of the television series was the performance of the Military Wives at The Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on 12 November 2011.[2][3] Their debut single, "Wherever You Are" was released on 19 December 2011 and became...