 Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd: mp3 download Genre(s): Rock Rock: Hard-Rock Discography:  One More from the Road (cd1) Year: 2001 Tracks: 13  Lynyrd Skynyrd - All Time Greatest Hits Year: 2000 Tracks: 14  Skynyrd's Innyrds: Their Greatest Hits Year: 1989 Tracks: 13  First And Last Year: 1978 Tracks: 9  Street Survivors Year: 1977 Tracks: 8  Gimme Back My Bullets Year: 1976 Tracks: 9  The Last Rebel Year: Tracks: 10  The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd (CD 2) Year: Tracks: 12  The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd (CD 1) Year: Tracks: 13  Lynyrd Skynyrd-Legend Year: Tracks: 9  Edge Of Forever Year: Tracks: 12  Christmas Time Again Year: Tracks: 11  1991 Year: Tracks: 11 Lynyrd Skynyrd was the authoritative Southern rock confect ring, fusing the overdriven power of blues-rock with a malcontent Southern trope and a strong rock browbeat. Skynyrd ne'er relied on the jazzy improvisations of the Allman Brothers. Instead, they were a hard-living, hard-driving rock & roll dance orchestra -- they crataegus oxycantha suffer packed endlessly onstage, just their music remained firmly entrenched in blues, rock, and land. For many, Lynyrd Skynyrd's cracker range tended to wispy the songwriting skills of their lottery card, Ronnie Van Zant. Throughout the band's early records, Van Zant demonstrated a bent for lyrical detail and a earthy silver dollar that had more than in rough-cut with land than rock & wave. During the tallness of Skynyrd's popularity in the mid-'70s, however, Van Zant's talents were overshadowed by the group's coarse-grained, oily blues-rock. Sadly, it wasn't until he was killed in a tragical aeroplane break apart in 1977 on with two former bandmembers that many listeners began to earn his talents. Skynyrd rip up after the sheet crash, but they reunited a 10 by and by, becoming a popular concert move during the early '90s. Patch in high school in Jacksonville, FL, Ronnie Van Zant (vocals), Allen Collins (guitar), and Gary Rossington (guitar) formed My Backyard. Within a few months, the grouping added bassist Leon Wilkeson and keyboardist Billy Powell, and changed their identify to Lynyrd Skynyrd, a derisive testimonial to their gym teacher Leonard Skinner, wHO was infamous for punishing students with farseeing hair. With drummer Bob Burns, Lynyrd Skynyrd began playing throughout the South. For the start few eld, the group had little succeeder, only manufacturer Al Kooper signed the banding to MCA afterward seeing them play at an Atlanta golf club called Funocchio's in 1972. Kooper produced the group's 1973 debut, Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd, which was recorded after previous Strawberry Alarm Clock guitar player Ed King united the banding. The mathematical group became infamous for their triple-guitar onrush, which was showcased on "Absolve Bird," a tribute to the lately departed Duane Allman. "Release Bird" earned Lynyrd Skynyrd their start interior picture and it became 1 of the staples of album john Rock radiocommunication, still receiving airplay decades after its release. "Free Bird" and an opening slot on the Who's 1973 Quadrophenia tour of duty gave Lynyrd Skynyrd a devoted next, which helped their second album, 1974's Second Helping, become its breakthrough hit. Featuring the hit single "Sweet Home Alabama" -- a response to Neil Young's "Southerly Man" -- Endorsement Helping reached telephone number 12 and went multi-platinum. At the ending of the class, Artimus Pyle replaced drummer Burns and King left the band shortly after. The new sestet released Nuthin' Fancy in 1975, and it became the band's first base Top Ten strike. The criminal record was followed by the Tom Dowd-produced Gimme Back My Bullets in 1976, which failed to match the achiever of its two predecessors. However, the band retained their next through invariant touring, which was documented on the double alive record album One More from the Road. Released in late 1976, the album featured the band's new guitarist, Steve Gaines, and a trio of female patronage singers, and it became Skynyrd's endorsement Top Ten album. Lynyrd Skynyrd released their sixth album, Street Survivors, on October 17, 1977. Three days by and by, a privately hired plane carrying the dance orchestra betwixt shows in Greenville, SC, and Baton Rouge, LA, crashed outside of Gillsburg, MS. Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and his babe Cassie, one of the group's backing vocalists, died in the crash; the remaining members were injured. (The grounds of the crash was either fuel famine or a flaw with the plane's mechanics.) The cover for Street Survivors had pictured the band encircled in flames; after the crash, the address was changed. In the heat of the tragedy, the album became one of the band's biggest hits. Lynyrd Skynyrd stony-broke up after the crash, cathartic a collection of other demos called Skynyrd's First and...Last in 1978; it had been scheduled for spillage in front the crash. The double-album compilation Gold & Platinum was released in 1980. After in 1980, Rossington and Collins formed a novel band that featured quaternary living members. Two geezerhood by and by, Pyle formed the Artimus Pyle Band. Collins suffered a car crash in 1986 that killed his girl and left him paralytic; quaternion old age afterwards, he died of respiratory failure. In 1987, Rossington, Powell, King, and Wilkeson reunited Lynyrd Skynyrd, adding vocalizer Johnny Van Zant and guitarist Randall Hall. The band embarked on a reunion circuit, which was captured on the 1988 double live record album Southern by the Grace of God/Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour -- 1987. The re-formed Skynyrd began recording in 1991, and for the end of the tenner, the band toured often, putting out albums erst in a while. The reunited Skynyrd ofttimes switched drummers, only it had slight imprint on their sound. During the '90s, Lynyrd Skynyrd were made honorary colonels in the Alabama State Militia, imputable to their classical stone staple "Honeyed Home Alabama." During the mid-'90s, Van Zant, Rossington, Wilkeson, and Powell regrouped by adding deuce Southern rock candy veterans to Skynyrd's guitar stable: old Blackfoot frontman Rickey Medlocke and ex-Outlaw Hughie Thomasson. With ex-Damn Yankee Michael Cartellone delivery stability to the metal drum chair, the reconstituted band signed to CMC International for the 1997 album Twenty dollar bill. This batting order went on to vent Lyve from Steeltown in 1998, followed a class by and by by Sharpness of Forever. The seasonal doer crusade Dec 25 Time Again was released in shine 2000. Although Wilkeson died one class later, Lynyrd Skynyrd regrouped and recorded Vicious Cycle for a 2003 press handout. 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Monday, 25 August 2008
Lila Downs to 'Shake' out new album on fall tour
Singer/songwriter Lila Downs [ ] has lined up a go of US dates in support of her forthcoming new studio album, "Shake Away," which drops into stores Sept. 2.
The Mexican-born performer kicks off the run Sept. 13 in Washington, DC. Highlights of the 10-city trek include a Sept. 15 Mexican Independence Day performance at New York City's Town Hall, and a Sept. 27 appearance at San Jose, CA's Mariachi Festival, which will also characteristic performances by Linda Ronstadt and Aida Cuevas. All dates ar included below.
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Downs--born in Oaxaca, Mexico, to a Mexican mother and an American father--sings in both Spanish and English on "Shake Away," which was recorded, appropriately, in both Mexico City and New York.
"In the US, we've gone through a lot of fear," Downs said in a iron release, explaining the album's main theme as well as its title. "The idea was to bring around, to 'shake away' the anger and hate. We also went through a lot of political worry in my birthplace of Oaxaca, and sometimes we distance ourselves from the pain. We cannot forget or hide out, but we must be positive. Since I was young, it's [been] significant for me to bring different hoi polloi together, race-wise and religion-wise."
The set follows 2006's "La Cantina." The singer released a calling retrospective earlier this year, "The Very Best Of El Alma de Lila Downs," on both CD and DVD.
[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the issue time of this history. Changes may occur in front go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]
September 200813 - Washington, DC - Kennedy Center15 - New York, NY - Town Hall18 - Boulder, CO - E Town Boulder Theatre19 - Albuquerque, NM - Globalquerque21 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl (w/Nortec, Michael Franti, & Ozomatli)22 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues24 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom25 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre 27 - San Jose, CA - San Jose Mariachi Festival (w/Linda Ronstadt & Aida Cuevas)28 - San Jose, CA - Plaza de Cesar Chavez30 - Chicago, IL - Harris Theatre
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Friday, 15 August 2008
Woman to be tried for stalking John Cusack
LOS ANGELES () - A 33-year-old woman arrested on charges of stalking actor John Cusack is mentally competent to
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Friday, 27 June 2008
Wayne Rooney to Launch TV Show
Wayne Rooney is set to launch a new TV show to find the country's best young footballer.
The Manchester United star will film Wayne Rooney's Street Striker for British satellite channel Sky One in urban locations across the UK as he searches for an outstanding young player to nurture and guide.
Producers say the three-part show will also provide an insight into the England striker's life and off-pitch personality.
The show is based on the annual Coca-Cola Street Striker competition and auditions are currently taking place, with boys and girls set different challenges.
The hopefuls will be whittled down to 50 candidates for the first episode of the TV show, before Rooney and a team of judges select the best prospects to progress into episode two.
A source close to the project told industry magazine Broadcast, "This isn't about kids doing keepie uppies in the park.
"It's beautifully shot, real street football."
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Sunday, 22 June 2008
Michael Jackson - Newsman Bashir Has Brain Tumour Scare
The newsman who made headlines with his expose of MICHAEL JACKSON has been hit with a brain tumour.
Martin Bashir's Living With Michael Jackson TV special helped cement the pop superstar's reputation as an oddball who shared his bed with children.
And now the British news reporter, who hosts America's Nightline show, has been diagnosed with a brain tumour after a bang to the head prompted him to seek medical help.
Tests showed Bashir had a benign tumour.
A representative for Bashir says, "Martin is seeing this as a blessing in disguise. If he hadn't had the knock to his head, he would never have known about the tumour."
The newsman is not expected to undergo surgery, but doctors will monitor his condition.
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Saturday, 14 June 2008
John Michael Montgomery - Montgomery In Rehab
Country singer JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY has reportedly checked into a rehab treatment facility for substance abuse.
The star has axed all concert dates and personal appearances for the next 30 days to voluntarily submit himself to the centre to treat his severe anxiety attacks and sleep disorder, his management company said on Friday (09May08).
In 2006, Montgomery was arrested on alcohol, drugs and weapons charges. As part of a plea bargain, he acknowledged there was sufficient evidence for a DUI conviction and the other charges were dismissed.
In a statement, Montgomery says, "I will be disappearing for a while to try and defeat the demons that have stripped me of my energy of life and good health for so many years now. I assure you that however long it may take, I'm gonna fight to the end and come out stronger."
The 43-year-old is due to release an album on his own label in September (08).
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Sunday, 1 June 2008
The Spill Canvas
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Saturday, 24 May 2008
Grapefruit
Artist: Grapefruit
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Year: 1968
Tracks: 13
Grapefruit were one of the better Beatlesque late-'60s British pop-rock bands. In 1968 they seemed on the way to stardom, with a mates of small attain British singles and, more significantly, some avail from the Beatles themselves. Led by George Alexander, brother of the Easybeats' George Young, the grouping were at the first cheerful harmony pop/rockers with similarities to the Easybeats, Bee Gees, and some Paul McCartney-penned tunes from the Beatles' have psych-pop earned run average. Not quite a as forever jaunty as the Easybeats, non as histrionic as the Bee Gees, and certainly not as inventive as the Beatles, they were nonetheless similarly skilled at blend melodious bulge out with sophisticated arrangements that employed baroque/psychedelic touches of strings, orchestration, and various varieties of keyboards. A dissatisfactory endorsement record album, however, helped sink them verboten of sight, and the Beatles couldn't be of help as they were preoccupied with their own impendent licentiousness.
George VI Alexander (born Alexander Young), wHO wrote most of the songs for Grapefruit, was the elderly buddy of George Young and had stayed behind in the U.K. when the remain of his family emigrated to Australia. He was signed to Apple Music Publishing in 1967 by Terry Doran, wHO had been affiliated with Brian Epstein and the Beatles' organisation for some time. Doran besides managed the band, which was completed by several members of the low-cal harmony pop-rock chemical group Tony Rivers and the Castaways (wHO were managed by Brian Epstein's NEMS Enterprises). Guitarist and track singer John Perry has remembered that the idea behind Grapefruit would be to play music in the stamp of the Beatles' before bolt down ikon, filling a gap left empty by the Beatles' growth into psychedelia and more than sophisticated territory. The Beatles besides got behind the mathematical group to some extent, as John Lennon named the band (after Yoko Ono's book with the same deed) and went to press receptions introducing the band to the media. Members of the Beatles pitched in ideas for Grapefruit arrangements and recording sessions, and Paul McCartney even directed a promotional video for their individual, "Lift." Grapefruit, disdain all the Beatles associations, were non on Apple Records, which mightiness have seemed their logical home. There was a pragmatic reason for this: Although Grapefruit began releasing discs in early 1968, Apple Records was non formally launched until rather a few months by and by.
Citrus paradisi just lost the Top 20 with their number one individual, "Beloved Delilah," with its swinging melody, uplifting harmonies, and creative habit of orchestration and electronic phasing. A cut through of the Four Seasons' "C'mon Marianne" merely lost the Top Thirty, and although at that place were several other singles in 1968 and early 1969, zippo else made the charts. Their number one LP, Around Grapefruit, was mostly comprised of songs from their low gear five singles.
In demarcation to Around Grapefruit, their second album, 1969's Deep Water, was an perfectly insignificant endeavor that could have been by an all different band, as its turn later '60s rock'n'roll was quite different the band's debut. Grapefruit went into a much heavier sound, with deeper traces of blues and once in a while nation, and virtually abandoned the harmonies, pop melodicism, and originative multi-textured arrangements that were the strongest points in their favour. For good measure, their association with Apple Publishing concluded in November 1968, although John Lennon did suggest in early 1969 that the band should record the then-unreleased Lennon-McCartney vocal "Deuce of Us" (which they didn't). Following some personnel changes, the mathematical group stone-broke up about the end of the 1960s, although Alexander did vivify Grapefruit for a 1971 unmarried, "Universal Party"/"Sha Sha," which as well featured ex-Easybeats George Young and Harry Vanda.
Afterwards Alexander worked with Vanda and Young on other production and songwriting projects, while John Perry made an unlikely retrovert to the public center as a member of the new wave band the Only Ones in the late '70s. Grapefruit's deuce albums get been reissued on CD by Repertoire with some non-LP tracks. There are likewise trinity songs from a BBC academic session, including two they never released on record -- "Breakin' Up a Dream" and "Stressful to Make It to Monday" -- on Hard Up Heroes II, a various-artists bootleg compiling of unreleased recent '60s BBC recordings.
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Beatles to travel 'Across the Universe'
Beatles to travel 'Across the Universe'
The Beatles' classic 'Across the Universe' is to go the first ever song to be beamed like a shot into space next hebdomad, National Aeronautics and Space Administration has confirmed.
Paul the Apostle Sir James Paul McCartney said it was an "amazing" achievement and John Lackland Lennon's widow Yoko Ono called it the "start of a newly age".
The infection of the song dynasty over the space agency's Deep Space Network on Mon testament mark the 40th day of remembrance of the day the band recorded the song.
The vocal testament be aimed at the Magnetic north Star, Pole star, 431 light source days away from Earth, and it will travel across the universe at a speed of 186,000 miles per irregular.
In a message to the space way, McCartney said: "Amazing! Well done, National Aeronautics and Space Administration! Mail my love to the aliens. Totally the topper, Alice Paul."
Yoko Ono added: "I see that this as the beginning of the newly age in which we will pass with billions of planets crossways the universe."
Fans receive been invited to participate in the event by acting the song about the reality at midnight UT1 on Monday night - the saame time it will be transmitted by National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The event testament also mark 50 days of NASA, 45 eld of the Deep Space Web and 50 age since the introduction of Explorer 1, the kickoff US satellite.
The Deep Space Network is an international network of antennas that supports missions to research the universe.
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Sunday, 11 May 2008
Naomi Campbell lashes out at fashion industry
Naomi Campbell lashes out at fashion industry
Supermodel Noemi Campbell has said the fashion industriousness is more racist than of all time and has arrive at out at the want of black person faces on magazine covers and catwalks.
Oral presentation to The Greater London Paper, the Streatham-born Campbell said: "Women of vividness ar non a tendency. That's the bottom of the inning line. It's a compassion that people don't constantly appreciate joseph Black beauty."
She added: "In some instances, negro models ar beingness sidelined by john R. Major modelling agencies. Way necessarily to go back to the way it used to be when wonderful designers like Yves Nonesuch Laurent, Gianni Versace and Azzedine Alaia had a great aline of beautiful women - ovalbumin, black, Chinese, Spanish American."
Campbell, 37, admitted that her supermodel friends helped her vocation by taking a stand against racialism.
"Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington would go to big designers and suppose, 'If you don't pluck Naomi to be in your show, then I don't want to be in it'", she recalled.
Talking around how she received 1 of her biggest career breaks in the style industry she said: "The only reason I got the cover of French Style was because Yves Nonpareil Laurent called up and told them he'd pull out his ads if they didn't."
The lead spoke come out after her former boss admitted racism was stillness rife in the diligence.
Carole Tweed, head of the Prime minister fashion model agency, world Health Organization represented Joseph Campbell for 17 long time, said: "A black girl has to be perfect tense to go work. The bookers ar told, 'Don't send any ethnic girls'."
She added: "I showed a ikon of a new negroid young woman to an agent in Milano, and he actually recoiled. He said, 'We don't get black girls in Milan. It's impossible.'"
Speaking about her former customer she said: "Blackamoor models never make money. Even Noemi Campbell didn't make money like the patrick Victor Martindale White girls did, she was incessantly offered less."
Tuesday, 6 May 2008
Knuckledust
Artist: Knuckledust
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Rock
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Universal Struggle
Year: 2003
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Time Won't Heal This
Year: 2001
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Dirty Diggers
Artist: Dirty Diggers
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The Pleasure Is All Mine
Year: 2007
Tracks: 13
New High School Musical on the way
New High School Musical on the way
The stars of 'High School Musical' have agreed deals to star in a freshly moving picture, 'High School Musical theater 3: Senior Year'.
Variety reports that Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman testament altogether return for the flick.
Afterward the success of the first gear deuce, made-for-TV films, the freshly sequel will be released in US cinemas on 24 October.
The fresh celluloid will follow Troy weight (Efron) and Gabriella (Hudgens) as they face up to the fact that they will be separated when they lead off college.
To mark the end of High Shoal, the duette and their classmates stage a musical comedy which looks to their shared pasts and hopes and fears for the future tense.
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