Mike Tramp – Mand Af En Tid (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:43 minutes | 597 MB | Genre: Rock
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Mand Af En Tid is the second solo album that Mike Tramp has recorded in Danish.
In Mike’s Own Words: “I will be the first to admit that I am only repeating myself and stating the obvious with my second album, where once again I sing in my mother tongue (Danish). I am exactly where I was with the first album, but it is also exactly where I want to be, and the true purpose of making this album, in a time where making a new rock’n’roll record would be doing it for yourself. After 46 years living and existing under the Rock’n’Roll banner, carrying and dragging along the logo of my previous bands, and at times feeling that I am running from my past.
The facts are that at home Mike Tramp doesn’t wear spandex pants, studded leather jackets, wield a sword like I’m part of Lord Of The Rings, or sleep in a coffin. I get up in the morning, avoid shaving or paying attention to my hair, make a pot of tea and sit down at the piano and let my mood and memories be the start of a new song, an honest expression shielded from the state of the world and the state of today’s music business.
Read moreLucha Villa – Sentimiento Ranchero (Remastered 2024) (1962/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 33:38 minutes | 1,36 GB | Genre: World, Latin
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Mexico’s most famous ranchera singer, Lucha Villa earned more notice than Lola Beltran thanks to a long, successful film career in addition to her recording work. Born in the Chihuahua state town of Ciudad Camargo in the mid-’30s, young Luz Elena Bejarano entered a number of talent contests and was dubbed Lucha Villa by television producer Luis Dillon (the name is a contraction of Pancho Villa and the Chihuahua village where he spent time). Her biggest early hit was a version of the José Alfredo Jiménez standard “Media Vuelta,” and after several minor film roles, she became a star with the 1965 cockfighting feature El Gallo de Oro.
Read moreLester Flatt & The Nashville Grass – Heaven’s Bluegrass Band (1976/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 28:35 minutes | 605 MB | Genre: Country, Bluegrass
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Lester Flatt is a name familiar to most any bluegrass fan. His work with Earl Scruggs is considered essential by many and his later work with the Nashville Grass helped pave the way for traditional bluegrass and bluegrass gospel in the decades to come. Heaven’s Bluegrass Band was Flatt and the Nashville Grass; first album for CMH. Here, Flatt is joined by an all-star ensemble featuring Curly Seckler, Marty Stuart and Paul Warren among others, presenting some of the warmest and most authentic bluegrass gospel recordings of the era.
Read moreJoe Henderson – Power To The People (Remastered 2024) (1969/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 42:41 minutes | 1,30 GB | Genre: Jazz
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Blending a socially conscious spirit with hard bop, jazz-funk, and electronic elements, Power to the People finds Joe Henderson saxophonist entering a new creative dimension, as he performs such originals as “Isotope,” “Afro-Centric” and the first recording of his classic “Black Narcissus,” alongside such legends as Herbie Hancock (piano, Fender Rhodes), Ron Carter (electric and acoustic bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums), and Mike Lawrence (trumpet).
Read moreThe Messthetics, James Brandon Lewis – The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 46:17 minutes | 896 MB | Genre: Jazz
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On their Impulse debut album, Washington DC’s experimental jazz punk trio the Messthetics (drummer Brendan Canty and Joe Lally of iconic punk band Fugazi, with guitarist Anthony Pirog) join forces with acclaimed jazz tenor saxophonist, composer and bandleader James Brandon Lewis. Together, they widen the reach of decisive instrumental music through their overlapping of jazz, punk, funk, aggression and innovation.
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