Bjork - Volta 2008-09-16 19:57:00 Volta is the Grammy-nominated sixth full-length studio album from Icelandic singer Björk, a follow-up to 2004's Medúlla and comprises ten new tracks. In an interview done for daily Internet publication Pitchfork, Björk talked for the first time about the theme of the album. The full album was accidentally made available on the UK iTunes Store at midnight on April 23, 2007 for a total of six hou Read more: Bjork
The Very Best of MTV Unplugged Vol. 2 2008-09-16 19:45:00 The second volume of The Very Best of MTV Unplugged
digs a little deeper into the long-running show's archives and manages to pull out a healthy number of unreleased tracks along the way. The Unplugged series always seemed to be a stab at depth for a station that was focused on surface and image above all, and it worked, both for MTV and the artists who appeared on the show. The best moments here
The Very Best Of MTV Unplugged Vol. 1 2008-09-16 19:19:00 MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs.[1] Today, MTV still plays a limited selection of music videos, but the channel primarily broadcasts a variety of pop culture and reality television shows targeted at adolescents and young Read more: MTV Unplugged
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 2008-09-15 19:40:00 Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, Barbados to Ronald Fenty and Monica Fenty. She has two younger brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty.Rihanna went to Charles F. Broome Memorial School, a primary school in Barbados, and then on to the Combermere School, where she formed a musical trio with two of her classmates. In 2004, she won the Miss Combermere Beauty Pageant and performed in the Colours of Comber Read more: Rihanna
Cake - B-Sides And Rarities 2008-09-15 19:26:00 B-Sides
and Rarities
(originally referred to as just Rarities on the band's website) is the first rarities compilation album, and sixth album overall, by Cake, an alternative rock band from Sacramento, California. It features several cover songs, including Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" and Barry White's "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up."A limited edition version of the album features a bonus track, a
Kylie - Boombox (2008) 2008-09-15 01:25:00 Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE, born 28 May 1968, is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987. Signed to a contract by British songwriters and producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman in 1988, she achieved a string of hit Read more: Kylie
, Boombox
Yanni - The Best Of Yanni 2008-09-12 08:18:00 Yanni (born Yiannis Hrysomallis (classical transcription Giannis Chrysomallis), on November 14, 1954 in Kalamata, Greece) is a self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer. Yanni left his homeland at the age of 18 to attend the University of Minnesota. After receiving a B.A. in psychology, he would instead seek a life in music though he had no formal training and could not read a note. After pla
Kitaro - The Best Of Kitaro 2008-09-11 04:39:00 Kitaro, born Masanori Takahashi (Takahashi Masanori) is a Grammy award-winning Japanese musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist. Early lifeInspired by the R&B music of Otis Redding, Kitaro taught himself how to play guitar. He says of teaching himself, "I never had education in music, I just learned to trust my ears and my feelings." He gives credit for his creations to a power beyond him
Vanessa Mae - The Original Four Seasons 2008-09-11 04:22:00 Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson (born October 27, 1978), known professionally as Vanessa-Mae (in Chinese: Chén Mei), is an internationally known Singaporean-born British pop and classical musician, especially noted for her violin skills. Her music style is self-described as "violin techno-acoustic fusion," as several of her albums prominently feature the techno style. Vanessa-Mae began playing pia Read more: Vanessa
, Original
, Vanessa Mae
Dave Koz - The Dance 2008-09-10 08:56:00 Dave Koz (March 27, 1963) is an American saxophonist. Because they look and sound similar, Koz often draws comparisons to another well-known saxophonist, David Sanborn, and is sometimes billed as "the second coming of Sanborn."[1] He usually plays soprano or alto saxophones, but sometimes plays tenor and occasionally baritone. Dave Koz was born on March 27, 1963 in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valle Read more: Dance
George Benson and Al Jarreau – Givin It Up 2008-09-08 04:56:00 Two of the world’s greatest Jazz superstars, George
Benson
and Al Jarreau, will unite together in concert for the first time in China. Following a sell-out world tour, this magical collaboration is heading east for an Asia tour that includes two intimate dates in Mainland China, which promises to be a uniquely spectacular concert experience. With 18 GRAMMY Awards and over 8 decades of performanc
DJ Tiesto - Elements Of Life 2008-09-08 04:51:00 Tiësto born on January 17, 1969) is a Grammy-nominated Dutch trance DJ and record producer. He has become one of the world's most famous people in the trance and electronic dance music scenes. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto. On his latest productions, however, he has dropped the "DJ" label and is now known simply as "Tiësto", an alias w Read more: Tiesto
The Offspring - Rise And Fall Rage And Grace (2008) 2008-09-04 04:20:00 Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
is the eighth studio album by American punk rock band The Offspring
, first released on June 11 in Japan, June 14 in Australia, June 13 and June 16, 2008 in Europe and a day later in the United States. This is the band's first full-length studio release in four and a half years, the longest gap between The Offspring's studio albums to date. Its release had been delayed
Shaggy - The Best Of Shaggy (2008) 2008-09-03 05:43:00 Orville Richard Burrell (born October 22, 1968, Kingston, Jamaica) better known by his stage name Shaggy
, is a Jamaican American reggae singer who takes his nickname from Scooby-Doo's companion, a nickname given to him by his friends, during his teenage years in which his name bore a similarity to the Scooby Doo character. He is especially notable for his distinctive sub-baritone voice. Speaking o
Keane - under the iron sea 2008-09-02 07:27:00 Under the Iron Sea is the second studio album by English piano rock band Keane
, released in 2006. During its first week on sale in the UK, the album went to #1, selling 222,297 copies according to figures from the Official Chart Company. In the United States, the album came in at #4 on the Billboard 200, selling 75,702 units in its first week. As of January 22, the album had sold above 2,500,000 c
MUSE - Black Holes & Revelations 2008-09-02 06:25:00 Black Holes
& Revelations
is the fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Muse, released on 3 July 2006. The album sold 115,144 copies in its first week in the UK, which was more than the first week sales of Muse's previous album, Absolution. The album is also a BPI double platinum album, and was nominated for a Mercury Prize. Five singles were released in the UK, of which three we Read more: Black
, Black Holes
Jakarta Java Jazz Festival - Yellow Paradise 2008-09-01 03:49:00 The three-day Jakarta
International Jazz Festival
(Jak.Jazz) is a major Indonesian jazz festival. It started in 1988 in Ancol Drive-In and Ancol Dreamland Park ( North Jakarta ), moved to Plaza Timur (East Plaza) Senayan Sport Complex for 1993-1994-1995 festival, and ran until 1997 in Pasar Festival, Kuningan until being relaunched in 2006.Many foreign musicians from Europe , Australia , Asia , Ja Read more: Yellow
, Paradise
Metallica - The Black Album 2008-09-01 03:03:00 Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in Los Angeles, California. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a Los Angeles newspaper, Metallica's original line-up consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, lead guitarist Dave Mustaine, and bassist Ron McGovney. These last two were later replaced from the band, in favor of Kirk Hammet Read more: Black
, Metallica
, Album
Santana - Supernatural 2008-08-28 23:05:00 Carlos Santana
was born in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico, with two brothers and four sisters and a father who was a mariachi violinist. Carlos began playing the violin at five years of age, occasionally performing with his father's mariachi orchestra. When his family moved to Tijuana when he was nine, he became interested in the guitar, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and blues music and so Read more: Supernatural
Bon Jovi - Crush ( its my life ) 2008-08-28 00:39:00 Bon Jovi is a hard rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s. Over the past 25 years, Bon Jovi has sold over 120 million albums worldwide, including 34 million in the United States alone.Bon Jovi formed in 1983 with lead singer Jon Bon Jovi, guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Brya Read more: Bon Jovi
Christina Aguilera - I Come Undone 2008-08-28 00:10:00 Christina María Aguilera
(born December 18, 1980) is an American pop/R&B singer and songwriter. She was signed to RCA Records after recording "Reflection" for the film Mulan. She came to prominence following her debut album Christina Aguilera
(1999), which was a commercial success. A Latin pop album, Mi Reflejo, and several collaborations followed which garnered Aguilera worldwide success, bu Read more: Christina
, Undone
Yellow Card - Light And Sounds 2008-08-27 01:16:00 After almost two years of touring, Yellow
card took a few months off at the beginning of 2005. Ryan Key and Pete Mosely moved to New York City to write the songs for their upcoming album. The rest of the band remained in Los Angeles. The band regrouped in LA in the spring and began pre-production for the follow up to Ocean Avenue in March. Recording and production was finished in September and adve Read more: Sounds
Lady Sovereign - Public Warning 2008-08-27 01:01:00 Public Warning is the title of the debut album from UK hip hop artist Lady Sovereign. The album, a mix of grime and hip hop, was originally due for release in November 2005 but was pushed back after Lady Sovereign was signed by Island's Def Jam label. The album was released on October 31, 2006.In a press release, released on Monday, July 17, 2006, the album's track listing was finally confirmed, f Read more: Public
U2 - Golden Collection 2008-08-26 23:02:00 U2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland. The band consists of Bono (vocals and guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar) and Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums and percussion).The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency. By the mid-1980s, however, the band had become a top international act, noted for their anthemic sound, Bono Read more: Golden
Oasis - Golden Collection 2008-08-23 09:17:00 Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991. The group was formed by Liam Gallagher (vocals), Paul Arthurs (guitar), Paul McGuigan (bass) and Tony McCarroll (drums), who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher (lead guitar, lead vocals). Oasis have sold more than 50 million records worldwide,[1] have had eight UK number-one singles and have collected 15 NME Awa Read more: Golden
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos 2008-10-03 15:26:00 Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name "Majesty" by John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, before they dropped out to support the band. Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remain today along with James LaBrie and Jordan Rudess.Dream Theater has become a successf Read more: Dream
, Systematic
, Chaos
Mandy Perkins - Alice In No Man's Land 2008-10-02 08:45:00 Mandi Perkins
was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Her ambitions inspired a move to California to pursue both a career in music and to attend UC Berkeley where she graduated with Honors with a degree in English Literature. Immediately following graduation, Mandi made a move to Los Angeles in order to pursue a career in music while simultaneously attending law school. Mandi toured the country an Read more: Mandy
Dashboard Confessional - MTV Unplugged 2008-10-01 09:43:00 Dashboard Confessional
is an American rock band from Boca Raton, Florida , led by singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba. The band started out with Carrabba solely playing intimately personal acoustic songs, yet eventually became a full band ensemble. The band originated as Chris Carrabba's solo side-project for his previous band Further Seems Forever. He recorded his first album Swiss Army Romance in 2 Read more: Dashboard
, Dashboard Confessional
, MTV Unplugged
Tony Bennett - MTV Unplugged 2007 2008-10-01 08:56:00 Tony Bennett
(born Anthony Dominick Benedetto; August 3, 1926) is an American singer of popular music, standards and jazz. After having achieved artistic and commercial success in the 1950s and early 1960s, his career suffered an extended downturn during the height of the rock music era. Bennett staged a comeback, however, in the late 1980s and 1990s, expanding his audience to a younger generation Read more: MTV Unplugged
, Tony Bennett
Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix - OST 2008-09-28 15:13:00 Harry Potter
and the Order
of the Phoenix
is the soundtrack to the 2007 film of the same name, based on the book by J. K. Rowling. Nicholas Hooper composed the film's score, following John Williams, who scored the first three films, and Patrick Doyle who did the fourth. Though new to the series, he has worked with director David Yates before. The soundtrack was released 10 July 2007, the day befor Read more: Harry
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