sábado, 12 de noviembre de 2022

Texas - Living for the City.

 Texas are a Scottish alternative rock band from Glasgow. They were founded in 1986 by Johnny McElhone (formerly of the bands Altered Images and Hipsway) and Sharleen Spiteri on lead vocals. Texas made their performing debut in March 1988 at the University of Dundee. They took their name from the 1984 Wim Wenders movie Paris, Texas.

The band released their debut album Southside in 1989, along with the debut single "I Don't Want a Lover", which was a top-ten hit on the UK Singles Chart and peaked within the top ten of the charts in many other European countries. Southside entered at number three on the UK Albums Chart and number 88 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States, and sold over two million copies worldwide. Despite the success of Southside, the follow-up albums Mothers Heaven (1991) and Ricks Road (1993) were less successful, peaking at number 32 and number 18 on the UK Albums Chart respectively, but achieved moderate success on various European markets.

The band's fortunes changed in 1997 with the release of their White on Blonde album, which entered at the top of the UK albums chart and became their biggest seller. To date it has been certified six times platinum in the United Kingdom. Follow up album The Hush (1999) was also successful, entering at the top of the UK albums chart and certified triple platinum. The band's Greatest Hits album, released in 2000, was another big-seller, again entering at the top of the UK albums chart, and certified six times platinum. Texas would go on to release a further two studio albums, Careful What You Wish For in 2003, and Red Book in 2005, both of which were certified gold in the United Kingdom. After the release of Red Book and a tour to support the album's release, Texas went on hiatus. Lead singer Sharleen Spiteri launched a solo career, releasing her debut solo album, Melody, in 2008.

As of 2017, Texas's worldwide sales were 40 million records and they have had thirteen top-ten singles on the UK singles chart and three number-one albums and eight UK top-ten albums on the UK albums chart. Their ninth studio album, Jump on Board, released in May 2017, peaked within the top ten of the album charts in Belgium and France, whilst their tenth studio album, Hi, released in May 2021, became their highest-charting album in the UK since 1999's The Hush, debuting at number three on the official UK albums chart and number one on the UK independent albums chart, and entering at number one in their native Scotland.




viernes, 11 de noviembre de 2022

Michael Ball - I Don't Want a Lover

 Michael Ashley Ball OBE (born 27 June 1962) is an English singer, presenter and actor. He made his West End debut in 1985 playing Marius Pontmercy in the original London production of Les Misérables, and went on to star in 1987 as Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera. In 1989, he reached number two in the UK Singles Chart with "Love Changes Everything", a song taken from the musical Aspects of Love, where he played Alex. He played the role in London and on Broadway. His album Coming Home To You reached number one in the UK making it his 4th number one album to date. On 24 April 2020, Ball and Captain Tom Moore entered the UK Singles Chart at number one with a cover of "You'll Never Walk Alone", with combined chart sales of 82,000 making it the fastest-selling single of 2020.

In 1992, Ball represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest, finishing second with the song "One Step Out of Time". In 1995, he reprised the role of Marius in Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert. His other West End roles include Giorgio in Passion (1997) and Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2002). He has twice won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He won in 2008 for his role as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, and then in 2013 for the title role in the revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Ball was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for his services to musical theatre.


jueves, 10 de noviembre de 2022

Ronnie Dunn - Wonderful Tonight

 Ronald Gene Dunn (born June 1, 1953) is an American country music singer-songwriter and record executive. Starting in 2011, Dunn has worked as a solo artist following the temporary dissolution of Brooks & Dunn. He released his self-titled debut album for Arista Nashville on June 7, 2011, reaching the Top 10 with its lead-off single "Bleed Red". In 2013, after leaving Arista Nashville in 2012, Dunn founded Little Will-E Records. On April 8, 2014, Ronnie Dunn released his second solo album, Peace, Love, and Country Music through his Little Will-E Records. On November 11, 2016, he released his third album Tattooed Heart on NASH Icon label. His fourth album Re-Dunn was released on January 10, 2020. In 2019, Dunn was inducted into the Country Music Hall of FameDunn began his musical career as a solo artist. He charted two minor singles with Churchill/MCA Records: in 1983, he released "It's Written All Over Your Face", and in 1984, "She Put the Sad in All His Songs". In 1990, he and Kix Brooks formed Brooks & Dunn. In 1991, they released their first album, Brand New Man, certified 6× platinum by the RIAA. Brooks & Dunn released 12 studio albums, two greatest hits albums, and a Christmas album.[3] Brooks & Dunn sold over 30 million albums, had twenty number-one singles on Billboard, and were one of the most-consistently successful acts on the concert circuit. In 2009, they announced they were temporarily disbanding in 2010. On December 3, 2014, Brooks & Dunn reunited, and along with Reba McEntire, performed a series of concerts throughout the summer and fall of 2015. In late 2010, Dunn announced that he was working on a solo album. The album's first single, "Bleed Red", was released to country radio on January 29, 2011, and debuted at number 30 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week ending February 19, 2011, and ended as a Top 10, his first of his solo career. Dunn's self-titled album Ronnie Dunn was released on June 7, 2011. The second single from the album, "Cost of Livin'", was released on June 6, 2011, and debuted at number 56 on the country chart. It peaked at number 19, followed by "Let the Cowboy Rock" at number 31.

The album debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums, as well as number 5 on the Billboard 200, selling 45,000 copies in its first week in the US.

In June 2012, Ronnie Dunn took to social media to ask his fans what the fourth single on the album should be. Shortly after, Ronnie got a call from the executives at Sony Music saying that his "fb post killed the "Let The Cowboy Rock" single. He then requested for radio to start playing "Once" as the next single. Before the song could be released to radio as a single, he was released from the label. In March 2013, Ronnie Dunn previewed the song "Country This" on SoundCloud. On June 4, 2013, Ronnie released the two new tracks, "Country This" and "Kiss You There", exclusively on iTunes. The songs were each previewed for a month on The Highway on Sirius XM.

On July 9, 2013, Dunn announced his new record deal, a joint effort between HitShop Records and his own label Little Will-E Records with HitShop executing radio promotion while Dunn retains personal brand control. The lead-off single for his second solo album, "Kiss You There", was released to country radio on July 29, 2013. After an unsuccessful run with "Kiss You There", Dunn and HitShop Records parted ways.

On November 19, 2013, Dunn released the second single from the forthcoming album, "Wish I Still Smoked Cigarettes". In January 2014 Dunn also released "Grown Damn Man" as a promotional single from the second solo album. The album, Peace, Love and Country Music, was released on April 8, 2014.

On December 1, 2014, Ronnie Dunn began to speculate on his Facebook page that he had signed with the newest imprint of Big Machine Label GroupNASH Icon, but the label never confirmed nor denied. On January 12, 2015, President of Big Machine Scott Borchetta officially announced that Dunn had joined Reba McEntire and Martina McBride making him the third artist to join the roster. Borchetta stated in a press release "Ronnie Dunn has one of the smoothest, most-recognized and most-popular voices of the last twenty-five years in Country music. I'm truly honored to have him join us and take his rightful place as an Icon. Great music is on the way." Dunn also commented in the article saying "This is the best possible scenario that I can imagine. The Big Machine and Cumulus combination is a force, and I am proud to be included in this innovative venture". The press release went on to announce Ronnie Dunn was about to hit the studio to record what is now his third solo album and that the lead-off single of the album was released in early spring of 2015.

The lead single from Dunn's third solo album, "Ain't No Trucks in Texas", was released on July 17, 2015. On April 22, 2016, Dunn announced the second single, "Damn Drunk", on his Facebook page. The song was released August 5, 2016. On August 22, 2016, Dunn announced that the title of his upcoming third solo album will be Tattooed Heart and It released on November 11, 2016.

In 2019, Brooks & Dunn returned to the studio for the first time since the release of their 2009 compilation, #1s… and Then Some. The result was a new album, Reboot, a collection of some of Brooks & Dunn's greatest hits re-recorded as duets between the duo and up-and-coming country music stars. The album was released on April 5, 2019. It debuted at No. 1 on Billboard'Top Country Albums chart.

Dunn performed at the 2019 Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum Concert and Induction Ceremony.

Dunn announced in 2019 that he would be releasing a covers album in January 2020. Titled Re-Dunn, the album is a collection of twenty-four classic rock and country covers. A cover of "Amarillo by Morning" was released on September 6, 2019. 

miércoles, 9 de noviembre de 2022

No Strings Attached - Shake You Down

No Strings Attached are the principal co-ed jazz a cappella group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As a 15-member undergraduate RSO, No Strings Attached was founded in 1994 by students from a campus theater group.
We perform both locally and regionally for a variety of events and organizations. Although we specialize in jazz, we're known for our wide variety of music which ranges from choral masterpieces to jazz standards, rock favorites to popular music's most guilty pleasures.



martes, 8 de noviembre de 2022

OG3NE - Earth, Wind & Fire Medley

 O'G3NE (anteriormente conocido como Lisa, Amy, & Shelley. Se pronuncia "odchiin".) es una banda musical femenina neerlandesa, formada por las hermanas Lisa, Amy y Shelley Vol, siendo las dos últimas hermanas gemelas.

En 2007, representaron a los Países Bajos en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión Junior 2007 con la canción «Adem in, adem uit» («Inspira, espira»), quedando en 11º lugar de 17,​ y el 19 de diciembre de 2014 fueron anunciadas como las ganadoras de la quinta temporada de The Voice of Holland, consiguiendo un contrato de grabación con EMI. Fueron el primer trío en ganar el concurso en cualquier versión internacional de La voz.​

El 29 de octubre de 2016, se anunció que representarían a los Países Bajos en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión 2017.

Lisa Vol nació el 21 de junio de 1994, mientras que Amy y Shelley nacieron el 18 de octubre de 1995. Las hermanas nacieron en Dordrecht, y fueron criadas en Fijnaart. En 2007, ganaron Junior Songfestival 2007, la final neerlandesa para elegir al representante del país en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión Junior 2007, con su canción «Adem in, adem uit», recibiendo una máxima puntuación de 36 puntos en la semifinal y la final.​ Así, representaron a los Países Bajos en el festival, celebrado en Róterdam, donde quedaron en 11º puesto de 17.​ Al año siguiente, lanzaron un álbum titulado 300% y más tarde, en 2011, publicaron otro álbum llamado Sweet 16. el padre de las niñas es un productor musical muy rico y ha compuesto todas sus canciones. 

Tras una breve pausa después del lanzamiento de su segundo álbum de estudio en 2011, la banda apareció en el tercer episodio de las audiciones a ciegas de la quinta temporada de The Voice of Holland, bajo el nuevo nombre de «O'G3NE». Allí interpretaron la canción de Bee Gees «Emotion» y todos los jueces se dieron la vuelta por ellas, uniéndose finalmente al equipo de Marco Borsato. Fueron muy consistentes durante todo el concurso, consiguiendo así ganar la competición, siendo la primera banda en hacerlo.​ En 2016 compitieron en el programa musical de televisión De beste zangers van Nederland. El 30 de septiembre de ese año publicaron su tercer álbum de estudio, We Got This, y encabezó la lista de álbumes neerlandesa.El 29 de octubre de 2016, tras mucha especulación, se reveló que el trío representaría a los Países Bajos en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión 2017.​ Finalmente, obtuvieron un 4º puesto en su semifinal, quedando en la gran final 11º con Lights And Shadows, dado el espectacular apoyo del jurado hacia dicha banda.


lunes, 7 de noviembre de 2022

Magnus Carlsson - Never Gonna Give You Up.

Lars Magnus Carlsson (Borås, 24 de junio de 1974) es un solista pop sueco y exmiembro del grupo Alcazar.ha sido miembro de los grupos de pop suecos Barbados y, posteriormente, de Alcazar. A finales de 2002, Carlsson decidió dejar Barbados, el 13 de diciembre de 2002 Carlsson se convirtió en un miembro oficial del grupo Alcazar. El 24 de enero de 2003, Magnus hizo su último concierto con Barbados. Desde 2005, Magnus se presenta en solitario, si bien, el grupo Alcazar, no ha sido disuelto oficialmente. En 2007 entró a formar parte de la Original Abba Orchestra, de gira por Suecia, trabajo que compagina con su carrera en solitario. Carlsson participó en el Melodifestivalen todos los años entre 2000 y 2007, con la única excepción de 2004, ya fuera con Barbados, Alcazar o como solista. En su primera participación con Barbados, alcanzó el segundo lugar con el tema «Se mig», repitiendo posición al año siguiente con «Allt som jag ser». Junto a Alcazar, en tanto, llegó en dos oportunidades el tercer lugar, primero con «Not a sinner nor a saint» (ni un pecador ni un santo) en 2003 y luego en 2005 con «Alcastar». Volvió a participar en el Melodifestivalen 2015, llegando a la final con el tema «Möt mig i Gamla stan».





domingo, 6 de noviembre de 2022

The Pierces - Don't Give Up.

 The Pierces es una banda de folk rock fundada en Nueva YorkEstados Unidos. La banda está compuesta por las hermanas Pierce, Allison Margaret Pierce (nacida el 23 de julio de 1975) y Catherine Eleanor Pierce (nacida el 11 de septiembre de 1977).

Ocurrió mientras ellas asistían a la Universidad Auburn que un amigo envió una cinta a una discográfica en Nashville. Esto eventualmente resultó en su álbum del debut The Pierces (2000). El álbum contaba con armonías folclóricas y canciones alternativas de adultos. En una entrevista en 2004, Allison Pierce comentó que el álbum "se perdió en la confusión".​ Allmusic analiza el grupo.​

El 10 de agosto de 2005, fue lanzado su segundo álbum Light of the Moon' por medio de Universal. El álbum fue producido por Brian Sperber y fueron destacadas 11 pistas que las hermanas Pierce también escribieron o co-escribieron.

El 20 de marzo de 2007, su tercer álbum Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge fue lanzado en Estados Unidos. Producido por Roger Greenawalt (Nils Lofgren, Radish, Ben Kweller), el álbum obtuvo realmente buenas críticas, particularmente por el sencillo "Boring", el cual hace parodias a las celebridades sociales. El álbum tiene un estilo más oscuro y profundo, a veces usando diversos instrumentos como el acordeón, calíope, fagot, sitar, etc. Eso marca un cambio definitivo en la dirección de la banca, la cual hasta el momento ha sido reconocida como una banda de folk rock.

En una entrevista con Rolling Stone, luego de haber sido elegidas como artista del momento de Rolling Stone, se reveló que el álbum "Felt like [their] last chance" como resultado, salió ya que ellas solo "lo hicimos, nos divertimos."

El 5 de diciembre de 2007, The Pierces aparecieron en la serie de televisión de CWGossip Girl, tocando sus canciones "Secret" y "Three Wishes".

El 21 de agosto de 2008, "Secret" apareció promocionalmente en la apertura del show Dexter.​ En mayo del 2009, el Dutch channel Net 5 usó "Secret" de promoción para sus shows de fantasía Charmed y Ghost Whisperer. También aparece como la canción de inicio de la serie original ABC Family, basada en la saga de libros de Sara Shepard, Pretty Little Liars. Secret también fue tocada durante los créditos finales en la película "ExTerminators."

El dúo apareció en el tercer álbum de The All-American Rejects', When The World Comes Down, en el tema "Another Heart Calls". Ellas cantaron la canción en vivo con la banda The All-American Rejects en julio de 2009 en la lista de Myspace en Dallas, Texas.

El sencillo "Secret", es la canción principal del exitoso show de televisión Pretty Little Liars, este tema fue sugerido por una de las estrellas principales del show Ashley Benson.

El 23 de octubre de 2010, el grupo tuvo una aparición especial en el show de televisión Later... with Jools Holland. En diciembre de 2010, las hermanas y su banda salieron de gira con la cantante Lissie como su acto de apertura. Ellas también cantaron en vivo en el show de la cadena ITV1 Lorraine en marzo de 2011 mientras promocionaban su nuevo sencillo "Glorious".