sábado, 5 de noviembre de 2022

Jani Lane - Lay Your Hands on Me

 Jani Lane (born John Kennedy Oswald; February 1, 1964 – August 11, 2011) was an American singer and the lead vocalist, frontman, lyricist and main songwriter for the glam metal band Warrant. From Hollywood, California, the band experienced success from 1989 to 1996 with five albums reaching international sales of over 10 million. Lane left Warrant in 2004 and again in 2008 after a brief reunion. Lane also released a solo album, Back Down to One, in 2003, and the album Love the Sin, Hate the Sinner with a new group, Saints of the Underground, in 2008. Lane contributed lead vocals and songwriting to various projects throughout his career.



viernes, 4 de noviembre de 2022

Kian Egan - Run to You

 Kian Egan (n. el 29 de abril de 1980) es uno de los cuatro (anteriormente cinco) miembros de la banda irlandesa WestlifeKian nació en SligoIrlanda; sus padres son Patricia y Kevin. Tiene tres hermanos: Tom, Gavin y Colm, y tres hermanas: Marielle, Vivienne y Fenella. Asistió a Summerhill College en Sligo. Él toca varios instrumentos, incluyendo piano y guitarra y perteneció a una banda punk rock de Sligo, llamada Skrod. También estuvo en una banda llamada I.O.U., que posteriormente se llamó Westlife, junto a Shane Filan y Mark FeehilyKian está casado desde el 8 de mayo de 2009 con la exintegrante de Girl Thing, exintegrante de la banda irlandesa/inglesa Wonderland y ex-actriz Jodi Albert. Ellos abrieron su propio bar en Sligo, llamado Monkey Tree en el 2007. Su propuesta de matrimonio se hizo pública el 12 de febrero de 2008 en OK. El 20 de diciembre de 2011 nació su primer hijo Koa.​ El 21 de mayo de 2015, llegó al mundo su segundo hijo, Zekey. Su tercer hijo Cobi Egan nació el 29 de septiembre de 2017. Toca muchos instrumentos dentro y fuera del grupo, incluyendo el piano y la guitarra. Fue un miembro de punk rock, Skrod. También estuvo en un grupo pop llamado IOU con otros miembros de Westlife, Shane Filan y Mark Feehily.



jueves, 3 de noviembre de 2022

Train - Holding Back the Years

 Train is an American pop rock band from San Francisco which was formed in 1993. As of 2022 the band consists of Pat Monahan (lead vocals), Taylor Locke (guitar, vocals), Hector Maldonado (bass, vocals), Jerry Becker (keyboards, guitar), Matt Musty (drums), Sakai Smith (backup vocals), and Nikita Houston (backup vocals).

With a lineup that included original members Monahan, Rob Hotchkiss, Jimmy Stafford, Scott Underwood, and Charlie Colin, the band achieved mainstream success with their debut album Train. The album was released in 1998 with the hit "Meet Virginia". Train's 2001 album, Drops of Jupiter, contained the lead single "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)". The single won two Grammy Awards in 2002, and the album was certified double platinum. Train's third studio album, My Private Nation, released in 2003, was certified platinum in the United States with the hit "Calling All Angels". Following the departures of Hotchkiss and Colin, the band released their fourth album, For Me, It's You in 2006, with Brandon Bush (keyboards) and Johnny Colt (bass). Despite a generally positive reception from critics, the album was commercially unsuccessful. Because of this, Train went on a two-year hiatus from recording any new music.

In late 2009, Train released the album Save Me, San Francisco, from which the album's three singles—the RIAA 6× platinum-certified international hit "Hey, Soul Sister", "If It's Love" and "Marry Me"—reached numbers three, 34, and 34, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was certified gold by both the RIAA and ARIA.[4] In April 2012, Train released California 37. The first single from the album, entitled "Drive By", reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was a Top 10 hit in the UK. This album was followed by Bulletproof Picasso (2014), Christmas in Tahoe (2015), Train Does Led Zeppelin II (2016), and A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat (2017). Their album AM Gold was released on May 20, 2022.

Train has sold over 10 million albums and 30 million tracks worldwide.






miércoles, 2 de noviembre de 2022

Jeremy & The Harlequins - Like a Prayer

Jeremy & The Harlequins are a five-piece rock band from New York City. Drawing influence from classic ‘50s and ‘60s rock & roll, they released their first album in 2015 after two years of recording. The members of the band are Jeremy Fury, Craig Bonich, Patrick Meyer, Steve Fury, and Bobby Ever. After releasing their first album, American Dreamer, Jeremy & The Harlequins signed with Yep Roc Records. In August 2016, the label released their second album, Into the Night. Jeremy and his brother, drummer Steve Fury, had played music together for years they cut an album in 2006 as members of the group We Are the Fury, and when Steve returned from a sojourn in Europe, he soon teamed up with Jeremy and Craig.

martes, 1 de noviembre de 2022

Mica Paris / Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir - I Want to Know What Love Is

Michelle Antoinette Wallen MBE (born 27 April 1969), known professionally as Mica Paris, is an English singer, presenter and actress.

She was born in Islington in North London, but moved to Brockley, South London, when she was nine. Paris released her debut album So Good in 1988, which spawned singles including "My One Temptation" and "Where Is the Love". She has since gone on to release seven further albums; Contribution (1990), Whisper a Prayer (1993), Black Angel (1998), If You Could Love Me (2005), Soul Classics (2005), Born Again (2009) and Gospel (2020). In 2020, Paris was cast in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Ellie Nixon.

Paris grew up singing in her grandparents' church, and by her mid-teens was making regular appearances with The Spirit of Watts gospel choir (with whom she featured on the 1985 EP Gospel Joy). At the age of 17, she became a backing vocalist with the UK band Hollywood Beyond. Paris appeared on their album, If (1985). In 1988, she released her debut, platinum-selling album So Good with 4th & Broadway when she was 19 years old. "My One Temptation" was the lead single. This led to a collaboration with American soul singer Will Downing on a cover version of a classic "Where Is the Love", made famous by Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack in the early 1970s.

The follow up album, Contribution, was released in 1990. This extended Paris' soul and gospel influences to bring in hip-hop and house music and featured the track "If I Love U 2 Nite", written by Prince and recorded at his Paisley Park studios. With Omar Lye-Fook, a classically trained musician, Paris recorded "I Should've Known Better" in 1990. It was issued on the B-side to "South of the River". Paris also recorded with Anita BakerBonnie Raitt and Natalie Cole on the album Nelson Mandela: An International Tribute for a Free South Africa (1990), and provided the title track to Isaac Julien's Young Soul Rebels movie soundtrack the following year. She worked with the saxophonist Courtney Pine ("Redemption Song" – 1992), the Stereo MCs ("Don't Let Up" – 1992) and Bobby Womack ("I Wish I'd Never Met You" – 1991).

Her third album was Whisper a Prayer (1993), which included the singles "I Never Felt Like This Before" and "I Wanna Hold On To You", as well as "You Put a Move on My Heart" which was later recorded by Tamia in 1995 on Quincy Jones's Q's Jook Joint album. This followed by more collaboration work on album tracks with Guru on his Jazzmatazz II ("Looking Through Darkness" in 1995), Mark Morrison ("Tears For You" – 1996) and Maxwell ("Mantra" – 1996). Paris released the album Black Angel on Chrysalis in 1998. It contained a cover version of U2's "One", and a duet with James IngramBlack Angel produced two more Top 20 singles in "Stay" and 'Carefree". More collaborations followed with Omar ("Confection" – 1994), Max Beesley ("High Vibes" – 1994), Dubversive ("Police & Thieves" – 1998), the Mobo All Stars compilation album in 1998, Mister Exe ("One Million Smiles" – 1998), Prince ("Just My Imagination" – 2000) and Boy George ("I Could Be Someone" – 2000). A collaboration with David Gilmour and Jools Holland on Screamin' Jay Hawkins' track "I Put A Spell On You" followed in 2001. The trio had regrouped on occasions to perform the hit.

Two years later, Paris lent her voice to Walt Disney Pictures (Touchstone Pictures) soundtrack for High Heels and Low Lifes, which was later included in the Primal Screen soundtrack compilation album (2001). In 2003, Paris released the Moby sampling "Heart" with Seraphim Suite. Paris also joined Omar onstage for his gig at The Shepherds Bush Empire. She also contributed to the track "I Don't Understand" on Milk & Sugar album. 2004 saw Paris feature as a guest on The New Inspirational Choir's album Inspirations along with Keisha White and Jocelyn Brown. In 2005, Paris released the album If You Could Love Me (Wounded Bird Records), featuring backing from the Brecker Brothers on the title track, with executive producer Andreas Neumann and producer Bernard Grobman. Also in 2005, she released the album Soul Classics, with executive producers Rick Blaskey and Andreas Neumann. Paris collaborated with Lemar on the track "Can't You See" on his album The Truth About Love in 2006, and in February 2008, she released the duet "Secret Lovers" with Alexander O'Neal. This was followed by a residency at the Indigo 02.

In June 2009, she released her sixth studio album, Born Again. She embarked on a nationwide tour, which included dates at the Jazz Cafe in February 2009 to showcase the material. The album was produced by Brian Rawling. James Morrison wrote Paris' first single, "Baby Come Back Now". Paris released the second single from Born Again, on 17 August 2009. The track, "The Hardest Thing", was remixed by Stonebridge, Almighty and 2Darc. Paris performed at various venues prior to the release from the album in March 2010 of the title track "Born Again".

On 4 June 2022, Paris performed Climb Ev'ry Mountain with Nicola Roberts and Ruby Turner at the Platinum Party at the Palace concert to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.


Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir is a London-based gospel choir which aims to make gospel music more accessible beyond its traditional home in the Pentecostal church, and particularly into Anglican and Catholic churches.

In pursuit of this goal, the choir became a charitable incorporated organisation in January 2018 providing a "high-quality gospel choir that composes, rehearses and performs gospel music in a range of venues and contexts. Through various initiatives and resources, it is also a major provider of education for the public in the creation and performance of gospel music."

The choir sings regularly at church services at St James's Church, Piccadilly and at Farm Street Church in Mayfair and has a facility whereby it can share its rehearsal audio files thereby enabling other churches to explore gospel music.




lunes, 31 de octubre de 2022

Sam Smith - I Feel Love

Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer and songwriter. After rising to prominence in October 2012 by featuring on Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart, they were subsequently featured on Naughty Boy's "La La La", which became a number one single in May 2013. In December 2013, Smith was nominated for the 2014 Brit Critics' Choice Award and the BBC's Sound of 2014 poll, winning both.

Smith's debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour, was released in May 2014 on Capitol Records UK. The album's lead single, "Lay Me Down", was released prior to "La La La". The album's second single, "Money on My Mind", became their second number one single in the UK. The third single, "Stay with Me", was internationally successful, reaching number one in the UK and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, while subsequent singles "I'm Not the Only One" and "Like I Can" reached the top ten in the UK. The album won four awards, at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best Pop Vocal AlbumBest New ArtistRecord of the YearSong of the Year, and nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.

For Smith's and Jimmy Napes's song "Writing's on the Wall", the theme for the James Bond film Spectre (2015), they won the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Smith's second studio album, The Thrill of It All, was released in November 2017 and debuted atop the UK and US album charts. The lead single, "Too Good at Goodbyes", reached number one in the UK and Australia and number four in the US. Following the 2018 single "Promises" with Calvin Harris, which peaked at number one in the UK, Smith released "Dancing with a Stranger" with Normani in 2019, which reached the top ten in the UK and the US and was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2020 Brit Awards; and later "How Do You Sleep?", all of which feature on their third album, Love Goes (2020). In 2022, Smith's single "Unholy" with Kim Petras, from Smith's forthcoming fourth album Gloria (2023), became their first number one single in the US.

Smith's achievements include four Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, three Billboard Music Awards, and an American Music Award, as well as a Golden Globe and an Academy Award.


domingo, 30 de octubre de 2022

Anders Johansson - Jakob Hydén - Jailhouse Rock

Anders Johansson (Gotemburgo; 25 de mayo de 1962) fue el baterista del grupo de power metal HammerFall desde 1999 hasta 2014. Es hermano de Jens Johansson, teclista de Stratovarius, con el que ha colaborado en varios proyectos, destacando el tour y las grabaciones con Malmsteen en los 80. Actualmente es el baterista de la banda Tungsten junto a sus hijos Nick y Karl Johansson.

Aprendió a tocar el piano, pero a los 14 se pasó a la batería, instrumento con el que ha seguido a lo largo de su carrera. Entró inicialmente en Hammerfall como baterista suplente con el álbum "Legacy of kings", pero pronto se unió al grupo.

Es conocido sobre todo por su obra dentro del metal, pero también toca otro tipo de géneros. Su estilo es bastante "de calle", lo que le crea un estilo propio, con una fuerte pegada y mucho uso del doble pedal, tanto en ráfagas como seguido, lo que le coloca entre los grandes del metal europeo. Además, durante los conciertos, hace grandes solos y normalmente acompañados de espectáculo y bromas.

Anders utiliza baterías Tama y platillaje Meinl, de las series MB10 y la nueva MB8.