martes, 27 de junio de 2023

Start Me Up - Beverley Skeete

 Beverley Skeete  is best known for her  hit “Passion” Which she performed with the Group “Gat Décor” in 1996 on her top 5 debut on TOTP. She can also be heard on the albums of artist such as Tina Turner, Sir Elton John, Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings and many more. Beverley’s version of “Love Letters” featured one of the last guitar solos from George Harrison ( The Beatles). Over the years Beverley has performed on films such as Evita staring Madonna, The Beloved which starred Oprah Winfrey, The life of David Gale starring Kevin Spacey and Kate Winslet, and  The Hit man’s Bodyguard with Samuel Jackson and Ryan Reynolds where her recognizable sound is evident.






lunes, 26 de junio de 2023

Devon Gilfillian - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

Devon Gilfillian is an American soul singer-songwriter based in Nashville, TennesseeGilfillian is originally from Morton, Pennsylvania. He began playing guitar at age 14, and while still in high school played in a band called Black Sheep. He attended West Chester University, where he graduated with a degree in psychology, and also played in cover bands. Growing up, his father, Nelson Gilfillian, was a singer and percussionist in a local band. After moving to Nashville in 2013, Gilfillian joined a local blues cover band. In 2016, he released his debut self-titled EP, of gospel-inspired blues-rock.

His major label debut album Black Hole Rainbow was released on January 10, 2020, on Capitol Records.  It was nominated for a 2021 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The album features production from Shawn Everett, and co-writing from Jamie Lidell. Three of the album's singles reached the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart: "Unchained" peaked at number 7, "Get Out and Get It" peaked at number 12, and "The Good Life" peaked at number 5.

On October 22, 2020, Gilfillian released a track-by-track cover of Marvin Gaye's 1971 album What's Going On.

On April 7, 2023, Devon released his 2nd full-length studio album Love You Anyway via Fantasy Records. Produced by Jeremy Lutito (Joy OladokunNEEDTOBREATHE), the album includes the single “All I Really Wanna Do” which peaked at #6 on Billboard’s Adult Alternative Songs chart.Gilfillian performed at Newport Folk Festival and Montreal Jazz Fest, and at the 2018 NFL Draft in Dallas. On March 7, 2020, he made his national television debut on CBS This Morning, performing the track "The Good Life". He opened for Brothers Osborne on their 2019 tour, and Grace Potter on her 2020 US tour. He has also opened for Mavis StaplesGladys Knight, and Michael McDonald. He performed a cover of Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on October 23, 2020, and performed "The Good Life" on Jimmy Kimmel Live in December 2020.


domingo, 25 de junio de 2023

Gregg Martinez - Sign Your Name

 Gregg Martinez  ( August 2, 1956 in Lafayette, Louisiana) is an American rhythm and blues singer and purveyor of the south Louisiana genre called Swamp Pop. He is also referred to as "Mac Daddy" and is a member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. Martinez began singing in public at the age of eight in his home church in Carencro, Louisiana. He began his professional music career after graduating from Teurlings Catholic High School in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1974 by performing in the local nightlife scene of South Louisiana. From 1981 through 1984 Martinez was frontman and bandleader of Gregg Martinez and Kingfish. In 1985 he began to tour nationally with a new backing group called the Heat. Within a few months he landed an exclusive contract with the Donald Trump casinos in Atlantic City, NJ, where he would appear regularly through 1988 and relocated to in 1986. He signed a recording contract with multi-platinum songwriter/producer/musicians Victor Carstarphen and Keith Benson - veterans of the Philadelphia, PA recording scene which included Teddy Pendergrass, The O'Jays, and Patti LaBelle. His recordings were not released. Martinez relocated briefly to Nashville in early 1989 but by the end of the year had moved to north TX near Wichita Falls.

In 1990 Martinez began a new chapter in his musical journey in the Contemporary Christian Music field. He released three Christian albums from 1991 to 1997. With the releases of For the Ages and All the Days, 1999, 2001, he began to blend the Christian music with the Rhythm and Blues of his earlier days. He formed Gregg Martinez Outreach in 1998 which most notably consisted of a public school anti-drug program which reached many thousands of students around the country.

By 2006 Martinez had relocated back to his native Louisiana and had also returned to the R&B/Blues/Swamp Pop genre with the release of Big Bad Daddy. At this time he also joined the legendary blue-eyed soul group the Boogie Kings. He wrote the title song for The Boogie Kings' 2007 release Never Go Away. Martinez'CD, Soul of the Bayou, was released April 30, 2016 on Louisiana Red Hot Records. It reached #2 on the national soul chart and #4 on the national R&B chart according to RootsMusicReport.com. Soul of the Bayou was also voted #8 of the top 50 albums in Louisiana 2016 by Offbeat Magazine. Martinez has been nominated five times for Best Male Vocalist by Offbeats' Best of the Beat Awards. On February 9, 2019 he was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. On July 17, 2020, he released "MacDaddy Mojeaux" on Nola Blue Records. It has been critically acclaimed and receiving extensive airplay worldwide. He is the leader and tours regularly with Gregg Martinez and the Delta Kings.

His vocal style has been inspired and influenced by the soul crooners of the 60's/70's including Sam CookeMarvin GayeAl Green, and Louisiana artists G G Shinn, T K Hulin, Big Luther Kent, and Johnny Adams.


sábado, 24 de junio de 2023

Deftones - Drive

 Deftones es una banda estadounidense de metal alternativo formada en Sacramento, California, en el año 1988. Son considerados los pioneros del género nu metal junto con Korn. Sus integrantes son Chino Moreno (vocalista), Stephen Carpenter (guitarra), Abe Cunningham (bateria), y Frank Delgado (samplers). El bajista original de la banda era Chi Cheng, quien quedó en coma después de un accidente en 2008 y murió en 2013. Desde su formación, la banda ha lanzado nueve álbumes de estudio, dos EP, un álbum recopilatorio y veintitrés sencillos, además de un box set que incluye todos sus álbumes. La banda cuenta con un disco de oro y tres discos de platino.

La banda lanzó su primer álbum de estudio, Adrenaline, en 1995 mediante Maverick Records, y debutó en el puesto 23 de la lista del Billboard Top HeatseekersAround the Fur, su segundo álbum de estudio, también entró en las listas estadounidenses y británicas, por primera vez. En el álbum se incluyó el sencillo "My Own Summer (Shove It)", que apareció también en la banda sonora original de The Matrix en 1999. Su tercer álbum, White Pony, continuó con la exitosa línea comercial y crítica con el tercer puesto en las listas estadounidenses.​ Posteriormente al lanzamiento del álbum, Maverick Records comercializó un sencillo titulado "Back to School (Mini Maggit)", que era una reinterpretación con influencias rap de la pista que cerraba White Pony, "Pink Maggit", y lo incluyó en una reedición del álbum.

El álbum homónimo Deftones fue lanzado en 2003 y en 2006 la banda californiana lanzó su quinto álbum de estudio, Saturday Night Wrist, que alcanzó el décimo puesto de las listas estadounidenses.​ El sexto álbum de Deftones, Diamond Eyes, fue publicado el 4 de mayo de 2010.

El séptimo álbum de estudio de la banda, Koi No Yokan, se anunció en septiembre de 2012, pero no salió a la venta hasta 2013 debido a la muerte de Chi Cheng, que había pasado varios años en coma, teniendo como primer sencillo la canción "Leathers".


viernes, 23 de junio de 2023

Sam Tsui - Don't Stop Believin'

 Sam Tsui (born May 2, 1989)  is an American singer, songwriter and video producer. He rose to fame as an internet celebrity known for doing covers and musical medleys of songs by pop artists. He has since released original songs and expanded to mashups.

Tsui frequently collaborates with YouTuber and childhood friend Kurt Hugo Schneider. Their one-man a cappella videos have been described by Time as a combination of Glee and Attack of the Clones.

As of June, 2021, Tsui had received over 3.18 million subscribers.

Tsui appeared on ABC World News on October 28, 2009, singing The Jackson 5's "I'll Be There". He went on to perform on The Bonnie Hunt Show in November of the same year, where he was interviewed and performed Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)". He also appeared on It's On with Alexa Chung, singing Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" for the cast of American television series Glee.

Kurt Schneider produced the musical web series College Musical, a parody of the High School Musical film series, in fall of 2008. Four episodes were released, with Tsui playing the lead role of Cooper. Following the popularity of the series, it was announced that a film would be made based on the series. College Musical: The Movie premiered online in September 2014.

In 2010, Tsui released his first cover album, The Covers. The album, released on February 9, 2010, features covers of hits from Michael Jackson, Journey, Beyoncé, Jason Mraz, and Lady Gaga among other artists. On February 22, 2010, Tsui appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show with his producer Kurt Schneider. The two were interviewed, and Tsui performed his medley of Michael Jackson songs. In November 2010, Tsui collaborated with fellow YouTube singer Christina Grimmie, singing "Just a Dream", which is the most viewed video on the YouTube channel "KurtHugoSchneider", with more than 200 million views. On December 2, 2010, Tsui gave an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and performed a mashup of Katy Perry's "Firework" and Bruno Mars' "Grenade" with Schneider.

In 2011, Tsui debuted his own YouTube channel, apart from his collaboration with Kurt Schneider. On February 3, 2011, Tsui was featured on Britney Spears' official website, along with his cover of "Hold It Against Me".

In March 2011, lyrics from Tsui's song "Start Again" was featured in the novel Seeker by Andy Frankham-Allen.

Tsui was mentioned three times by Tom Hanks when he addressed the Yale class of 2011. Tsui was also featured in the 2010 Yale Admissions video. The video, entitled "That's Why I Chose Yale", reveals information about the college with students and admission officers breaking out into song across the campus. In 2017, he co-starred in a new admissions video entitled "That's Why I Toured Yale".

In fall 2011, Tsui was a digital correspondent for the third season of NBC's a capella competition show, The Sing-Off. He recorded a "Judges Medley" that included Sara Bareilles' "Love Song", Ben Folds' "Gone" and Shawn Stockman's (Boyz II Men) "On Bended Knee".

Tsui released his first full-length original album, Make It Up, in May 2013 after a raising more than $64,000 through the crowdfunding site Kickstarter. The project was produced by Kurt Schneider.

In summer 2013, Tsui and Schneider toured across Canada and the US with Alex Goot, Against the Current, Landon Austin, Luke Conard, and King the Kid.

Tsui continues to make covers of popular music on his YouTube channel while also collaborating with other YouTubers. In September 2013, Sam published a duet with Elle Winter entitled "Unsinkable (Music Is Medicine)" online. The proceeds of the single went towards pediatric cancer research as a part of the Music Is Medicine's Donate a Song project.

Tsui's vocals were featured in a promotional video for Coca-Cola that premiered on January 14, 2014. In 2013, Kurt Hugo Schneider and Coca-Cola teamed up to create music videos featuring creative covers of two 2011 hits namely Calvin Harris' "Feel So Close" and Of Monsters and Men's "Little Talks" for a campaign called "The Sounds of AHH". The commercial edits of both premiered on the inaugural episode of season 13 of American Idol on January 14, 2014, on FOX with "Feel So Close" featuring the vocals of Tsui whereas Schneider makes music playing only Coca-Cola bottles, glasses and cans.

In 2016, Tsui starred in an episode of Bones as collegiate acappella singing group member Jake Eisenberg.


jueves, 22 de junio de 2023

Julian Lennon - Stand by Me

Julian  Lennon (Liverpool8 de abril de 1963) es un músico inglés. Es el hijo primogénito de John Lennon, y el único hijo del matrimonio con Cynthia Powell. Es medio hermano por parte de padre de Sean Lennon. Su nombre es un homenaje a su difunta abuela, Julia.

Brian Epstein, representante de The Beatles y padrino de Julian, sugirió a John ocultar su matrimonio y paternidad por un tiempo para no afectar la popularidad del grupo. Fue así como Julian vivió alejado de los medios y de la publicidad de la beatlemanía. A raíz de ello, Julian vivió su infancia con un padre ausente, por lo que solía mostrarse frío al hablar de su padre John, y sentía enemistad con Yoko Ono. Al morir su padre, decidió abandonar esa enemistad, y actualmente tiene una cordial relación con Yoko y se lleva muy bien con su medio hermano Sean, a quien adora: «I just love Sean, and I didn't want to hurt him...». («Yo amo a mi hermano Sean, y yo jamas querria lastimarlo »)

Julian inspiró ciertas composiciones musicales de The Beatles, como la conocida canción de su padre Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,​ a partir de un dibujo que él había hecho; John también escribió Good Night como una canción de cuna para Julian, cantada por Ringo Starr. Asimismo, inspiró a Paul McCartney en la canción «Hey Jude» para consolarlo por el divorcio de sus padres, causado por el romance de John Lennon con Yoko Ono.​ En la emisión de American Top 40 the 80's del 9 de febrero de 1985, Casey Kasem mencionó que Cynthia Powell quedó embarazada en julio de 1962 y junto con John decidieron mantener en secreto el nacimiento de Julian.

El debut musical de Julian fue a temprana edad, a los 11 años, tocando la batería en la canción Ya-Ya del álbum Walls and Bridges de John Lennon. Su carrera artística se hizo popular con el debut de su disco Valotte y con la canción Too late for Goodbyes en 1984. Luego del gran éxito, hubo tiempos de ventas bajas y Julian recurrió al alcohol y drogas.

Su voz, aspecto y estilo musical son muy similares a los de John Lennon

Julian Lennon es también el productor del documental WhaleDreamers que trata acerca de una tribu aborigen de Australia y de su relación especial con las ballenas. Este documental también trata acerca de muchos asuntos del medio ambiente. Esta película ha recibido muchos premios y fue presentada en la Fiesta Cinematográfica de Cannes 2007.








miércoles, 21 de junio de 2023

Brothertiger - Shout

John Jagos, known professionally as Brothertiger, is an American electronic musician and producer. He first got his start while a sophomore at Ohio University, where he studied music production. Some of his first songs quickly attracted the attention of notable music sites such as Pitchfork Media and No Pain in Pop. After signing with Mush Records in 2012, Jagos released his first full-length album, Golden Years. In 2013, he released his second full-length, Future Splendors, which was also his first release pressed to vinyl. Brothertiger released Out of Touch in 2015 after parting ways with Mush Records. Out of Touch was his first independent full-length record release, characterized by lush synths on top of a blend of electronic and acoustic drums. According to Jagos, his aim with Out of Touch was to "create an auditory journey through a metaphorical jungle of emotional states—from tribulation, despair and fatigue to serenity, joy and tranquility.”


After a few years of touring and producing other artists, Jagos released Brothertiger Plays: Tears for Fears' Songs from the Big Chair, covering the entirety of Tears for Fears' famous album. In 2019, he released his first EP in 8 years, A Chain of Islands EP.  The EP was the first released in collaboration with Satanic Panic Recordings. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, Jagos started livestreaming from his studio, producing improvised tracks for audiences over Youtube and Twitch. The result of those initial streams was Fundamentals, Vol. I, a collection of instrumental electronic tracks released in June of 2020.  Brothertiger released his fourth studio album, Paradise Lost, in September of 2020. In lieu of touring, Jagos performed live on the Bandcamp livestreaming service, being one of the first artists to utilize the new platform. Later in 2020, he delivered another volume of instrumentals to end the year, releasing Fundamentals, Vol. II in December.