49 posts tagged “jazz”

You must think it's so great to review music, even as a hobby. That is until you realize that I've been listening to nonstop Christmas music ... in October!! Most of the smarter record labels are releasing their Seasonal music of or prior to that American tradition known as "Black Friday".

What we have in store for you are three very special Christmas albums that's already released or coming out soon-ish.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Is Zat You Santa Claus Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Read More Putumayo World Music http://weheartmus... Putumayo World Music was established to introduce people to the music of the world's cultures. Th...

Putumayo Presents: A Family Christmas
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Putumayo's Christmas album came out at the end of October, and features eleven tracks of very well-known Seasonal songs, including "Winter Wonderland" and "Frosty the Snowman". The emphasis seems to be on "family", as these are all very cheery and traditional-sounding. Which should also translate to boring/age-old songs, but this being from the folks at Putumayo, is nothing but predictable.

Starting with appetizers, Johnny Bregar's banjo-like strumming and snapping to "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". We move to some smooth drink with a jazzy "Holly Jolly Christmas" by Martin Sexton.

The main dish for me is a swingy big band "Is Zat You Santa Claus?" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Now, I've heard of these guys when "Swing was the thing" movement, but I had no idea they were so good. Based on this Christmas song, I can see why the band was honored to play the half-time at Super Bowl in 1999.

My other favorite off the album is the Hawaiian Christmas song, "Mele Kalikimaka", as a duet between Debbie Davies & Matt Perrine. The song sounds very retro to me, like something you'd hear in the 1950s by The Andrews Sisters, especially because I have visions of Ukulele and Hulu hoops, as I'm drinking my Kauai Cocktail.

The rest of the album seems very snacky, especially with the acoustic version of "Winter Wonderland" by Deana Carter. This works because of Carter's sweet voice. The other girl-singer Kate Rusby, who brought an international flavor to "Here We Come A-Wassailing", you can tell with her English accent.

The album comes to a close with a dance-for-all jamboree "Frosty the Snowman" by Lars Edegran and his Santa Claus Revelers. This instrumental sounds very New Orleans to me, a bit of jazz and wild swing that grooves you to dance out of the restaurant.

As usual, with all Putumayo's releases, this release comes with a handsome packaging with large lyric book (two pages of biography is devoted to each artist, written in English, French, and Spanish). If you're not convinced, you can hear three more songs at putumayo.com with the option of downloading a free song from there.

Tour Dates 12/05/09 Vaughan’s New Orleans, LA 12/07/09 Blue Nile New Orleans, LA 12/10/09 Bullet’s New Orleans, LA 12/12/09 Vaughan’s New Orleans, LA 12/17/09 Bullet’s New Orleans, LA 12/19/09 Vaughan’s New Orleans, LA 12/21/09 Balcony New Orleans, LA 12/24/09 Bullet’s New Orleans, LA 12/26/09 Vaughan’s New Orleans, LA 12/27/09 Blue Nile New Orleans, LA 12/28/09 Balcony New Orleans, LA Read More JAZZ NOTE #6 KICK BACK & RELAX http://weheartmus... What I like about jazz is how multi-dimensional it can be. From Dixieland, Big Band to a small t...

Kermit Ruffins
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Speaking of New Orleans and jazz and Putumayo alumni, Kermit Ruffins has a Christmas album coming out on November 10^th called Have Yourself a Crazy Cool Christmas.

As expected, this is an album of Christmas standards, but with a jazzy twist. Lots of trumpets and piano-playing on the album. Ruffins does some scatting "What Will Santa Say When He Finds Everybody Swingin’", which you can clearly hear some Louis Armstrong-influences.

While I say these are standards, these songs often have change in either musical shifts or lyrics have been changed or sung in a very different way. I noticed that "swing" replaces a few words, like in "Santa Claus is swinging into town". Also, as with most jazz improvisation, the music often become its own entity, usually stretching out the songs into five or six minutes, when traditionally they're two or three minute songs. For instance, "Little Drummer Boy" is now a sad New Orleans-style six minute epic song.

My favorite on the album is the duet "Baby It's Cold Outside". My review copy does not include liner notes, so I do not know who the part of the woman is sung by. Anyway, it's not as cheesy as the Tom Jones and Cerys Matthews version, but it's still pretty funny whenever I hear this song about a couple fighting and the guy is locked outside his home. Ruffins' humor can be found on his title track, "Have Yourself a Crazy Cool Christmas" where he warns people to have a crazy cool Christmas, but "don't get knocked up!"

If you want to hear Christmas songs in a jazzy style, you do need to check out Kermit Ruffins' Have Yourself a Crazy Cool Christmas. The album will be available next week on Basin Street Records.

Tour Dates 12/12/09 Regent Theatre Melbourne 12/13/09 Regent Theatre Melbourne 12/15/09 Canberra Theatre Canberra 12/16/09 Opera House Sydney 12/17/09 Opera House Sydney 12/19/09 Thebarton Theatre Adelaide 12/21/09 PCEC Riverside Perth 12/24/09 QPAC Concert Brisbane Read More Tori Amos http://weheartmus... Tori Amos is a pianist and singer-songwriter. She is married to English sound engineer Mark Hawle...

Tori Amos
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On a similar note, Tori Amos' Christmas album is a reworking of classic Seasonal songs. While it's easy to dismiss these Christamosed song, I think she's doing a fantastic job on changing your expectations of these songs. If you have ever heard any Tori Amos cover songs, you'll notice that she always transforms the original song into something completely new and different. And that's exactly what she's doing on Midwinter Graces.

While some of the more popular and traditional songs, "What Child Is This?" (retitled as "What Child, Nowell"), "Emmanuel", and "We Three Kings" (retitled as "Star of Wonder"), are reimagined, I think there might actually be some original Tori songs such as "Pink and Glitter" and "Our New Year".

What else is new is that she has a full orchestra behind her on this album. You can clearly hear all the sweeping arrangements on all the songs, in particular "Harps of Gold". In contrast, my favorite is "Snow Angel", a quieter song with lots of violins and pianos.

If you're a Tori fan, there's something to like here: a bit of traditional with a bit of modern... but clearly a Tori Amos product. I've stressed before that Abnormally Attracted to Sins will only appeal to Tori Amos fans, with Midwinter Graces, I feel people outside of the Amos circle will like and understand. I mean, who doesn't like Christmas music?

Midwinter Graces is available next week on Universal Republic. You can pre-order the CD/DVD combo on amazon. Unfortunately, my review copy does not include the DVD portion, but I'm sure it's the usual interview and/or music video.

MAMMÚT
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Mammút, described themselves as "pitch black pop eating colorful Skittles". While I would disagree with "black" (this tells me the band is "dark" and "broody"), I feel this is a really great young energetic rock band with some gothic-esque vocals. They sort of remind me of an Icelandic version of Swedish all-girl band Sahara Hotnights. Anyway, they seem promising enough, after only three months of forming the band, the three girls, two boys band entered and won the annual "battle of the bands" Músiktilraunir. They were quickly spotted by various publications like Rolling Stone and UK's Music Week.

All of the songs their 2008 album, Karkari, are sung in Icelandic, including the English title "Gun". I suspect the "pitch black" statement might refer to dark, depressing lyrics, but based on just their aggressive music, I didn't feel like that was what they were going for.

Although they lost their original bass player, and I don't know how their debut album sounded, but it's clear that the new bassist did a wonderful job - especially on the best track on the album, "Geimþrá".

I suppose I did enjoy the more "rock" out tracks, like "Ég veit hann kemur fljótt" and (ironically first track) "Endir" (End), but even the mellower "Í leyni" builds up in intensity. But what I think ties everything together are the great angst vocals.

Karkari recently won "best Icelandic album" at the Kraumur awards, and quite deservingly so. You can hear for yourself by purchasing the album directly at mammutmusic.com. Still not convinced? Try out the free download of "Svefnsykt" from the vowel-hating RCRD LBL.

THE GASLAMP KILLER thegaslampkiller.com ♥ myspace The Gaslamp Killer - Birthday Music The Motherfuckin' Gaslamp Killer is too non-print friendly and DJ Willow sounds too Buffy, so the mysterious DJ goes by simply as  Gaslamp Killer. His latest EP, My Troubled Mind was released on August 4th on Brain Feeder Record/Alpha Pup Records. As the title suggest, the songs on this EP gives us a glimpse of Gaslamp Killer's head: a strange music mixture of surf, funk, psych. The strong track is "Turk Mex", a Middle-eastern-gypsy type of music with a strange turntable blend of lounge music. The one track that actually doesn't seem to belong on the EP is, "Birthday Music". Possibly because there are lyrics on this song. I especially liked the part where he mixed in this 70s soul song "Give a Damn" near the end of the song.		ALVIN BAND alvinband.com ♥ myspace Alvin Band - Lord of the Fly Rick Alvin Shaier, from Miniature Tigers is essentially the one-man Alvin Band. What's interesting is that he will make his album, Mantis Preying, to be "officially" available on peer to peer networks on September 22nd (however, according to amazon, it looks like there will be a physical CD release - two-disc edition in fact). I'll be completely honest with you: I didn't like this album that much. I like the clever word play title, I like the idea of a one-man doing a cappella (there are no music instruments on the album) - but I just didn't enjoy the songs. It's kind of too non-traditional/experimental for my taste - the same reason why I dislike all the hot pitchforky bands like Animal Collective, etc. But hey, one man's garbage is another man's Earl Grey. I did give the album several listens (as evident on lastfm), just to give the album a second chance. The one track that I thought was good was "Lord of the Fly", which fooled me into think there were instruments.
SUNNA GUNNLAUGS sunnagunnlaugs.com ♥ myspace Sunna Gunnlaugs - Mindful Sunna Gunnlaugs is an Icelandic Jazz pianist. Don't let the eight tracks on the Mindful album fool you: this is a full sixty minutes album. As in most case with jazz, some songs tend to go on and on and often without lyrics the songs seems to blend into one another. I did find the album to be soothing, relaxing. It's really perfect for watching the sun set, sitting with a book and petting your cat. I did enjoy "The People of My Heart", because each of the music players gets a semi-solo spotlight. From the lead piano by Gunnlaugs, to the Drew Gress bass, the Tony Malaby's sax, and the subtle Scott McLemore drums. I feel all the instruments are having a polite conversation around a dinner table. I was also drawn to its title track, "Mindful", a track that feels like a journey (the ending is quite different from the start of the song). You can download this track, as well as others, on her iLike page. Having just finished some US summer dates, Gunnlaugs will be doing local dates in Iceland: 08/22/09 Idno - Literature and Jazz Reykjavik 08/23/09 Reykjavik Jazz Festival Reykjavik 08/30/09 Nordic House - Piano Only Reykjavik  You can get the Mindful album on Amazon.		NAREE nareemusic.com ♥ myspace Naree - Glamour Kills! I wonder why half-Thai, half-British Naree (and grew up in the Middle East!) doesn't mention anything about her first two albums, I'm No Fool (2004) and Proud (2005) on her website? Is she not, er, "proud" of them? Well her third album, tentatively titled Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde will be release somewhen this year? As you can see, I'm not really given much to work with here. I do have a six-track promo EP of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde for review. Each song is basically Disney pop music, the difference is that it seems to all been written by Naree. While you may think the title track, "Dr Jekyll" should be the clear winning song, I felt "Glamour Kills!" was far superior (despite the use of autotune). The song is so good, I can easily see why Naree was asked to open up for Pink in 2007. The band has a show coming up in New York: 08/30/09 The Annex New York, New York While there's no information on how to purchase or when Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is release - you can currently get their latest EP In This Life or the Next on the official website, or iTunes, or amazon.

Clearly Amy Serrata is into jazz and hip hop, just take a listen to any of her song - you can just hear it. Serrata describes her sound as a mix of soul nujazz (I hate that word!) and pop with elements of hip hop, which pretty much sums up what she's trying to do on her self-titled debut album.

Starting with "This Is Me", the song instantly sets the tone of the album: a strange funk mix, girl-pop vocals followed by contemporary singing. It's as if the message is "accept me as I am" when you accept the song as genre-mixing.

Like the start of a work week, "Monday Mornin", starts off with a "yawn". Although the song is about breakfast and starting the day, the double bass feels like it's an evening song.

So after morning, she finally gets up and sings "Hello World". She looks forward to seeing the world, despite it being a "big bad place".

I could go on, but it seems like the album takes you on a journey, ending my favorite song, "Love Another". When you can get past the artificial record noises, you'll find there's plenty to love about "Love Another", especially the soulful vocals - backed with a mainstream dance beat.

She isn't shy citing classic ladies, Ella Fitzgerald & Billy Holiday, as well as more contemporary soul artists, Adele and Norah Jones. So if you like those artists, but with a modern mix, you'll love Serrata. You can get her album at Amazon.com or on emusic.

In a musical climate, that has made international stars of artists, and I use the term artists lightly like Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus. Its refreshing to come across someone as refreshing as Leela James. Hannah and Miley take note, if you want to know how to SING and stir people’s souls, listen to “Let’s Do It Again”.

For those of you reading this review and are unfamiliar with Leela James, this Los Angeles, California native and resident Houstonian has a voice that makes your heart take notice and makes chills run down your spine.

She may be an unknown to most of the music masses, but she has been involved in the music industry for some time. If you are a fan of hip hop, and the brilliant work of Pete Rock of Pete Rock & CL Smooth fame, you would have heard Leela’s voice as a feature vocalist on his 2004 release “Soul Survivors Part II” and she has toured as an opening act for  The Black Eyed Peas and Macy Gray.

Leela, was signed by Ruff Nations Records shortly, that imprint had a distribution deal with Warner Brothers Records, but that label shortly folded and Leela was cast into the music industry’s black hole of artists that see their careers come to a sudden halt. Thankfully, Warner Brother’s was smart enough to realize they had a talent and in 2005 her debut album “A Change Is Gonna Come” was released. This project was executive produced by Commissioner Gordon, and featured production by Kanye West, Raphael Saadiq, Wyclef  Jean, James Poyser and Chucky Thompson.

The success and positive press of this debut album, had kept Leela and her band on the road for three consecutive years, and contributed to her second release taking so long to be completed.

It’s rare for an artist to do something to creative and daring, but Leela’s decision to record this album completely live with her backing band was brilliant. This album of cover songs by artists as far ranging, as Angela Bofill, James Brown, The Rolling Stones, Phillis Hyman and Foreigner takes on a life of its own. Upon first listen, my first impulse was to turn up the volume. I am a huge fan of Foreigner, Lou Graham’s voice was an original and it took Foreigner to great heights in the 70s and 80s, but Leela James’ version of “I Want To Know What Love Is” is taken completely to church and the live arrangement manages to take this song to places that would make Mick Jones and Lou Graham quite proud.

“You will hear a variety of range as a vocalist,” Leela James said about what the listeners will find on the CD. “I love all kinds of music, if the song is good, it's good!”

There are many highlights on this album, but a special note should be made of Leela’s backing band. This group of musicians are air tight and in the pocket and they bring a flavor to the arrangements that truly bring out the best in Leela.

Some of the tracks on the album include The Rolling Stones’ “Miss You,” Angela Bofill's “I Try” and Bootsy Collins’ “I’d Rather Be With You.”, Al Green’s “Simply Beautiful and James Browns’ “It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World”.

Just when I start to lose my faith in REAL SOUL MUSIC, I stumble across a project as emotionally stimulating as “Lets Do It Again” and I am reminded as to what music can do to stir the soul.

I encourage all music fans to listen to the wonderful CD and support this artist, because she is a hidden diamond, in a sea of crystallized glass.

Big Blue Moon plays like the soundtrack to a gentle romantic drama, one with minimal daylight scenes and lots of long, winding walks past ivy-covered Brownstones and quaint Mom & Pop cafés.  It’s New York City, shot through the lenses of a poet, where the daily grime is tucked away in shadows and loneliness is as beautiful as a street-lit silhouette.  I was reminded of the film My Blueberry Nights, which begins in New York but follows the main character as she moves across the country and eventually returns to the small Manhattan diner that initially drew her in.  Jazz accompanies her journey, a fitting musical choice as the wayfaring heroine is played by Norah Jones.  Similarly, Tolar channels Jones’s calm, light-but-not-lite sensibility, which explains why this style of music complements the visual narrative of film—its simple elegance is understated without seeming obtuse.

Tolar is a self-described “Southwestern girl living in Brooklyn,” a transplant from Colorado by way of California, raised on folk legends like Carole King and the downcast country blues of Johnny Cash.  It’s fitting then that Moon addresses issues of displacement (a theme that Tolar cites in her bio); there’s an overwhelming connection with “home,” both geographically (“Colorado calls me home underneath a big blue moon,” from the title track) and as a symbol of romantic contentment (“Somethin’ in your words brings me home when I am lost,” “Somethin’”).  Despite an obvious attention to heartbreak, Moon avoids gloomy cynicism, perhaps owing to the conceptual quality of the album as a whole:  a kind of reflective “travel” diary, with each song documenting Tolar’s search for answers to The Big Questions in Life, like “why does love have to be so complicated?”

When Moon picks up in pace (on songs like “Along for the Ride”), Tolar proves that contemporary jazz can be sexy, in an unfussy, silk-and-red-wine sort of way, without sacrificing consistency.  Often the inclusion of one or two up-tempo tracks has the adverse effect of disrupting the balance of these mostly-mellow records.  But Moon opts for steady sophistication rather than stylized showiness, which speaks well of Tolar’s self-awareness as an artist and makes for a moving debut album.

Big Blue Moon can be purchased through Sarah Tolar’s official website at www.sarahtolar.com (via CD Baby; direct link:  http://cdbaby.com/cd/sarahtolar).  Tolar will be playing a CD release show at The Canal Room in New York City on April 13.  For more information please visit her website or Myspace.

Songs From The Heart, 12 Song Album, 2008
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Sylvia Bennett With “The Three Tenors”
Genre: Smooth Jazz/Adult Easy Listening

Sylvia Bennett - Ain't Misbehavin' Sylvia Bennett Tour Dates 04/18/09 Bertofino’s Biscayne Key Biscayne, FL 05/16/09 Bertofino’s Key Biscayne, FL Selective Discography [1985] You're My Fantasy (ZYX and New York Music Company) [1986] Sentimental Journey by Lionel Hampton [1991] Here's That Rainy Day [2006] There Will Never Be Another You by Lionel Hampton [2008] Fantasies the Remixes [2008] Songs from the Heart

Sylvia was born in Italy, but emigrated to Philadelphia when she was a child. After moving to Miami, she started singing professionally in 1976.   Phyllis Diller, Jackie Mason and other headliners began to use her to open their acts when in Florida. She was content being a pop performer until she met Lionel Hampton, who told her she should be singing jazz. Recording with Hampton in 1985, Bennett worked with him at festivals and at the inaugurals of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush. Three jazz records resulted from Hampton's injunction to go jazz -- I Need a Man in 1988 for New York Music, Rainbows in the Sky in 1991 for her own company, Out of Sight Music, and Here's That Rainy Day for Bay Cities in 1992. Tenor man Boots Randolph joined her on the latter session. During the 1990's, Bennett has appeared at European jazz festivals, notably in Budapest and in Amsterdam. 

Although the songs on Songs From The Heart are standard jazz love ballads or “torch songs”, Sylvia's silky smooth, clear and bright toned soprano voice and warm personality, are particularly suited to these old favorites. Not only does she touch your soul, she soothes and caresses it!  You instantly feel relaxed and at ease listening to her, and by the time Sylvia has finished you feel reassured that things really will be all right. 

Add to this “The Three Tenors,” tenor saxophonists, that is.  The late Boots Randolph, two-time Latin Grammy nominee Ed Calle and eight-time Grammy nominee Kurt Whalum accompanying the singer with saxophone solos on each tune, and providing the perfect blend of sax and vocal.  Just another reason Songs From The Heart is a “must have” for every jazz collection.

Songs From The Heart is available either as a CD or as a MP3 download from CD Baby

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 12/30/2008 07:15:54  ♥ written by vu ()

I know politics and music have little in common, but releasing music around election day might not be such a great idea. I think perhaps people will be watching too closely to the polls to pay much attention to album being released. Plus, combined with Thanksgiving and a weakened economy, well you get the idea...

So below are a few albums that were released on November 4^th that was largely ignored. I finally had the time to put them all in for a spin:

ROGUE MOTEL
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Rogue Motel are an indie rock band from Portland, Oregon. I've been noticing lately that there seems to be a ton of bands coming from the upper west coast (mostly between the Seattle and Portland), and they all seem to be pretty good.

Anyway, to start off, this is one of my overdue review, but to be fair, there was a lot of confusion about the actual release date. I try and schedule reviews to go up just prior or around the release date, so it's kind of important to me anyway to make it timely. Unfortunately, they moved the release date to election day... see note above.

I think the band might have been named after living in a cheap motel while recording their album, far away from their home, in Kentucky. The result is this moody but intense album called Daylight Breaking.

The title, I think came from their best song (in my opinion) called "Hurry Up": "Early morning but the sun's not up yet, I came to look for something to ease my head". This is a pretty upbeat song with a simple, but memorable and catchy, chord.

I also really dig, "Smoke and Vines", particularly the line:

you want to change me, get in line

Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but the lyrics has a rebellious feel to it and that the band will continue doing what they're doing.

You can currently get the album digitally via amazon or the itunes (I've been having a lot of crashes relating to itunes, so I hate them).

FUTURE CLOUDS & RADAR
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I wanted to mention these guys for my Christmas 2008 for their song "Christmas Day 1923", but obviously a lot of songs were left out this year. Well, I reckon there's always next year.

To talk about them, you'll have to go back to the late 90s when they were known as a the power pop band called Cotton Mather. They had a string of albums before rising to fame when Noel Gallagher asked the band to tour with Oasis.

Perhaps he was tired of the power pop thing, but singer Robert Harrison went on to form Future Clouds & Radar, a more art rock/orchestral/psychedelia, much in the vein of, say the Beatles' Sgt Pepper.

Listening to their second album, Peoria, released on Election Day, it feels very sixties. Check out their perfectly 60s pop song, "Old Edmund Ruffin". Doesn't it sound like something John Lennon might sing on ?

I generally enjoy all the songs with trumpets ("Eighteen Months", "Mortal 926"), but not so much the crazy synthy chaos sounds (the middle of "The Mortal"). Thankfully it's just one song that I didn't really get along with.

If you've ever liked later-The Flaming Lips or psychedelic Beatles, you really need to give Future Clouds a try. Get your own cloud 9 at the usual locations (amazon, emusic, etc).

BSTC
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Finally we have Music for a Saturday Evening by BSTC, also released on Election Day. We don't normally get soul albums in house, but when we do, they certain stand out among all the indie-rock stuff we get.

Like the 60s-inspired music of Future Clouds and Radar, the BSTC (short for BlackStone Theatre Collective) is drowned in 70s disco, soul and jazz. They seem to be very proud to represent their deep roots in these genre of music.

The band/collective is mostly producer Andy C. and multi-instrumentalist, Tunji, with singer Keanna Johnson. I think Johnson only sings on a few songs, but she seems to be the face of the band.

I personally thought the two stand-out tracks for me are "B.S.T.C." and "Jazz in Outerspace". Both instrumental songs offers some outstanding beats and groove. Since I wanted to represent Johnson's vocals in the song, I thought the excellent hip-pop song "Get It" should be used.

Fans of soul music, Buena Vista Social Club, or Jason Miles, should really take note of BSTC.

Can't get enough of their music? Check out that widget thing, it will play a few other songs from them.

You can get Music for a Saturday Evening from various places, usually amazon or emusic.

 11/02/2008 18:57:42  ♥ written by vu ()

Obviously, I'm still playing the game. At one point in the game, you have to go into Vault 112's virtual environment and it's seriously straight out of the Twilight Zone. You need a high Charisma or Speech skill if you enter into this VR environment, otherwise you'll be stuck there forever.

So, in case you wanted to know all the songs used in the game, most of the orchestral soundtrack by Inon Zur are in MP3 format in your Program Files: Data: Music folder.

As for the 30s/40s/50s music, because of copyrighted issues, these are encrypted in "bsa" files. In case you want to buy these songs, here is the entire listing and credits: 

"I DON’T WANT TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE" Written by Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham, Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler Performed by The Ink Spots Copyright 1940 (Renewed) Bennie Benjamin Music, Inc. administered by Chappell & Co. (ASCAP), Eddie Durham Swing Music Publishing (ASCAP) administered by Bug, Ocheri Publishing Corp. (ASCAP), Carlin Music Publishing Canada, Inc. (SOCAN) on behalf of Redwood Music Limited (PRS) International Rights Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises "ANYTHING GOES" Written and performed by Cole Porter Copyright 1934 (Renewed) WB Music Corp. (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Courtesy of RCA Records By Arrangement with SONY BMG ENTERTAINMENT "A WONDERFUL GUY" Written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II Performed by Tex Beneke Copyright 1949 Williamson Music (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Courtesy of Soundies Inc. By Arrangement with DePugh Music "BOOGIE MAN" Courtesy of APM Music, Inc. "BUTCHER PETE (PART 1)" Written by Roy Brown & Henry Glover Performed by Roy Brown Copyright 1949 Arc Music Corp. (BMI), Brown Angel Music Publishing (BMI), Fort Knox Music Inc. (BMI), T/Q Music, Inc. d/b/a Trio Music Company (BMI), International Rights Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Courtesy of Global Licensing Inc. By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Video Game Licensing "CRAZY HE CALLS ME" Written by Bob Russell & Carl Sigman Performed by Billie Holiday Copyright 1949 Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises "CIVILIZATION" Written by Bob Hilliard & Carl Sigman Performed by Danny Kaye with the Andrews Sisters Copyright 1947 Better Half Music Co. (ASCAP) & Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. International Copyright Secured. Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises "EASY LIVING" Written by Ralph Rainger & Leo Robin Performed by Billie Holiday Copyright 1937 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Courtesy of Columbia Records By Arrangement with SONY BMG ENTERTAINMENT

"FOX BOOGIE" Courtesy of APM Music, Inc. "HAPPY TIMES" Written by Sylvia Fine Performed by Bob Crosby & The Bobcats Copyright 1949 (Renewed) Warner Bros. Inc. (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Courtesy of Soundies Inc. By Arrangement with DePugh Music "I’M TICKLED PINK" Courtesy of APM Music, Inc. "INTO EACH LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL" Written by Doris Fisher & Allan Roberts Copyright 1944 by Universal Music Corp. on behalf of Allan Roberts Music (ASCAP) & Doris Fisher Music Corp. (ASCAP) All rights in US for Allan Roberts Music (ASCAP) administered by Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP) International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Performed by Ella Fitzgerald Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises "JAZZY INTERLUDE" Courtesy of APM Music, Inc. "JOLLY DAYS" Courtesy of APM Music, Inc. "LET'S GO SUNNING" Courtesy of APM Music, Inc. "MAYBE" Written by Frank Madden & Allen Flynn Performed by The Ink Spots Copyright 1935 EMI Entertainment World, Inc. o/b/o EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises "MIGHTY, MIGHTY MAN" Written and performed by Roy Brown Copyright 1949 by Arc Music Corp. (BMI), Brown Angel Music Publishing (BMI), Fort Knox Music Inc. (BMI), International Rights Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Courtesy of Global Licensing Inc. By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Video Game Licensing "RHYTHM FOR YOU" Courtesy of APM Music, Inc. "SWING DOORS" Courtesy of APM Music, Inc. "WAY BACK HOME" Written by Al Lewis & Tom Waring Performed by Bob Crosby & The Bobcats Copyright 1935 Sovereign Music Company (ASCAP), WB Music Corp. (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Courtesy of Soundies Inc. By Arrangement with DePugh Music Violin Performance Heather MacArthur

 10/14/2008 00:06:50  ♥ written by vu ()

 10/12/2008 23:21:56  ♥ written by vu ()

This has been a very special all-women guest episode #27 of We Heart Music Radio, special thanks goes to Kerry Politzer, Tracy Shedd, James Tritten, and Emelia.

Music used in the show includes Kerry Politzer, Tracy Shedd, Dawn Drake, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Garlands, The Happy Birthdays, Camera Obscura, and Soko.

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PART ONE: KERRY POLITZER
kerrypolitzer.com ♥ myspace.com/kerrypolitzer
From New York, jazz/pop musician Kerry details her interview experience:

• "You Took Me In" as pop music vs previous classical jazz albums.
• New album to be more classic jazz than pop
  
• Politzer's podcast and upcoming shows
• The internet, myspace, lastFM, and iLike
• Second Life

PART TWO: TRACY SHEDD
tracyshedd.com ♥ myspace.com
Indie musician, Tracy, from Arizona talked about:

• Her background, various band members
• Teenbeat Records
• "Louder than You Can Hear" album for free
• Filming of "Whatever It Takes" video
• CMJ
• Starting to write new songs

PART THREE: EMELIA
daftpansy.vox.com ♥ myspace.com
We talked about:

• FRESYES.
• The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Garlands, The Happy Birthdays
• She can play the ukulele!
• iPod drama, Santagold and Soko

Overall, another wonderful little show. Forgive me that it's really long (nearly an hour), and I keep promising to keep the show brief (which apparently is not happening). Although I do end up throwing out 20% of what's recorded, most of our conversations are solid gold!