Inspired by Smith’s unique dreams and observations, Banga’s poetic lyrics are a reflection of our complex world – a world that is rife with chaos and beauty. Praised for her storytelling abilities, Smith has crafted an album that captures a wide range of human experience.
Banga was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City and produced by Patti Smith and her band: Tony Shanahan, Jay Dee Daugherty and her long-time collaborator Lenny Kaye.
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The founding members of the Beach Boys, one of the world’s most legendary bands in popular music history, have reunited for a global 50th Anniversary celebration including a new studio album, That’s Why God Made The Radio. Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks recently completed recording sessions for the band’s 29th studio album; the first in decades to feature all of the band’s surviving original members. Produced by Brian Wilson and executive produced by Mike Love, the album’s 12 new songs illustrate their unique and evocative West Coast story with the band’s timeless signature sound.
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Although Rita Wilson is well-known as an actress and a film producer few may be aware that her early show biz ambitions were actually musical. Wilson has finally achieved her dream with the release of her debut album – a beautifully sung collection of classics from the ’60s and ’70s that, taken together, make up the soundtrack to her life.
AM features songs from the ’60s that Wilson remembers singing along to on AM radio while riding in the back seat of her parents’ car. By the time Wilson got her own car, popular music lived on FM radio. She became enamored with the folk-rock singer-songwriters who dominated those airwaves in the early ’70s and her favorite songs make up the FM half.
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Martin Scorsese’s George Harrison: Living In The Material World, which premiered on HBO last October, makes its home video debut in North America.
Universal Music Enterprises is pleased to announce the releases of the film in three editions: 2-DVD set, Blu-ray, and a Deluxe Edition that will include the DVD, Blu-ray, special packaging and a 96-page book of photography to accompany the film, plus this exclusive 10-track CD, Early Takes Volume 1, featuring previously unreleased music from George Harrison.
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Dwight Twilley is one of the godfathers of power pop, influencing a generation of artists that includes Paul Collins, Peter Case, and Matthew Sweet.
Green Blimp was recorded in 2010 at Dwight Twilley’s Big Oak Studio in Tulsa, OK. Special guests on the album, include Bill Pitcock IV (lead guitarist for the Twilley Band), Rocky Burnette and Susan Cowsill.
The album features full keyboards, strings, big distorted guitars, accordions, Latin percussion, and other musical seasonings. The scale of Green Blimp suggests some harder-rocking variant on the classic bigger-is-better production styles of Phil Spector or Brian Wilson, though Twilley’s melodic structures still sound quite familiar to a longtime listener.
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