Francis Cabrel was born on 23 November 1953 in Agen parents of Italian origin in a modest. He spent a happy childhood in Astafford in contact with nature. Around ten years he receives from his uncle, his first guitar. Read the rest of this entry »
After more than fifteen years with the rock band The Respectables, Pascal decided to go it alone in January. Since then, from his first solo material entitled Citizen of the World was launched in early summer and has made its way on Quebec radio. Forged in the same mold that we had won many successes which Pascal worked as amalgam, Fun, decadence Hola, etc, the public has welcomed the new song and we looked forward to the other equipment of the artist. Read the rest of this entry »
Kim Basinger was born on 8 December 1953 in Athens (Georgia, USA). It is of Swedish descent, German and Cherokee. After a spell in high school, where she worked alongside Keith Strickland of the B-52’s, she began her modeling career at the Eileen Ford agency. Read the rest of this entry »
Aaliyah Dana Haughton is born on January 16, 1979 in Brooklyn, New York. However it passes the major part of its childhood in another large American metropolis: Detroit, Michigan. As of its youth, it catches the virus of the song: contests of songs, castings and shows follow one another at an intensive pace. Its passion for the song and the dance does not leave indifferent its family already strongly implied in the show biz, in particular his / her artistic uncle and agent Barry Hankerson. Read the rest of this entry »
One of the best purveyors of rootsy punk, Columbus, Ohio’s Two Cow Garage, has just released Speaking in Cursive, the band’s 4th effort. The album hit the streets yesterday, and is the first Two Cow effort not to feature founding member/drummer Dustin Harigle.
Most nights, try shouting, “Can I get a hell yeah?!” in a Best Buy and all anyone will give you is a mean staredown from the washing machine aisle.
When it happened Thursday night at the store along LBJ Freeway, though, with a whole line of Dimebag Darrell fans waiting to meet the late Pantera founder’s family, they were all too happy to give a “Hell yeah!” right back.
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In all these year-end, best-of lists, I’m seeing little respect given to the over 50 crowd. So, since I’m heading that direction myself, I thought I would be the one to share some AARP Holiday Cheer.
In 2008, independent rock returned to the underground, where it belongs. Given the grand catastrophe that is today’s record industry, most major-label executives don’t have the time or energy to convince music fans they might like something a little out of the ordinary. They’re too busy recycling variations on what were once sure things while desperately searching for career exit strategies that don’t involve tall buildings, open windows and running leaps. As a result, fringier artists have had the opportunity to develop outside the spotlight, sans the sort of unrealistic commercial expectations that can lead to self-consciousness, compromise and a lifetime of regret. Not selling means not selling out, as the following albums demonstrate.
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