Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country and western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis. His greatest success came with Monument Records between 1960 and 1964, when 22 of his songs placed on the Billboard Top Forty, including "Only the Lonely", "Crying", and "Oh, Pretty Woman". His career stagnated through the 1970s, but several covers of his songs and the use of "In Dreams" in David Lynch's Blue Velvet revived his career in the 1980s…

As any Monk aficionado knows, his solo piano performances were wonderful, idiosyncratic, living works of art that often wound up in completely different territory from where they began. Sometimes the results would be a little shakey; often they would be inspiring. Regardless, these solo performances were adventures, and that quality makes the double disc Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings, 1962-1968 irresistable.

This is surrealistic journey to a small world - Luminutopia, where people could bring the light, harmony and kindness everywhere. Material is composed and recorded in late 2011 in tones of space melancholia and utopia. Several bright pictures of life in a light world that each time become more deep, get a personal character and let you feel the philosophy of this civilization.

Gretchen Wilson set the country music charts on fire with her smash single "Redneck Woman" and her debut album, Here for the Party (2004). The track – though composed by colleague John Rich (of Big & Rich) – became an anthem for women all over America. Written especially for Wilson, it is from-the-gut, working-class feminism for the post-feminist age, straightforwardly sung with a celebratory vengeance. As a slice-of-life singer who embodied and brought to life each cut on the album, she became an "overnight sensation." Her follow-up, All Jacked Up (2005), was recorded and rushed out by Sony a year later…..

VA - 50 Jahre KEF Volume 3: The Eighties
FLAC, EAC, LOG & CUE | Lossless Artwork | Size: 383 MB
Label/Cat#: AUDIO Magazine | Country/Year: Germany 2011
Genre: Rock, Acoustic | Hoster: Uploaded/Filepost

CD is part of german audiophile magazine AUDIO and features some great artists and recordings to test your equipment. 5 CD series celebrating 50 years of KEF. More of these to come.

This is a good solid disc that shows a lot of promise – there is nothing groundbreaking or revolutionary here, but the album displays some very good songwriting that sticks within the blues genre. There is a good bit of quality slide and Dobro guitar playing, and there are even a couple of tunes on which the producer of the disc, John Mooney…..