My Dying Bride celebrate their 25th anniversary with Feel The Misery, their 13th studio album. It is a return of sorts, to a place or early inspiration: Academy Studios in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of such albums as Turn Loose The Swans and The Angel & the Dark River, where they defined their depressing, particularly British brand of doom metal…

Emil Gilels - Plays Tchaikovsky
Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor op. 23 & Concerto No. 2 in G major op. 44
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 184 MB | Full Artwork: 43 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Instituto Discografico Italiano # IDIS 6606 | Country/Year: Italy 2011, 1959
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Piano

Emil Grigoryevich Gilels (1916 – 1985) was a Soviet pianist. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. Gilels is universally admired for his superb technical control and burnished tone…

Nitcho can sometimes play quiet, which is rare among younger Manouche guitarists, but also very fast with runs as I have rarely heard. He really plays all the notes to the minutest detail. He is notable in his improvisations and makes his chord solos and harmonics clearly and confidently. You belong to him in some songs that are dark brown chords, like Django Reinhardt who made sometimes…

Cristiano Crochemore started playing blues during his high school days, and by the 1990s was playing alongside legendary guitarist Bebeco Garcia, founder of “Garotos da Rua” (a pioneer rock & roll band from the south of Brazil). Today, Crochemore evocatively bleeds considerable emotion from his Fender Stratocaster 72, at the same time creating plenty of feeling with his passionate vocals.

Rupert Hine, famous for his work as a producer (Tina Turner, Camel, Rush, Saga…), made a few records in the 70's and the 80's that were very innovative. A similar approach was used on his highly enjoyable solo album The Deep End, the first release under his own name since 1983. This album came out in the mid-90's but still holds some good lyrical content and interesting musical treatments. Unfortunately, that was also his last album.