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It is most certainly undeniable the impact that the 1997 Blues/Rock album Trouble Is... from the American Guitar Supremo and singer/songwriter Kenny Wayne Shepherd and his band made into the charts of half the world, not only from a commercial perspective but also by creating huge attention and awareness to new music fans about an emerging Nouvelle Vague of highly creative and talented guitarists that brought a new, vital lymph to the growth of American Blues and Rock.
Although Shepherd and his band, throughout the Louisiana-born artist's outstanding career, have sold an impressive amount of several million copies of records worldwide, plus earned 5 Grammy nominations, two Billboard Music Awards and two Blues Music Awards, Trouble Is.. as a singled-out album has understandably maintained a special place in the heart of the guitarist, especially in view of the fact that the third single released in '97 from that album, called Blue On Black, reached the top position on the US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, remaining at the top spot for an astonishing amount of 17 consecutive weeks.
Read more: Ballad Of A Family Man - In Conversation With Kenny Wayne Shepherd
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- Written by Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
Ci sono dei dischi che segnano non solo momenti topici, nella carriera di un artista o di una band ma che rimangono scolpiti anche nella memoria storico-musicale di un paese come in questo caso l'Italia. Detti dischi, in virtu' della loro unicita' e bellezza, hanno anche il pregio di sconfinare oltre il proprio territorio di appartenenza per via del loro lessico musicale, attraverso un esperanto vocale e musicale capace di arrivare al cuore anche di nazioni dove la lingua parlata all'interno del contesto di canzone, diventa un tutt'uno con l'impatto emotivo creato dal disco in questione.
Questo e' cio che e' accaduto con Tabula Rasa Elettrificata (comunemente conosciuto con l'abbreviazione T.R.E.) da parte del Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti, un gruppo che dal 1994 al 1997 ha inanellato tre gioielli sonori di grande valenza, in termini di sperimentazione, sonorita', melodie e profondita' politico/sociale nei testi, chiamati Ko' De Mondo, Linea Gotica e Tabula Rasa Elettrificata, appunto, l'ultimo dei quali raggiunse il primo posto assoluto nelle classifiche italiane di vendita dopo la sua pubblicazione il 1 Settembre 1997.
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Even those that don't necessary follow Electronica or Synth-Pop must have heard, at some point, one of the many hits collected throughout a career-span of 40 years by worldwide acclaimed Synth Pioneer, composer and singer/songwriter Howard Jones on the radio, somewhere in the world.
To make a brief sum of the hugely successful career of the English superstar would be next to impossible. Just for the benefit of those very few, unaware of the glorious rise to the stardom of contemporary music of the British artist since early 80's, it is perhaps a good starting point to say that Jones' first burst upon the contemporary music scene happened in 1983, where he and Thomas Dolby were already well known and respected all around the globe as Maestros in the use and development of the synthesizers, applied in contemporary music, back then. His first two albums, Human’s Lib and Dream Into Action became worldwide hits, reaching the number 1 spot in the music charts of half the world through an impressive sequence of successful singles, like New Song, What Is Love?, Things Can Only Get Better, Life In One Day, No One Is To Blame, and Like To Get To Know You Well, just to mention a few.
Read more: Still Fired Up! - In Conversation With Howard Jones
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There are not many people, within the music industry, able to say that they know every single secret of the business, as an artist, songwriter, road manager, artist manager, record producer and booking agent more than David Libert.
After having spent more than half a century living a highly intense life On The Road initially, as a successful artist with The Happenings in the 60's, then working and managing some of the biggest acts in the music business, like Alice Cooper, Prince, George Clinton, Living Colour, Parliament/Funkadelic, Bootsy Collins, Brian Auger, Sheila E and the list goes on and on, Libert, at the very respectable age of 79, has now decided to share some of the many formidable tales of his life in the music industry through the publication of his very first book, called Rock And Roll Warrior. Libert has kindly accepted Bluebird Reviews' invite to talk about Rock And Roll Warrior and the many aspects related to the making of the book and the personal and professional stories featured in it.
Read more: Tales From The Road - In Conversation With David Libert
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La definizione di un artista, per molte fonti, definisce il termine come "una persona che esprime la sua personalita' attraverso un mezzo che puo' essere un'arte figurativa o performativa. La parola viene usata anche come sinonimo di creativo".
In Italia, ci sono pochissimi artisti che reincarnano perfettamente la definizione di artista a tutto tondo ed uno di questi, e' certamente Andrea Chimenti. Scrittore, poeta e soprattutto, per il nostro sito, cantautore e compositore di altissima levatura, Chimenti e' la quintessenza di una persona che sente, assorbe e interpreta arte 24 ore al giorno e 365 giorni all'anno, anche quando le sue uscite discografiche sono talvolta molto saltuarie, anche se giustificamente.
Read more: Formazione E Trasformazione - Intervista Ad Andrea Chimenti (Versione Italiana)