Trio rush to make 'Deadline' & other: June 2008

Friday, 27 June 2008

Tolkien Ensemble

Artist: Tolkien Ensemble

   Genre(s):
Classical: Neo-Classical

Discography:

An Evening In Rivendell

Year: 2000
Tracks: 12

A Night In Rivendell

Year: 2000
Tracks: 11

Move Over, Clay: Ruben's Got a New Tag-Team Partner

Monday, 23 June 2008

Jean-Pierre Rampal - flute; Robert Veron-Lacroix -

Artist: Jean-Pierre Rampal - flute; Robert Veron-Lacroix -

   Genre(s):
Classical

Discography:

Sonata In E Flat Major BWV 1031

Year: 1975
Tracks: 3

Monday, 16 June 2008

New York Governor Pardons Slick Rick

Slick Rick's efforts to avoid being deported from the United States improved today (May 23) as he was pardoned by New York Governor David Paterson for the attempted murders of two men in 1991.
Slick Rick, born Ricky Walters, spent five years behind bars in the 90's for shooting his cousin and another man. Both men survived.
Since his release, federal immigration officials have attempted to deport the rapper to his native home of Britain which he moved from at age 11.
According to The New York Times, Paterson issued a statement Friday saying he has granted Slick Rick a full and unconditional pardon to help him seek relief from deportation.
Paterson also said that Slick Rick, who is a landlord in the Bronx, has not had any criminal problems since his release from prison and counsels youths against violence.

Sunday, 8 June 2008

Doris Day - Wilson Day Was My Style Icon

Singer for 1960's girl group THE SUPREMES MARY WILSON idolised Hollywood bombshell DORIS DAY - hailing the actress her style icon.

The Baby Love hitmaker even dyed her afro hair blonde in an attempt to look like the Calamity Jane star and regularly tried to copy her sexy dress sense.

But the main reason the singer admired Day was because of her bubbly personality.

She says, "As I got older, Doris Day became one of my favourite style icons. She was just so cute and perky, and happy all the time."

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My drinks were spiked, Lily Allen claims

Pop star Lily Allen claims her drunken appearance at an awards show may have been caused by spiked drinks.

The Smile singer, sporting a new bright pink haircut, was carried out of Glamour Awards earlier this week after seemingly having too much to drink.

But Britain's Daily Mail reported Allen as saying: "I don't know what happened, maybe I was spiked. I don't remember a thing. I can normally get really drunk, but not like that.

"The worrying thing was that I was like a dead weight. I have been out so many times and got drunk and never ended up like that.

"What was worse was that the cab just drove off with only me in it. My brother and my mates were not with me."

Allen - who won the Editor's Award at the star-studded ceremony on Tuesday night - thanked her brother Alfie for helping her get home.

She wrote on her blog: "Last time I wrote here, I was defending my honour and dignity, explaining my innocence and also outrage at the press for insinuating my behaviour was embarrassing.

"This time I'm putting my hands up - I got very drunk, too drunk. It's not cool getting that drunk, I feel awful and I have to thank my little brother Alfie for getting me home safely.

"Kids, drink responsibly or you'll end up looking like this, not pretty! Was quite fun though, from what I can remember."

Other celebrities at the ceremony included Spice Girls Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell, actress Kate Beckinsale and Heroes star Hayden Panettiere.

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Matt Damon & wife expecting a baby

Matt Damon and his wife Luciana Barroso have confirmed that they are expecting another baby together.
According to People magazine, Damon's representative Jennifer Allen confirmed the news, saying: "They couldn't be happier. They're so excited."
The couple, who attended the Empire Film Awards in London over the weekend, celebrated the birth of their daughter Isabella in June 2006.
Barroso also has a nine-year-old daughter, Alexia, from a previous marriage.
Check out our Empire Film Awards photo gallery here.

Tim Allen to direct 'Crazy on the Outside'

Tim Allen will make his feature directorial debut with the comedy 'Crazy on the Outside', according to Variety.
Allen will also star in the independent film, along with Ray Liotta, Carrie-Anne Moss, Julie Bowen and Kelsey Grammer.
Written by Judd Pillot and John Peaslee, the adult-themed comedy stars Allen as a parolee who finds life outside a prison cell to be much crazier once he enters his quirky sister's world.
Allen recently wrapped on two films, the David Mamet-directed 'Redbelt' and the comedy 'The Six Wives of Henry Lefay'.
He's currently filming the voice of Buzz Lightyear for 'Toy Story 3', which is due for release in 2010.
Filming on 'Crazy on the Outside' is scheduled to begin later this month in Los Angeles.

Kornog

Artist: Kornog

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

Premiere

Year: 2004
Tracks: 10

The medicine of Brittany was introduced to a great deal of the cosmos through the playing of Kornog. During the half a dozen days that they were initially together (1981 to 1987), the group toured nearly nonstop and released four memorable albums. More than a decennary since they went their break ways, the members of Kornog hold reunited. Despite the drawn-out sabbatical, the group's mixture of Scottish ballads and original instrumentals good as exciting as ever.

Kornog delineated the combined visual modality of iV highly-talented musicians. The sole non-Breton member, Jamie McMenemy (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, citole) had played with several traditional ethnic music bands patch a educatee at Glasgow school day of Art. Turning professional in 1976, he toured and recorded with the Battlefield Band until moving to Brittany in 1979. Two geezerhood subsequently, he recorded a solo album, The Road to Kerrigouarch, and helped to from Kornog. Although he remained outside of music during the number 1 six long time following Kornog's detachment, he began to resurface in 1993. His many projects since include performances with Belgium-based Celtic isthmus, Orion, a duo with Kornog violinist Christian Lemaitre, and a trio, Taxi Mauve, that accompanied vocalizer Gerard Delahaye.

Lamaitre began playing tinker in his provenance of Paris before moving to Brittany, his ancestral home. During the geezerhood that he first played with Kornog, he balanced his affair with the band with performances with a Breton dance group, Pennou Skoulm and a bowed stringed instrument ensemble, Archetype. Following Kornog's detachment, Lemaitre remained active, playacting with an ensemble of traditional music teachers, Tantad, and a fez-noz group, Storvan. In 1992, 1995 and 1999, he toured with fiddlers Kevin Burke and Johnny Cunningham as Celtic Fiddle festival. Lemaitre resumed his quislingism with McMenemy in a duo in 1999. In accession to rejoining Kornog, he continues to work with Celtic singer Gilles Servat.

Wooden flute and bombarde player Jean-Michel Veillon was one of the first musicians to manipulation the wooden flute to play Celtic music. Playing the bombarde from the agwe xIV, he taught himelf to play the wooden flute glass in 1977. Prior to becoming a innovation member of Kornog, Veillon recorded iI albums of Breton dance music with the band, Galorn. He continued to play Breton dance music, while touring and transcription with ornog, forming a band, Pennou Skoulm in 1985. After the detachment of Kornog, he explored nontraditional music with trey bands -- Den, Barbaz and the Alain Genty Group. Since 1993, Veillon has performed in a duo that he shares with Breton guitarist Yvon Riou. Veillon has as well continued to record as a soloist. His 1993 album, 'E Koat Nizon, was the first base album devoted to Breton music played on the wooden thwartwise flute. A like album, Er Pasker, followed in 1999.

The newest member of Kornog, Nicolas Quemener (guitar, flutes, vocals) has replaced original member Soig Siberil in the reanimated stria. A lord open-tuning guitarist, Quemener grew up in Angers, France and studied percussion section in the National School of Music. Emigrating to Ireland in 1990, he linked Arcady, left with the group until 1994 when he linked the Belgian isthmus, Orion. Relocating to Brittany in 1993, he co-founded the traditional Breton dance stria, Skeduz. In 1997 and 1998, Quemener toured with Dan Ar Braz' fifty-piece group, Heritage Des Celtes. In accession to functional with Kornog, he continues to play in a duo that he shares with uillean piper Ronan Le Bars, and, linked by Lemaitre, in a trio that backs Celtic singer Gilles Servat.

Slash remembers Bo Diddley

Guns N Roses and Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash paid tribute to Bo Diddley, the pioneering guitarist who died of heart failure today (June 2).

Slash told NME.COM that Diddley greatly influenced countless musicians, and the Bo Diddley beat was the inspiration for Guns N Roses' song 'Mr Brownstone'.

"He's a huge hero of mine and the fact that he knew who I was was a huge compliment," Slash said.

"Bo Diddley created a myth that was uniquely his own. An entire rhythm is owed to just one guy and that's pretty rare," he said.

Slash pointed out that Diddley touched a vast array of artists from The Rolling Stones to George Thorogood to Guns N Roses.

"He was such a trooper and a timeless individual. I'm hoping the pioneers of rock like Bo Diddley won't be forgotten."

--By our Los Angeles staff.
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