Barbara Jean English - Barbara Jean English - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

One of the best soul singers of the early 1970's, Barbara Jean English began her career as a member of the popular girl group the Clickettes and recorded many pop-soul sides with them in the late '50s and '60s. Before that, she had been a member of the Gospelettes, the Bouquets, the Ding Dongs and the Avalon's. In the early '60 she recorded as Barbara English and the Fashions and, in the mid '60s, she released five singles for Mala, Reprise, Warner Bros. And Aurora under the name of Barbara English. She returned in the '70s to record two albums of lushly produced soul with a concentration on sensual ballads for legendary producer George Kerr's Althia tag. Released in 1972, Barbara's first LP, So Many Ways, remains one of the most overlooked hard-soul albums of the 1970's. Finally available in the digital domain, all selections newly remastered.

LP on Ogre Green with Frosted Clear splatter vinyl. Take a deep dive into the dimmest depths of the swamp where Southern gothic horror and slide guitar come together in unholy matrimony. K.K. Hammond is a slide guitar playing songstress living in the backwoods of the UK. She takes her influence from the Delta Blues players of the 1930s, the roots music of Appalachia and it's ancestors fusing the vibe of the swamp with a sprinkle of Southern gothic horror, K.K. writes traditionally inspired roots music but twists it her own unique way for an untapped sound that appeals to contemporary music listeners as well as classic blues fans. K.K's music has garnered critical acclaim worldwide as well as airplay on a multitude of blues radio shows internationally. This includes the Cerys Matthews BBC Radio 2 Blues Show and the award-winning Gary Grainger Blues Show. A video of K.K. playing a slide guitar cover of InchNothing Else MattersInch with her good friend Kaspar InchBerryInch Rapkin accompanying her on banjo was shared by Metallica on their official TikTok and described by them as InchIncredibleInch! K.K.'s biggest success to date arose from the of her debut album Death Roll Blues in March 2023. The vinyl and CD run sold out via pre-order prior to the album's official date. Upon it's , the album hit the #1 spot in the UK iTunes Blues chart and subsequently bagged another #1 spot in the US iTunes Blues chart. It also exceeded her expectations by breaking into the #12 spot in the mainstream iTunes charts (across all genres) and the #18 spot in the UK iTunes mainstream chart. It was also the #3 best seller of all time for an iTunes Blues album pre-sale. Death Roll Blues also enabled K.K.'s first breakthrough into the Billboard Blues Charts with a #7 position. K.K.'s has also had some great successes with her self-produced and directed music videos. The music video for Hea

Edith Sitwell's invitation to William Walton to collaborate on an innovative, revolutionary new work came at a critical moment in the young composer's career, and Façade proved to be his first great success. The peerless combination of a peculiarly English dry wit, genuine pathos and superlative technical skill remains an extraordinary achievement. Sitwell's verses conjure a satirical and poignant world of bourgeois late-Victorian England, while Walton's settings unfailingly enhance and enrich the texts in a work in which words and music are unquestionably of equal importance. This includes the first recording of Small Talk (1922) and three numbers first performed in 1977 but subsequently rejected by the composer.