Bill Medley - Straight From The Heart - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The bass-clef half of the Righteous Brothers, Bill Medley has been an influential singer in soul and country since his and his partner's incredible debut in the '60s. But even if you know them, this best-of record is a special treat, since it covers Bill's work as a singer both alone and in groups as well as his prodigious songwriting skills.

Chilli found acclaim with his band Palma Violets, who skyrocketed to fame, landing on NME covers and topping charts, but when the band unexpectedly ended in his early twenties, Jesson was left disoriented. He tried to rebuild with a new project, Crewel Intentions, and later ventured into pop songwriting out of financial necessity.Feeling disillusioned and creatively lost, Jesson stopped listening to the music that once defined him-until Fontaines DC invited him on tour. This rekindled his passion for raw, honest music. Inspired, he began crafting his most personal project yet alongside Rupert Greaves Dead Dads Club, with 'Don't Blame The Son For The Sins Of The Father' being the first fruits from this new incarnation.

2022 . Down in Louisiana, they do things differently. The Southern states musical giants have always had their own distinct recipe for American roots spiced with jazz, steeped in swamp-blues and cooked up a little differently by every artist who performs it. As a second-generation child of the Bayou State, Kenny Neal has taken his own inimitable guitar, gale-force harp and roadworn voice all over the globe. But in 2022, the Grammy-nominated blues masters latest album, Straight From The Heart, finds him drawn by the siren call of his hometown and musical ground zero, Baton Rouge. Neal both led and produced a crack team of local musicians at his own Brookstown Recording Studios. All the tributaries of the blues converge here, flowing into one rich tradition. Lining up in the studio alongside his Baton Rouge compadrés, the respect that Neal commands on the scene also drew some special guests, including hot-tip blues sensation Christone Kingfish Ingram, pop royalty Tito Jackson, and two songs with Rockin Dopsie Junior & The Zydeco Twisters. You'll even hear Neals supremely talented daughter Syreeta drive the vocal outro of Two Timing.