Joe Stilgoe - Songs on Film Live - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Joe Stilgoe gives a masterclass in nostalgia with a contemporary twist on 'New Songs For Old Souls', his first studio album for Linn Records following his signing to the tag in 2014. The album comprises twelve songs with ten originals by Joe, including three big band numbers 'Nobody Cares Like Me', 'Pocket Song' and 'Gold On Silver'. Joe also duets with Liane Carroll on a wistful cover of Brian Wilson's 'I Just Wasn't Made For These Times', one of the album's two non-original songs. 'Revealing himself to be a powerful improviser with an instinctive gift for melody.' (The Times)

I Like This One' launched Joe Stilgoe's recording career and established him as a performer and songwriter of considerable skill. An exceptional pianist with formidable technique, Stilgoe has drawn comparisons with the great Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans, whilst his voice has seen him likened to Harry Connick Jr, Michael Bublé and Jamie Cullum. Stilgoe's inimitable sense of humour is also in evidence throughout the many original songs (listen to the downright funny 'I really shouldn't be allowed to speak') and the sleeve notes, which boast a foreword by John Dankworth. A Dudley Moore sketch provides the inspiration for 'Mr Spiggott', whilst fans of comedy duo Flanders and Swann will recognise the classic 'Slow train' which Stilgoe gives a contemporary twist. Stilgoe includes his take on the standards with the Rodgers & Hart classic 'The lady is a tramp' and the Rodgers & Hammerstein toe-tapper 'The surrey with the fringe on top'. This hand-picked selection of songs combined with Stilgoe's great charm and wit ensures fans will conclude 'I Like This One'. Joe is a singer, pianist and songwriter, touring constantly around the world with his band and as a solo act, having appeared at Ronnie Scott's, the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Barbican, the London Jazz Festival, the Royal Albert Hall, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Edinburgh Festival (Time Out award), Henley Festival, Barbados Festival, Sardinia Jazz Festival, Sicily Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, Dubai Jazz Festival and in jazz clubs from New York to Berlin to Kuala Lumpur. He has appeared as featured soloist with orchestras including BBC Concert Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Northern Sinfonia, Lahti Symphony, Finland and the RTE Orchestra in Dublin.

More than any other artist to emerge from the fertile black metal scene of the early '90s, Ihsahn has firmly established himself as an unpredictable maverick. Frontman and chief composer with the legendary Emperor, he re-wrote the rulebook on epic extreme music across a series of albums that are still widely regarded as classics. Ihsahn's unique approach and liberated musical ethos ensured that when he embarked on a solo career, fans were primed to expect the unexpected. Full conceptual album, presented in two versions Metal and Orchestral. Ihsahn has created his best and most unique and powerful album to date. InchWith this , I wanted to dig deep into the core essentials of my musical background; black/extreme-metal and my love of orchestral music and soundtracks. I approached the writing with the intent to present the material in it's full-blown metal expression, but also to arrange the orchestral parts in such a way that they would work independently. Somehow an attempt to write a soundtrack within the structures of the full production, allowing me to explore different, and sometimes contrasting, variations of essentially the same music.Inch In line with the cinematic inspirations, music and lyrics follow two parallel narratives with recurring themes throughout. The main story is presented in the metal version, whereas the secondary story is rooted in the orchestral version, although bleeding into the main story.