Monna Bell - Recuerdos De Ipacarai / Aun Te Sigo Amando (Digital 45) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

One of the greatest voices of all time in Latin American music, Ana Nora Escobar, known artistically as Monna Bell (1938 - 2008), was a Chilean singer and actress with the distinction of having won the first annual Benidorm International Song Festival, held every year in July between 1959 and 2006 in the city of Benidorm, Spain. As an actress, she was a key part of the transitional period of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. As a vocalist, she was known for her ability to sing romantic ballads in a jazz and blues style, a quality rarely seen in Latin artists. In 1956, she was invited to perform for three weeks at the prestigious Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City - a run so successful that her season was extended for a full year. She then began a tour of Europe and became a huge hit in Madrid where she played at the Pasapoga Entertainment Center, the most famous in the city at the time, and stayed for a good period, becoming a popular favorite of the Hispanic audience. In 1959, she recorded with the great American vocal group, The Platters the song InchMi OraciónInch (My Prayer) which was the theme of the award-winning film, Anastasia. That same year she was invited to appear at the first edition of the Benidorm International Song Festival in the resort of Benidorm (Alicante, Spain), where she performed with the song Inch Un Telegrama,Inch which won all the awards. Her recording of InchUn TelegramaInch soon became an international success, both in Europe and Latin America, making Bell one of the greatest selling Latin artists of the time. She later recorded songs such as Inch El día de los Enamorados,Inch InchLa MontañaInch (a favorite of Juan Gabriel), InchSilencio Corazón,Inch InchAún Te Sigo Amando,Inch InchEnvidiaInch and InchTómbola,Inch among others, which increased her worldwide fame. She recorded with large orchestras conducted by masterful conductors such

The twelfth and final installment in Rivermont's InchBig BroadcastInch series features more than two dozen excellent jazz, dance band, and vocal recordings of the 1920s and 1930s selected by Rich Conaty, host of the popular, long-running vintage music radio program InchThe Big BroadcastInch heard Sunday evenings on WFUV-FM in New York City. As with previous InchBig BroadcastInch volumes, most of these selections are making their first appearance on compact disc, expertly remastered from the best available sources. The enclosed 40-page booklet features dozens of illustrations and extensive commentary on the recordings. 80 minutes.

On Terry Ohms' Terryfirma, you can hear the echoes of artists such as The Rolling Stones and Gram Parsons seeping into these tracks - but opening track, Mind Blow,Inch evokes the bluster of Hüsker Dü and reckless abandon of The Replacements. Other tracks like the danceable Bring All to FrontInch and We Love YouInch share space with the lounge guitar vibrations of Those Eyes,Inch building a wide-ranging selection of liquid melodies and subtle electronic flourishes. Peaks and ValleysInch explores a fuzzed-up landscape of crunchy rhythms while OpportunityInch brings to mind shuddering synth-pop of the '80s. The LP is pressed on yellow vinyl and contains a download card.