Recorded at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, CA One Kind Favor is meant to sound like an album recorded in the 50s. To get this sound Burnett and King replicated the kind of blues band King had back in the day bringing in some of the greats – Dr. John on piano, Nathan East on stand up acoustic bass and Jim Keltner on drums, to name a few. Studio conditions of the time were reproduced. The result is a vintage sounding album filled with the songs that influenced King in his early days as an artist.
Watch what BB himself has to say.
The full track listing for One Kind Favor, along with the name of the artist who originally recorded the track, is:” See That My Grave Is Kept Clean” (Lemon Jefferson), “I Get So Weary” (T-Bone Walker), “Get These Blues Off Me” (Lee Vida Walker), “How Many More Years” (Chester Burnett), “Waiting For Your Call” (Oscar Lollie), “My Love Is Down” (Lonnie Johnson), “The World Is Gone Wrong” ( Walter Vinson, also known as Walter Jacobs, and Lonnie Chatmon, core members of the Mississippi Sheiks), “Blues Before Sunrise” (John Lee Hooker), “Midnight Blues” (John Willie “Shifty” Henry), “Backwater Blues” (Big Bill Broonzy), “Sitting On Top Of The World” (Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon) and “Tomorrow Night” (Lonnie Johnson).
In other B.B. news, on September 13th King– one of the few musicians in the world to be so honored – will preside at the opening of the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in his hometown of Indianola, MS. Also in September B.B. King will begin hosting his own weekly radio show on XM Radio on their newly relaunched blues channel “BB Kings Bluesville” (XM 74).
For more than 60 years, Riley B. King - better known as B.B. King - has defined the blues for a worldwide audience. Since he started recording in the 1940s, he has released over 50 albums, many of them classics, won 14 Grammy® Awards, been inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of the Arts, the Kennedy Center Honors, the Grammy® Lifetime Achievement Award and the NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) Chairman’s Award, among many other awards. In a special ceremony at the Library of Congress, Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington presented B.B. with a “Living Legend” medal in honor of his achievements as a musician and ambassador for the blues. After 10,000 concerts, B.B. King continues to bring his music to audiences around the globe spending the better part of each year on the road with his beloved guitar, “Lucille.”
B.B. King Official Site:
B.B. King Tour Dates
9/06/08 Harrah’s Laughlin Rio Vista Ampitheatre Laughlin, NV
9/07/08 Celebrity Theater Phoenix, AZ
9/18/08 CenturyTel Center Bossier City, LA
9/19/08 Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi, MS
9/20/08 Pearl River Resort Choctaw, MS,
9/21/08 Von Braun Center Huntsville, AL
9/25/08 The Klein Memorial Auditorium Bridgeport, CT
9/26/08 The Bushnell Ctr. for Perf. Arts Hartford, CT
9/27/08 Sovereign Center Reading, PA
9/28/08 Paramount Center For The Arts Peekskill, NY
9/30/08 MGM Grand Detroit Casino Detroit, MI
10/02/08 Stranahan Theater Toledo, OH
10/03/08 Rialto Square Theatre Joliet, IL
10/04/08 SIU Arena Carbondale, IL
10/05/08 Welk Resort Theatre Branson, MO
10/07/08 Century II Perf. Arts & Convention Ctr. Wichita, KS,
10/17/08 Route 66 Casino Albuquerque, NM
10/23/08 Inn of the Mountain Gods Casino Mescalero, NM
10/25/08 Boulder Theater Boulder, CO
10/29/08 Iowa State Center Ames, IA,
10/31/08 The Riverside Theatre Milwaukee, WI
11/14/08 Riverwind Casino Norman, OK
11/16/08 Meyerson Symphony Center Dallas, TX
11/18/08 American Bank Center Corpus Christi, TX
11/24/08 The Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
11/26/08 Birchmere Alexandria, VA
11/28/08 North Shore Music Theatre Beverly, MA,
11/29/08 House of Blues - Atlantic City Atlantic City, NJ
11/30/08 Durham Performing Arts Center Durham, NC
12/01/08 Maryland Theatre Hagerstown, MD
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The world’s best selling multi-artist album series, NOW That’s What I Call Music!, is releasing the highly anticipated compilation of today’s hottest country hits on August 26. NOW That’s What I Call Country will feature 20 hit songs from the superstars of country music as well as the best new artists in the format. This collection contains 15 Top-5 singles.
NOW That’s What I Call Country is the first country music project for the respected and hugely successful NOW That’s What I Call Music! series of compilation albums, which have collectively sold nearly 70 million units in the US in the last 10 years.
The CD will also unlock free downloads from hot new country artists:
1. Eric Church “Carolina”
2. Jamey Johnson “High Cost of Living”
3. The Lost Trailers “Hey Baby”
4. Ashton Shepherd “Ain’t Dead Yet”
5. Emily West “Annie’s Gonna Get A Brand New Gun”
6. Chuck Wicks “Man of the House”
The NOW That’s What I Call Music! series is a compilation joint venture from EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and the Zomba Label Group. The series debuted in the United States in 1998 after the NOW brand had become an enormous, multi-platinum international success for nearly 20 years. To date, the NOW series has generated sales of over 200 million albums worldwide, and has sold almost 70 million copies in the United States since its debut, remaining the only non-soundtrack, multi-artist series to reach #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.
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P!nk “So What” from her forthcoming album Funhouse
T-Pain “Can’t Believe It” feat. Lil Wayne from his forthcoming album Thr33 Ringz
Check out the new video for “Locked Within The Crystal Ball” from Secret Voyage, the new album by Blackmore’s Night – the duo of award-winning singer/songwriter Candice Night and legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore available now.
“Locked Within The Crystal Ball” Audio Stream:
http://www.blackmoresnight.com/audio_clips/locked.mp3
Secret Voyage Listening Party:
http://www.spv.de/blackmoresnight/90s
Secret Voyage Widget:
http://www.spv.de/blackmoresnight/widget
SPV Records is proud to announce the U.S.A. release of Secret Voyage by Blackmore’s Night, the award winning band fronted by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Candice Night with legendary lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. Other members of the band include Bard David of Larchmont (keyboards/vocals), Earl Grey of Chimay (bass/rhythm guitar/vocals), Squire Malcolm of Lumley (percussionist), and Gypsy Rose (violin/vocals).
This kaleidoscopic musical journey through time and space incorporates traditional folk music from around the world. The album blends haunting ancient melodies with newly-written Night lyrics inspired by nature and fantasy, partially recorded on renaissance-period instruments, and arranged with a contemporary dramatic flair that features the brilliant acoustic and electric guitar stylings of Blackmore. This cd is sure to transport you to a simpler, more magical time, away from the stresses of modern day life.
“With Blackmore’s Night,” says Blackmore, “we have the creative freedom to play any style of music we want. We can play folk, rock, ballads, instrumentals, or tavern songs. I couldn’t do that in Deep Purple. Now I feel as if I’m not in a box anymore. ”
Inspired by their international performances, and assimilating the various melodies from the continents they’ve traversed, many of the 12 new tracks on Secret Voyage have been adapted from the folk traditions of numerous countries including France (“Gilded Cage”), Russia (“Toast To Tomorrow”), Germany (“Prince Waldeck’s Galliard”) and England (“Peasant’s Promise”). Add to that two stunning covers done distinctively in Blackmore’s Nights strongly identifiable style—the 1961 Elvis Presley hit “Can’t Help Falling In Love” and Rainbow’s “Rainbow Eyes”—and some entrancingly poignant originals.
In addition to creating the kind of haunting sonic soundscapes that captivate your mind like your fondest memories, Night and Blackmore also continue to work for the many causes they espouse. Together with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) they’ve helped plant 6,000 fruit trees in Borneo, donated time and money to help Siberian tigers, bats in Berlin, badgers in Great Britain and, at many of their concerts around the world, have established fund drives for “No Kill” animal shelters. When not touring they continue to sponsor shelter animals and even hold a private show at holiday time every year to raise funds for local animal charities. They have also banded together with C020L to help the environment by planting trees in Panama to reduce the toxins brought on by the bands touring.
Night stars as Princess Candice at the interactive theme park Magiquest, and Princess Amora at throughout U.S. and Japan. She has also been the reigning “Faerie Queen”, nominated by Faerie Magazine, at the Faerie Festivals throughout the USA and is much beloved by the children who travel miles to meet her in this role. Her film debut, House Of Eternity, is scheduled for release this fall.
Go here to buy:
http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Voyage-Blackmores-Night/dp/B001932LMW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1217542784&sr=8-1
Official Site:
http://www.blackmoresnight.com
and on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/blackmoresnight1
Candice Night Official Site:
http://www.candicenight.com
For the first video off the upcoming Death Magnetic this is an interesting choice. Not exactly what you’d expect, but it’s interesting nonetheless. The video is directed by Thomas Vinterberg, check it out below:
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