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Keanu Reeves has been earning his music chops on bass with his band DOGSTAR, and he can prove it with this exclusive performance of "Corner Store" I am not an avid classical music fan so for me to place a timeless classic here means that I truly believe this is a great selection to meditate and relax to: |
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That Arden remains so refreshingly down-to-earth is in part due to her loving yet laconic parents who have
remained silently supportive of the singer since she began performing in her mid-teens in her hometown of
Calgary. "They don't say anything about my music," says Arden. "My mom once told me a song of mine had a
'good beat.' They just show their love for me in a different way. My father has kept a binder filled with stuff on me
from the past fifteen years, but he's very quiet about it." Arden praises her parents' tolerance, having endured the
myriad manifestations of their daughter's "unconventional" profession. "This is my seventeenth year being a
singer. I've never had a job," marvels Arden. "It must have been horrible for my parents. Here I was,'drunk, singing
rock'and roll in the interior of British Columbia for God knows how many years, doing Led Zeppelin and Tina
Turner covers." Moving from the wilds of the Canadian interior to nightclubs and restaurants in Vancouver, Arden
landed herself a stream of gigs as a lounge singer, crooning the sounds of Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Olivia
Newton-John and Karen Carpenter. "Karen Carpenter and ABBA were my inspiration growing up," says Arden. "I
learned so many of my songwriting skills from their records. My lyrical content is very different, but the music is similar."
As ear-catching and pleasing as anything the Carpenters or ABBA ever recorded, the songs on LIVING UNDER JUNE are considerably more complex -- both in sound and emotion -- than your average Top Forty fare. Producer Ed Chemey (nominated for an impressive three Grammy Awards this year), who manned the boards for Arden's TIME FOR MERCY as well, has created a wonderfully sculpted soundscape for Arden's .passionate, often unpredictable, voice to roam. "Ed Chemey is such a great guy," says Arden. "He's so hilariously funny. It was so hard to leave him when the record was done." Pumping up the rhythm section throughout is acclaimed drummer Kenny Aronoff, known for his work with John Mellencarnp. Ultimately, Arden likes to avoid using labels when describing her unique sound: "I'm bits and pieces of everything I've ever heard. It's definitely pop music -- but everything and anything." Jann's new Album "blood red cherry" promises to be another achievement for a great album. Checkout Sleepless.
Guess Who to release 3 new efforts
October 17, 2000
(Launch) - The Guess Who will release a two-disc live album from its summer reunion tour Nov. 21. The album will be culled from performances the Guess Who recorded while touring Canada. The live release will coincide with the Nov. 19 Canadian broadcast of a two-hour special the Guess Who taped at its June 30 performance at Canwest Global Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Other Guess Who products in the pipeline include "This Time Long Ago," a two-disc set of archival material the band recorded in the '60s and a reissue of the 1969 "Canned Wheat" album that will feature songs prior to guitarist Randy Bachman's departure from the band. In other Guess Who news, a petition is being featured at the Web site PetitionOnline.com to get the band on the 2001 ballot for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
CHECK OUT this early single (ripped from 45r.p.m. vinyl) of "THE GUESS WHO" , doing their famous hit "Clap For The Wolfman"
