Onward - Alfie Boe

Advantages: Inspiring lyrics
Disadvantages: If you hate her

...Lily Allen, what is there to say? Since here debut album, 'Alright Still', in 2006 she has shot to stardom in the UK appealing to a wide audiance of fans proving that just because she's a bit of a chav London girl it doen't mean all she cares about is her Nike Air trainers. In fact, whilst perhaps an artist such as Lady Sovereign (also British and female) is heavily featured on Channel U, Lily Allen has found more of a home on music channels such as The Box and earnt herself a place in the 'rock and pop' catagorey. Clearly she isn't rock, but popular she is. Milking her album for as much as she can Shame For You and Alfie comes as a double A-side single following up; Smile, LDN and Littlest Things. Released in very late 2006, I am pretty unfamiliar with Littlest Things however Smile had a cult following earlier in the year and LDN... Read review

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Advantages: Sublime music and musicianship
Disadvantages: None

...This is the original score to the 60s film Alfie, composed and played by Sonny Rollins, one of the greatest tenor sax players. I watched this film several times before really appreciating the score, being so intent on the story and film locations, and later checked yes, it was Rollins playing, and he also wrote it. WHO IS SONNY ROLLINS? If you like jazz you don't need me to provide a biog. Sonny [Theodore Walter] Rollins was born in 1930 in New York, arguably one of the best jazz tenor saxophonists of all time. He was already playing with one of the greats, Thelonious Monk before he was 20, and later performed and recorded with John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Art Blakey. In 1955 he joined the Clifford Brown / Max Roach quintet. He was known for his improvisations, sometimes highly imaginative takes on relatively moribund... Read review

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...Ok I know, that many people in the UK are not interested in Germany Music Groups, but the BÖHSE ONKELZ, should everybody know. In the album EIN BÖSES MÄRCHEN AUS TAUSEND FINSTEREN NÄCHTEN(in engl: A bad fairy tale out of thousand dark nights) the band argue with the society. In one of the songs, is told that most of the feelings in TV is only played, and that the principle of them is: Play me the song of death. The whole album is quite loud and the texts of the songs are very interesting and very critical with the society. I hope you buy this album. I promise: It makes a lot of fun to translate !!... Read review

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