Out Of The Darkness - John Law Cornucopia Ensemble

Advantages: Great players, new musical direction
Disadvantages: A couple of the tracks are a tad long

...In Through The Out Door, was recorded in November and December of 1978, and released on August 16, 1979. Because of the untimely death of drummer John Bonham, this was the last music that this band would record together--Coda, although released later, consisted of tunes that had been recorded earlier in the career of this great band. It's really a shame that the career of Led Zeppelin as a group had to end in such an untimely fashion. As In Through The Out Door very ably demonstrates, these musicians were just beginning to get to that point in their musical evolution where they were experimenting with different styles, sounds and instrumentations. I think of this album as the equivalent of The Beatles and their transitional album, Revolver--when they recorded this album, there was no thought given to the issue of whether... Read review

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Advantages: DMX's RUFF RYDERS ANTHEM / superb lyrics, amazing DARK production, gritty flow - BITES!
Disadvantages: DMX's lyrics can be X-plicit and frightening for young children - SO WATCH OUT, GRRR!

...*************************************************************************** * THE RUFF RYDERS ALBUMS: IT'S DARK AND HELL IS HOT The DMX Album Collection - Part I Author: DJprimo *********************************************************************** ***** INTRODUCTION Emerging in the late 1990s, was DMX ( real name: Earl Simmons ), a hardcore rapper who presented a style, quite unique to the modern era of hardcore Hip Hop. His style combines anger, emotions, DOG sounds (e.g. GRRR, BARKS etc.), creativity, innovative lyrics and grittiness to bring out an artist with a DARK, fearsome image. For this reason, some Hip Hop fans have sometimes dubbed DMX as the Dark Man X. My interests in DMX date back to 2000, when I first watched him collaborate with Aaliyah on 'Come back in one piece... Read review

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Advantages: Awesome playing and musicianship. Easy listening.
Disadvantages: Perhaps not for the 'purist' folk music lover.

...In this, their first CD, Roby Lakatos (violin) and his Ensemble (consisting of piano, guitar, cymbalon, double bass, and another violin) take their listeners on an exhilarating journey through a variety of gypsy-inspired musical styles. Their flair, charm and sensitive musicianship are apparent from the first note to the last. Described as the ‘nonconformist of the violin’, Roby Lakatos was born into a family of Hungarian gypsy violin traditions dating back to the time of Beethoven! Being a nonconformist in every sense however, he has taken these traditions and moulded them to achieve his own unique musical voice. The incorporation of a guitar and piano into his gypsy ensemble for instance, are certainly not typical instruments of this genre. This CD, entitled simply ‘Lakatos’, consists of 13 tracks (see below for track... Read review

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