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World music can be found here in price and quality comparison for the selected criteria 2000 to 2005, British, Celtic, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, 5 GBP to 10 GBP.


   
Light of a Fading Star
Review of Within A Mile Of Home - Flogging Molly by Angelic-Scars

Advantages: Great album. It's by an Irish band. Makes you very happy when you listen to it.
Disadvantages: None.

...this band's third studio album, Within a Mile of Home. Flogging Molly's new album fuses the traditional music of King's youth with the feverish punk-rock of bands like Stiff Little Fingers, the Pogues, the Undertones and Dropkick Murphys, not to mention seminal influences like the Clash, U2, and David Bowie. Their unique sound has enabled Flogging Molly to entrance crowds of all ages at four of the last five Warped tours, where they have played for ...
...Hollywood Sound this album - Within a Mile of Home - has 15 tracks for you to listen to, which are: 1. Screaming at the Wailing Wall (3:41) 2. Seven Deadly Sins (2:50) 3. Factory Girls (featuring Lucinda Williams) (3:51) 4. To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh) (3:17) 5. Whistles the Wind (4:32) 6. Light of a Fading Star (3:52) 7. Tobacco Island (5:17) 8. Wrong Company (0:36) 9. Tomorrow Comes a Day Too Soon (3:32) 10. Queen Anne's Revenge (3:06) 11. ... Read review

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29.09.2005
Joćo Gilberto - White Album (1973)
Review of Joao Gilberto - Joao Gilberto by Morellli

Advantages: composition, vocals
Disadvantages: none

Anybody can recognize "The Girl From Ipanema", it's a classic. But where did it come from? Where did Bossa Nova spread its roots? Pianist Tom Jobim is credited for the composition of most of the classic Bossa Nova standards, but is was Joćo Gilberto who took these standards, and interpreted on the guitar what we now identify as Bossa Nova. By harmonizing the chords on the guitar with the traditional Brazilian Samba rhythm, Gilberto evolved Jobims' ...
...virtuous, but what really captures me is his voice. He sings with a "blown" quality as if he is blowing air from his gut, which produces an intimate close-to-the-microphone sound. It's possible to hear his lips smacking dryly during the pronounciation of certain words, and he has an excellent vocal amplitude, using mostly low-pitched but well chosen notes. This album is fun to compare to his other work, as over the years his performances have become ... Read review</