If you're looking for a gift for a new (or maybe even an old) Van Halen fan, Rhino has you covered in March with the release of the band's first six albums in one package. The Studio Albums 1978-1984 is a no-frills package of VH's first great era, all the albums released with original vocalist David Lee Roth at the helm. Featuring the now-immortal six-string styles of Eddie Van Halen, the devastating rhythm section of bassist Michael Anthony and drummer Alex Van Halen and the clean production
Archives for February 1, 2013
Jewel to Issue First Hits Compilation Next Week
Rhino will release the first-ever compilation by country/pop singer-songwriter Jewel next Tuesday. Known for her unique voice and lyrical style and oft-repeated backstory - an Alaska-raised talent who famously honed her skills in West Coast coffeehouses, often while living out of her van - Jewel burst onto the scene with 1995's Pieces of You, which spun off three hit singles including the Grammy-nominated "Who Will Save Your Soul," "You Were Meant for Me" and "Foolish Games" (the latter two of
Review: The Miles Davis Quintet, "The Bootleg Series Volume 2: Live in Europe 1969"
“Directions in music by Miles Davis,” read the subtitle of the trumpeter’s late-1968 Columbia album Filles de Kilimanjaro. It was the first, but not the last, of his albums to bear those words. But listeners couldn’t have been expected to know which direction Davis would take with each album. Nefertiti, recorded in June-July 1967 but released in March 1968, turned out to be Davis’ last fully acoustic LP, with its follow-up Miles in the Sky (recorded January and May ’68 and released in