The Monsanto Years ονομάζεται το νέο άλμπουμ του Neil Young σε συνεργασία με το συγκρότημα του Lukas Nelson, γιου του Willie Nelson, Promise of the Real. Επίσης συμμετέχει και ο άλλος γιος του Willie Nelson, Micah Nelson.
Στο άλμπουμ κριτικάρει την πολιτική της Monsanto για τους γενετικά τροποποιημένους σπόρους.
Wolf moon thank you for rising Big sky I'm grateful for your parting clouds I know some hearts were broken Big crows still flying in your sky Herds of elk roam upon your meadows And your eagle soars across my eyes While you withstand the thoughtless plundering Wolf moon keep on shining Your days rolling by in timeless grace Your heart just keeps on beating Inside the beauty of this place Less fish swimming in your oceans Old ice floating in your seas Still you hold against the constant plundering Wolf moon Wolf moon thank you for rising Big sky I'm grateful for your parting clouds Seeds of life your glowing fields of wheat Windy fields of barley at your feet While you endure the thoughtless plundering
Αναφορά στους Δελφούς και ιδιαίτερα στο Κωρύκειο Άντρο κάνει ο Steve Hackett στο κομμάτι που περιέχεται στο καινούριο του άλμπουμ Wolflight. Όπως αναφέρεται στην επίσημη σελίδα του τα δέκα κομμάτια του άλμπουμ πηγαίνουν τον ακροατή ένα ταξείδι στο χώρο και στο χρόνο κυττάζοντας τα διαφορετικά πρόσωπα της ατέλειωτης μάχης για ελευθερία.
Ένα άλμπουμ με ελπιδοφόρο τίτλο είναι ανάμεσα στις πρώτες κυκλοφορίες της χρονιάς.
To 18o στούντιο άλμουμ του Bruce Springsteen είναι γεγονός από τις 14 Ιανουαρίου. 'Εχει τίτλο High Hopes και το ομώνυμο κομμάτι απτελέι το πρώτο σινγκλ. Το κομμάτι είχε πρωτοεμφανιστεί στο EP Blood Brothers. Στο άλμπουμ συμπεριλαμβάνεται και μια νέα πολύ καλη εκτέλεση του The Ghost of Tom Joad.
Οι κριτικές είναι αντικροούομενες και παρόλο που καποια από τα κομμάτια είναι επανηχογραφήσεις, σίγουρα το High Hopes έχει σίγουρα αρκετές εξαιρετικές στιγμές.
Monday morning runs to Sunday night
Screaming slow me down before the new year dies
Well it won't take much to kill a loving smile
And every mother with a baby crying in her arms, singing
Give me help, give me strength
Give a soul a night of fearless sleep
Give me love, give me peace
Don't you know these days you pay for everything
Got high hopes
I got high hopes
Got high hopes
I got high hopes
Coming from the city, coming from the wild
I see a breathless army breaking like a cloud
They're gonna smother love, they're gonna shoot your hopes
Before the meek inherit they'll learn to hate themselves
Give me help, give me strength
Give a soul a night of fearless sleep
Give me love, give me peace
Don't you know these days you pay for everything
Got high hopes
I got high hopes
I got high hopes
I got high hopes
Give me help, give me strength
Give a soul a night of fearless sleep
Give me love, give me peace
Don't you know these days you pay for everything
Got high hopes
Got high hopes
I got high hopes
Got high hopes
Tell me someone now, what's the price
I wanna buy some time and maybe live my life
I wanna have a wife, I wanna have some kids
I wanna look in their eyes and know they'll stand a chance
Give me help, give me strength
Give a soul a night of fearless sleep
Give me love, give me peace
Don't you know these days you pay for everything
Got high hopes
Got high hopes
I got high hopes
Got high hopes
Got high hopes
I got high hopes
I got high hopes
I got high hopes
Ακμαιότατος ο Neil Young συνεχίζει τις περιοδείες και την κυκλοφορία νέων άλμπουμ με το Psychedelic Pill που είναι το δεύτερο με τους Crazy Horse μέσα στη χρονιά και μάλιστα διπλό.
Περιέχει 9 κομμάτια από τα οποία τα 2 έχουν διάρκεια πάνω από δεκαέξι λεπτά ενώ το Driftin' Back που ανοίγει το άλμπουμ διαρκεί πάνω από 27 λεπτά.
Την ευκαιρία να ξεφύγει από τα καλούπια των Iron Maiden βρήκε ο αρχηγός τους Steve Harris μέσα από το πρώτο του προσωπικό άλμπουμ British Lion.
Για το άλμπουμ που κυκλοφόρησε στις 24 Σεπτεμβρίου προτίμησε να μην χρησιμοποιήσει μουσικούς από τους Iron Maiden. Οι κριτικές είναι στην πλειοψηφία τους θετικές
Το καλύτερο άλμπουμ εδώ και πολλά χρόνια είναι για το Neil Young το
Americana . Το άλμπουμ που είναι η πρώτη του στούντιο συνεργασία με τους Crazy Horse από το Greendale (2003) κυκλοφόρησε στις5 Ιουνίου και έφτασε στο Νο 4 του Billboard. Κάποιοι κριτικοί το αμφισβήτησαν όμως στην πλειοψηφία τους οι κριτικές ήταν πολύ θετικές. Το Americana περιλαμβάνει διασκευές παλιότερων κομματιών αλλά αυτά είναι κυριολεκτικά αναδομημένα με εξαιρετικό τρόπο και με τονισμένα τα πολιτικά τους μηνύματα, που να τα γίνονται ενδιαφέροντα, όχι μόνο στην Αμερική, απ' όπου προέρχονται αλλά και σε όλο τον υπόλοιπο κόσμο.
I had a dream the other night
Everything was still
I dreamed I saw Susannah
She was comin' down the hill
Oh, oh, oh, Susannah
Don't you cry for me
'cause I come from Alabama
with my B-A-N-J-O on my knee
Buckwheat cake was in her mouth
The tear was in her eye
Says I'm comin' from the South
Susannah don't you cry
Oh, oh, oh, Susannah
Don't you cry for me
'cause I come from Alabama
with a B-A-N-J-O on my knee
Rained all night the day I left
The weather it was dry
Sun so hot I froze to death
Susannah don't you cry
Oh, oh, oh, Susannah
Don't you cry for me
'cause I come from Alabama
with my B-A-N-J-O on my knee
I had a dream the other night
Everything was still
I dreamed I saw Susannah
She was comin' down the hill
Oh, oh, oh, Susannah
Don't you cry for me
'cause I come from Alabama
with my B-A-N-J-O on my knee
Well I come from Alabama
With my banjo on my knee
I'm goin' to Louisiana
My true love for to see
Oh, oh, oh, Susannah
Don't you cry for me
'cause I come from Alabama
with my B-A-N-J-O on my knee
Yeah, I come from Alabama
with my B-A-N-J-O on my knee
Yeah, I come from Alabama
with my B-A-N-J-O on my knee
I come from Alabama
with my B-A-N-J-O on my knee
I come from Alabama
with my B-A-N-J-O on my knee
Clementine
In a cavern, in a canyon,
Excavating for a mine?
Dwelt a miner forty niner, ?
And his daughter Clementine
Light she was and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number nine
Herring boxes, without topses,
Sandals were for Clementine
Clementine, Clementine!
Oh my darling, Clementine! ?
Drove she ducklings to the water
Ev'ry morning just at nine,
Hit her foot against a splinter
Fell into the foaming brine.
Ruby lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles, soft and fine,
But, alas, I was no swimmer,
So I lost my Clementine.
Clementine, Clementine!
Oh my darling, Clementine!
And the miner forty-niner
Soon began to weep and pine
Thought he oughta join his daughter
Now he's with his Clementine
In my dreams she still doth haunt me,
Robed in garments soaked in brine.
Though in life I used to hug her,
Now in death, I'll draw the line
Clementine, Clementine!
Oh my darling, Clementine!
How I missed her, How I missed her!
How I missed my Clementine,
So I kissed her little sister,
And I forgot my Clementine.
Clementine, Clementine!
Oh my darling, Clementine!
Clementine, Clementine!
Thou art lost and gone, Clementine!
Clementine, Clementine!
Oh my darling, Clementine!
Clementine, Clementine!
Thou art lost and gone, Clementine!
Clementine!
Jesus' Chariot (She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain")
She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes
She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes
She'll be coming round the mountain, she'll be coming round the mountain,
She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes
She'll be driving six white horses when she comes
She'll be driving six white horses when she comes
She'll be driving six white horses, she'll be driving six white horses,
She'll be driving six white horses when she comes
Oh, we'll all go out to meet her when she comes
Oh, we'll all go out to meet her when she comes
Oh, we'll all go out to meet her, we'll all go out to meet her,
We'll all go out to meet her when she comes
She'll be wearing red pajamas when she comes
She'll be wearing red pajamas when she comes
She'll be wearing red pajamas, she'll be wearing red pajamas,
She'll be wearing red pajamas when she comes
She will have to sleep with Grandma when she comes
She will have to sleep with Grandma when she comes
She will have to sleep with Grandma, she will have to sleep with Grandma,
She will have to sleep with Grandma when she comes
God Save The Queen
God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen,
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
God save the Queen.
(Long may she reign)
O Lord, and God of us,
Scatter the evil lies,
And make them fall.
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their empty tricks,
On thee our hopes we fix,
God save the Queen.
(Long may she reign)
(God save the Queen)
(My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From ev'ry mountainside
Let freedom ring!)
Είκοσι χρόνια είχε να κυκλοφορήσει προσωπικό άλμπουμ ο τραγουδιστής των Eagles, Glenn Frey (από τον Ιούνιο του 1992 που κυκλοφόρησε το Strange Weather). Το νέο του άλμπουμ κινείται στα χαλαρά Jazz πλαίσια που καθορίζει ο τίτλος του (After Hours) και κυκλοφορεί από τις 8 Μαΐου.
One day we walked along the sand, one day in early spring You held a piper in your hand to mend its broken wing
Now I'll remember many a day and many a lonely mile The echo of a piper's song, the shadow of her smile The shadow of your smile, when you are gone
Will color all my dreams and light the dawn Look into my eyes my love and see All the lovely things you are to me Our wistful little star was far too high A teardrop kissed your lips and so did INow when I remember spring, all the joy that love can bring I will be remembering the shadow of your smile
Ο Paul Weller που κάνει ζωντανές εμφανίσεις αυτές τις μέρες στο Λονδίνο ετοιμάζεται να κυκλοφορήσει το νέο του άλμπουμ Sonik Kicks στις 27 Μαρτίου με πρώτο σινγκλ το That Dangerous Age. Στο άλμπουμ συμμετέχουν και οι Noel Gallagher και Graham Coxon.
Το δεύτερο σινγκλ, διάδοχος τουWe Take Care of Our Own, από το νέο άλμπουμ του Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball είναι το πειραματικό με βιβλικές αναφορές στους στίχους Rocky Ground. Το Rocky Ground πρόκειται να κυκλοφορήσει σα σινγκλ στις 21 Απριλίου.
(I'm a soldier! )
(I'm a soldier! )
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
Rise up shepherd, rise up
Your flock has roamed far from the hills
The stars have faded, the sky is still
The angels are shouting "Glory Hallelujah"
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
Forty days and nights of rain have washed this land
Jesus said the money changers in this temple will not stand
Find your flock, get them to higher ground
Flood waters rising and we're Caanan bound
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
(I'm a soldier! )
Tend to your flock or they will stray
We'll be called for our service come Judgment Day
Before we cross that river wide
Blood on our hands will come back on us twice
(I'm a soldier! )
Rise up shepherd, rise up
Your flock has roamed far from the hills
Stars have faded, the sky is still
Sun's in the heavens and a new day's rising
You use your muscle and your mind and you pray your best
That your best is good enough, the Lord will do the rest
You raise your children and you teach 'them to walk straight and sure
You pray that hard times, hard times, come no more
You try to sleep, you toss and turn, the bottom's dropping out
Where you once had faith now there's only doubt
You pray for guidance, only silence now meets your prayers
The morning breaks, you awake but no one's there
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
There's a new day coming
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
(I'm a soldier! )
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
There's a new day coming
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
(I'm a soldier! )
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
There's a new day coming
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
(I'm a soldier! )
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
There's a new day coming
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
Σε πολύ δημιουργική περίοδο βρίσκεται ο Brett Anderson. Εκτός από την περιοδεία του με τους Suede η οποία θα περάσει στις 11 Σεπτεμβρίου από την Αθήνα (Entertainment Stage) και την αναγγελία της κυκλοφορίας νέου άλμπουμ από το συγκρότημα, ετοιμάζεται να κυκλοφορήσει στις 26 Σεπτεμβρίου το νέο προσωπικό του άλμπουμ Black Rainbowsκαι να κάνει και κάποιες προσωπικές ζωντανές εμφανίσεις.
Give me your brittle heart
and your ashtray eyes
I'll give you carpet burns
and a slanted life
and all that power and all that passion
can be ours tonight
give me your brittle heart
and I'll light a fire
I'll make an effigy from a lock of your hair
and all those cinders and all those embers
can be ours to share
now,
take them all on and force down their doors now
take them all on and walk through the walls now
take them all on and crawl to your door
and crawl to your door
give me your brittle heart
and your orphan's eyes
I'll give you carpet burns and antiseptic skies
and all that power and all the passion
can be ours tonight
now,
take them all on and force through their doors now
take them all on and walk through their walls now
rake them all on and crawl to your door
and crawl to your door
and woohh ohhooohh...and woohh ohooo etc
and I'll come to you like a ship to the shore
like a paper plane that falls to the floor
and ill take them all on and crawl to your door
and crawl to your door
give me your brittle heart
give me your brittle heart
give me your brittle heart
and I'll light a fire
Για τα 60 χρόνια που συμπληρώνονται σήμερα από το θάνατο του Άγγελου Σικελιανού, που ο λόγος του είναι ίσως σήμερα επίκαιρος όσο ποτέ από τη μέρα της φυγής του παραθέτουμε
Γραμμένο στο δωμάτιο ενός ξενοδοχείου το ξημέρωμα μιας νύχτας που είχε μείνει άυπνος είναι το The Day, πρώτο σινγκλ από το νέο άλμπουμ του Moby, Destroyed που κυκλοφορεί από τις 16 Μαΐου. Όπως λέει ο ίδιος "Το έγραψα με μια ακουστική κιθάρα και το ηχογράφησα με το κινητό μου, το έφερα στο σπίτι και το ξαναηχογράφησα με τα παλιά διαλυμένα ηλεκτρονικά που έχω στο στούντιό μου". Τα περισσότερα κομμάτια του άλμπουμ είναι επίσης γραμμένα κατά τη διάρκεια περιοδειών.
I try to know when to leave
She sits in the bedroom and grieves
There's a sequence that starts all again
She can't get up anymore with the pain
The combination of these drugs
Has left her hopeless and lost
She wants to count the ways
But she can't count again
Chorus:
I will be right here
'til all the pain
Just disappear
I will always stay
'til all this light
Just kills the day
I strangle my words
Once, I tried a thousand times
Slaughtered like Gods
When the silver shines so hard
I tried to poison my life
Always dreaming of the edge of the knife
She always looked backwards
And I can sit here for even ten minutes or more
Got love if you want it baby
Got love if you want it
Got love if you want it
Got love if you want it
Now can we talk awhile?
Now here you come baby
Now here you come baby
With your head hung down
With your head hung down
I know you've been ballin'
Talk is all over town
'Cause the nextdoor neighbors
'Cause the next door neighbors
Peepin' through the blinds
Peepin' through the blinds
Don't worry nobody
That's all this time
Now I love you little baby
Said I love you little baby
Better than myself yeah
Better than myself
But you mistreat me baby
For somebody else
For somebody else
Come sit by me baby
Come sit by me baby
I wanna talk with you
Wanna talk with you
Don't mean no harm baby
Won't tell ya what to do
Won't tell ya what to do
Won't tell ya what to do
Won't tell ya what to do
Το νέο προσωπικό άλμπουμ του Mick Harvey, Sketches From The Book Of The Dead που είναι όπως αναφέρεται στην προσωπική του σελίδα "Mick Harvey's first fully self-penned album; a first (and possibly last) step into his own deep, private world" θα κυκλοφορήσει στις 2 Μαΐου. Το October Boy που ανοίγει το άλμπουμ προσφέρει δωρεάν από εδώ.
Oh I, know I’ve been changed
And I know I’ve been changed
I know I’ve been changed
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Well, I know I got religion,
Lord knows I’m not ashamed
Well, a holy ghost is my witness
And the angels done sign my name
Oh, I said: I know I’ve been changed
And I know I’ve been changed, yeah
Know I’ve been changed
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Lord knows I’ve been converted
Lord knows I’ve been redeemed
Well, you can wake me up in the midnight hour
I’m gonna tell ya just a what I seen
I said: I know I’ve been changed
And I know I’ve been changed, yeah
Know I’ve been changed
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Δεκατέσσερα χρόνια μετά το Searching for Simplicity ο Gregg Allman επιστρέφει με τον καλύτερο τρόπο στη δισκογραφία με το Low Country Blues. Στοάλμπουμ που κυκλοφορεί από τις 18 Ιανουαρίου παραγωγός ήταν ο T Bone Burnett ενώ έπαιξαν και οι Dr. John, Doyle Bramhall II, Dennis Crouch, Jay Belleros.
Daylight again, memories fall like rain
Reminds you to take it slow
One step at a time, baby
Till you find your way
Back to the big show
Places you've been
Things that you've done
Somehow, you're still on the run
Just another rider
On that train to nowhere
Just another fool
Too far from home
Just another stranger
Tryin' to get somewhere
Somewhere, but you're still all alone
Watching the world passin' you by
'Cause you tell everybody you must be cursed
Tell them all how you try, try, try
But your luck keeps getting worse
Seems like such a long long time
Since you've had, a little piece of mind
Just another rider
On that train to nowhere
Just another fool
Too far from home
Just another stranger
Tryin' to get somewhere
Somewhere but you're still all alone
Punch your ticket, drop your load
It's time for you, time for you to get on board
I know you love it
You know it too
What in the world has become of you
Do you remember, blue skies were shinin'
Money flowed, flowed like wine
You had a real good woman
Yes, she was sure, she was sure enough fine
Storm clouds risin' in from the sea
Winds are blowin' cold reality
Just another rider
On that train to nowhere
Just another fool
Too far from home
Just another stranger
Tryin' to get somewhere
Somewhere but you're still all alone
Just another rider
On that train to nowhere
Just another fool
Too far from home
Just another stranger
Tryin' to get somewhere
Somewhere but you're all alone
Δωρεάν δίνει μέσα από την επίσημη σελίδα του ο John Vanderslice το Sea Salt, πρώτο κομμάτι το νέου του άλμπουμ White Wilderness που είναι προϊόν συνεργασίας του με την Minna Choi και την "Magik*Magik Orchestra" της. Το άλμπουμ θα κυκλοφορήσει στις 25 Ιανουαρίου και το Sea Salt μπορείτε να το κατεβάσετε από εδώ.
Το ομώνυμο κομμάτι και πρώτο σινγκλ παράλληλα από το πρόσφατο άλμπουμ του John Mellencamp, No Better Than This. Την παραγωγή του άλμπουμ που είχε πολύ καλές κριτικές έκανε οT Bone Burnett. Από τα πάνω από 30 κομμάτια που γράφτηκαν γι αυτό τελικά επιλέχθηκαν τα 13.
Give me twenty-five dollars
And drive me around downtown
Solve all my problems
Don’t let me lose what I’ve found
Give me good lovin’
And seal it with a kiss
Then drop me off where the music’s loud
But it won’t get no better than this
Take me to a party
Where I’m the only man
With fifty women waitin’ on me
Who say they understand
Feed me milk and honey
Give me a story that I’ll never miss
Let me get one good night’s sleep
But it won’t get no better than this
Give me clear vision
And don’t let me miss anything
I’ll take the bird that whistles
And the world on a string
Fill my fist full of money
In these troubled times
And let me share the water
With all, all of mankind
Give me back my youth
And don’t let me waste it this time
Stand me up at the golden gates
At the front of the line
Let me lie in the sunshine
Covered in the morning mist
Then show me something I ain’t never seen
But it won’t get no better than this
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