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Charlie Jones (musician)
Stephen Charles Jones (born 13 October 1965) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for his work as a bassist for various artists, including Robert Plant, Page and Plant, Loreena McKennitt, Goldfrapp, Siouxsie Sioux. He is currently the bassist for The Cult. Jones won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 2009 for co-writing the song " Please Read the Letter" from the album '' Raising Sand'' by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Career Jones' career as a recording and touring artist has spanned well over three decades. In the passing of time, he worked with Robert Plant, Page and Plant, Loreena McKennitt, Goldfrapp, Siouxsie Sioux, and others. He plays both electric and double bass. Jones received a Grammy Award The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bristol
Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. The county is in the West of England combined authority area, which includes the Greater Bristol area (List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, eleventh most populous urban area in the United Kingdom) and nearby places such as Bath, Somerset, Bath. Bristol is the second largest city in Southern England, after the capital London. Iron Age hillforts and Roman villas were built near the confluence of the rivers River Frome, Bristol, Frome and Avon. Bristol received a royal charter in 1155 and was historic counties of England, historically divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset until 1373 when it became a county corporate. From the 13th to the 18th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ofra Haza
Ofra Haza (; 19 November 1957 – 23 February 2000) was an Israeli singer, songwriter, and actress, commonly known in the Western world as " the Madonna of the East", or "the Israeli Madonna". Her voice has been described as a "tender" mezzo-soprano. In 2023, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked Haza at number 186 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. Of Yemenite-Mizrahi descent, Haza performed music known as a mixture of traditional Middle Eastern and commercial singing styles, fusing elements of Eastern and Western instrumentation, orchestration and dance-beat, as well as lyrics from Mizrahi and Jewish folk tales and poetry. By the late 1980s, Haza was an internationally successful artist, achieving large success in Europe and the Americas and appearing regularly on MTV. During her singing career, she earned many platinum and gold discs and her music proved highly popular in the club scene. By the 1990s, at the peak of her career, she was regularly featured in movie soundt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammy Award For Best Rock Album
The Grammy Award for Best Rock Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the rock music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by The Recording Academy of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". The award for Best Rock Album was first presented to the band the Rolling Stones in 1995, and the name of the category has remained unchanged since then. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented to "vocal or instrumental rock, hard rock or metal albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded material". The award goes to the artist, producer and engineer/mixer, provided they were responsible for more than 50 percent of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreamland (Robert Plant Album)
''Dreamland'' is the seventh solo studio album by English musician Robert Plant. It was released on July 16, 2002. It is a mixture of blues rock, folk rock, hard rock, and psychedelic rock. Overview Many of the songs are cover versions, mainly blues, but also some rock. It was nominated for two Grammys in 2002 — Best Rock Album and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for " Darkness, Darkness." Track listing Notes * – based on Bukka White's " Fixin' to Die Blues", a song Led Zeppelin used to perform live. * – contains elements of: "If I Ever Get Lucky" by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup; " Milk Cow's Calf Blues" by Robert Johnson; " Crawling King Snake" by Big Joe Williams or John Lee Hooker; and " That's Alright Mama" by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup. Personnel * Robert Plant – vocals * John Baggott – keyboards, string arrangements (2, 3) * Pearl Thompson – guitars * Justin Adams – guitars, gimbri, darbuka * Charlie Jones – bass * Clive Deamer – drums, percussio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Tribute To The Skip Spence Album
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th Golden Globe Awards
The 56th Golden Globe Awards honored the best in 1998 in film, film and 1998 in American television, television of 1998 as chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, HFPA, were held on January 24, 1999, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The ceremony was produced by Dick Clark Productions and the HFPA and aired on NBC in the United States. The nominations were announced on December 17, 1998. Winners and nominees Film The following films received multiple nominations: The following films received multiple wins: Television The following programs received multiple nominations: The following programs received multiple awards: Ceremony Presenters * Ben Affleck * Lauren Bacall * Kim Basinger * Warren Beatty * Roberto Benigni * Annette Bening * Sean Connery * Jamie Lee Curtis * Matt Damon * Anthony Edwards (actor), Anthony Edwards * Calista Flockhart * Peter Fonda * Jodie Foster * Michael J. Fox * Brendan Fraser * Melanie Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Still Crazy (soundtrack Album)
''Still Crazy'' is the soundtrack album from the 1998 music-comedy film, '' Still Crazy''. The fictional band from the film perform some of their songs on the album. Chris Difford of Squeeze fame won an Ivor Novello award for his lyrics. Track listing # "The Flame Still Burns" - Strange Fruit with Jimmy Nail - (Jones / Frederiksen / Difford) # "All over the World" - Strange Fruit - (Jones / Frederiksen / Difford) # "What Might Have Been" - Jimmy Nail - ( Ballard / Difford) # "Brian's Theme" (Acoustic) - Steve Donnelly - ( C. Langer) # "Dirty Town" - Strange Fruit - ( Lynne / La Frenais) # "Stealin'" - Billy Connolly - (Arr. Connolly) # "Black Moon" - Strange Fruit - (Pratt / Vyse / Difford) # "Live for Today" - Hans Matheson - (C. Langer) # "Bird on a Wire" - Strange Fruit with Jimmy Nail - (Jones / Frederiksen / Difford) # "Ibiza Theme" - 22.33.44 - (C. Langer) # "Scream Freedom" - Strange Fruit - (Jones / Frederiksen / Difford) # "A Woman Like That" - Bernie Marsden - (Lyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
41st Annual Grammy Awards
The 41st Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 24, 1999, at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, recognizing musical achievements from the year 1998. Lauryn Hill led the ceremony with a record-breaking 10 nominations, becoming the first woman to achieve this milestone in a single night. During the event, she made history as the first woman to win five Grammy Awards in one night, the first artist to sweep the R&B field, and the first female rapper to win Best New Artist. Her critically acclaimed album '' The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'' became the first hip-hop album to win Album of the Year. Hill's then unprecedented sweep of the Grammys is widely regarded as one of the most significant moments in hip hop history. The ceremony was widely dubbed as the "Grammy Year of Women", because all of the nominees for Album of the Year were female artists including Madonna, Shania Twain, Sheryl Crow and Garbage (with Shirley Manson as the lead singer). Songwriters James Horner and Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Most High (song)
"Most High" is a song by English rock duo Jimmy Page and Robert Plant from their only studio album, '' Walking into Clarksdale'' (1998). The song features a keyboard overdub by Tim Whelan of Transglobal Underground, played in a quarter-tone to mimic Moroccan trance. Release and reception Issued as a single in the United Kingdom and the United States on 30 March 1998, "Most High" reached 1 on the US ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock chart, No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart, and No. 88 on the Australian Singles Chart. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached. In 1999, the song won Page and Plant the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. B-side "The Window" was one of two known original songs from the sessions to not make the album, the other being "Whiskey from the Glass", included as a bonus on some editions of the album. Music video The music video for "Most High" was directed by Italian-Canadian photographer and director Floria Sigismondi. It was included a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innes Sibun
Innes Sibun (born 1968) is a British blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eleven albums to date. His most recent was ''Blues Transfusion'' (2015). One music journalist noted "Sibun's name has yet to gain the star power of other prominent guitarists marching blues into the 21st century, but his credentials are eye-popping nevertheless. Aside from playing in Robert Plant's band, Sibun has opened for some of rock's most influential guitarists, including Johnny Winter, Taj Mahal, and Peter Green". Life and career Innes Sibun was born in Bath, Somerset, England. At the age of 12, Sibun heard a piece of music by B.B. King which inspired him to learn the rudiments of playing the guitar. In his teens he performed in a number of groups, playing a mixture of musical styles including punk rock, reggae, folk and jazz. By 1991, his then most recent outfit, named the Innes Sibun Blues Explosion, recorded an album, ''That's What The Blues Can Do''. It was produced by Mike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Definition Of Sound
Definition of Sound was a London-based dance-music group, consisting of Kevin Clark and Don Weekes, working with musicians Rex Brough (a.k.a. The Red King) and later Mike Spencer. Their second and fourth singles, "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" (1991) and "Moira Jane's Café" (1992) were top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart. The group also had several songs enter the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart, including "Moira Jane's Café", which hit No. 1 in 1992. Career Clark and Weekes first recorded together in 1988, using the name Top Billin. They released two songs, "Naturally" and "Straight From the Soul", on the Dance Yard record label before signing to Phonogram for the single " My Thing/Surprise". In 1990, the band signed to Circa in the UK and Cardiac in the US. Having changed their name to Definition of Sound, the duo recorded ''Love and Life: A Journey With the Chameleons'' (1991). The album featured four singles: "Now Is Tomorrow", "Wear Your Love Like Heaven", "M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Page And Robert Plant Unledded
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