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These Old Charms
''These Old Charms'' is the debut album by ''Canadian Idol'' finalist Theresa Sokyrka, released across Canada on April 26, 2005. Album information The album includes favorites she had performed on ''Idol'', a number of old jazz standards, as well as three original songs written by Sokyrka herself. Reception It debuted at #4 on the Canadian charts and was certified gold in June 2005. Awards and nominations ''These Old Charms'' was also nominated for a Juno Award in the category of Pop Album of the Year against Jann Arden and (ultimate winner) Michael Bublé as well as fellow ''Canadian Idol'' Kalan Porter. Track listing # " Angel Eyes" # " This Masquerade" # " God Bless The Child" # " Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)" # " Summertime" # "Come Away With Me ''Come Away with Me'' is the debut studio album by American recording artist Norah Jones, released on February 26, 2002, by Blue Note Records. Recording sessions took place at Sorcerer Sound Studio in New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records (78s) collected in a bound book resembling a photo album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the ''album era''. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983, being gradually supplanted by the cassette tape throughout the 1970s and early 1980s; the popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalan Porter
Richard Kalan Porter (born November 11, 1985) is a Canadian singer and songwriter from Medicine Hat, Alberta, and the winner of the reality television series ''Canadian Idol'' in Canadian Idol (season 2), 2004. He started to sing at an early age and is classically trained, playing several instruments, most notably, the violin and viola. He writes and arranges violin solos for many of his songs. Porter's first single "Awake in a Dream (song), Awake in a Dream" is the best selling debut single for a Canadian artist to date and has been certified 8× Platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. He is also the highest selling solo Canadian Idol singer. In 2013, he was a graduate student in business at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Early years Porter grew up on a buffalo ranch outside Medicine Hat, Alberta. He is a classically trained musician. His mother used to take him to music lessons, saying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
