Blues Cousins & other: July 2008

Friday 4 July 2008

SATC actress struggled with alcohol

'Sex and the City' star Kristin Davis has discussed her struggle with alcohol in her twenties.
The new issue of Shape magazine quotes Davis as saying: "Alcohol freed me. I was really shy and I didn't know how to come out of my shell. [I drank] for the same reason I loved acting - I wanted to feel things and express myself and be free. And I'm not naturally that way."
Davis, who stopped drinking in her twenties, has abstained since.
'Sex and the City: The Movie' opens in Irish cinemas on 28 May.
Watch the 'Sex and the City' trailer here.

Thursday 3 July 2008

Free System Projekt and Node

Artist: Free System Projekt and Node

   Genre(s):
Electronic

Discography:

Bits and Pieces

Year: 2005
Tracks: 1

Martha Stewart Plays Down Newman Cancer Reports

DJ Maharaja

Artist: DJ Maharaja

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

Bombay Bar CD 1

Year:
Tracks: 11

Alasdair Fraser

Artist: Alasdair Fraser

   Genre(s):
New Age
   Celtic

Discography:

Portrait of a Scottish Fiddler

Year: 1996
Tracks: 14

Dawn Dance

Year: 1996
Tracks: 13

Alasdair Fraser is one of Scotland's most influential tradition-rooted fiddlers. A two-time winner of the open competition of the Scottish National Fiddle Championship, Fraser continues to boom the musical traditions of his homeland with his expressive and virtuosic playing. In improver to playacting more than than 50 times on BBC wireless and tV shows (and, in the U.S., on A Prairie Home Companion), Fraser has been featured on the soundtracks of such films as Titanic, Braveheart, The Spitfire Grill and The Last of the Mohicans. Fraser's 1996 album, Sunup Dance, which delineate his first all-original recording, standard a NAIRD award as best Celtic album of the twelvemonth. The album's success elysian Fraser to cast a isthmus, Skyedance, with the musicians featured on the album. The group includes Eric Rigler (a veteran of concerts and/or recordings with Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart and Michael Oldfield on Scottish and Irish bagpipes, Chris Norman (a member of the early euphony corps de ballet The Baltimore Consort and a foundation member of the international trio Helicon) on wooden flute, Peter Maund (a founder of the medieval and renascence music group the Ensemble Alcatraz and the president of the San Francisco Early Music Society) on rhythm section, Mick Linden (known for his adapting R&B and African rhythms to the bagpipes) on standup bass, and age Fraser confederate Paul Machlis on forte-piano and keyboards. Fraser and Skyedance released their first album as a band, Way Out to Hope Street, in 1997. The album included 13 mathematical group composed instrumentals and a reworking of a medley of traditional dance tunes that Fraser and Machlin recorded in 1986. Fraser has appeared as a guest during concerts by Los Angeles Master Chorale and the Waterboys.

Mina and Celentano

Artist: Mina and Celentano

   Genre(s):
Easy Listening

Discography:

La Tigre E Il Molleggiato

Year: 2006
Tracks: 20

Lily Allen - Lily Allen Completes Second Album

LILY ALLEN has finished the recording sessions for her second album, it has been reported.

Typically brazen, the singer said she is not concerned with what her record company thinks of the new material.

"As much as I love them they’re just people who give you a loan. I’m not scared of my label," she told the BBC.

The Smile star has also been working with KLAXONS singer Jamie Reynolds on a new track.

Lily said: "We had our session and enlightened each other. We did a cover of Joe Jackson’s Steppin' Out.

Commenting on the new song, Jamie added: "It was just for a bit of enjoyment. I don’t even know if it’ll even exist yet. It’s a big work in progress."

Lily recently performed at Glastonbury, despite discovering her grandmother had died the previous night – dedicating her song Littlest Things to her.

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