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Rock Swings
by Duncan Heining
A while ago, me and Mrs. O'Groove were at the Diamante Dance Academy, Chelmsford --I kid you not--for our regular lesson, when our teacher, Natasha Fellowes, put on this big band version of Van Halen's “Jump." Turned out it was off Paul Anka's Rock Swings album (2005). No particular reason but I've always had a soft spot for the number but this was a hoot. More than that, the arrangement takes what was a quick jive and turns it into ...
Continue ReadingVanessa Williams: The Real Thing
by AAJ Italy Staff
Vanessa Williams oggi è un volto noto più per la sua presenza nel cast di Ugly Betty (e di una nutritissima lista di altri serial americani di successo) piuttosto che per l'attività di cantante, segnata soprattutto dallo straordinario successo di The Right Stuff, del 1988. Negli anni successivi vennero numerosi altri album, tutti in odore di un luccicante R&B. The Real Thing si inserisce nella scia delle precedenti esperienze consegnando a fans ed estimatori un disco pressoché perfetto nei suoni, ...
Continue ReadingPaul Anka: Rock Swings
by Chris M. Slawecki
Pop music sure has changed since Paul Anka last helped rule the airways (as composer or performer) with such mainstays as “My Way, “Diana, “She's A Lady, and “Puppy Love.Decades later, Anka's own notes explain the Rock Swings! concept: “We all embraced the idea: to find songs from a diverse group of musicians, from Nirvana and Van Halen, to Lionel Richie and The Pet Shop Boys, and reinvent them in an entirely unique way: Swing! The result, a ...
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