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Giddens Rhiannon: They're Calling Me Home [Vinyl LP]

"On this record, I wanted to stretch," says Bonnie Raitt. "I always want to find songs that excite me, and what's different this time is that I've tried some styles and topics I haven't touched on before."<br/><br/>With Just Like That..., her first new album in more than six years, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Raitt continues to draw on the range of influences that have shaped her legendary career, while creating something that speaks to the circumstances and challenges of these unprecedented times.<br/><br/>The title comes from a line in one of her new original songs ("Just like that your life can change"), which seemed especially fitting "because there's never been a time that made me look around and say, 'Nobody saw this coming'-where all of a sudden, everything shifted." <br/><br/>But the biggest surprises on Just Like That...are the four songs written by Raitt. "Living for the Ones," co-written with her longtime guitarist George Marinelli, is a rocking dedication to the friends and family she has lost in recent years, while the sardonic "Waitin' for You to Blow," about the devil on recovery's shoulder, is a funk/jazz hybrid inspired by Mose Allison, Les McCann and Eddie Harris, and '70s funk. "There's something thrilling about creating something brand new out of feelings and styles that have always run so deep in me," she says.<br/><br/>Two songs were inspired by real-life scenarios: "Down the Hall" began when Raitt read a New York Times story a few years ago about a prison hospice program, and the album's title track was sparked by a local news segment showing two families deeply impacted on both sides of an organ donation. <br/><br/>"These stories moved me deeply," she says. "And in the face of so much hatred and cruelty the last few years, these examples of redemption, and people acting out of love, were healing for me, and what I wanted to focus on and write about. <br/><br/>"I've always loved the early guitar songs of Dylan, Jackson Browne, Paul Brady, and especially John Prine," she adds. "With songs like 'Angel From Montgomery' and 'Donald and Lydia,' John was able to just climb inside and sing these people's lives. With his passing last year, his inspiration meant even more in writing these two songs."<br/><br/>Bonnie Raitt has never felt more grateful that she can continue making music, contributing to causes, keeping her crew working, and connecting with her audience. "I'm really aware of how lucky I am and I feel like my responsibility is to get out there and say something fresh and new-for me and for the fans," she says. "It's really daunting not to repeat yourself, but I have to have something to say, or I wouldn't put out a record."

The newest album from Rhiannon Giddens', You're the One is her third solo studio album and her first of all original songs. This collection of 12 songs written over the course of Giddens' career bursts with life-affirming energy, drawing from the folk music that she knows so deeply, as well as its pop descendants. Produced by Jack Splash (Solange, Alicia Keys, Valerie June), You're the One features some of Giddens' closest musical collaborators from the past decade, including multi-instrumentalists Francesco Turrisi and Dirk Powell, bassist Jason Sypher, and Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbu. The album features electric and upright bass, conga, Cajun and Piano accordions, guitars, a Western string section, and Miami horns, among other instruments, capturing the inclusive spirit that channels through all of her work. <br/><br/>"I hope that people just hear American music," Giddens says. "Blues, jazz, Cajun, country, gospel, and rock-it's all there. I like to be where it meets organically. They're fun songs, and I wanted them to have as much of a chance as they could to reach people who might dig them but don't know anything about what I do. If they're introduced to me through this record, they might go listen to other music I've made with a different set of ears."

On October 28, 2013, blues-rock star Joe Bonamassa will release Tour De Force - Live In London on Provogue Records (a division of Mascot Label Group), an unprecedented live concert event unfolding over four DVDs and four Blu-rays recorded and filmed at each of the four iconic London venues which he has previously played: The Borderline, Shepherd's Bush Empire, Hammersmith Apollo, and the Royal Albert Hall. <br/><br/>The sold-out concerts, which saw over 12.000 fans in attendance, chronicle Bonamassa's atmospheric rise from the intimate club environment of The Borderline, to the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Every individual evening was marked by a particular theme - his early trio years, the blues, rock and roll, and an all encompassing set at the Albert Hall - and every setlist, arrangement and ensemble was designed to fit in with the evening's prescribed theme providing the viewer with four different and unique performances. Each corresponding disc in the set features a different selection from over 60 songs played from his extensive catalogue - some having never been performed live - with a different and unique band configuration to highlight the diverse elements of Bonamassa's style. <br/><br/>About the Borderline show:<br/>This 200-seat club in the heart of London was chosen to stage a revival of Bonamassa's early career power-trio jam nights. Armed with a Fender Stratocaster - Bonamassa along with a single drummer and bassist launched into a setlist marked with extended takes of songs from his first set of albums.<br/><br/>DVD 1 is the full concert and DVD 2 is bonus material.

After two successful collaborations with 2012 "Don't Explain" and 2013 "Seesaw" Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa decided to tour for the first time. The duo did a very short exclusive run in prestigious venues, ending the tour with 2 sold out shows in the historic Carre Theater in Amsterdam. This beautiful location was where Beth Hart, known for her raw and powerful blues-rock sound, amazed everyone with a spectacular performance.

War In My Mind är producerad av Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Dave Matthews Band, Goo Goo Dolls) och ges ut då Beth Harts kreativitet nått nya höjdpunkter.<br/><br/>Efter att ha följt Beth Harts fantastiska, 25-åriga karriär har man lärt sig att räkna med det oberäkneliga. Så länge det är ärligt. Så nu med War In My Mind har låtskrivaren gjort ett album som blottar hennes själ och hennes känslor utan att be om ursäkt. <br/><br/>Beth Hart berättar:<br/>"Då vi plåtade omslaget var det första gången som jag sa: "ingen make-up, inget retuscherande" Det var första gången då jag inte blev äcklad av att höra vad jag sa. Det kändes bara skönt att vara 47 år och inte längre försöka vara ung och konkurrenskraftig och allt det där som jag alltid känt att jag behövde vara. På den här plattan kände jag att jag bara behövde vara mig själv. Jag tror att detta är ett litet steg emot vem jag egentligen är. Jag vet kanske inte vart det leder...men det känns ok för mig."

Den internationellt ryktbare supergitarristen Joe Bonamassa, känd som ett kraftpaket, med ännu en fantastisk konsert. Denna gång inspelad på ärevördiga Beacon Theatre i New York City.<br/>Konserten bjöd på unika gästframträdanden av den legendariske sångaren Paul Rodgers (ex Free, Bad Company), Sverigefavoriten John Hiatt samt det karismatiska dynamitpaketet Beth Hart (som på hösten 2011 släppte den kritikerrosade plattan Don't Explain tillsammans med Joe Bonamassa)