'Real Girl', the debut solo album from Mutya follows the single of the same name that features a sample from Lenny Kravitz's global chart-topper 'It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over'. The album also includes collaborations with timeless voice George Michael (whose only previous female collaborators were Aretha Franklin and Mary J Blige, so she's in good soul-girl company!), Brit Award winner Amy Winehouse on 'B-Boy Baby' (which samples The Ronettes' 'Be My Baby') and Groove Armada- whose partnership on 'Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control)' will be Mutya's second single and is already being heralded as a monster hit by NME and Pop Justice.

As cover art, the album will feature a stylized 10 pesos coin used during Pinochet's regime in Chile. Libertad is a bold move forward from their blistering debut album. While keeping their feet solidly on the foundation of searing hard rock, this album broadens the bands sound to new levels of creativity. The first single She Builds Quick Machines' sets the tone with its menacing aggression. On Libertad' that song is just the tip of the iceberg. Songs like The Last Fight', Get Out The Door', and For A Brother' show that in the long term, Libertad' has potential to take Velvet Revolver to even greater heights.

The writing team of Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson and their respective partners in music and life, Agnetha Faltskog and Frida Lyngstad, basically invented Europop when they pooled their collective talents and became ABBA. One supposes keeping their past-affiliations names (Hep Stars or the Hootenanny Singers) wasn't quite as catchy. But then they wrote "Waterloo" for a Eurovision song contests and the musical universe suddenly altered.

Gary Moore's studio album Old New Ballads Blues continues his exploration of the blues through a combination of classic blues tracks written by the likes of Otis Rush and Willie Dixon and self-penned songs. With a career stretching back into the sixties and with huge success as a member of Thin Lizzy, as a guest guitarist with many artists and with his own solo career, Moore's credentials as one of the finest blues-rock guitarists of his generation are undoubted and he brings all his skill and experience to bear on this exciting album.

Pianist and frequent Branford Marsalis collaborator Joey Calderazzo presents a quiet, late-night record of mostly elegiac solo piano with a which features a muted pastelish quality to his playing. On a couple of tracks he is joined by either a guitarist Romero Lubambo and/or a vocalist Claudia Acuna to explore jazz with a South American tinge.

The Number 1's series is a brand-new line of CDs featuring #1 radio hits from the biggest names in music. This collection includes decade compilations as well as individual artist CDs and is being released by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) in its ground-breaking, environmentally-friendly packaging format. A first for the music industry, the standard package (both sleeve and tray) will be completely paper-recyclable, continuing the company's long-standing commitment to being "green."

Featuring songs by the iconic John Lennon newly recorded by some of today's biggest as well as emerging artists, Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur is a major benefit-album project. In an effort to mobilize activism around this catastrophe, musicians unite to save lives. Some of the biggest artists in the world, along with today's emerging artists, all coming together for an unprecedented, brilliant collection of JOHN LENNON "covers." Proceeds from the campaign will go directly to support Amnesty International's urgent work on Darfur and other human rights crises worldwide.

Balkan Beat Box - Nu Med (2007)
National Folk | mp3 | 192 kbps | 73 MB

This very strong new album weaves elements of ragga and hip hop with Balkanoid horns, Arab & Bulgarian guest singers, Greek guitars and more…