Artist: Simone Awhina
Genre(s):
New Age
Discography:
Journey Through My Soul
Year: 1999
Tracks: 11
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Savina Yannatou
Artist: Savina Yannatou
Genre(s):
New Age
Discography:
Sings Manos Hadjidakis: Pao Na Po Sto Synnefo
Year: 2002
Tracks: 13
Rosa Das Rosas
Year: 2000
Tracks: 10
Mediterranea-Sounds True
Year: 2000
Tracks: 17
Primavera En Salonico
Year: 1995
Tracks: 16
Terra Nostra
Year:
Tracks: 20
Having reinforced her reputation as a vocalist of Baroque, rebirth, and early music, Savina Yannatou has increasingly veered toward van idle words and improvisational music. Accompanied by her striation, Primavera en Salonico, which she formed in 1993, Yannatou continues to march her mastery of Mediterranean medicine. Her repertory includes songs from Sardinia, Corsica, Israel, Turkey, Italy, Cyprus, Albania, Spain, Africa, South American, the Caribbean, and her mother country in Greece. RootsWorld described her as "a isaac M. Singer of astounding reach, superb vocal controller, and complete musical scholarship," spell web.cityofwomen-a.si claimed that "like a tightrope walker, she elegantly dances on the rope connecting the modal music of the Orient with eq music from the West, mediaeval song and Mediterranean polyphonies." Having naturalized her reputation in classic music, Yannatou began to expand her horizons in 1993 when she formed Primavera en Salonico. The grouping -- which focuses on a integrate of European classic, Byzantine, traditional Greek, and Near Eastern music -- creates a world music reasoned with a combination of Western instruments (guitar, fiddle and doubled freshwater bass) and Eastern instruments, including toumbeleki, bendir, tambourine, daoul, kanonaki, nay, and tamboura. A year after climax together, Yannatou and Primavera en Salonico recorded an album of Sephardic folk songs of the Balkan area. The album was followed by two additional group recordings -- Songs From the Mediterranean and Virgin Maries of the World. Yannatou has besides recorded as a soloist, cathartic Bounce in Salonica in 1994, Traditional Lullabies in 1998, and Rosa Das Rosas in 2000.
Sunday 15 June 2008
Kevin Spacey to teach at Oxford
Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has accepted a year-long position as a theatre professor at Oxford University, the institution said in a posting on its website.
Spacey, 48, who won Academy Awards for supporting actor in The Usual Suspects and lead actor in American Beauty, is following in the footsteps of fellow performers such as Patrick Stewart, star of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Others who have occupied the post of Oxford's Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theater at St. Catherine's College include composer Stephen Sondheim, playwright Alan Ayckbourn, actress Diana Rigg and lyricist Sir Tim Rice.
"It really is an honour for me to have been invited to follow such illustrious names and take up this role at Oxford," Spacey said in a statement.
"The university is steeped in tradition and has a great heritage in the arts, and I look forward to working with the students and staff."
The college's master, Professor Roger Ainsworth, called Spacey "a truly international star" who "will bring an enormous wealth of talent and experience in both film and theater to bear on the role".
Spacey has been the artistic director of The Old Vic Theater Company in London since 2003.
He recently was seen in the HBO television movie Recount, about the race for the US presidency in 2000 between Al Gore and George W Bush.
He also recently starred in movie thriller 21, playing an MIT professor with a team of card-counting poker players who make millions in Las Vegas casinos.
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Victoria Beckham Is A Bad Kisser
Former Spice Girl Victoira Beckham has been outted by The Lost Boys actor Corey Haim as a bad kisser.
Haim claims he dated Posh Spice in 1995, a year before she found fame with the Wannabe hitmakers.
And he insists Beckham had a terrible kissing technique.
He tells Britain's The Sun newspaper, "When she kisses she does this little grrhh thing. What did it feel like? Like a girl gnawing on your lip!"
The singer is now married to British soccer ace David Beckham.
Haim claims he dated Posh Spice in 1995, a year before she found fame with the Wannabe hitmakers.
And he insists Beckham had a terrible kissing technique.
He tells Britain's The Sun newspaper, "When she kisses she does this little grrhh thing. What did it feel like? Like a girl gnawing on your lip!"
The singer is now married to British soccer ace David Beckham.
DiCaprio to play video game legend
Leonardo DiCaprio is to play one of the legends of the video game industry in a new biopic.
The Hollywood Reporter says that DiCaprio will play Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari, in the film 'Atari'.
Bushnell was an engineering student and games lover who went from fixing broken pinball machines to setting up Atari; he later sold the company to Warner Communications for $28m.
The trade daily says that DiCaprio's production company, Appian Way, will produce the film.
The Hollywood Reporter says that DiCaprio will play Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari, in the film 'Atari'.
Bushnell was an engineering student and games lover who went from fixing broken pinball machines to setting up Atari; he later sold the company to Warner Communications for $28m.
The trade daily says that DiCaprio's production company, Appian Way, will produce the film.
Agalloch
Artist: Agalloch
Genre(s):
Rock
Other
Metal
Metal: Gothic
Discography:
Ashes Against The Grain
Year: 2006
Tracks: 8
The Grey EP
Year: 2004
Tracks: 2
The Grey
Year: 2004
Tracks: 2
Tomorrow Will Never Come
Year: 2003
Tracks: 2
The Mantle
Year: 2002
Tracks: 9
Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor
Year: 2001
Tracks: 5
Pale Folklore
Year: 1999
Tracks: 8
From Which of this Oak
Year: 1997
Tracks: 4
The origins of Agalloch date back to 1995 and the radioactive decay of the stripe Aeolachrymae. As that group died, three phoenixes emerged from the ashes, Sussurrus Inanis, Nothing, and Agalloch. Mixing black metallic element with atmospheric textures, gothic doom, and neo-folk and post-rock touches, the Portland, OR-based group cursorily developed a fanatical cult following. Their first demonstration, From Which of This Oak, was recorded in 1996; in 1998, they recorded another demo and shopped it around to labels. Their efforts paid off as the group landed a deal with The End Records. The following year the guys -- vocalist/guitarist John Haughm, bassist Jason William Walton, guitarist John Anderson, and keyboardist Shane Breyer -- released their experimental and brooding debut, Pallid Folklore. The EP Of Stone, Wind and Pillor appeared in 2001 earlier Agalloch's critically acclaimed sophomore movement, The Mantle, shoot stores in 2002. Four age passed earlier the band released their succeeding full-length, Ashes Against the Grain, again to senior high school critical and fan kudos.
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Witherspoon-Phillippe divorce clears final hurdle
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Reese Witherspoon has sealed another deal: her divorce from fellow actor Ryan Phillippe. Documents filed Thursday in Los Angeles show the pair have resolved the remaining issues of their split. Exact details weren't filed, though the pair had indicated they wanted joint custody of their children, ages 8 and 4.
They opted for an uncontested divorce, which kept many of its particulars private.
Witherspoon cited "irreconcilable differences" when she filed for divorce in November 2006 after seven years of marriage.
The "Legally Blonde" actress won the best-actress Academy Award in 2006 for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in "Walk the Line." Phillippe, who appeared in "Igby Goes Down" and "Crash," most recently starred in "Stop-Loss."
Publicists for both actors didn't immediately return calls from The Associated Press on Friday.
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Nihill
Artist: Nihill
Genre(s):
Metal: Death,Black
Discography:
Krach
Year: 2007
Tracks: 6
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Angelina Jolie - Jolie Feared Kids Would Wreck Pitt Relationship
Hollywood actress ANGELINA JOLIE feared having children with her partner BRAD PITT would wreck their relationship.
Jolie already had one adopted son, six-year-old Maddox, when she started dating Pitt in 2005, and the couple went on to adopt Pax, four, Zahara, two, and have their biological two-year-old Shiloh. They are also currently expecting twins.
But Jolie admits that she was initially hesitant to expand her family with Pitt, because she feared the stresses of more children would put a major strain on their relationship.
She tells Britain's Heat magazine, "You always wonder how having a lot of children in a fairly short space of time is going to affect your life together.
"You have less time together, you're always busy, you're often very tired in the evenings. So it's something that you either learn or adapt to, or you're going to be in trouble as a couple."
So the actress was delighted when, after expanding their brood, they continued to maintain a healthy partnership.
She adds, "We both grew into our role as parents and that eased a lot of my anxiety. What surprised me is how naturally Brad welcomed the responsibilities of being a father."
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