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8.4 (11 ratings) Joshua Radin genre: Folk
release date 2006-01-01 publisher: Sony
Songwriting is a very personal process for Joshua Radin; his songs capture the listener and keep them entranced from beginning to end. He's been compared to other acts such as Nick Drake, Simon & Garfunkel, Elliot Smith. Each moment can become a snapshot in time generated by a specific creative spark for this upcoming artist -- whose hit song "Winter" was recently featured on the NBC television sit-com "Scrubs".
Joshua began his artistic pursuits at an early age with art, acting and music. He started on his musical path with songwriters like Lennon and McCartney, and is currently likened to writers like Elliot Smith and Bob Dylan. His worldwide exposure garnered interest from thousands of fans who downloaded "Winter" and purchased his CD entitled: "First Between 3rd & 4th".
Based out of L.A., Josh's music treads the thin line between sappy and sincere exquisitely. His arrangements put an emphasis almost entirely on the acoustic guitar, with occassional string appearances, and female vocal harmonies (courtesy of Priscilla Ahn). His influences include all of the requisite forbears of the genre, and occasionally these influences appear in the music in a very tangible way.
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8.2 (69 ratings) Rosie Thomas genre: Folk
release date 2002-01-01 publisher: Sub Pop
温柔美丽的旋律、悠扬流畅的歌声--来自rosie thomas的清新民谣。一样是温柔美丽的旋律、悠扬流畅的歌声,Rosie Thomas 营造出的氛围卻极为独特--她善于融合两种不同的极端:清亮甜美的嗓音中,隐隐透着饱经风霜的沧桑感;梦幻飘渺的色彩里,却又让人深刻感受到十足脚踏实地的草根气息。
在她的音乐中,流露着对生命深切的感性与关怀,包括童年、梦想、爱、希望,都以极其诗意方式,在清淡词句中呈现深刻情感;简单的吉他、风琴、钢琴,交织出清新、简朴的音乐风貌,彷彿是一杯蕴涵无穷深邃滋味的顶级绿茶,沁人心脾,引人回味。
蘿西湯瑪斯
Rosie Thomas
集演唱歌手/歌曲作家的蘿西湯瑪斯。雖然蘿西自早年兒時起就開始形成了她甜美精緻的曲風,但當她加入“電子城”dreampop樂隊“天鵝絨100(Velour 100)”時才得以成名。湯瑪斯在90年代後期曾隨這支樂隊巡演並擔任主唱,在此之後她開始了個人的單飛生涯。融合了Joni Mitchell的民謠流行樂以及獨立音樂的感性特點之後,湯瑪斯發現自己達到了新的境界。她和Damien Jurado在Sub-Pop2001年合集《Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska 》專輯裡的《Wages of Sin》中合作,並在Jurado的《Ghost of David》專輯裡的《停車場》獻聲。
然而,當湯瑪斯02年的個人處女作《當我們還小(When We Were Small)》(sub-pop公司)問世時,她被認為更有思想,更幽默,更迷人。當她沒有創作音樂時,湯瑪斯幽默的個性分身,一個戴眼鏡的送披薩名叫沙拉的女孩就會出現。她的成功之路在她2003年第二張未刪節專輯《Only With Laughter Can You Win》發行後,知名度逐漸的拓展開來。
Breakfast on the Morning Tram Douban
8.6 (16 ratings) Stacey Kent genre: Jazz
release date 2007-10-02 publisher: Vanguard
专辑简介 这张“早安.幸福”是她加盟Blue Note的首张发行,也是她第一次踏进国际大厂的作品。全片由她的萨克斯风手老公汤姆.林森担任制作和编曲,全片以吉他、键盘、贝斯、鼓和萨克斯风这样的小型五人组合搭配,清清淡淡的传统爵士伴奏,衬托肯特的轻柔嗓音,正好捕捉到她声音那种擅于掌握浪漫情歌的那一面。在这些乐手的搭配下,整张专辑呈现出更像她现场演唱会的爵士风格,也与她过去专辑采用较多弦乐、走情歌取向的作风截然不同,其中尤其是John Parricelli连换六把吉他那细腻的声音,主导了整张专辑的音乐织体。这张专辑更特别的是,特别邀请到她的头号歌迷,小说
家石黑一雄为她填写四首歌词,在收到这四份歌词后,史黛西更鼓励老公吉姆,首次提笔创作歌曲。
片中另一件值得一提的是,史黛西肯特唱了两首法文歌曲,这也不是她以前专辑中会出现的曲子,片中她选了两首都是由著名的法国多才多艺的歌手Serge Gainsbourg所创作的。另外则唱了一首Baden Powell和Vinicius de Moraes为1966年电影“男欢女爱”(A Man and a Woman)所写的芭莎诺瓦名曲。同样的芭莎诺瓦歌曲还有Sergio Mendes在1968年创作的“So Many Stars”。另一首意外则是摇滚乐团Fleetwood Mac在1970年代的歌曲“Landslide”。当然是一再被用在电影和广告中的经典名曲“What a Wonderful World”。