Hildur Guðnadóttir (“Sicario: Day of the Soldado”) composed the 17-track soundtrack to director Todd Phillips’ original, standalone origin story “Joker” which explores the world of—and according to—Arthur Fleck. Indelibly portrayed by three-time Oscar nominee Joaquin Phoenix (“The Master,” “Walk the Line,” “Gladiator”), Arthur is a man facing the cruelty and outright scorn of society, along with the indifference of a system that allows him to spiral from vulnerability into depravity. Caught in a cyclical existence teetering on the precipice of reality and madness, one bad decision brings about a chain reaction of escalating, ultimately deadly, events. Phoenix stars in the titular role alongside Oscar winner Robert De Niro (“Raging Bull,” “The Godfather: Part II”) as Franklin.

Instrumental band from Los Angeles, California Whale Fall: the interplay between Ali Vazin's ethereal guitar swells and Dave Pomeranz's raw six-string tones suggests the vast desert sky overhanging stark and rugged terrain, with J-Matt Greenberg's trumpet and keyboard flourishes providing the flora and fauna, all supported by the tectonic framework and desert highways of Erik Tokle's gliding bass and Aaron Farinelli's foundational percussion. J-Matt Greenberg David Pomeranz Ali Vazin Erik Tokle Aaron Farinelli

The Fugs First Album is the 1965 debut album by The Fugs, described in their All Music profile as "arguably the first underground rock group of all time". In 1965, the album charted #142 on Billboard's "Top Pop Albums" chart. The album was originally released in 1965 as The Village Fugs Sing Ballads of Contemporary Protest, Point of Views, and General Dissatisfaction on Folkways Records before the band signed up with ESP-Disk, who released the album under its own label with a new name in 1966.

这是吉尔斯科特"苍鹭"的第一张专辑,也是他最"愤怒"的一张.不像后来其他专辑--有亲切的爵士气氛并混合有醇厚灵魂风格,Small Talk At 125th And Lenox很原始,很有特点--在厚重的鼓击上响亮的说唱,诗作富于智慧与抗议(典型的代表就是The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,意义在于给了整个专集正确而鲜明的观点),而这所有的作品都是他自己的. 吉尔斯科特一帮人,是美国黑人音乐传统的关键一环.他们证明了那些地下音乐(家)并没有在美国电台上得到应有的位置,而只能在宣传力量极其有限的唱片公司里制造"声音"

女爵士蓝调大师Etta James1961年的一张专辑。这张专辑融合了流行、蓝调和爵士乐的风格，较同时期的蓝调歌手而言更为“主流”一些，这张专辑中的"Stormy Weather"， "I Just Want to Make Love to You"等歌曲都是打榜的热门歌曲，而她也被认为开创了一种被称为“Crossover diva”的独特演唱风格。 本专辑在滚石杂志评出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第116位。 ---------- 从1960年到1976年，Etta James在Chess旗下所出的唱片贴着各种各样的Chess商标（意味着不同的风格），最令人感叹的是，不论是出哪种风格的东西，她都能给人以惊喜。什么事都能被她歌唱，教堂布鲁斯“我只能哭泣（All I Could Is Cry）”的灵感来自于她与这个厂牌的第一次对话，而十个月之后她又推出了一首近乎献媚的“最终（At Last）”，-- Christina Aguilera经常在演唱会上演唱这首歌并以此向James致敬。 在22岁的Etta走进Chess之前，她已经有5年的职业音乐生涯了。在此之前，她并没有好好地开发自己的嗓子。在“All I Could Do Is Cry”中，她的嗓音听起来相当成熟、有形，但在以后灌录的唱片中，她给了人们更多的惊喜。她说，在长大后，她希望自己唱起歌来能象个男人，最好能像她儿提时代在洛杉矶浸礼会教堂里唱师班的领唱。没有几个人能像她那样唱得既漂亮又铿锵有力。Leonard Chess认为她有着像Dinah Washington那样跨越正统与流行的潜质，于是在Etta的早期歌曲中经常会出现管弦乐的合音—这并不是Chess的一贯作风，有时他们听起来既粗制滥造又老土。即使在这些歌中，James的演唱也是引人入胜的，忽而咆哮忽而温柔，就象是坐上了过山车。 在自己参与创作的歌曲（如“有什么抓住了我（Something Got s Hold on Me）”，“停止婚礼（Stop the Wedding）”中，她的力量更是发挥得淋漓尽致，相比之下，Tina Turner的嗓子显得那么平面。而在“给我的孩子（One for My Baby）”与“不要再逃避（Don\'t Get Around Much Anymore）”中，James的发音又表现出少有的轻柔。以上所提到的歌曲都收录在第一张CD中。在第二张盘中，“两面（Two Sides）”有着完美的编曲配器；在“亲爱的你想让我做什么（Baby What You Want Me to Do）”里，她的嗓音呈现出完全出乎意料的混浊，--这首歌出自Etta最棒的现场专辑之一、录制于1963年的《埃塔震撼了房子（Etta Rocks the House）》；小歌“波比是他的名字（Bobby Is His Name）”迸发了生命与死亡的激情；与Sugar Pie DeSanto合唱的歌曲“在地下室（In the Basement）”是一支激情四射的舞曲；还有灵歌中的颈点“告诉妈妈（Tell Mama）”（被Janis Joplin翻唱）和“我宁愿瞎了眼（I’d Rather Go Blind”）（被Rod Steward翻唱）。

Cheryl Lynn (born Lynda Cheryl Smith; March 11, 1957) is an American singer. She is best known for her songs during the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, including the 1978 R&B/disco song "Got to Be Real".