Bryan Adams unplugs for '11'

Canadian pop-rock star Bryan Adams [ tickets ] can't help but be inspired to write music, even after 30 years in the business. "It's just so much fun to find another idea and to find another song," Adams said during a recent press teleconference. "I 'can't explain to you how addictive that is."He said he misses it when he isn't writing music. But when he pens a new tune, it is extremely satisfying. "It's like, 'Wow.' It's great. It's so nice to have a piece of new music. It's the same buzz today as it was when I first started."Right now, he is buzzed about "11," his first release of original music in four years. In the last month, "11" debuted in the Top 10 of 11 international charts, including No. 1 in Canada, India and Switzerland; No. 2 in Austria, Denmark and Germany; No. 4 in Portugal; No. 6 in the United Kingdom and No. 8 in Holland. The album, set to hit US shelves on May 13, will be exclusively sold in Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores nationwide. "It was an absolute no-brainer," Adams said about the decision to work with Wal-Mart and Sam's Club. "[They said] 'We'd like to order some records,' and we thought, 'Great.' I know the Eagles have done it and it seemed like a good idea. The last time I drove down Sunset Strip, there wasn't even a record shop."So I thought, it's good plan and they seemed enthusiastic and 'we're all on a page here. I think iTunes is going to have it at some point, but I don't know."Adams is touring in support of "11" with a series of acoustic dates in May, during which he will play classic hits and debut new material. He'll return to the United States for plugged-in headlining shows and opening dates with Rod Stewart this summer. (See details below.) "I think for a lot of people that haven't heard me do [an acoustic tour] before, it will be intriguing, because to play a song like 'Cuts Like a Knife' on acoustic guitar is quite a different thing than hearing it with a full band," Adams said. "I believe that that will give some insight into the songwriting and it shows that some of the new songs blend in. It's like one solid body of work."He said all of his songs work well as acoustic numbers because, after all, they were all written on acoustic guitars. "11" is an acoustic-based project."Halfway through, I sort of switched gears and decided to make sort of an acoustic rock record," Adams said. "And, when I play the songs live, it has actually sort of led me into a path of this next tour, which is my first American acoustic tour. And I feel confident enough with these songs and with the songs in the past that the show is going to be quite interesting, sort of hearing these songs stripped down completely, just myself and a guitar."With 21 Top 10 hits under his belt, Adams is convinced that the songs from "11" will be as popular as hits like "Summer of '69," "Straight from the Heart" or "Cuts Like a Knife.""Time will put these songs on the map," Adams said. "What is interesting is, when I look back at 'Summer of '69' did quite well in America, but outside in the rest of the world it wasn't a popular song. But, nowadays, it's one of the biggest songs in my set, everywhere. It just shows you that, with time, eventually good songs will actually come to the top, whether the radio plays them or not."

Babaji

   
Artist: Babaji

   Genre(s): 
Pop
   

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 Turn Around

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 12

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Lil Wayne & Bow Wow Hoop It Up In ‘Patriots’

Lil Wayne & Bow Wow Hoop It Up In ‘Patriots’

Lil Duke Wayne and Stem Sidesplitter ar slated to star topology in an upcoming basketball dramatic play titled Patriots.
According to The Hollywood Newsman, the riffle is set in Newly Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and focuses on a high school basketball passenger car (played by Timber Whitaker) world Health Organization takes his team of displaced students from various city schools to a state championship.
The film's production began final stage week and the cast likewise includes Isaiah George Washington, Taraji P. Jim Henson, Jackie Long and J.B. Smoove.
In related news, Lil Wayne will be releasing his oftentimes delayed album The Carter Trine on June 10th.  The record album volition feature appearances from  Hurricane Chris, Juelz Santana, Corey Gunz and Fabolous, among others.





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Ceili Rain

   
Artist: Ceili Rain

   Genre(s): 
Other
   

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 Like A Train

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 3

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Ceili Pelting (marked Kay-lee) was formed in 1995 by veteran soldier songster Bob Halligan, Jr. The Syracuse, N.Y native had been thought conceptually virtually combining Celtic language instrumentality within a pop-rock scene since 1989, and had received encouragement from his married adult female Linda to move forth with the idea. Formerly, he had written songs that had been recorded by heavy alloy artists such as Judas Priest and Blue sky Oyster Cultus, simply was uncomfortable of the association with negatively sensed artists. He had besides written with Michael Bolton, and had his songs recorded by such diverse artists as Cher, Kathy Mattea, and Joan Jett.


Halligan also recorded a solo record album in 1991 that went nowhere on the charts. By 1995, Halligan had stirred from Freshly House of York to Capital of Tennessee, finding the atmospheric nation in that respect more suitable to what he was pursuing. Wanting to deepen the Celtic language influences that he had grown to like with his self-colored sway songwriting skills, Halligan formed Ceili Rain. (loosely translated in Goidelic as "celestial party") They honed their skills in concerts, and finally mark with the independent label Punch Records. The 1997 record album combined uplifting spectral messages, Celtic John Rock influences, solid pop-rock songwriting skills, and received warm reviews from many publications, including Hoarding.

Haveck

   
Artist: Haveck

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Other
   

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 Cutman

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 4

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Carl Thomas

   
Artist: Carl Thomas

   Genre(s): 
R&B: Soul
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Discography:


   
 So Much Better

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 18


   
 My First Love

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 2


   
 Lets Talk About It

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 16

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Badly Boy/Arista recording creative person Carl Thomas' major label debut was for certain Emotional. The buzz caused by the airplay of the not-available-to-retail bingle "I Wish" -- not to be confused with the Stevie Marvel graeco-Roman -- from the urban R&B singer's Emotional record album was such that the acquittance day of the month was affected up to Apr 18, 2000. Speaking of Admiration, Thomas secondhand excepts from "Summertime Easy" from Wonder's 1976 two-record/bonus EP arrange Songs in the Winder of Liveliness on his own "Summer Rain." A gain on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, the mid-tempo groover "I Wish" is a great intromission to singer/songwriter Thomas' soulful vocals and substantial signified of great lyrics (lyrics that address to a stabbing data-based and empathic eyeshot) and that call back the heydays of R&B/soul music. Dylan Marlais Thomas wrote or co-wrote 11 of the album's 15 tracks. He likewise co-produced several tracks for Emotional, whose lineup of producers to a fault includes Mario Winans, Microphone Metropolis, Derrick Angeliti, and Heavy D.


"Giving You Completely My Making love" is a duet between Dylan Marlais Thomas and Princess Grace of Monaco Price and stewing string section from Isaac Hayes' "Wheresoever You Ar." Other highlights on Emotional are the tripping title path, the airy, exotic "My Valentine," the confrontational resourcefulness of "You Ain't Right," and the interesting spoken treatment interlude performed by Malik Yusef on "Bother Wont End."


The Michigan native's influence included early Midwestern-related talents care Motown's Marvin Gaye, Re Parker, Jr., the Kenneth Clark Sisters (Detroit), and onetime Chicagoans Donny Hathaway and Nat "King" Kail, as easy as Bite, James Joseph Deems Taylor, and Steely Dan. Thomas american ginseng about Chicago, connection some groups and doing more or less recording. Opinion the indigence to test himself in unfamiliar ethel Amniotic fluid,Doubting Dylan Marlais Thomas trekked to Freshly York and began tittle-tattle during open-mike nights at various clubs. Badly Son Chief operating officer Sean "Puffy" Combs caught one of his performances and signed him to the tag in 1997. Lowell Jackson Thomas arse be heard on over 20 rap/hip-hop releases such as Notorious B.I.G.'s "The Humankind Is Filled," Noreaga's "I Love My Life," and "Jasmine" from Negro Rob's Life Level. As easily as touring with Puffy, Carl Seth Thomas has also filled in for beau Chicago native R. Kelly on "C. H. Best Friend."





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Holmes says Suri is a 'very strong woman'

Holmes says Suri is a 'very strong woman'

Actress Katie Holmes has described her cy Young girl Suri as a "real strong womanhood".
Speech production to People mag, the 29-year-old actress said: "She's a real strong cleaning woman."
"I'm very proud of her. She's actually teaching me a draw - in all probability more than I'm pedagogy her," she said.
"She's very smartness and strong. And truly magical."




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