GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY

GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY
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Show: Ghost Brothers of Darkland County

Music: John Mellencamp

Lyrics: John Mellencamp

Book: Stephen King

Date: 2010

PerformerS: Dave Alvin,  Phil Alvin,  Ryan Bingham,  Neko Case,  Rosanne Cash,  Elvis Costello,  Sheryl Crow,  Will Dailey,  Kris Kristofferson,  Taj Mahal,  John Mellencamp,  Clyde Mulroney

Tracks:

1. Introduction By The Zydeco Cowboy

2. That s Me (Performed by Elvis Costello)

3. Anna and Frank Badmouthing Drake

4. That s Who I Am (Performed by Neko Case)

5. The Ghosts Argue and Fight

6. So Goddam Smart (Performed by Dave Alvin, Phil Alvin, Sheryl Crow)

7. Monique and Anna Meet

8. Wrong, Wrong, Wrong About Me (Performed by Elvis Costello)

9. Frank and Drake Argue

10. Brotherly Love (Performed by Ryan Bingham, Will Dailey)

11. Monique, Frank, Drake, and Anna Argue

12. How Many Days (Performed by Kris Kristofferson)

13. The Ghosts Talk (Dialog Underscoring: Patrick Fleming)

14. Home Again (Performed by Sheryl Crow, Dave Alvin, Phil Alvin, Taj Mahal)

15. Monique Comforts Drake

16. You Are Blind (Performed by Ryan Bingham)

17. Joe Begins To Tell His Story

18. Tear This Cabin Down (Performed by Taj Mahal)

19. Joe Continues His Story

20. My Name Is Joe (Performed by Clyde Mulroney)

21. Jenna Expresses Her Feelings

22. Away From This World (Performed by Sheryl Crow)

23. Monique Frustrated With The Boys

24. You Don t Know Me (Performed by Rosanne Cash)

25. Joe Continues As The Ghosts Observe (Dialog Underscoring: Patrick Fleming)

26. And Your Days Are Gone (Performed by Sheryl Crow, Dave Alvin, Phil Alvin)

27. Jack And Andy Fight Over Jenna

28. Jukin (Performed by Sheryl Crow)

29. Jack And Andy Argue And Fight

30. So Goddam Good (Performed by Phil Alvin, Dave Alvin, Sheryl Crow)

31. Joe Talks With His Younger Self

32. What Kind Of Man Am I (Performed by Kris Kristofferson, Phil Alvin, Sheryl Crow, Dave Alvin, Taj Mahal)

33. The Shape Sums Things Up

34. Truth (Performed by John Mellencamp with Lily and Madeleine Jurkiewicz)

35. Joe Talks With The Bartender

WELCOME TO THE VOICE

WELCOME TO THE VOICE

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Composers: Steve Nieve, Muriel Teodori

Performers: Sting, Barbara Bonney, Elvis Costello, Robert Wyatt, Brodsky Quartet

An unlikely encounter of a unique project with an all-star cast! Steve Nieve, Elvis Costello's long-time pianist and music director, and Nieve's partner Muriel Teodori, a film/theatre director, began working on Welcome To The Voice ten years ago. She wrote the libretto, he composed the music, and together they developed and shaped the project that is an opera in homage to the human voice. It is a very accessible opera on one CD - one that will interest both the pop and the classical consumer. Welcome To The Voice is a multifaceted opera that welcomes voices from different musical worlds. It lives on the juxtaposition of men who have rough, untrained voices, coming from jazz or rock (Robert Wyatt, Elvis Costello, Sting), with women who have classically trained voices (Barbara Bonney, Amanda Roocroft, Nathalie Manfrino, Sara Fulgoni). The score has been composed for the Brodsky Quartet while Marc Ribot, Ned Rothenberg, and Steve Nieve himself improvise with a jazz feeling. Apart from the music itself, the beauty of this project lies in the profound idealistic - even romantic - themes that transcend all levels of the work. The catchphrase is: 'unlikely encounter'. Seemingly opposing music genres, classes, artists, languages, and codes are unified in the name of love and art. It's no wonder that the project has attracted all the high-profile artists that collaborate in the opera and contribute to the uniqueness of this work.

Composed by longtime Elvis Costello keyboardist Steve Nieve and set to a surreally episodic, multilingual libretto by his life partner, Muriel Teodori, this singspiel/dramatic oratorio describes the obsessive passion of an opera-loving steelworker of Greek extraction (Sting) for a diva (Barbara Bonney), a not-unheard-of situation in either real or reel life. Although Dionysos (the hero) seems to hover on the edge of becoming a textbook psycho-stalker (the cover photo of a hard-hat kissing his saw does little to dispel this impression), all ends well, if unbelievably. Blue-collar boy not only narrowly avoids incarceration (Elvis Costello appears as a police officer) but even gets next to the ermine-collar girl. Scored for string quartet with piano and reed improvisations, the work's avowed raison d'être was to allow voices from various backgrounds, classically trained and otherwise, to encounter one another on a level playing field. This might have been more successful if the singers were better matched in terms of texture and production. As it is, the sopranos soar effortlessly, allowing the music to do the work, while the male pop stars take the opposite approach, working up a sweat at the drop of an emotion. Musically, despite arresting juxtapositions between conventionally melodic power-pop and 20th-century atonality--to say nothing of a blazing concluding "yes" sung by all involved--the composition comes across more as a study in parallels rather than a unifying force. But even so, the point does get across, and so ambitious and heartfelt an adventure is always worth checking out.

MY COLE PORTER COMPILATION

MY COLE PORTER COMPILATION
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Unos amigos me pidieron una compilación de temas del maestro Cole Porter y ésta es mi selección.

Performers: Robbie Williams, Alanis Morissette, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Costello, Ana Belén, John Barrowman, Kevin Kline, Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Marin Mazzie, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Natalia Lobo, Caroline O'Connor, Stanley Wayne Mathis, Vivian Green, Lara Fabian, Mario Frangoulis, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Wilkof, Michael Mulharen, Paloma San Basilio, Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall, Janice Hagan, Shirley Bassey, Ashley Judd, Leslie Garrett, The Mitford Girls and Cole Porter


Tracks:
01 It's De-Lovely (Robbie Williams)
02 Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) (Alanis Morissette)
03 I've Got You Under My Skin (Frank Sinatra)
04 Let's Misbehave (Elvis Costello)
05 Veneno Para El Corazon (Ana Belen)
06 Night and Day (John Barrowman and Kevin Kline)
07 You're The Top (Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal)
08 I Hate Men (Marin Mazzie)
09 Wonderbar (Brian Stokes Mitchell and Marin Mazzie)
10 Mi Corazon Pertenece A Papi (Natalia Lobo)
11 Anything Goes (Caroline O'Connor)
12 Too Darn Hot (Stanley Wayne Mathis)
13 Love for Sale (Vivian Green)
14 So in Love (Lara Fabian and Mario Frangoulis)
15 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (Natalie Cole)
16 Blow, Gabriel, Blow (Jonathan Pryce and Kevin Kline)
17 Brush Up On Your Shakespeare (Lee Wilkof and Michael Mulharen)
18 Mi Corazon Pertenece A Papi (Remix) (Natalia Lobo)
19 Medley (Paloma San Basilio)
20 Basta Ya (Ana Belen)
21 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (John Barrowman)
22 Anything Goes (John Barrowman)
23 Begin the Beguine (Sheryl Crow)
24 Just One of Those Things (Diana Krall)
25 Quien Eres Tu (Ana Belen)
26 Too Darn Hot (Janice Hagan)
27 What is This Thing Called Love (John Barrowman)
28 I've Got You Under My Skin (Shirley Bassey)
29 In the Still of the Night (Ashley Judd and Kevin Kline)
30 Let's Misbehave (Janice Hagan)
31 My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Janice Hagan)
32 Negra Historia (Ana Belen)
33 So in Love (Leslie Garrett)
34 Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) (Mitford Girls)
35 You're the Top (Cole Porter)

THE GLORY OF GERSHWIN

THE GLORY OF GERSHWIN

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Tracks:
1. Summertime - Peter Gabriel
2. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Sting
3. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Lisa Stansfield
4. Someone To Watch Over Me/Our Love Is Here To Stay - Elton John
5. I've Got A Crush On You - Carly Simon
6. But Not For Me - Elvis Costello
7. It Ain't Necessarily So - Cher
8. The Man I Love - Kate Bush
9. How Long Has This Been Going On - Jon Bon Jovi
10. Embraceable You - Oleta Adams
11. My Man's Gone Now - Sinead O'Connor
12. I Got Rhythm - Robert Palmer
13. Somebody Loves Me - Meat Loaf
14. I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise - Issy Van Randwyck
15. Summertime - Courtney Pine
16. Rhapsody In Blue - Larry Adler & George Martin