St. Louis rapper Chingy has released his latest CD Hoodstar
The album was the highest charting rap CD the week it was released selling over 70,000 copies. The album was propelled by the radio and video friendly single "Pullin' Me Back," which features Tyrese. Although, the CD is a single disc release, ... [ read more ] »
LIVE magazine | July 06 | art | music | Chingy

is a monumental music event on 7/7/07 that will bring together more than 100 headlining music artists and 2 billion people to launch an ongoing, mass movement to combat the climate crisis. Concerts will take place in New York; London; Sydney; Tokyo; Shanghai; Johannesburg; Rio de Janeiro; and Hamburg. [ read more ] »
art | music | Live Earth

X&Y
Chris Martin (vocals, piano); Jonny Buckland (guitar); Guy Berryman (bass guitar); Will Champion (drums). 2006 tour dates, video : The Coldplay Phenomenon, reviews : X&Y, multimedia ... [ read more ] »
LIVE magazine | March 06 | art | music | pop | rock | Coldplay

Bob Dylan was recently named by Life as one of the 100 most important Americans of the 20th century. Forty-three albums into his four-decades-plus career ...
Bob Dylan pro.file

The Ultimate Collection : B.B. King's music has been anthologized and put in box sets many times, but this is the first single-disc collection that truly spans the American icon's career. It starts with his breakthrough 1951 No. 1 R&B hit "Three O'Clock Blues" and ends, chronologically, with 2000's "Ten Long Years" from his platinum-selling, pop-chart-topping smash collaboration with Eric Clapton, Riding with the King. In between there are 19 ... [ read more ] >>
art | music | blues | B.B. King - The Ultimate Collection

Unapologetically original. Unabashedly in your face. Avril Lavigne's 2002 debut Let Go gave young women a defiant voice and set it to music they could rock out to. Fourteen million albums and eight Grammy nominations later, the Canadian chanteuse returns with Under My Skin but if you're expecting a whole lot of the same, you've got another thing coming.
LIVE magazine | June 04 | art | music | pop | Avril Lavigne

world musical instruments
Accordion, harmonium, harmonica, bamboo baritone eb saxophone, sur bahar, McClain harp, tabla set copper by Sajid, Yang Chin, Wuhan Chau gong ... [ more ] »
LIVE magazine | October 06 | world | art | music | world musical instruments

more than 120 million records worldwide
U2 formed in their native Dublin in 1978 and remains intact with its four original band members: Bono, Larry Mullen, Adam Clayton and The Edge. The band has sold more than 120 million records worldwide in an extraordinary career that has firmly ... [ read more ] »
LIVE magazine | December 04 | March 06 | art | music | pop | rock | U2

Jamie Foxx's uncannily accurate performance isn't the only good thing about Ray. Riding high on a wave of Oscar buzz, Foxx proved himself worthy of all the hype by portraying blind R&B legend Ray Charles in a warts-and-all performance that Charles approved shortly before his death in June 2004. Despite a few dramatic ...
art | video | music | Ray Charles

Doves : Some Cities - Released on March 1, 2005
The last time most of us saw Doves it was Glastonbury Festival 2003, headlining Sunday night against Moby. This wasn’t really a problem for them though. The year before, they’d been mid afternoon, playing in glorious weather, a crowd of people wide-eyed at the...
LIVE magazine | March 05 | music | video | Doves

Beck : Hell Yes
The new Beck studio album, titled Guero will finally drop March 29th 2005. Here is the tracklisting. E-Pro, Que Onda Guero, Girl, Missing, Black Tambourine, Earthquake Weather, Hell Yes, Broken Drum, Scarecrow, Go It Alone, Farewell Ride, Rental Car, Emergency Exit
LIVE magazine | February 05 | music | video | Beck

The New Mixes, Vol. I : “The Original Jam Sessions 1969” Features Music from NBC’s “The Bill Cosby Show” and Cast of Jazz & Funk-Loving Legends from the 1960s “The New Mixes, Vol, I,” An Exciting and Eclectic Dose of Contemporary Mixes from Mix Master Mike, Cornershop, Bedrock, Herbert, Los Amigos Invisibles and Others
LIVE magazine | September 04 | art | music | Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby

Lenny Kravitz has described this self-produced disc as his most personal recording to date, a description that's hard to argue with, given the intimate lyrical tenor of many of the album's 13 songs and the one-man-band makeup of many others.
LIVE magazine | June 04 | art | music | rock | rock | Lenny Kravitz

Hjörtur Blöndal : Yes... once again - a new release from Hjörtur. Chandni, an Indian word meaning “night light” - like starlight and moonlight, or in Hjörtur's mind it could also be lights from satellites or signals from the universe straight into your mind...
LIVE magazine | February 05 | art | music | video | Hjörtur Blöndal

Fischerspooner : Was there ever a band that were more victims of media hype than Fischerspooner? Lauded and damned by the fickle music rags in almost the same week. However, those who kept the faith will be rewarded because Odyssey is actually very good. On first listen, the album seems to retread some of the themes of ...
art | music | video | Fischerspooner

when a musician loves his piano by Kerry L. Marsala
As a child, William Joseph (an Arizona native) began his path towards what has now culminated into musical grandeur forming the highest peaks of bliss. At the age of eight William-Joseph, a talented prodigy was taught, disciplined ... [ read more ] >>
LIVE magazine | june 05 | art | music | pop | William Joseph

Blue Merle : Walking into the club, you look up at the stage in anticipation of the evening’s performance, curious about this band Blue Merle. But instead of the usual array of electric guitars and stacked amps, what you see are acoustic guitar, mandolin, violin, upright bass and drums ...
LIVE magazine | April 05 | music | rock | Blue Merle

Art-is-Life presents artists, designers, musicians and writers from around the world. The goal of the magazine is to promote the creative lifestyle, whether it's through the collecting of art, the enjoyment of new, original music or the inspiration provided by emerging fashion designers. Home decor is also included ...
LIVE magazine | March 05 | art | fashion | music | Art-is-Life