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Greg Wieczorek
Greg Wieczorek (aka G. Wiz) is a New York City based drummer, percussionist, vocalist and songwriter. Born in Baltimore Maryland, Greg has recorded and performed internationally with: Norah Jones, Joseph Arthur, The Lonely Astronauts, The Autumn Defense, (w/ John Stirratt and Pat Sansone of Wilco), The Twilight Singers, and many others. He recently finished a world tour with Norah Jones in support of her latest release, “ Day Breaks” (Blue Note/EMI). Discography *Joseph Arthur - ( Redemption's Son) - 2002 - *appears as Greg Wiz *Joseph Arthur - ( Junkyard Hearts) - EP Vol. II & IV - 2002 - *as Greg Wiz *The Autumn Defense -''Circles'' - 2003 - *as Greg Wiz *The Twilight Singers - (Blackberry Belle) - 2003 *Joseph Arthur - (Our Shadows Will Remain) - 2004 - *as Greg Whiz *C.C. Adcock - ( Lafayette Marquis) - 2004 - *as G-Whiz *The Honorary Title - (Anything Else But The Truth) - 2004 *Nervous cabaret- Nervous Cabaret - 2005 *Joseph Arthur - (The Invisible Parade & We Almost Mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norah Jones
Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar; March 30, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has won several awards for her music and as of 2012, has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. ''Billboard'' named her the top jazz artist of the 2000's decade. She has won nine Grammy Awards and was ranked 60th on ''Billboard'' magazine's artists of the 2000s decade chart. In 2002, Jones launched her solo music career with the release of ''Come Away with Me'', which was a fusion of jazz with country, blues, folk and pop. It was certified diamond, selling over 27 million copies. The record earned Jones five Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist. Her subsequent studio albums—'' Feels Like Home'' (2004), '' Not Too Late'' (2007), and '' The Fall'' (2009)—all gained platinum status, selling over a million copies each. They were also generally well received by critics. Jones's fifth studio album, ''Little Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Just Be
''Let's Just Be'' is the sixth studio album by Joseph Arthur, and his first with his backing band The Lonely Astronauts. The album was released on April 17, 2007 in the US, and on September 3, 2007 in the UK. According to Arthur: "the philosophy of the whole record was sort of a letting go, that's why I called it ''Let's Just Be'', because it was like everything about that record ame froma Zen-like approach. Just letting things be how they are." ''Let's Just Be'' was released seven months after his previous album, ''Nuclear Daydream''. The band recorded the album in a quick stint while touring in Southern California in 2006 at Mathias Schneeberger's studio. Arthur notes that: "the idea for us was to record all of these new songs straight to tape using only 16 tracks with no reverb, sort of a back to basics like how the Stones or Neil Young used to record. These albums are really a band effort, there was a lot of collaboration in the studio and quite a few songs on the album were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Rock Drummers
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Musicians From New York City
A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who write both music and lyrics for songs, conductors who direct a musical performance, or performers who perform for an audience. A music performer is generally either a singer who provides vocals or an instrumentalist who plays a musical instrument. Musicians may perform on their own or as part of a group, band or orchestra. Musicians specialize in a musical style, and some musicians play in a variety of different styles depending on cultures and background. A musician who records and releases music can be known as a recording artist. Types Composer A composer is a musician who creates musical compositions. The title is principally used for those who write classical music or film music. Those who write the music for popular songs may be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ballad Of Boogie Christ
''The Ballad of Boogie Christ'' is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur, released on June 11, 2013 on Real World and Lonely Astronaut Records. A concept album, ''The Ballad of Boogie Christ'' follows "a fictionalized character loosely based on rthur’sown journey," and was funded by a PledgeMusic campaign. The album features a re-recording of the track, "I Miss the Zoo", which appeared on Arthur's previous album, ''Redemption City'' (2012). Background and recording ''The Ballad of Boogie Christs songs originated as poems, with Joseph Arthur noting, "It all came from words and poems like seeds that bloomed into songs which themselves fathered some of the richest music I've made in seventeen years of putting together records." According to Arthur, "''Boogie Christ'' is unlike anything I've ever done before. It’s a big production with horns and soul singers; a psychedelic soul record about redemption and what happens after you find it and lose it." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coyote (Matt Mays Album)
''Coyote'' is the fifth album by Matt Mays Matt Mays (born August 10, 1979) is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter and was the lead singer of Matt Mays & El Torpedo, a rock music group based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and New York City. Previously, Mays was a member of a Canadian i ..., released on September 4,2012. It debuted at #7 on the Canadian Albums Chart. It won the 2014 Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year. , junoawards.ca. Retrieved December 3, 2018. Track listing All songs written by Matt Mays, except as noted.References External links Official Matt Mays webs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamite Steps
''Dynamite Steps'' is the fifth full-length album by Greg Dulli's The Twilight Singers. It was released on February 14, 2011, worldwide, and a day later in the United States via Sub Pop on CD and double 12" white-colored vinyl. The Sub Pop pre-order for ''Dynamite Steps'' includes a two-track CD-R featuring two unreleased Twilight Singers tracks, "Don't Call" and "Ballad of Pure Thought". The band marked the album's release with in-store performances at Amoeba Music on February 15, 2011, (Los Angeles) and February 17, 2011, (San Francisco). The band performed the first single "On the Corner" on '' Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' and the '' Late Show with David Letterman''. Track listing # "Last Night in Town" – 4:44 # "Be Invited" – 3:15 # "Waves" – 4:02 # "Get Lucky" – 4:12 # "On the Corner" – 4:26 # "Gunshots" – 3:43 # "She Was Stolen" – 3:15 # "Blackbird and the Fox" – 2:53 # "Never Seen No Devil" – 3:02 # "The Beginning of the End" – 3:15 # "Dynamite Steps" – 6:4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Music Never Stopped
''The Music Never Stopped'' is a 2011 American drama film directed by Jim Kohlberg, who makes his directorial debut from a script by Gwyn Lurie and Gary Marks. It premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and was given a limited release in the US on March 18, 2011. Plot Henry Sawyer (J.K. Simmons) and his wife, Helen (Cara Seymour) learn that their only son, Gabriel (Lou Taylor Pucci) has been hospitalized with a brain tumor. They have not seen Gabriel in nearly twenty years; as a teenager, Gabriel left the house following an argument with his father. They learn that their son, who had been living as a homeless drifter, suffers from anterograde amnesia due to his tumor and is unable to recall much of his past or gain any new memories. Meanwhile, Henry is made redundant at his workplace, and though he is reluctant to see Gabriel often due to their prior estrangement, Helen begins working in order to pay for Gabriel's treatment, and presses Henry to visit Gabriel daily at his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once Around (album)
''Once Around'' is an album released November 2, 2010 by The Autumn Defense. It is the band's fourth full-length release. Track listing # "Back of My Mind" (Sansone) - 3:12 # "Allow Me" (Stirratt, Sansone) - 4:21 # "Tell Me What You Want" (Sansone) - 5:26 # "Huntington Fair" (Stirratt, Sansone) - 3:38 # "Once Around" (Sansone) - 6:29 # "The Rift" (Stirratt) - 3:07 # "The Swallows of London Town" (Sansone) - 3:26 # "Step Easy" (Stirratt) - 2:59 # "Don't Know" (Sansone) - 3:57 # "Every Day" (Sansone) - 3:37 # "There Will Always Be a Way" (Sansone, Stirratt) - 4:15 Personnel The Autumn Defense * Patrick Sansone - lead vocals (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11), backing vocals (2, 6, 8), acoustic guitar (3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11), electric guitar (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11), bass (2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10), percussion (1, 4, 5, 8, 10), piano (1, 2, 6), celeste (1, 11), Wurlitzer (2), Mellotron (4, 5), 12-string guitar (4, 8), Rhodes (5), marimba (7), glockenspiel (11) *John Stirratt - lead vocals (2, 4, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fall (Norah Jones Album)
''The Fall'' is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Norah Jones, released on November 11, 2009, by Blue Note Records. The album debuted at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 180,000 copies in its first week. As of August 2012, the album had sold over three million copies worldwide. Background and production Before the album's release, Jones' website stated that she had taken a new direction, with new collaborators and producer Jacquire King. King hired songwriters Ryan Adams and Will Sheff, in addition to drummers Joey Waronker, James Gadson and Marco Giovino, keyboardist James Poyser, and guitarists Marc Ribot, Smokey Hormel, Lyle Workman, and Peter Atanasoff and bassists Frank Howard Swart and Dave Wilder. The album cover was taken by photographer Autumn de Wilde. Singles and promotion * The first single, "Chasing Pirates", was released on October 13, 2009. * " Young Blood" was released as the second single in North America, Europe (minus the UK) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuclear Daydream
''Nuclear Daydream'' is the fifth full-length album by Joseph Arthur, released on September 19, 2006. It was the first release through Joseph's own record label, Lonely Astronaut Records. The album version of " Enough to Get Away" was the first single in the UK to coincide with the album's release there. music videowas produced for "Slide Away," featuring Joseph and his band The Lonely Astronauts. The album was released to positive reviews. Entertainment Weekly awarded the album 9.1 out of 10 stars, and Allmusic said of the album: "Without it ever deliberately going for the jugular, ''Nuclear Daydream'' is nevertheless an album that is difficult to shake out of your ears; moreover, it's one that only grows stronger with every repeated play." Joseph discussed the making of ''Nuclear Daydream'' in an interview with Newsday: ''Nuclear Daydream'' was reissued in Europe by Fargo Records on October 6, 2009 on CD (in a mini-LP sleeve with lyrics booklet) and double heavyweight vin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagabond Skies
''Vagabond Skies'' is an EP by singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur, released June 10, 2008, and is the third in a series of four EPs released in anticipation of Arthur's seventh studio album, '' Temporary People''. According to Arthur, this EP is "more stripped-down, more acoustic and slower...it's more of a late-night type of music." The EP also marks the first studio recording of "She Paints Me Gold," a song Joseph has often played at his live shows since November 2004. music videomade for "She Paints Me Gold" features a sequential collection of still photographs, taken by Cerise Leang on New Year's Eve 2007, documenting one of Joseph's all-night paintings. Anothemusic videowas also produced for "Second Sight," directed by Gabriel Judet-Weinshel, featuring video footage of Joseph lip-synching the song projected onto a billboard over Lafayette Street and Grand Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Track listing Notes * Produced by Joseph Arthur, Mathias Schneeberger, and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
