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The Civil Wars

The Civil Wars

The Civil Wars On World Cafe hide captionThe Civil Wars performed on World Cafe. Tec Petaja The Civil Wars performed on World Cafe. "Forget Me Not" "20 Years" "Poison and Wine" John Paul White and Joy Williams hail from very different parts of the country (Alabama and California, respectively), and both are free spirits when it comes to their solo music careers. Months after meeting, they played a show in Nashville where their future producer was present — and entranced. The Civil Wars' full-length debut, Barton Hollow, was released in February, and its emotional chamber-folk really showcases White and Williams' chemistry. This World Cafe segment originally aired May 10.

Rod Stewart | Official Website We Were Promised Jetpacks Amber Rubarth Django Reinhardt by Joseph Dinkins Django Reinhardt has astounded and thrilled numerous generations of guitar players and jazz lovers with his amazing command of the guitar. January 24th, 1910 at Liberchies Belgium, Django was born into the open air, rambling lifestyle of his gypsy parents. At the age of eight, his mother's tribe settled near the belt of fortifications that surrounded the old Paris, near the Choisy gate. He never wore a suit or lived in a real house until he was twenty years old. It was at an early age Django became attracted to music. On November 2nd, 1928 an event took place that would forever change Django's life. Initially doctors wanted to amputate his leg but Django refused. Django was influenced by jazz recordings of Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. 1934 proved to be the most important year of his life. 1939 found the Quintet touring in England when the war broke out.

Frightened Rabbit ADELE Rod Stewart enjoys first Number 1 album in nearly 40 years! Advertisement By Lauren Kreisler Rod Stewart scores his first Number 1 studio album in nearly 40 years with Time, setting a new British record for the longest gap between chart topping albums! Rod Stewart will be celebrating tonight as the British music icon sails home with his first Number 1 album in nearly 40 years! Time, the follow up to Christmas album, Merry Christmas, Baby, is Rod’s first full studio album of self-penned songs in over two decades and was inspired by the process of writing his recent best-selling autobiography. A legend of the UK’s Official Singles and Albums Charts, and an estimated 150 million sales worldwide, Time is Rod’s first chart topping studio album since A Night On The Town in 1976, and his first Number 1 album of any kind since his Greatest Hits Volume 1 in 1979. Rod now holds the British record in terms of the longest gap between chart topping albums. Rod tells OfficialCharts.com: “Well, knock me down with a feather. New Entries Back

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