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Music news 28-December-2003
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Peter Friestedt
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Peter have written two
brand new tracks together with Randy Goodrum, world famous
composer and the man behind TOTO's hits "I'll be over you"
and "Melanie". The songs will be featured on Peter's next
CD where Randy also will be featured as a musician!
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Music news 06-December-2003
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Higher Ground
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Higher Ground is going to the
studio to recording a new album. The band has signed a deal with
the German label Aor Heaven. The album is scheduled to be released
in march 2004. Higher Ground went to the south of Sweden in October
to start recording the new album. As always the band will work with
their old friend and producer Mikael Rosman.The band is very excited
about the new songs and looking forward to the recordings sessions.
Read more at
www.higherground.nu
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Music news 16-November-2003
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Street Talk
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The new Street Talk
compilation album "Destination" is
finally finished! It will be released through
MTM Music/Spv in Europe on January
19, 2004. The disc is packed with 77 minutes of Re-mastered
and Re-edited material from the three studio albums
"Collaboration", "Transition" and "Restoration" along
with 4 Previously unreleased tracks...
The booklet will contain exclusive linernotes written
by Andrew McNeice from
www.Melodicrock.com
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This is the final tracklist for "Destination":
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01. Astray
(Unreleased New 2003 Recording)
02. Tables Turning
03. Ye Gods And Little Fishes
04. Dancer In The Rain
05. Made For Paradise
(Unreleased New 2003 Recording)
06. Hare And Hounds
07. Need Someone
08. Language Of Love
09. If You Say It’s Over
10. Someday (I’ll Get Over You)
11. After The Tears (Previously Unreleased in
Europe)
12. Walk Away From Love
13. My Heart Beats For You
14. Could You Be The Only One
15. If Anybody Breaks Your Heart
16. Standing In The Rain
17. Why Is My Heart Feeling Lonely
Tonight
18. I’ll Always Remember (Previously Unreleased in
Europe)
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Music news 17-September-2003
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Guido Priori
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I found a guy on the net who sings
like Steve Perry, and his voice is great. He sent me a promo CD
of some songs and it's really great. Here is some news about Guido:
Right now I am recording an
album with my longtime friend Paolo Morbini (who was the drummer
and founder member of EVA, they signed with AOR Heaven their debut
lenght some years ago) we will name the band MY LAND and is definetely
a killer AOR album sounding very close to Toto,Journey,Survivor
and Styx' s stuff..
The album will be hopefully
finished before the end of this year, as long as I have any news
I will let you know fo sure.. therefore I have asked to partecipate
as lead vocals on two or three tracks on a debut album under monicker
of Frozen Rain, a project band comin' from Belgium , featuring also
Tommy Denander at guitar.. I do hope to do a great job there!!
You can also check out his website:
http://gpriorijourneytribute.homestead.com/
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Music news 05-September-2003
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Street Talk
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Swedish AOR sensations STREET
TALK are currently back in the studio recording some killer
new music for their forthcoming as yet untitled "Best Of And
Unreleased" album for MTM MUSIC
www.mtm-music.com
The band entered the Soundcreation
Studios
www.studiosoundcreation.com
in August and have so far layed down most of the basic tracks
for the two new songs...Goran Edman will start the vocal recordings
on September 7...
STREET TALK are also joined
by legendary bassist Tony Franklin (Blue Murder, The Firm, Whitesnake)
on the new recordings.
The 18 track album will contain
re-mastered favourites from the three studio albums: "Collaboration"
(1997), "Transition" (2000) and "Restoration" (2002) along with
bonus unreleased material and some brand new recordings.
This album marks the end of
a chapter in the STREET TALK history...STREET TALK main man
Fredrik Bergh says "that it's uncertain if there will ever be
a fourth STREET TALK studio album...Only time will tell..."
STREET TALK - Recording
line-up 2003:
Goran Edman - Vocals
Fredrik Bergh - Keyboards
Sven Larsson - Guitars
Tony Franklin - Bass
Christian Johansson - Drums
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Music news 21-August-2003
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Kenny Loggins
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Be sure to get out to your local
record store and pick up the highly anticipated new album from Kenny
Loggins, It's About Time! "Kenny, along with co-producer
Tommy Sims (Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, The Neville Brothers)
and engineer Tony Shepperd (Madonna, Whitney Houston, Take 6), mixes
in beautiful love songs (“With This Ring,” “I Miss Us,” “No Other
Voice”) with some very heady and difficult topics (“It’s About Time,”
“The One That Got Away,” “This Is How My Song Goes”) in the context
of a musical landscape that recalls so much of what we’ve come to
love from Kenny."
Track Listing
1.It's About Time
2.With This Ring
3.Alive N' Kickin'
4.I Miss Us
5.One That Got Away, The
6.Brothers
7.This Is How My Song Goes
8.Doin' It Right
9.Undeniable Groove
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Personnel includes:
Kenny Loggins (vocals, acoustic & electric guitar); Clint Black
(vocals, electric guitar); Michael McDonald (vocals, piano, Clavinet);
Richard Marx (vocals, piano, keyboards); Herman Matthews (vocals,
drums, percussion); Josie Aiello, Glenn Philips (vocals); Tom Hemby
(acoustic guitar, dobro); Gordon Kennedy (acoustic guitar); Phil
Madeira (lap steel); Terry McMillian (harmonica); Tommy Sims (Hammond
B-3 organ, Mini-Moog synthesizer, bass, programming, background
vocals); Dan Needham (drums); Javier Solis, Rock Deadrick (percussion);
Jerard Woods, Jovuan Woods, Amy Holland, Paul Garcia (background
vocals). Producers: Kenny Loggins, Tommy Sims, Richard Marx.
Recorded at Sound Desgin, Santa Barbara, California; The Compound,
Nashville, Tennessee; Tony Sound and Area 51, Van Nuys, California
Michael McDonald and Richard Marx co-wrote (with Loggins) a number
of tracks on the album.
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Music news 03-August-2003
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Greg Guidry
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I am very sorry to announce this
message, A charred body found Monday in a car parked inside a home's
garage has been identified as that of singer-songwriter Greg Guidry.
He was 53. I have contact with Greg thru e-mail and he sent me his
latest record. I did an interview
with Greg after he released "Private Session"!
This is a huge loss and our thought goes to his family! You can
read a newspaper article
here!
Greg Guidry 1950-2003
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Music news 03-July-2003
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Frédéric Slama - AOR
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Frédéric Slama's new AOR
cd "DREAMING OF L.A" will be release on August 10th by Cool
Sound and early in September by Aor Heaven for the European
pressing (with different tracks).
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Tracks on
Aor Heaven pressing:
You're my obsession
Lost in your eyes
Malibu escapade
On dangerous ground
Fly with me
Teach me how to love you again
Don't give up on love
Haunted by your smile
Bonus tracks:
Last days in San Francisco
Sensation (new version)
Worlds away (new version)
Never gonna let her go (new version) |
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1. FREDERIC SLAMA
2. TOMMY DENANDER
3. BILL CHAMPLIN
4. STEVE OVERLAND (from FM )
5. DAVID ROBERTS
6. STEVE LUKATHER
7. MICHAEL LANDAU
8. GORAN EDMAN
9. CHRIS DEMMING
10. BRUCE GAITSCH
11. DANE DONOHUE
12. MICHAEL RUFF
13. DAVID DIGGS
14. RICK RISO
15. PAT THERN
16. BRANDON FIELDS |
17. JANEY CLEWER
18. VINNIE COLAIUTA
19. DAVE BORUFF
20. JAMES HARRAH
21. ED GREENE
22. TOM SAVIANO
23. DAVID WILLIAMS
24. RACHEL DIGGS
25. JOEY HEREDIA
26. HUSSAIN JIFFRY
27. MICHAEL KISUR
28. EDDIE WATKINS JR
29. DAVID CHAMBERLIN
30. TOM BAILEY
31. ANDRE HAROLD
32. PETER ERSKINE |
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Music news 27-June-2003
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Tommy Denander
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Tommy Denander produce Westcoast legend David Roberts
"The press release"
Considered as one of the finest among the true Westcoast classics,
David Roberts album All Dressed Up from 1982
(Elektra) is one of the biggest collectables to this day. It was
produced by Jay Graydon and Greg Mathieson and featured
musical guests - Jeff Porcaro, Mike Porcaro, Steve
Lukather, Michael Boddicker, Larry Carlton,
David Foster, Paulinho Da Costa, Bill Champlin
and Tom Kelly. It spawned 4 hit singles, Boys of
Autumn, All in the Name of Love, Anywhere You Run
To and Midnight Rendezvous.
After his one and only album David stayed
busy writing great songs for artists like Starship, Bad
English, Diana Ross, John Waite, Jimmy Barnes,
House of Lords, Lee Aaron and David Cassidy
to name a few plus he wrote and performed the theme song Power
and the Glory for the Winter Olympics. He's also written
and performed numerous commercials for Coke, Budweiser,
7-up and many more plus his songwriting collaborations include
Jonathan Cain, John Waite, Greg Giuffria,
Diane Warren, Jimmy Barnes, Albert Hammond,
Dan Hill and Randy Goodrum.
Over the years a lot of fans have wished for a new
album a finally the time has come. David has teamed up with
Tommy Denander who is one of the most sought after producers,
songwriters and musicians on the melodic scene today. Both of them
are totally set on making this another classic. Look for a
late 2003 release through AOR Heaven.
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Music news 26-June-2003
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Kenny Loggins
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KENNY LOGGINS CELEBRATES SUMMER
WITH NEW ALBUM/TOUR his first Studio Album In More Than Six Years
To Be Released August 19th
(LOS ANGELES, CA) On the cutting
edge of a new trend, Kenny Loggins announced today that he is releasing
a brand new studio album on his own label, All The Best! Records,
later this summer. The album, entitled "It’s About Time," was produced
by Loggins and Tommy Sims, who is best known for his work with Bruce
Springsteen and Eric Clapton. "It’s About Time" will be available
in record stores on August 19th. “I have essentially done three
ballad albums over the last six years, so I was ready to do something
more uptempo,” explains Loggins. “This album chronicles a kind of
rite of passage for me, not unlike "Leap Of Faith." I think the
music on "It’s About Time" speaks to folks living through periods
of intense change.”
To support the album’s launch
Kenny is embarking on a six-week summer trek through North America,
beginning with a July 15th date at Sea Pines Resort in Hilton Head,
South Carolina and finishing at the end of August with a gig at
Jones Beach in Long Island, New York. A highlight of the summer
tour will be a nine-date run of co-headlining appearances with Hall
& Oates. “John and Daryl asked me to come out with them this summer
and I was more than happy to do so,” says Loggins. “We toured together
years ago, so I’m looking forward to this as a sort of reunion with
old friends.”
The first single, “With This Ring,” written by Kenny and Richard
Marx, will be released to radio stations in July.
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Music news 24-June-2003
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EARTH, WIND AND FIRE
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RETURN TO THE CHARTS WITH
‘THE PROMISE’;
SUMMER
TOUR IN MOTION
With their summer tour of theaters in high gear, EARTH, WIND
& FIRE have returned with THE PROMISE (Kalimba Records), their
first album of new studio material in six years which debuted
at #5 on Billboard’s Independent Albums chart, #19 on Billboard’s
R&B chart and #89 on Billboard’s Top 200 Pop chart.
Fans and critics are finding that THE PROMISE features the same
crisp arrangements, soaring harmonies and impeccable instrumental
performances that earned the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees
six consecutive double platinum albums and more than 40 million
U.S. album sales. Read more at
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Music news 09-June-2003
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Tommy Denander
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Tommy and Gerhard Malmberg (Malmberg
media) are busy working on the very cool "The making of Radioactive"
DVD. It will be a 2 1/2 hour documentary featuring Jeff Porcaro,
Mike Porcaro, Steve Porcaro, David Paich, David Hungate, Bobby Kimball,
Fergie Frederiksen, Greg Phillinganes, Bruce Gaitsch, Michael Thompson,
Fee Waybill, Abe Laboriel, Neil Stubenhaus, Vince DiCola and many
others. It will also include demo versions of songs with different
singers, a ton of pictures and all sorts of cool stuff, the release
date isn't set but it should be around September.
TOMMY TO PRODUCE NEW ALBUM
FOR WESTCOAST LEGEND!!!
The deal is now signed for Tommy to produce one of the biggest and
best of the real westcoast legends who only did one album back in
the 80's featuring Toto, David Foster, Jay Graydon,
Bill Champlin etc, it's a sure top 10 favorite for pretty much every
westcoast fan around the world....his name?.....will be revealed
next week!
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Music news 28-May-2003
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Tim Feehan
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In 1986 TIM FEEHAN signed with
CBS after winning a contest sponsered by DAVID FOSTER (Celine Dion,
Michael Bolton). The self titled Tim Feehan debut was released in
1987. The album “Full Contact” was released on MCA in 1990, now
he release a new album!
Read More...>>>
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Music news 16-May-2003
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Michael Sembello
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Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the European release
of
MICHAEL SEMBELLO’s
album “The
Lost Years”. “The
Lost Years” is a chronological look through the years
of
Michael Sembello,
an outstanding singer, guitarist and writer who has played,
produced and written for such artists as
Stevie
Wonder,
Michael Jackson,
George Benson,
Donna Summer.
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Many of those songs come from different times and are designed
to be a special gift to the fans which are now able to gain
in one collection a lot of rare and unreleased tracks with
an obvious emphasis on his rock roots.
Read more...>>>
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Music news 01-May-2003
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Toto
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Simon mixing
new TOTO DVD - Simon Phillips has spent the past weeks since
coming off the European tour mixing the upcoming TOTO DVD. "It's
sounding great", he says. The DVD will feature most of the Amsterdam
show recorded in February and also some b-roll backstage footage
from Europe and Asia with scenes before the shows, on the bus and
on the road.
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Music news 11-April-2003
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SAYIT
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Swedish guitarist Sayit has made a name on the rock scene as a very
skilled guitarist. He has recorded 2 solo albums earlier and both
are filled with impressive guests like Bruce Gaitsch, Michael Thompson
(MTB), David Hungate (TOTO), Kee Marcello, Jim Jidhed, Mats Olausson
(YNGWIE MALMSTEEN), Mikael Erlandsson, Thomas Vikstrom, Geir Ronning
(RADIOACTIVE) and of course Tommy Denander (RADIOACTIVE) who also
served as writer and producer.
He is also getting busy as a session player on other albums like
JIM JIDHED, PRISONER, Jason Becker Tribute and Jamie Meyer who is
a star from the TV show Popstars in Sweden. He also shared guitar
duties with Yngwie Malmsteen, Kee Marcello, Mathias "IA" Eklundh
and others together with Mikkey Dee and John Leven on the Denander/Delin
all star song that features about 150 of the biggest rock stars
from Sweden.
Sayit is constantly touring around Scandinavia with lots of top
artists and right now he is busy writing for his 3rd solo album,
his first for
MTM and
once again Tommy Denander will produce but this time you can expect
a much rockier album!
Read about more news from MTM
here ...>>>
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Music news 28-February-2003
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Morten Holm Project
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I recieved a mail with
a great Westcoast track from Morten Holm Project "Open Up"
- You can listen to the whole track here:
"No Hard Feelings".
This group is from Fredrikstad in Norway with local musicians
and Pete Abbot (ex. Average White
Band) do some fills on one track.
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Music news 20-February-2003
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Radioactive
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RADIOACTIVE "Yeah"
release: 28.04.2003
There are only few people in the music business who can
look back on such an impressive professional career as
TOMMY DENANDER. The artists Tommy played with
reads like the WHO IS WHO of Rock: RICHARD MARX,
BILL CHAMPLIN,
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BOBBY KIMBALL,
FEE WAYBILL, FERGIE FREDERIKSEN, VINNIE
COLAIUTA, TONY FRANKLIN, BRUCE GAITSCH,
STEVE STEVENS, GLENN HUGHES, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN,
DAN REED, JOEY TEMPEST, MAX MARTIN,
TALISMAN, and numerous others. Many of them appeared
on the first album “Ceremoney Of Innocence”. Singing
on “Yeah” is Geir Ronning, Kimmo Blom
from URBAN TALE, Fergie Frederiksen (ex-TOTO),
Steve Overland (FM) and two
MTM artists Michael Erlandsson as well as
Matti Alfonzetti. Marcel Jacob from TALISMAN
and Tony Franklin is playing bass and of course
Tommy himself handling guitars and keyboards in a
way genious way! Cover artwork is done by Rainer Kalwitz.
Read more at
www.tommydenander.com
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Music news 27-january-2003
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Lava
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POLARITY
NEW ALBUM WITH INTERNATIONAL GUEST ARTISTS
Super-group LAVA are back
and release their new album ”Polarity” in February 2003.
The new album will include
performances by celebrated
international artists such as Randy Crawford, Chris Thompson.
”After
a long period working on our own projects we felt the call to record
once again – as a band”, says bassist Rolf Graf.
A brand new album with several internationally renowned guest
artists is to be released in February.
The first single from “Polarity” is the single “Shine A Little
Light”; a duet featuring LAVA lead vocalist Egil Eldøen and Randy
Crawford. So, exactly
20 years since their first concert tour, Randy and LAVA are reunited.
For the record (pun intended!), Randy Crawford has had three
international #1 hits.
“Streetlife”, “One Day I’ll Fly Away” and “Almaz”.
Read more...>>>
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Music news 15-january-2003
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Michael Ruff
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Michael Ruff Band´s Reunion tour schedule for
Denmark and Sweden:
April 3rd Denmark: Esbjerg, Tobaksfabriken
April 4th Denmark: Copenhagen, Pumpehuset
April 5th Sweden: Helsingborg, The Tivoli
April 6th ??????????
April 7th ??????????
April 8th (Not booked)
April 9th Sweden: Stockholm Fasching
April 10th Sweden: Stockholm Fasching
April 11th Sweden: Västerås, Village
April 12th Sweden: Uppsala, Katalin
April 13th Sweden: Eskilstuna, Eskilstuna Theatre
Keep Yourself updated about the tour on the following link:
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Music news 11-january-2003
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Jim Jidhed
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The Atenzia Press Release:
One of the greatest voices of AOR is coming back with his first
solo album in 12 years! The amazing singer from the classic Swedish
band Alien is in the studio right now recording his first solo album
since 1990 and he is without a doubt one of the most missed voices
among the fans. Jim has written the major part of his album himself
and it's produced by Tommy Denander who also co-wrote a couple
of the songs as well as playing guitars and keyboards. One song
is written by Steve Perry (Journey) and Cliff Magness
(Planet 3) and another by Billy Trudell, Bruce Watson
and David Young from Public Domain plus Ricky Delin
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Some of the musicians
are Bobby Kimball (Toto) backing vocals, Jason
Scheff (Chicago) bass & backing vocals, Vince DiCola
(Rocky 4) keyboards, Bruce Gaitsch (Richard Marx)
guitars, Dave Boruff (David Foster) sax and Marcus
Liliequist (Radioactive) drums. The album called Full
Circle will be released in the fall through new Swedish label Atenzia
with the title track released as a single in Scandinavia. The style
is classic AOR but with a more modern production.
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