-- -- On the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the hills. Though the road is familiar, she misses a turning and soon becomes lost and disorientated. A car has skidded off the narrow road in front of her, its door left open, and she stops to help. There is no driver to be seen, so Vera assumes that the owner has gone to find help. But a cry calls her back: a toddler is strapped in the back seat.Vera takes the child and, driving on, she arrives at a place she knows well. Brockburn is a large, grand house in the wilds of Northumberland, now a little shabby and run down. It's also where her father, Hector, grew up. Inside, there's a party in full swing: music, Christmas lights and laughter. Outside, unbeknownst to the revelers, a woman lies dead in the snow.
Macmillan Audio
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9781250771476
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Audiobook
Couple Friends
By Soul, Kindred The Family
Hit making R & B duo Kindred The Family Soul has sold over half a million units of their four studio releases while scoring such hits as `Far Away`, `Rhythm Of Life`, `Magic Happen` and more. Their unique brand of down to earth soul singing about love and relationships has won them a fiercely loyal and passionate fan base which eagerly embraces whatever they release. After their last socially conscious concept driven project, Kindred The Family Soul returns on `Couple Friends` to the formula that led to their breakthrough soulful, melodic, straightforward songs about romance and the ups and downs of love. Highlights include `Call Me Crazy`, `Never Loved You More, `Everybody's Hustling` and the moving title track which features the legendary Valerie Simpson guesting on piano.
Shanachie
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16351582126
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Audio CD
Soul City
By Meadows, Marion
2018 release. Smooth Jazz Superstar Marion Meadows is without question one of the most popular and unique talents on the jazz scene today. Marion has sold close to one million albums in his brilliant career. His constant string of radio hits and relentless touring have garnered legions of fans, and his appearances with such varied artists as The Temptations, Michael Bolton and Will Downing are a testament to his broad audience appeal. Soul City, Marion's most intimate and heartfelt album to date, is a star-studded event that takes the listener on a sensuous journey through a soundscape of brilliant original compositions and masterful improvisations. The album is co-produced by Marion's long time hit-making collaborators, Chris "Big Dog" Davis (Will Downing, Gerald Albright, Maysa) , Rahni Song (Najee, Melba Moore, Freddie Jackson) and Dave Love. Soul Traveler, Marion's previous Shanachie release, debuted at #1 on the Smooth Jazz charts, and garnered 3 top 10 Smooth Jazz Radio singles. Highlights include the funky "Soul City" featuring Norman Brown, the deeply sensuous ballad "Be With You" with vocals by the amazing Will Downing, "Merry Go Round" featuring Smooth Jazz icon Peter White and much more!
Shanachie
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16351545527
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CD
Rare & Unissued Masters Volume Two 1943-1946
By Johnson, Bunk
Bunk Johnson embodied the New Orleans jazz revival of the 1940s. His recordings and oral history dramatically updated knowledge of the early style. This is the second and last CD of rare and unissued recordings from the first three years of Bill Russell's American Music label. It includes seven takes that are being issued for the very first time; the rest have never been on general CD release. The booklet contains previously unpublished photos and includes an evaluation of the difficult relationship between Bunk and Bill Russell.
American Music
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762247114024
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Audio CD
Its the Girls!
By Midler, Bette
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
Multiple Grammy Award®-winning singer and legendary performer Bette Midler returns to the studio to release "Its The Girls," a stunning new album that pays tribute to girl groups through the ages. "Its The Girls" is a jaunty and celebratory collection of some of the greatest harmonies performed by girl groups such as The Ronettes, The Boswell Sisters, The Andrew Sisters, The Chiffons as well as Motown acts like Martha Reeves and The Vandellas, and The Marvelettes, among others.
WB
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825646215331
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Audio CD
Let Love Rule
By Ledisi,
Let Love Rule is another captivating new album from Verve Records recording artist and nine-time Grammy nominated powerhouse Ledisi. This compilation of soul stirring, genre bending music fuses together both contemporary and traditional R&B. Let Love Rule redefines Ledisis sound, while still featuring her trademark vocals, echoing everything from seventies-style soul to 21st century bounce. Executive produced by Ledisi and longtime collaborator Rex Rideout, with tracks from DJ Camper, BJ the Chicago Kid, Kirk Franklin and John Legend. Let Love Rule will engage listeners, captivate their hearts, and move their souls with every listen.
Verve
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602557847543
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Audio CD
Broken Crown Halo
By Coil, Lacuna
Italy's greatest modern musical export, LACUNA COIL have returned with the massively anticipated full-length release, Broken Crown Halo. It marks the latest chapter in their ongoing legacy, a dark and sultry ride that started in Italy and has resonated in an opaque wake of sonic splendor throughout the world. The album is the band's seventh studio effort, and the highly-anticipated follow-up to Dark Adrenaline, which was released in January 2012 and saw the band tour as headliners and with heavy-hitters like Megadeth, Motorhead, Volbeat, Sevendust and Paradise Lost after debuting at No. 15 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart.Joined in Milan by producer Jay Baumgardner [P.O.D., Sevendust, Evanescence, Papa Roach] and engineer Kyle Hoffman [P.O.D., Bush, Zebrahead], LACUNA COIL recorded in the storied Officine Meccaniche studio. The vintage gear and classic influence collided with the rough and tumble modern world with unique and invigorating results. But as the title suggests, Broken Crown Halo isn t about everything that s good it s about everything that is real. In particular, the world as it exists in 2014.Broken Crown Halo looks at life through blood red glasses and casts a beautifully melancholic hue over the world we wander. It is unapologetically brute with a vindictive air, and simultaneously supple and warm, beckoning you in and challenging you to join the movement. If you notice a flair for the cinematic in the eleven tracks, your perception is spot on, as LACUNA COIL wear the influence of their rich Italian culture and heritage on their sleeves.We ve always been fascinated by soundtracks and Italian horror movies, says singer Cristina Scabbia, who along with frontman Andrea Ferro form the most effervescent one-two vocal punch in hard rock and metal. Dario Argento is not only a favorite of ours, he s also a cult favorite around the world, and bands like Goblin wrote the soundtracks for a lot of those movies. Growing up with these movies and music, we really absorbed those influences. We set the bar pretty high with Dark Adrenaline and it hasn t been easy bringing our sound to the next level, but we have lived, learned and grown through a year of personal issues and change, says the band in a unified voice. We learned to be strong and get stronger, and we felt an inner vibe in this band that we haven t felt before. Broken Crown Halo is Lacuna Coil introducing a new order, and letting nothing stand in our way...
Century Media
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727701906324
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Audio CD
Carter Girl
By Carter, Carlene
Carter Girl, set for release April 8, is the first album of new recordings this decade from Americana legend Carlene Carter. Produced by Don Was, Carter Girl is, in a very literal way, Carlene's personal homage to the Carter Family legacy that both underpins so much of America's music and is part of her own DNA. The album revisits both classic Carter Family repertoire as well as original songs that reflect Carlene's direct connection to her roots. Willie Nelson guests on Troublesome Waters and Kris Kristofferson joins Carlene on Black Jack David while the unmistakable voice of Vince Gill is heard harmonizing on Lonesome Valley 2003. Blackie's Gunman is a duet with Elizabeth Cook, whom Carlene likes to think of as her adopted sister Carter Cousin Lorrie Carter Bennett and Carlene's husband Joe Breen.
Rounder
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11661918429
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Audio CD
STRONGER
By Ray, Lexie
All Music Guide - Andy Kellman Durrell Babbs was rolling as smoothly as ever in 2014. This Is How I Feel, his fifth album, had gone Top Ten, while the product of his collaboration with Tyrese and Ginuwine, as TGT, debuted at number three and was Grammy-nominated for Best R&B Album. Though his adequate and sometimes brow-raising sixth album might seem fittingly titled, it's more descriptive of his career than of the content. "Stronger" itself, one of his best ballads, regards perseverance and devotion, yet Last Ditch Attempts would be a more descriptive title for an album with desperate expressions like "I'll come to his house and help you pack your bags" and "'Cause I'm praying now/I give to the ...
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STRONGER (Runaway series Book 1) [Kindle Edition]
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75678672668
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Hardcover
Tomorrow Is My Turn
By Giddens, Rhiannon
The singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and founding member of Grammy Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops makes her solo recording debut. For this release, Giddens chose a broad range of songs from genres as diverse as gospel, jazz, blues, and country.
The Darkest Evening
By Cleeves, Ann
-- -- On the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the hills. Though the road is familiar, she misses a turning and soon becomes lost and disorientated. A car has skidded off the narrow road in front of her, its door left open, and she stops to help. There is no driver to be seen, so Vera assumes that the owner has gone to find help. But a cry calls her back: a toddler is strapped in the back seat.Vera takes the child and, driving on, she arrives at a place she knows well. Brockburn is a large, grand house in the wilds of Northumberland, now a little shabby and run down. It's also where her father, Hector, grew up. Inside, there's a party in full swing: music, Christmas lights and laughter. Outside, unbeknownst to the revelers, a woman lies dead in the snow.
Couple Friends
By Soul, Kindred The Family
Hit making R & B duo Kindred The Family Soul has sold over half a million units of their four studio releases while scoring such hits as `Far Away`, `Rhythm Of Life`, `Magic Happen` and more. Their unique brand of down to earth soul singing about love and relationships has won them a fiercely loyal and passionate fan base which eagerly embraces whatever they release. After their last socially conscious concept driven project, Kindred The Family Soul returns on `Couple Friends` to the formula that led to their breakthrough soulful, melodic, straightforward songs about romance and the ups and downs of love. Highlights include `Call Me Crazy`, `Never Loved You More, `Everybody's Hustling` and the moving title track which features the legendary Valerie Simpson guesting on piano.
Soul City
By Meadows, Marion
2018 release. Smooth Jazz Superstar Marion Meadows is without question one of the most popular and unique talents on the jazz scene today. Marion has sold close to one million albums in his brilliant career. His constant string of radio hits and relentless touring have garnered legions of fans, and his appearances with such varied artists as The Temptations, Michael Bolton and Will Downing are a testament to his broad audience appeal. Soul City, Marion's most intimate and heartfelt album to date, is a star-studded event that takes the listener on a sensuous journey through a soundscape of brilliant original compositions and masterful improvisations. The album is co-produced by Marion's long time hit-making collaborators, Chris "Big Dog" Davis (Will Downing, Gerald Albright, Maysa) , Rahni Song (Najee, Melba Moore, Freddie Jackson) and Dave Love. Soul Traveler, Marion's previous Shanachie release, debuted at #1 on the Smooth Jazz charts, and garnered 3 top 10 Smooth Jazz Radio singles. Highlights include the funky "Soul City" featuring Norman Brown, the deeply sensuous ballad "Be With You" with vocals by the amazing Will Downing, "Merry Go Round" featuring Smooth Jazz icon Peter White and much more!
Rare & Unissued Masters Volume Two 1943-1946
By Johnson, Bunk
Bunk Johnson embodied the New Orleans jazz revival of the 1940s. His recordings and oral history dramatically updated knowledge of the early style. This is the second and last CD of rare and unissued recordings from the first three years of Bill Russell's American Music label. It includes seven takes that are being issued for the very first time; the rest have never been on general CD release. The booklet contains previously unpublished photos and includes an evaluation of the difficult relationship between Bunk and Bill Russell.
Its the Girls!
By Midler, Bette
EDITORIAL REVIEWS Multiple Grammy Award®-winning singer and legendary performer Bette Midler returns to the studio to release "Its The Girls," a stunning new album that pays tribute to girl groups through the ages. "Its The Girls" is a jaunty and celebratory collection of some of the greatest harmonies performed by girl groups such as The Ronettes, The Boswell Sisters, The Andrew Sisters, The Chiffons as well as Motown acts like Martha Reeves and The Vandellas, and The Marvelettes, among others.
Let Love Rule
By Ledisi,
Let Love Rule is another captivating new album from Verve Records recording artist and nine-time Grammy nominated powerhouse Ledisi. This compilation of soul stirring, genre bending music fuses together both contemporary and traditional R&B. Let Love Rule redefines Ledisis sound, while still featuring her trademark vocals, echoing everything from seventies-style soul to 21st century bounce. Executive produced by Ledisi and longtime collaborator Rex Rideout, with tracks from DJ Camper, BJ the Chicago Kid, Kirk Franklin and John Legend. Let Love Rule will engage listeners, captivate their hearts, and move their souls with every listen.
Broken Crown Halo
By Coil, Lacuna
Italy's greatest modern musical export, LACUNA COIL have returned with the massively anticipated full-length release, Broken Crown Halo. It marks the latest chapter in their ongoing legacy, a dark and sultry ride that started in Italy and has resonated in an opaque wake of sonic splendor throughout the world. The album is the band's seventh studio effort, and the highly-anticipated follow-up to Dark Adrenaline, which was released in January 2012 and saw the band tour as headliners and with heavy-hitters like Megadeth, Motorhead, Volbeat, Sevendust and Paradise Lost after debuting at No. 15 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart.Joined in Milan by producer Jay Baumgardner [P.O.D., Sevendust, Evanescence, Papa Roach] and engineer Kyle Hoffman [P.O.D., Bush, Zebrahead], LACUNA COIL recorded in the storied Officine Meccaniche studio. The vintage gear and classic influence collided with the rough and tumble modern world with unique and invigorating results. But as the title suggests, Broken Crown Halo isn t about everything that s good it s about everything that is real. In particular, the world as it exists in 2014.Broken Crown Halo looks at life through blood red glasses and casts a beautifully melancholic hue over the world we wander. It is unapologetically brute with a vindictive air, and simultaneously supple and warm, beckoning you in and challenging you to join the movement. If you notice a flair for the cinematic in the eleven tracks, your perception is spot on, as LACUNA COIL wear the influence of their rich Italian culture and heritage on their sleeves.We ve always been fascinated by soundtracks and Italian horror movies, says singer Cristina Scabbia, who along with frontman Andrea Ferro form the most effervescent one-two vocal punch in hard rock and metal. Dario Argento is not only a favorite of ours, he s also a cult favorite around the world, and bands like Goblin wrote the soundtracks for a lot of those movies. Growing up with these movies and music, we really absorbed those influences. We set the bar pretty high with Dark Adrenaline and it hasn t been easy bringing our sound to the next level, but we have lived, learned and grown through a year of personal issues and change, says the band in a unified voice. We learned to be strong and get stronger, and we felt an inner vibe in this band that we haven t felt before. Broken Crown Halo is Lacuna Coil introducing a new order, and letting nothing stand in our way...
Carter Girl
By Carter, Carlene
Carter Girl, set for release April 8, is the first album of new recordings this decade from Americana legend Carlene Carter. Produced by Don Was, Carter Girl is, in a very literal way, Carlene's personal homage to the Carter Family legacy that both underpins so much of America's music and is part of her own DNA. The album revisits both classic Carter Family repertoire as well as original songs that reflect Carlene's direct connection to her roots. Willie Nelson guests on Troublesome Waters and Kris Kristofferson joins Carlene on Black Jack David while the unmistakable voice of Vince Gill is heard harmonizing on Lonesome Valley 2003. Blackie's Gunman is a duet with Elizabeth Cook, whom Carlene likes to think of as her adopted sister Carter Cousin Lorrie Carter Bennett and Carlene's husband Joe Breen.
STRONGER
By Ray, Lexie
All Music Guide - Andy Kellman Durrell Babbs was rolling as smoothly as ever in 2014. This Is How I Feel, his fifth album, had gone Top Ten, while the product of his collaboration with Tyrese and Ginuwine, as TGT, debuted at number three and was Grammy-nominated for Best R&B Album. Though his adequate and sometimes brow-raising sixth album might seem fittingly titled, it's more descriptive of his career than of the content. "Stronger" itself, one of his best ballads, regards perseverance and devotion, yet Last Ditch Attempts would be a more descriptive title for an album with desperate expressions like "I'll come to his house and help you pack your bags" and "'Cause I'm praying now/I give to the ... See more details below Eligible for .
Tomorrow Is My Turn
By Giddens, Rhiannon
The singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and founding member of Grammy Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops makes her solo recording debut. For this release, Giddens chose a broad range of songs from genres as diverse as gospel, jazz, blues, and country.