January 27, 2014

Check out the Rock genre New Releases


THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
JOHN LENNON/YOKO ONO...Milk And Honey  (1984)
Milk And Honey was released 30 years ago today in 1984.  It reached number 11 on the U.S. Billboard album charts.  This review is easy to do.  The John Lennon songs are fantastic.  The Yoko Ono songs are crap!  Enough said.  Half of the album is recommended
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JANUARY 27
Nick Mason from Pink Floyd is 70; Janick Gers from Iron Maiden is 57; Mike Patton from Faith No More is 46;

ON THIS DATE
1930  Blues legend Bobby "Blue" Bland was born in Rosemark, Tennessee.  Bland died in 2013
1956 RCA Records release their first single by Elvis Presley, "Heartbreak Hotel."
1976 Queen begin a four month tour in Waterbury, Connecticut
2004 The book “Ordinary People: Our Story” is published. It chronicles Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne and their children
2009 Working On A Dream by Bruce Springsteen is released
2009 For(N)ever by Hoobastank is released
2014  Folk singer Pete Seeger died in New York, New York.  Seeger was 94

GRAMMY WINNERS FROM THE ROCK GENRE 
Best Surround Sound Album... Live Kisses, Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer (Paul McCartney)
Best Historical Album.."Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965" Teri Landi, Andrew Loog Oldham & Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (The Rolling Stones)
Best Boxed Or Limited Special Edition Package..Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition)
Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney And Wings)
Best Blues Album... Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite "Get Up!"
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album..Dave Grohl/various artists, Butch Vig "Sound City:Real To Reel"
Best Music Film...Paul McCartney "Live Kisses"
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media..."Sound City:Real To Reel"
Best Traditional R&B Performance...Gary Clark, Jr. "Please Come Home"
Best Alternative Music Album...Vampire Weekend "Modern Vampires Of The City"
Best Rock Album...Led Zeppelin "Celebration Day"
Best Rock Song..."Cut Me Some Slack" Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear
Best Metal Performance...Black Sabbath "God Is Dead?"
Best Rock Performance...Imagine Dragons "Radioactive"