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Road to Here
Singer-songwriter Andy B White was born and raised in rural Illinois, somewhere between corn fields and soybean farms. He now lives in suburban Chicago, surrounded by traffic and skylines. You can hear the influence of both locales in his indie folk music. White found his musical voice during his college years, when he bought a guitar and taught himself how to play and write music. After spending three years making albums and selling out venues with a Chicago-based rock band, White set out on his own to find a new musical direction and record his first solo EP, 'Dirty Wings' and now comes his new full-length album 'The Road to Here', both intimate and heartfelt collections of acoustic songs about love, loss and that incessant Midwestern hope for a brighter tomorrow. His songs are immediately approachable - it sounds as though White is sitting next to you with his guitar, echoing your emotions with his six strings. The Road to Here, the new full-length record which was recorded, engineered, and produced by White shows his experience both as a songwriter and producer. The stories in his music mirror his life as White tells tales of the ups and downs we all face, and that small bit of joy we feel when we finally find a spot of hope in a sea of heartbreak.- Shop: odax
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Music of Bela Bartok
Dr. Elliot Antokoletz wrote the special album notes for this live concert performance CD. While his research is devoted to twentieth-century music in general, Dr. Antokoletz's theoretical contribution to our understanding of the music of Bela Bartok is influential. He was awarded a Diploma from the Hungarian Government. He is the author of the Music of Bela Bartok: A study of Tonality and Progression in Twentieth-Century Music (University of California Press, 1984) Transcription has enriched the literature for many instruments. The most important element is that the works must sound 'convincingly written for the instrument.' Paul Olefsky along with University of Texas Faculty Artists Nancy Garret and William Race has recorded these works in live concert performance. Paul Olefsky and Hai Zheng have also recorded in concert for the twelve duos for two cellos. ELLIOT ANTOKOLETZ, Professor of Musicology at the University of Texas at Austin, has held the Alice Mackie Scott Tacquard Endowed Centennial Chair and E.W. Doty Professorship in Fine Arts. He is the author of The Music of Béla Bartók: A Study of Tonality and Progression in Twentieth-Century Music (University of California Press, 1984), Béla Bartók, A Guide To Research (Garland, 1988, 2nd ed. rev. 1997), Twentieth Century Music (Prentice Hall, 1992), Musical Symbolism in the Operas of Debussy and Bartók: Trauma, Gender, and the Unfolding of the Unconscious (Oxford, 2004), and co-author of Manuel de Falla's Cuatro Piezas Españolas: Combinations and Transformations of the Spanish Folk Modes (VDM Verlag, 2009). He is contributing editor of Bartók Perspectives: Man, Composer, and Ethnomusicologist (Oxford, 2000) and Rethinking Debussy (Oxford, in press). He is also co-editor of the International Journal of Musicology (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, since 1992) and editor of Georg von Albrecht: From Musical Folklore to Twelve-Tone Technique: Memoirs of a Musician Between East and West (Scarecrow Press, 2004). Several book translations include Chinese, Polish, Spanish, and Italian. He has contributed entries to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, articles to most of the major music journals, and chapters to various book compilations such as Sibelius Studies (Cambridge, 2001), Encomium Musicae: Essays in Honor of Robert J. Snow (Pendragon, 2002) on 20th-century composers from Spain, The Bartók Companion (Faber, 1993), Copland and His Times (Princeton, 2005), and Ravel Studies (Rochester, forthcoming). In 1982 he served as scholarly evaluator for the Harry Ransom Center (HRC) at the University of Texas for acquisition of the Stravinsky Archive as well as archival collections of Ravel, Dukas, Roussel, Fauré, and Debussy. The 'Elliott Antokoletz Bartókiana Collection' is housed, together with the 'Benjamin Suchoff Bartókiana Collection' (Former Trustee of the Béla Bartók Estate and Head of the New York Bartók Archive), at the University of South Florida at Tampa. Antokoletz has lectured in Hungary, Germany, England, Spain, Switzerland, Poland, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, and throughout the United States. He received the Béla Bartók Memorial Plaque and Diploma from the Hungarian Government in 1981, two subventions from the National Endowment for the Humanities (1980 and 1982), Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Texas (1981), and PhD Alumni Award from the City University of New York (1987). He was Director of the Bartók International Congress 2000 and Debussy International Congress 2006 at the University of Texas. Antokoletz majored in violin performance under Dorothy Delay and Ivan Galamian at the Juilliard School of Music (1960-1964), and received his PhD in Historical Musicology from the City University of New York (1975). PAUL OLEFSKY is Emeritus Professor of Music from the University of Texas at Austin. He has performed and conducted master classes internationally including master classes at Oxford and Cambridge, sponsored by the European String Teachers Association. His students fill key positions as professors and principals worldwide. He was awarded first prize of the prestigious Naumburg and Michael Memorial International Solo Competitions. He matriculated from the classes of legendary greats Piatigorsky and Casals. After graduating from Curtis Institute of Music, he appeared as a soloist and the youngest principal cellist with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Carnegie Hall under Maestro Ormandy. He is a solo recording artist for the Americus Records, Amatius Classics, Monitor, Musical Heritage, Vox, and Voice of America Records, and his broadcast credits include NBC, CBS and BBC-London. He was on the jury panels of the Piatigorsky International Competition (Violoncello Society of New York), and Interlochen International Competition (General Motor & Seventeen Magazine). Prof. Olefsky has been awarded the Mary Helen Thompson Centennial Professorship and was the director of the UT Plan II Chamber Music Program in the College of Library Arts. He was also a professor of Cello/Chamber Music at Peabody Conservatory and Hart School of Music. Prof. Olefsky and his cellist wife, Hai Zheng have recorded Vivaldi's double cello concerti with the English Chamber Orchestra and appeared with the Chicago Strings for Bach's double violin concerti on two cellos and their live performance was broadcast over PBS in Chicago. NANCY BURTON GARRETT, Professor of Piano has been a member of the piano faculty since 1965. Garrett was the First Prize winner of the G. B. Dealey Competition, first prize winner of the KRBE National Piano Competition and has won numerous other awards including a Fulbright Award for study in London, and Finalist Diploma in the Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, Italy. Critically acclaimed as 'a very important pianist', she has performed throughout the United States, in Europe, Mexico and Taiwan. Also an accomplished fortepianist, Garrett has, since 1991 been teaching and performing with 18th and 19th century fortepianos. A member of Duo Cristofori with Penelope Crawford she has appeared in duo-fortepeiano and four-hand recitals in major U.S. cities and festivals, including the Mozart Bicentennial at Lincoln center, Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, and the International Festival Institute at Round Top, Texas. Garrett students have performed in Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall, the Smithsonian Institute, Europe, Mexico, and China and hold teaching positions in universities and colleges throughout the United States. Garrett received the BM with Distinction and Performer's Certificate from Eastman and the MM from the University of Texas. She has also studied at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, and the Royal Academy of Music in London. Her teachers include Cecile Genhart, Dalies Frantz, Leonard Shure, Silvio Scionti, Ilona Kabos, and Charles Rosen. Dr. WILLIAM C. RACE (1923-1999), Priscilla Flawn Regents Professor of Piano at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Race was a member of the keyboard faculty at The University of Texas for thirty-two years, and served as it's chair for twenty years, during which time he was largely responsible for establishing the national and international prestige of the piano faculty and it's programs. His highly-regarded reputation as artist/teacher was complemented by an acclaimed career as soloist, chamber musician, and collaborator. Always a favorite performer on the University campus, he concertized all over the United States, as well as in Europe and Asia. His Town Hall, New York City, debut heralded an important career that won admiration and respect from performers and teachers in all musical circles, including major national and international schools of music. He received accolades from prestigious critics in New York and Los Angeles, and in many other important locales, and recorded an impressive range of piano literature. His dozen of recordings include a complete stylistic va- Shop: odax
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Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
Torrid love affairs. Elegant and erotic women. Spine-tingling espionage. Exotic locales. Diabolical villains. The man who created James Bond, Ian Fleming (Jason Connery, the son of Sean Connery), actually lived the most exciting spy thriller of all. His adventures span the world - from Russia (with love and betrayal) to a top-secret Nazi fortress, where he defeats the enemy on His Majesty's secret service. Born into an aristocratic English family, Fleming had the sexual exploits and talent for danger and intrigue that made him destined for a life of a hero and spy. He single-handedly outwits Soviet intelligence, foils an S.S. monster at a glamorous casino, steals the secrets of the German high command and storms an enemy stronghold against impossible odds. Evil adversaries are no match for his strength and cunning. The fastest cars. The most desirable women. The most hazardous missions. A sizzling, action-packed adventure of the life of the man who created James Bond: Fleming. Ian Fleming.- Shop: odax
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The Walking Dead: The Complete Fifth Season
The previous season of The Walking Dead ended with Rick and the group outgunned, outnumbered, and trapped in a train car awaiting a grim fate. What follows is a story that weaves the true motives of the people of Terminus with the hopeful prospect of a cure in Washington, D.C., the fate of the group's lost comrades, as well as new locales, new conflicts, and new obstacles in keeping the group together and staying alive. Stories will break apart and intersect. The characters will find love and hate. Peace and conflict. Contentment and terror. And, in the quest to find a permanent, safe place to call home, one question will haunt them. After all they've seen, all they've done, all they've sacrificed, lost, and held on to no matter what the cost. Who do they become?- Shop: odax
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It Started With a Kiss
No sex, please - we're on our honeymoon! After a showgirl (Debbie Reynolds) and an Air Force sergeant (Glenn Ford) head to the altar on the basis of one torrid smooch, the bride begins having second thoughts. After all, marriage can't be based on sexual chemistry alone. So she decrees a month of connubial celibacy to test if the newlyweds are really meant for each other. Think they'll make the whole 30 days? Funny, frisky and (just a bit) risqué, Reynolds and Ford aren't the only joys in this romantic comedy set in and around a Madrid U.S. air base. Other pluses include a strong supporting cast, exotic Spanish locales, and a glamorous, plot-promoting red Lincoln Futura, which found fame a few years later as TV's Batmobile.- Shop: odax
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The Bible: The Epic Miniseries
Breathtaking in scope and scale, THE BIBLE features powerful performances, exotic locales and dazzling visual effects that breathe spectacular life into the dramatic tales of faith and courage from Genesis through Revelation. This historic television even is sure to entertain and inspire the whole family!- Shop: odax
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Jonny Quest: The Complete Original Series
TV's first animated action-adventure series is about to take you on a breathless ride. All 26 episodes charting the fantastic exploits of brave and brainy 11-year-old Jonathan Quest are yours in a 3-disc set. Unlike the outrageous fantasy plots of cartoons that preceded it, Jonny Quest drew on science and detective-style logic to solve mysteries and apprehend sophisticated villains. Viewers were transported to exotic locales as Jonny's dad, Dr. Benton Quest, tackled each new government assignment, aided by ex-agent Race Bannon, Indian boy Hadji, family bulldog Bandit and, of course, his fearless son Jonny.- Shop: odax
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Glad to Be Alive
Welcome to hipster folk pop. Michael has lived off the grid for years in untamed locales like New Guinea, Zanzibar, and Timor. Hanging out in song circles with unusual tongues and cultures for many years, Michael has absorbed some funky world music vibes, which he weaves into his catchy, powerful folk tunes. Michael was born in a mill town on the Thames River in New England, raised in the sin, sun, and sands of south Florida, and returned north for college, where he learned that there was more to music then Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, and Tom Petty. Interspersing legal studies with gigs at Nashville beer joints playing Jimmy Buffett and Marshall Tucker covers, he graduated with an advanced degree in rockabilly. Michael currently makes music in Santa Ana, Costa Rica. Playful sitar and surprisingly sophisticated vocals in 'Mister Otter' begin the fun. Michael's mellow tribute to 50 years of Peace Corps passion, called 'Letters in Longhand,' while perhaps a bit too saccharine for some, has been well-received in live gigs in bars and music venues in Washington, DC. This reviewer's favorite is 'Old Folks,' an acoustic, percussive gem that celebrates life. The six tracks on his enjoyable second CD demonstrate a strangely optimistic outlook. Try one and share the joy. Thank you for supporting local music!- Shop: odax
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I Love Melvin
Melvin Hoover is a bumbler (except when he's dancing on skates), a workaday go-fer for Look magazine (except when he fakes being a big-time photog) and in love (without exception) with Broadway chorine Judy LeRoy. Melvin convinces Judy he can send her star aloft by putting her on the cover of Look. Now he has to make it happen! Singin' in the Rain's Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor dazzle again like July 4 sparklers in I Love Melvin. Highlights include glorious Manhattan locales, Debbie portraying the tossed-about football in a gridiron stage piece and Donald romping through the delirious Make 'Em Laugh-styled I Wanna Wander. There's lots to love here.- Shop: odax
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