Yma Sumac boasted a five-octave range and great charisma, which she used to shred borders, genres, and expectations, and now the late Peruvian singer's album 'Legend of the Sun Virgin' is the first reissue by the Madrid-based label Ellas Rugen Records. The label is aiming to highlight female singers from Latin America, Guardian reports.
David Bowie's 1970 album 'The Man Who Sold the World' is being reissued in November, with its original title 'Metrobolist', an homage to Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis', Brooklyn Vegan reports. The reissue has been remixed by the album's producer, Tony Visconti, except for 'After All' which Visconti considered perfect as is. New artwork was designed by Mike Weller, who did the original design which Mercury Records found too controversial at the time. Bowie said in 2000 that "Weller devised this kind of very subversive looking cartoon and put in some quite personalised things. The building in the background on the cartoon in fact was the hospital where my half brother had committed himself to".
"City Pop" was a type of soft rock/AOR/funk that was tremendously popular in Japan in the age of disco and early new wave. 'Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976-1986' chronicles this musical positivity, with slick beats and gleaming grooves providing the perfect soundtrack - PopMatters presents the latest Light in the Attic […]
