Friday, 27 June 2008

Signs of Betrayal

Signs of Betrayal   
Artist: Signs of Betrayal

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   



Discography:


Distortia   
 Distortia

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 12




 





Asrai

Sunday, 22 June 2008

Mango

Mango   
Artist: Mango

   Genre(s): 
Folk
   



Discography:


Ti Porto in Africa   
 Ti Porto in Africa

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 10


Disincanto   
 Disincanto

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 13


I Grandi Successi CD-1   
 I Grandi Successi CD-1

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 10


Visto Cosi   
 Visto Cosi

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 16


Credo   
 Credo

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 13


Dove Vai: Live   
 Dove Vai: Live

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 13


Come L'acqua   
 Come L'acqua

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 11


Sirtaki   
 Sirtaki

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 12


Inseguengo L'aquila   
 Inseguengo L'aquila

   Year: 1988   
Tracks: 9


Adesso   
 Adesso

   Year: 1987   
Tracks: 12


Odissea   
 Odissea

   Year: 1986   
Tracks: 12


Australia   
 Australia

   Year: 1985   
Tracks: 9


La Mia Ragazza   Un Gran Caldo   
 La Mia Ragazza Un Gran Caldo

   Year: 1982   
Tracks: 9


Arlecchino   
 Arlecchino

   Year: 1979   
Tracks: 10


Pino Mango - E' Pericoloso Sporgersi   
 Pino Mango - E' Pericoloso Sporgersi

   Year:    
Tracks: 9




 






Sunday, 15 June 2008

Paul Sills, founder of the famed "The Second City" comedy group, dies at 80

CHICAGO - Paul Sills, one of the founders of the improvisational comedy group "The Second City," which has turned out some of North America's best-known comedians, died Monday. He was 80.

Sills died at his home in Baileys Harbor, Wis., of complications from pneumonia, said his daughter, Aretha Amelia Sills.

The troupe said in a statement on its website Monday that "the influence of Paul Sills on the American Theatre can not be exaggerated."

Sills helped found the comedy institution in 1959, along with its precursor "The Compass Players." Second City helped launch the careers of John Belushi, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Stephen Colbert and Mike Myers.

"Somehow he ended up making the careers of dozens and hundreds of other people," said Jeffrey Sweet, who interviewed Sills in his book "Something Wonderful Right Away: An Oral History of The Second City and The Compass Players." "Not a year has gone by that somebody coming out of (Second City) hasn't achieved major stardom."

Even though Sills was not looking for commercial or financial success, Sweet said, he found it in Second City. The group celebrates its 50th anniversary next year with stages in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Las Vegas and Canada and has a reputation for training actors who go on to NBC's "Saturday Night Live" and Hollywood.

"I don't think he even particularly wanted it to happen," Sweet said. "He was never interested in product. He was always interested in the journey."

Sills was inspired by his late mother, Viola Spolin, who created hundreds of improvisational games used to train generations of actors. Sills followed in her footsteps and was known as a guru of improvisation.

He also created the New Actors Workshop in New York in 1987 along with director Mike Nichols and colleague George Morrison.

Sills' play, "Story Theatre," was nominated for a Tony Award in 1971 and he published a book in 2000, "Paul Sills' Story Theater: Four Shows."

"It was always this vision that he had that he was trying to reach for," Sweet said. "He's probably the most influential person in the theatre that general people don't know about."

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On the Net:

The Second City: http://www.secondcity.com/










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Monday, 2 June 2008

Taraf De Haidouks

Taraf De Haidouks   
Artist: Taraf De Haidouks

   Genre(s): 
Folk
   Retro
   



Discography:


Band of Gypsies   
 Band of Gypsies

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 14


Musique Des Tziganes De Rouman   
 Musique Des Tziganes De Rouman

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 15


Honourable Brigands, Magic Ho..   
 Honourable Brigands, Magic Ho..

   Year:    
Tracks: 16