Dionne Warwick - My Friends And Me

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:48
Size: 109.4 MB
Styles: Vocal, R&B, Adult Contemporary
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[2:52] 1. Walk On By (Feat. Gloria Estefan)
[2:58] 2. Message To Michael (Feat. Cyndi Lauper)
[3:58] 3. Close To You (Feat. Mya)
[4:17] 4. I'll Never Love This Way Again (Feat. Gladys Knight)
[2:25] 5. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Feat. Kelis)
[3:55] 6. Déjà Vu
[3:06] 7. I Say A Little Prayer (Feat. Reba Mcentire)
[3:42] 8. Anyone Who Had A Heart (Feat. Wynonna Judd)
[3:24] 9. Then Came You (Feat. Lisa Tucker)
[3:01] 10. Wishin' And Hopin' (Feat. Olivia Newton-John)
[4:55] 11. Love Will Find A Way (Feat. Cheyenne Elliott)
[3:25] 12. The Windows Of The World (Feat. Deborah Cox)
[5:44] 13. Do You Know The Way To San Jose (Feat. Celia Cruz)

My Friends & Me, Dionne Warwick's collection of duets that revisit her classic recordings, benefits from her many talented friends in the music industry, but most of all from a family member. Her son Damon Elliott has worked with his mother for close to ten years, when he's not producing for contemporary hitmakers Pink, Destiny's Child, Jessica Simpson, Kelis, and Mya. Elliott's production for this record is engaging and charming, right up to the minute digitally on the rhythm end, but with plenty of space within the tracks to echo the airy productions of Warwick's long-time producer, Burt Bacharach. Also, Elliott kept most of these versions piano-based and added a tight backing chorus that is virtually necessary for anyone familiar with the original "Walk on By" or "Anyone Who Had a Heart." Dionne Warwick's voice, however, hasn't aged as well as her contemporaries, and the record often resembles a tribute album whose subject only stops by occasionally. (More often than not, the guests are featured more than Warwick herself.) The only track with radical changes is "The Windows of the World," which is presented with no less than four vocal guests (Angie Stone, Chanté Moore, Deborah Cox, Da Brat) and in a version that allows Da Brat to rap on the state of the world between the lines of the verses. Elsewhere, highlights come with Cyndi Lauper's quiet, pleading version of "Message to Michael," Kelis' "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," and Wynonna Judd's surprisingly smoky "Anyone Who Had a Heart." ~John Bush

My Friends And Me

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Amy Sky & Olivia Newton-John & Beth Nielsen Chapman - Liv On

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:34
Size: 96,3 MB
Art: Front

(2:44)  1. My Heart Goes out to You
(4:10)  2. Live On
(3:21)  3. Stone in My Pocket
(4:28)  4. Sand and Water
(4:48)  5. Forever Blue
(3:24)  6. Immortality
(3:27)  7. Don't Know What to Say
(3:27)  8. Impossible
(4:58)  9. I Will Take Care of You
(3:59) 10. Grace and Gratitude
(2:44) 11. There's still my joy

'LIV ON,' a collaboration of GRAMMY®-Award winner Olivia Newton-John and fellow songwriters Beth Nielsen Chapman and Amy Sky, is an album that uses the power of music to heal and offer comfort to those experiencing grief and loss. The 11 songs carry a message of support, compassion and hope, to aid those in time of need, which was the intention of the album's creators. Its theme of love underscores the strength for healing in order for people to overcome their obstacles and live on! ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Olivia-Newton-John-Neilsen-Chapman/dp/B01LP5HS4O

Personnel:  Accordion – Austin Hoke;  Acoustic Guitar – Beth Nielsen Chapman, Kerry Marx, Michael Thompson (tracks: 2);  Bass – Matt McKenzie;  Cello – Austin Hoke;  Choir – Ezra Jordan (tracks: 2), Kenna Ramsey (tracks: 2), Liisi Lafontaine (tracks: 2), Marc Jordan (tracks: 2), Nita Whitaker (tracks: 2);  Drums – Mark Beckett; Electric Guitar – Kerry Marx, Michael Thompson (tracks: 2); Flute – John Ragusa; Harp – Hattie Webb; Keyboards – Dane Bryant, Kirby Shelsdad; Lead Vocals – Amy Sky (tracks: 5, 9), Beth Nielsen Chapman (tracks: 4, 7), Olivia Newton-John (tracks: 2, 8, 10, 11);  Pedal Steel Guitar – Dan Dugmore;  Percussion – Mark Beckett;  Piano – Amy Sky (tracks: 5, 6), Dane Bryant

Liv On

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