Matthew Good Band & other: July 2008

Release date for Bond now revealed

The release date for the new James Bond film, 'Quantum of Solace', has been announced.
The Marc Forster-directed and Daniel Craig-starring film will open in cinemas on Friday 31 October.
Picking up where Craig's first 007 adventure, 'Casino Royale', left off, 'Quantum of Solace' finds Bond trying to uncover the truth behind the death of his lover Vesper Lind and travelling to Austria, Italy and South America.
Joining Craig in the film are Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko, Gemma Arterton, Joaquin Cosio, Jesper Christensen, Jeffrey Wright and Judi Dench.

Whitesnake's David Coverdale Pays Tribute To Late Guitarist Mel Galley

Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale has led the tributes for the band's guitarist Mel Galley, who has died following a battle with cancer.

Galley died at his home in Staffordshire on Tuesday (July 1st). He had been suffering from cancer of the oesophagus.

Speaking about his guitarist, Coverdale said that he "treasures the memory of knowing him and working together with him".

Galley joined the band in 1982 and had been due to go out on tour with them later this summer.

The guitarist's manager, Tony Perry said he would remember him as “a superb musician and a true friend”.

He also thanked the guitarist for the “wonderful experience” of being part of his career.

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Farrell Sparks Wedding Rumours

Irish actor Colin Farrell has sparked rumours he has secretly married his girlfriend Muireann McDonnell - after he was spotted wearing a ring on his wedding finger. The Phone Booth star has been dating the Irish student for a year and has now fuelled speculation that he has made the relationship official after he was recently photographed at Los Angeles' Lax Airport sporting a wedding band. A source tells British newspaper Metro, "He didn't seem to be hiding the ring. Maybe he has finally found the girl he wants to settle down with.'" Farrell was previously married to English actress Amelia Warner in 2001. The marriage last just four months. The 31-year-old star also has a four-year-old son, James, with ex-girlfriend Kim Bordenave.

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Why did they choose 'Sunday Rose'?

Sunday used to be a day to relax, watch football or go to church, but Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have given it new meaning.

The Australian power couple welcomed the birth of their daughter in the early hours of yesterday morning and swiftly announced to the world her name: Sunday Rose Kidman Urban.

It immediately raised the question: Why Sunday?

The birth came on a Monday in the US. In Australia, it was Tuesday.

One name expert suggested it may follow a tradition used by ancient African tribes in naming their baby daughter Sunday.

It was also speculated Sunday may have been inspired by Australia's Queensland island chain, The Whitsundays, where Kidman celebrated her 40th birthday.

Or that it was in honour of the day the couple were married two years ago.

Others pondered whether Kidman and Urban were just keeping up with the Joneses, or in this case, the Cruises, the Jolie-Pitts, and Martin-Paltrows who set a precedent that included names not on the Top 10 Most Popular Baby Name List.

Kidman's ex, Tom Cruise and his his wife, Katie Holmes, called their daughter Suri, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie named their daughter Shiloh, while Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin ended up calling their children Apple and Moses.

In Hollywood, it appears a simple name does not fly.

"Sunday is a choice to rival Tom and Katie's Suri and Brad and Angelina's Shiloh," baby name expert Pam Satran, co-author of Cool Names and The Baby Name Bible, told American magazine, Us Weekly's website.

Satran pointed to Africa as a potential historic source.

"Sunday is one of the next generation of word names," Satran continued.

"But it also harkens back to the ancient tradition of day-naming as practised by many African tribes and originally brought to America by the early slaves."

It has also been speculated the Kidman added her surname to her daughter's name to keep the "Kidman" name alive.

Her parents, Janelle and Antony, who were reportedly in Nashville for the birth, had two daughters and without a son, the "Kidman" name may have been lost.

Satran, however, said the couple's decision to give Sunday both surnames "is a signal that this is a marriage of equals".

Sunday may not be common in the 90210 postcode, but "Rose" as a middle name is a regular in Hollywood.

Satran told Us the daughters of Michelle Pfeiffer, Teri Hatcher, Ewan McGregor, Sylvester Stallone and Eric Clapton all have Rose as their middle name.

Kidman gave birth to her daughter in the capital of country music, Nashville, Tennessee.

The actress, who turned 41 in June, has two adopted children, Isabella, 15, and Connor, 13, with Cruise.

*What do you think of the name? Post your comments below.

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Hard-Fi

Artist: Hard-Fi

   Genre(s):
Pop: Pop-Rock

Discography:

Stars Of CCTV

Year: 2004
Tracks: 11

Staines, England's Hard-Fi characteristic Richard Archer (vocals), Ross Philips (guitar), Kai Stephens (bass), and Steve Kemp (drums). The punk-inspired indie rock quintet formed in 2002; they lineament a cheeky mix of Dexy's Midnight Runners melodies, Franz Ferdinand meat hooks, and the theatrics of the Dead 60s. Hard-Fi self-released Stars of CCTV in October 2004, and all D copies rapidly sold out. The U.K. indie imprint Necessary reissued the nine-song nugget the following June. Once once again, HARD-Fi got the attending of the erratic British constrict and an aegir British public. Singles such as "Cash Machine," "Tied Up Too Tight," and "Hard to Beat" were all chart hits, and U.K. demo dates with the likes of the Bravery, the Kaiser Chiefs, and the Ordinary Boys were as successful. Before the year's end, Hard-Fi earned a Mercury Music Prize nomination for Stars of CCTV. They had too north Korean won all over audiences at Glastonbury and at the annual SXSW Festival in Austin, TX. Two Brit Award nominations followed in early 2006 -- one for Best British Group and some other for Best British Rock Act. Stars of CCTV went on to pull in a number one spot on the U.K. record album chart in January 2006; it was released in the U.S. in March, and although it didn't score quite as big of a splash stateside, it still localise up high expectations for Hard-Fi's next criminal record, Once Upon a Time in the West, which came out in September of 2007.

Marly

Artist: Marly

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

You Never Know

Year: 2004
Tracks: 4

Robert Gass

Artist: Robert Gass

   Genre(s):
New Age
   Other

Discography:

Chants Spirit Sound-Spring Hill Cd2 Stillness The Journey Within

Year: 1999
Tracks: 13

Chants Spirit Sound-Spring Hill Cd1 Ecstasy The Fire Of Devotion

Year: 1999
Tracks: 12

Ancient Mother

Year: 1993
Tracks: 13

Pilgrimage

Year: 1990
Tracks: 9

Songs Of Healing

Year:
Tracks: 7

Heart Of The Perfect Wisdom

Year:
Tracks: 2

Enchanted The Best Of Robert Gass

Year:
Tracks: 7

A nationally known lector, Gass holds a doctor's degree in clinical psychological science from Harvard and has standard classic training in medicine at the New England Conservatory and Tanglewood. As conductor of the 30-person playing grouping On Wings of Song, he has produced a numeral of recordings under his Extended Chant series that feature film uplifting, updated versions of sacred chorale traditions from about the human beings. Though many of these industrial plant ar based on unquestionable spiritual texts and melodies, Gass's basal end seems to be orientated toward making the music as cheering and as accessible as possible to modernistic audiences. However, listeners world Health Organization enjoy Middle Eastern intonation, American Indian music, and medieval plainsong vocalizing in their purest, most traditional forms will probable see Gass's interpretations a little overly sweet and Westernized.