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...Bruce Hornsby's new live album Here Come the Noise Makers combines his classic hits such as "The Way It Is" and "Mandolin Rain" with an entirely new sound. Although parts of the Bruce Hornsby and the Range signature style still remain, the backing band has changed dramatically, with more brass and a little bit more edge to the rhythm section. (For those of you who have no clue who Bruce Hornsby is, the piano line in Tupac's "Changes" is a sample from "The Way It Is.") Also, Hornsby's singing style has become much looser and much more...
...that's sure to change, considering the movie company she's keeping. The co-stars of her next four films are Matt Damon (in Billy Bob Thornton's All the Pretty Horses), Johnny Depp (in Ted Demme's Blow), Nicolas Cage (in John Madden's Captain Corelli's Mandolin) and Tom Cruise (in Cameron Crowe's Vanilla...
...Those looking for some energetic, jam-oriented roots music with lots of good playing would be well advised to check out Sam Bush's latest CD. The mandolin virtuoso has long been a fixture at Telluride's annual bluegrass festival, and "Ice Caps" is a collection of those performances from over the years featuring Bush and a cast of equally gifted guest performers. Among the most notable of these are newgrass veterans Jerry Douglas on dobro (who gets a great ride on "Girl from the North Country") and especially banjoist Bela Fleck, whose inspired playing puts the instrument through paces...
...band leader, well, it's Bush's party, and he'll do whatever he wants; luckily, he's a highly talented multi-instrumentalist whose flights of fancy are well worth indulging. He's not the greatest singer, but that's hardly an obstacle to appreciating his terrific mandolin and fiddle playing, especially on the bluegrass numbers; the enthusiasm he brings to the stage is palpable, and the audience goes crazy. But what's fun onstage sometimes meanders a bit on record: a few jams are overlong, and Bush's electric forays lack the nonpareil quality of his acoustic performances. Still...
...love inspired his courage. His courage became the destiny of a nation. Or something like that. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, starring NICOLAS CAGE and PENELOPE CRUZ, is the first film from director John Madden since Shakespeare in Love, and it's another epic historical romance sure to waken Academy types when it hits theaters next year. "It's a very unusual piece," says Madden, on location in Greece. "It's about the Italian occupation of a Greek island during World War II, and how basically the Italians and Greeks are very similar people." Cage, an American, is the mandolin-playing...