NME.com is reporting that Peter Gabriel, that's right, Peter Gabriel of all people, is set to release a covers album. The album, Scratch My Back, is looking at a spring 2010 release.The record is described as "orchestral reinterpretations", but that just seems like a fancy way to say covers to me.Anyway, the track list may or may not look like this:'Heroes' (David Bowie)'Street Spirit' (
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Peter Gabriel is in the process of completing a new album for release next spring, but don't be looking for another So or Us. This album will be the result of the new Scratch My Back project which is described as "song swap with some of the world's most legendary artists."Arranger Mike Metcalfe, who is working on the project, describes it on Gabriel's official site:I have been busy working clo...
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MUSIC NEWS - Some of the biggest names in rock and pop music; including Peter Gabriel, Bill Wyman, Bryan Ferry Nick Mason (Pink Floyd ), Jamie Cullum and Roger Taylor (Queen),and Irish folker Cara Dillon, among others, joined together to sing The Beatles classic "All You Need Is Love," for a charity single release for this years BBC Children In Need fundraiser; 2009's Bandaged Together alb...
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English singer/songwriter Peter Gabriel and Venezuelan composer Jose Antonio Abreu won this year's Polar Music Prize. Often called the 'Nobel Prize of Music,' the prize is one of the most prestigious and unique music prizes in the world, recognizing exceptional contributions to both popular and classical music. Past recipients include Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd...
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MUSIC NEWS - Singer Peter Gabriel and Venezuelan composer Jose Antonio Abreu have won this year's Polar Music Prize. They each will receive one million kroner (approx $127,000 US) from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and receive their awards by King Carl XVI Gustaf at a gala ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on August 31, 2009. According to the prize committee, Gabriel had "not...
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A few days ago I went with my friend Angie to go see Wall-E. As a movie I must say it was freaking adorable. It really managed to put love and affection into a new light seeing as it was two robots (which I'm sure the Catholic Church has a problem with). The real key to this as a film, for me anyway, was the lack of major dialogue. It seemed that the brunt of this film was translated to the aud...
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yes. yes i did get the peter gabriel secret world live dvd from the library. and yes, it is awesome. haha.thanks to brother august here, i had this little doozy shipped to my library where i rented and watched it over and over again. it came out, i believe in 1994, and filmed over two nights. i have his newest live dvd titled "growing up" and although the stakes were high, i believe the older "...
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In case you didn't know, these are the big boys who, for the most part, try to tell you what to listen to. Although independents account for 28 per cent of the market, the music industry today is still dominated by 'the Big Four' record companies.Universal Music GroupChairman and CEO Doug Morris presides over the largest record company in the world. Taken together, its labels such as Island, Polyd
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to answer your question dez... :)Peter Gabriel's live dvd "Growing Up" is a great place to start. i own it and i watch it whenever i need inspiration. he puts own a great show, a reeeeeeeeeeal entertainer.my favs...in your eyessolsbury hillmercy streetsledgehammerhere comes the flooddigging in the dirtand so on...
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Not,"Horny young rich girls bang as many guys as they can in their parents hot tub and then wonder why people think they're sluts, but really it's ok cause it's just TV anyway, and plus I'm gettin PAID!!" television.
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Various Artists Big Blue Ball (Real World, 2008) For several years, starting in 1992, Peter Gabriel invited numerous world music artists to record at Real World Studios. These artists included artist signed to Real World Records as well as other world music luminaries. The initial sessions in 1992 happened during a "Recording Week." Additional sessions took place throughout three year...
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Naturally we all got pretty excited this summer when Peter Gabriel announced plans to cover Vampire Weekend's signature song "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa ." In part because PG hasn't released much pop music in recent years (save for likely Oscar nom "Down To Earth ") and because VW had one of the most buzzed about albums this year, but mostly because Peter Gabriel's name is in the damn song. Meta! O...
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It wasn’t until Peter Gabriel abruptly canceled his scheduled Academy Awards performance (after they demanded he cut his song down to 65 seconds earlier this year) that I realized what an awesome artist he truly is. Late to the party, I know, but it...
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Artist: Peter GabrielTitle: Scratch My BackRelease Date: January 25, 2010Label: Format(s): CD, Digital DownloadPeter Gabriel has always been one to surprise with the unconventional and his upcoming album, Scratch My Back, is no different. As part of an ongoing project in association with other artists, Gabriel is reinterpreting existing music in orchestral arrangements by John Metcalfe. The ...
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*_Jeux Sans Frontières_**C'est Tout... Voila !*h1. Peter GabrielEven after years of French... I think I was a senior in high school before I (along with my friends) figured it out... *Anyone else struggle with the _translation_ ? I was LOST IN IT ;)*
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