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Oakland Noir: The Akashic Noir Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 482min
Brand-new stories by: Nick Petrulakis, Kim Addonizio, Keenan Norris, Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder, Katie Gilmartin, Dorothy Lazard, Harry Louis Williams II, Carolyn Alexander, Phil Canalin, Judy Juanita, Jamie DeWolf, Nayomi Munaweera, Mahmud Rahman, Tom McElravey, Joe Loya, and Eddie Muller. In the wake of San Francisco Noir, Los Angeles Noir, and Orange County Noir - all popular volumes in the Akashic Noir Series - comes the latest California installment, Oakland Noir. Masterfully curated by Jerry Thompson and Eddie Muller, the "Czar of Noir", this volume will shock, titillate, provoke, and entertain. The diverse cast of talented contributors will not disappoint. From the introduction: Jerry Thompson: "Discovering the wang-dang-doodle jams of the Pointer Sisters shifted my entire focus. Stunning black women were scatting and bebopping all the way into my soul. I think what we've put together in Oakland Noir is a volume where this city is a character in every story. He's a slick brother strutting over a bacon-grease bass line and tambourine duet. She's a white chick with a bucket of hot muffins heading to farmer and flea markets, to sell crafts and get hooked up with some fine kat with dreadlocks and a criminal record. And it's in the faces of young fearless muthaf - kers pounding keyboards and snapping fingers, lips, Snapchats, and Facebook timelines. It's the core of not only Black Lives Matter but all lives matter. We are the children of fantasy and of the funk." Eddie Muller: "These days, writers and [listeners] aren't denying the darker parts of our existence as much as they used to, especially in crime fiction. Some writers just do it for fun because it's become the fashionable way to get published. You know, 'gritty violence' and all that bullshit. The genuine darkness in noir stories comes from two places - the cruelty of the world's innate indifference and the cruelty that people foster within th ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Traber Burns, Keith Szarabajka, Adenrele Ojo, Hillary Huber, Carrington MacDuffie, Kirby Heyborne, Priya Ayyar, Scott Brick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/009840/bk_blak_009840_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
- Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping
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View from the Parkway
Excerpts from a review of View from the Parkway from The Mountain Times, a weekly publication in western NC: High Country composer Robert Thomas knows a thing or two about creating visual music. And although his music bears no real relation to the bluegrass or gospel native to the Blue Ridge Mountains, his is a music that is deeply rooted to our area. His latest intrumental album, View from the Parkway, takes inspiration from the scenic vistas of the Appalachians in much the same way that pianist and composer George Winston has found inspiration from different times of the year. Thomas' music is perfect for those wintry days when you're forced to find indoor entertainment but the last thing you want to do is watch television. Whether your company is a cherished friend or a good book, View from the Parkway makes a perfect third companion-gentle enough not to intrude upon the gathering yet interesting enough to listen to intently during those quiet moments between words. It's also a great date album as it's serene moments will put your guest at ease but the compositions are so elegant and interesting that you won't have to worry about them going to sleep. View from the Parkway has some nice bits of vocalese that vary from Lucianne Evans' soft scatting on 'Ridge Runner' to Thomas' hypnotic chants that remind one of the vocal parts on Pat Metheny's late 80s albums Still Life (Talking) and Letter From Home. It is precisely the addition of a few added instruments that gives the individual tracks on View from the Parkway depth and character beyond mere piano compositions. But at the core of the album is Thomas' precise yet casual keyboard sound. He has an innate sense for when to use electronic keyboards and when to go for a more intimate approach with a traditional acoustic piano. 'Blue Ridge Waltz' would lose it's stately air of andering solitude with the addition of too many instruments so Thomas keeps it perfectly simple with piano and accordion. Thomas will be performing at Beanstreets, on the corner of College and Broadway in Asheville, this Friday, November 19th from 9 to 11 p.m.- Shop: odax
- Price: 18.60 EUR excl. shipping
