The 50th GRAMMY Awards!
"Album of the Year"

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace /

Foo Fighters

The new album is fully fuelled with energy and dynamism, as was produced by Gill Norton who worked on the band's 2nd album "Colour & The Shape" featuring one of their early classics "Monkey Wrench". Their trademark sound of melancholic, emotional melodies blended with edgy, heavy riffs is ever more enhanced on this title - you just cannot miss the man of passion Dave Grohl reaching the next level of rock'n'roll on this brilliant album!!

These Days

Vince Gill

A neo-trad country singer/songwriter Vince Gill released this four-disc(!) epic saga in 2006. Each of the discs covers a specific genre of music: "rock", "soul - jazzy ballads", "trad country" and "blue grass - acoustic".

River: The Joni Letters

Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock has been aggressively pursuing new musical spectrums across genres through all sorts of collaborations with a variety of music masters, from a Grammy-winning "Gershwin World" in 1998 to an electro-jazz title "FUTURE 2 FUTURE" (2001) and "Possibilities", a pop album delivered from his works with vocalists in 2005. This time he chose a charismatic singer/ songwriter Joni Mitchell as his theme.

Graduation

Kanye West
Internationally-acclaimed top producer Kanye West has released this album after 2 1/2 years from the previous one. His cross-over approach is ever more prominent on the record, but it conveys a warm, somehow familiar and yet fresh feel rather than anything edgy and top-notch. It has a good degree of depth to it as well that never tires you out. If you think about it, being able to make your audience feel this way is simply extraordinary - and Kanye does it so easily. That says it all: he's a genius and this album is a masterpiece.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse who marked her shocking debut with "Frank" two years ago is now back with her 2nd album. Her deep, genuine gospel-ish vocals, highly praised even by severe music fans from her homebase in the UK, remain alive and well on this title. The tracklist includes "Me And Mr. Jones" inspired by Nas and a bluesy soul tune "Wake Up Alone". Quite a delightful work with a sublime blend of jazz, blues, old soul and hip-hop!