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about overcoming life ’ s toughest moments and coming through the other side much stronger for it . It features a cast of competent characters including Tony MacAlpine , Derek Sherinian , Brian Tichy and Glen Sobel . Trust us , this one is sounding good ... R & B and Soul progenitor Chris Jasper shares the love on the mid-tempo “ I Love You ” from his recent Share With Me album . The New York-based Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee scored early and often with The Isley Brothers during the 1970s and

1980s and he ’ s kept the golden touch going as a prolific solo artist . We love it ... From the rarefied air of rock royalty we move to RESD ’ s No Oxygen the acclaimed debut EP from Australia ’ s producer and songwriter Paul Carpenter who set out working in a home studio programming beats and textures on an iPad resulting in this stunning collection of songs that will take your breath away . Early press says the music evokes the icy , baroque sounds of Radiohead circa Kid A with touches of James Blake , Ice-

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