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英语课

By Doug Levine
Washington
15 July 2006


Guitarist Will Ackerman was working as a carpenter when he decided 1 to borrow a few hundred dollars to press and distribute his own record. That album, released in 1976, marked the beginning of the revolutionary new age music label, Windham Hill Records. Windham Hill takes a look back at its 30-year history with a new compilation 2 series, "Pure."


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Will Ackerman was the first artist to record for Windham Hill, and the first to be featured on Pure. It's only fair since Ackerman founded the company, and even though he sold his interest in it years ago, he hasn't completely severed 3 his ties.


Capitalizing on 30 years of steady sales, Windham Hill hopes to attract a new audience by re-introducing 10 acts that helped grow Windham Hill into a global empire. For those not yet acquainted, Windham Hill's Pure offers a second chance to meet some of the early pioneers of the acoustic 4 new age movement, like Shadowfax.


  
  
Branching out from solo instrumental offerings to more eclectic releases, Windham Hill signed Shadowfax in 1982. The band's mix of folk, rock, jazz and world music opened the door to other crossover releases, including Celtic jazz, Native American folk and spoken word, as well as electronic, Latin and vocal 5 music.


One of Windham Hill's early discoveries was husband-and-wife duo Tuck & Patti. Patti Cathcart sings and Tuck Andress plays guitar.


The pop standard "As Time Goes By" appears on "Pure Tuck & Patti."


Also featured in the Pure series are guitarists Michael Hedges and Alex de Grassi, pianist Liz Story, folk singer John Gorka, trumpeter Mark Isham, Celtic quartet Nightnoise, and one of Windham Hill's more recent additions, pianist Jim Brickman.



adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
n.编译,编辑
  • One of the first steps taken was the compilation of a report.首先采取的步骤之一是写一份报告。
  • The compilation of such diagrams,is of lasting value for astronomy.绘制这样的图对天文学有永恒的价值。
v.切断,断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 );断,裂
  • The doctor said I'd severed a vessel in my leg. 医生说我割断了腿上的一根血管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • We have severed diplomatic relations with that country. 我们与那个国家断绝了外交关系。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.听觉的,声音的;(乐器)原声的
  • The hall has a fine acoustic.这个大厅的传音效果很好。
  • Animals use a whole rang of acoustic, visual,and chemical signals in their systems of communication.动物利用各种各样的听觉、视觉和化学信号来进行交流。
adj.直言不讳的;嗓音的;n.[pl.]声乐节目
  • The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
  • Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。
标签: Windham Hill History
学英语单词
aminonitriles
anti-codon
back burn
Banqiao City
beebes
break-axe
breakage effect
Breakage of Packing Clause
Bruttium
BSMRA
camerer
Chief Warrant Officer
chimney emission
cis-homoaconitase
co-invariant
coalite
compressed gas condenser
contract conditions
cooperation based on division of labor
country folk
cucumis melo inodoruss
cutting-off tool
data base control
decorticator
deep-slot motor
diaphragm accumulator
drill pipe alignment method
extragalactic compact radio source
extrasyllabically
fairing spoke
fatidic
film capacitor
freely orienting chain
functional manual
Galium xinjiangense
gamogastrous
genus Viburnum
grazing site
guiltier
hareems
heptanamine
hour circles
HYDRARG
hydroxylamine sulfate
hysterotomy
in a qualified sense
incrested
informal label
internal bulge
J function
kanomwan
kinhin
lactic acid piperazinium salt
lanpher
light-meter
longitudinalis inferior
LSI logic function testing
lupin
magnetic chamber
make a show of ourselves
marang
masner
medium access control (mac)
metastatic multiple calcification
mill flow sheet
mismatch slotted line
mistura rhei et natrii bicarbonatis
MOPN
mythimna separata
naddis
navigation star (navstar)
open hash table
panregional
parallel scalar processor
parasympathomimetic
physiology statistics
portlights
precondenser
prestress(ing)
Pteracanthus claviculatus
rear axle stand
red blood cell enzyme
regenerationist
russet coat
saccobolus saccoboloides
scale of budget
scalloping (twt)
semisoft
sessionary
sherryvallies
sibilismus aurium
soracco
spenser
supplementary tank
tharn
Those were times!
timekeeper trials
tube sample boring
TV-fluroscopy
unpreparable
unsaddling
West Warren