http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17605284&rws=%2Fbig-blue-ball%2Fdiscography.rssMore a collective of musicians than a typical band, Big Blue Ball dates back to the mid-1990s, when Peter Gabriel orchestrated week-long invitational sessions at his Real World Studios that brought in players from around the world. Given Gabriel's late-career interest in global music, the guests included heavy hitters of world music alongside those of western pop -- everyone from Natacha Atlas, Papa Wemba to Sinead O'Connor and Vernon Reid -- but Gabriel's closest ally was Welsh musician Karl Wallinger. Some years after the majority of the sessions were recorded, Gabriel called on Stephen Hague to sort out the pile of tape and iron out a collaborative LP to be released under the Big Blue Ball moniker. Since most of the sessions were taken from the mid and late '90s, the project has the optimistic sheen of the synthesized world pop fusions of that era, led by a group of fiery vocalists that includes Gabriel himself. - Nate CavalieriWorld Popen720Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:16:49 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17605284&rws=%2Fbig-blue-ball%2Fdiscography.rss More a collective of musicians than a typical band, Big Blue Ball dates back to the mid-1990s, when Peter Gabriel orchestrated week-long invitational sessions at his Real World Studios that brought in players from around the world. Given Gabriel's late-career interest in global music, the guests included heavy hitters of world music alongside those of western pop -- everyone from Natacha Atlas, Papa Wemba to Sinead O'Connor and Vernon Reid -- but Gabriel's closest ally was Welsh musician Karl Wallinger. Some years after the majority of the sessions were recorded, Gabriel called on Stephen Hague to sort out the pile of tape and iron out a collaborative LP to be released under the Big Blue Ball moniker. Since most of the sessions were taken from the mid and late '90s, the project has the optimistic sheen of the synthesized world pop fusions of that era, led by a group of fiery vocalists that includes Gabriel himself. - Nate Cavalieri http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.21341929&rws=%2Fbig-blue-ball%2Fdiscography.rss World Pop Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Big Blue Ball Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.21341929 alb.21341929 Big Blue Ball art.17605284 8.99 Big Blue Ball alb.21341929 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/6/2/5/1275263_170x170.jpg 2008-06-24 00:00:00.0 null true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.21341929&rws=%2Fbig-blue-ball%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.21341929&variant=data&rws=%2Fbig-blue-ball%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.21341930&rws=%2Fbig-blue-ball%2Fdiscography.rss World Pop Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Big Blue Ball Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.21341930 alb.21341930 Big Blue Ball art.17605284 0.99 Burn You Up, Burn You Down alb.21341930 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/6/2/5/1275264_170x170.jpg 2008-06-17 00:00:00.0 null true false single http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.21341930&rws=%2Fbig-blue-ball%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.21341930&variant=data&rws=%2Fbig-blue-ball%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.17605723&rws=%2Fbig-blue-ball%2Fdiscography.rss World Pop Tue, 1 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Big Blue Ball Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.17605723 alb.17605723 Big Blue Ball art.17605284 0.99 Whole Thing [Original Mix] alb.17605723 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/8/5/7/1247585_170x170.jpg 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 true false single http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.17605723&rws=%2Fbig-blue-ball%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.17605723&variant=data&rws=%2Fbig-blue-ball%2Fdiscography.rss