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MR SATURDAY NIGHT
 Directed, co-written and starring six time American Comedy Award winner Billy Crystal and nominated for an Academy award for best supporting actor (David Paymer), Mr Saturday Night is a hilarious and touching story of Buddy, an ambitious, wise-cracking comic who never quite makes the big time. A homage to the stand-up era of the 1950s and 60s and its dominant comedy scene featuring the likes of Jack Benny and Jerry Lewis, this highly original tale of a bygone comedian effortlessly mixes laugh-out loud comedy, humanity and real-life family drama. You could win a DVD of this affectionately funny and often moving film, courtesy of Arrow Films, by answering this question: Which review in New Classics features Charlotte Gainsbourg? Send your answer on the form below by 4 October 2010, and the best of luck.
KILA - SOISIN
 Soisín is the ninth studio album from traditional/fusion band Kíla. Portraying the band’s softer side, the album is entirely instrumental and features violin, saw, guitar, mandolin, flute, uilleann pipes, double bass and percussion. The music is slow and restful, sometimes melancholy, quite a change for a group better known for their up tempo live performances. Soisín shows both the exceptional musicianship of each of the band members and that Kila are very much connected to the invisible thread that ties generations of Irish musicians together. You could win a copy of Soisin, courtesy of Kila Records, by answering the following question: Who is the band’s flautist who wrote the tune Soisín? Send your answer on the form below by 27 September 2010.
STEPHEN DALE PETIT - THE CRAVE
 Singer, songwriter and guitar supremo Stephen Dale Petit grew up in Huntington Beach, a small surf town south of Los Angeles, where he met blues greats such as Albert King and B.B. King and performed in bars and clubs with bands ten years his senior. In the mid 1980’s, inspired by the British blues boom, he moved to London, playing with Phil May of the Pretty Things and with Eric Clapton. In late 2003, he began busking on the London Underground and released his debut album to great acclaim. The Crave is his follow-up and contains some ferocious, rocking New Blues monsters alongside classics by the likes of Robert Johnson, Fleetwood Mac, Little Willie John and Albert King. You could win a copy of The Crave by answering the following question: What is the name of Stephen Dale Petit’s first album? Send your answer on the form below by 3 October 2010.
SHRINK TO FIT, VOL 3 - RED BUE JEANS
 Rockabilly maestro Steve Hooker and friends such as Boz Boorer have been making great records for years, including Before the Rooster Crows and two earlier Shrink To Fit CDs: Blue Jean Boppers and Cotton Pickin’ Rockers. This brand-new album features more irresistible, toe-tapping rockers inspired by the likes of Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran. You could win a copy of Red Blue Jeans, courtesy of Slick O Rama, by answering the following question: Who wrote and performs the brilliant closing track instrumental, Wicked Blues? Send your answer on the form below by 17 September 2010.
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