Blues

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Lila is a young girl from Austria who performs melancholic Rock/Pop.
2) Lila is an experimental-acoustic band originally from Tokyo, Japan. The band is named after the the lead singer's dead cat. Lila was first formed in 2004 and is the main project of two high school students, Gene Fukui(singer) and Sakiko Suga(guitarist).
Lila released their first EP, "FIREFLY EATS THE ROBOT", in May 2007. They are the collaboration of teenage angst and the tontemporary indie requiem - having a delicate balance of melancholy and hopefulness.

Syl Johnson (b. July 1, 1936) is an American blues and soul singer and music producer. Born Sylvester Thompson in Holly Springs, Mississippi, Johnson sang and played with blues artists Magic Sam, Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells and Howlin' Wolf in the 1950s, before recording with Jimmy Reed for Vee-Jay in 1959. He made his solo debut that same year with Federal, a subsidiary of King Records of Cincinnati, backed by Freddie King on guitar.

Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003) was an American songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity. His primary instrument was the guitar, but he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, bass, drums and harmonica. Smith had a distinctive vocal style characterized by his "whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery" and use of multi-tracking to create vocal harmonies.

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