Rock

The son of Palestinian and Filipino immigrants (and the first American in his family), Hanni El Khatib grew up in San Francisco and was obsessed with classic Americana and pop culture of the 1950s and 60s. Influenced by pioneers of early Rock and R&B, the multi-instrumentalist serves as singer, songwriter & producer for his one-man band (live he is joined by drummer Nicky Fleming-Yaryan) mixing a unique sound of ‘50/’60s blues, soul, garage rock & doo whop. Or in Hanni’s words “these songs were written for anyone who’s ever been shot or hit by a train.

Dean Wareham (born Michael Dean Wareham, August 1, 1963) is an American musician, who formed the band Galaxie 500 in 1987. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Wareham moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia, before settling in New York City in 1977. Wareham attended high school at Dalton School in New York, and then attended Harvard University, where he graduated with a B.A. in Social Studies. He left Galaxie 500 in April, 1991 and founded the band Luna. Since Luna's breakup in 2005, Wareham has released albums with fellow Luna bandmate (and wife) Britta Phillips (see Dean and Britta).

Loscoe state opera are a underground band who play folk and world music.

London's contemporary Heavy Rock/Metal Mistro's Kyrbgrinder - signed to ledgendary metal label MAUSOLEUM Records have been supported by UKUNSIGNED Rock since 2005. They have done over 150 gigs in 2006 with some hig profile festivals included in their line up - The Bull Dog Bash Bikers Festival, Bloodstock, Rocking Beer Fest being some of the hig profile gigs. Johanne James- Kyrbgrinder's 'front man'...