New project of Erland Cooper and Simon Tong (Erland and the Carnival) together with singer/arranger Hannah Peel. Album «Orkney: Symphony Of The Magnetic North» out May 2012 on Full Time Hobby.
Clue to Kalo is a folktronica band from Adelaide, Australia. Originally a pseudonym for singer / producer Mark Mitchell, who still writes all of the material, the Clue To Kalo live band is a 3-piece. They have toured with Her Space Holiday and Architecture in Helsinki. Mark previously recorded as Super Science.
Donna Summer (born 31 December 1948, died 17 May 2012) was one of seven children raised by devout Christian parents. She sang in church, and in her teens joined a funk group called The Crow, so named because Donna was the only black member of the group. At eighteen, Gaines left home and school to audition for a role in the cast of the Broadway musical, Hair (1968). Unsuccessful in getting the part in the Broadway show (Melba Moore got the role)...
Cult of Luna are a Swedish Sludge/Post-Metal band formed in 1998 in Umeå, Sweden by guitarist/vocalist Johannes Persson and vocalist Klas Rydberg. After some member hunting and rehearsals CoL had its first line-up consisting of: Klas Rydberg, Johannes Persson, Magnus Lindberg, Erik Olofsson and Fredrik Renstrom. After a short period of time, Fredrik had to leave due to some personal difficulties.
Jenny Said Yes will be playing at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town on the 25th January. Jenny Said Yes claim to write music that resonates with Londoners. The line up is Dora Lam on lead vocals, acoustic guitar, glockenspiel, Ben Todd on guitars and backing vocals, Adrian Barker on bass guitar and backing vocals, and Jane Cocklin on drum kit and percusssion. They can regularly be seen and heard in the north London area where they formed, (they initially rehearsed at the infamous "Alexander House", Tufnell Park).
There are 2 bands called Minima 1)Minima is an electronic music project from São Paulo, Brasil, formed by Renato Patriarca (aka Dubhead) and Felipe Vazquez.
Minima has released tracks in vinyl, cd and digital format by labels as Craft Music, Leutral Recordings, Axum Music, System Records, Lo Kik Records and Tropic Records (the prolific Brazilian electronic music label), with support from many DJs around the world.
Red Priest is one of the major success stories on the international early music scene today. Named after the flame-haired priest, Antonio Vivaldi, this extraordinary English ensemble has redefined the art of baroque music performance, combining the fruits of extensive research with swashbuckling virtuosity, creative re-composition, heart-on-sleeve emotion and compelling stagecraft. The group performs largely from memory, allowing an operatic level of freedom and interaction, and its programs are drawn from myriad baroque sources to create a kaleidoscopic range of moods and colours.
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Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra, is an American Afrobeat band from the Lower East Side of New York City, formed in 2001 by songwriter/producer Ray Lugo. Along with The Daktaris and Antibalas, they form part of the early New York Afrobeat scene that ignited the genre’s current global revival. ==Name Origin== The band's name, (pronounced kohːkohːloh), was taken from a 1970's term used in Spanish Harlem and parts of the Caribbean, often as a pejorative, to describe Latinos of African descent who were fans of Afro music.
The American Scene is a four piece indie band from Berkeley, CA.
Their new album, Safe For Now, was released on August 7th 2012 via Pure Noise Records. Charles Vincent // Drums
Matt Vincent // Vocals, Bass
Chris Purtill // Guitar
Jeff Wright // Guitar, Vocals www.facebook.com/theamericanscene