Sam Larner was a Norfolk folk singer of english traditional songs and because of his life long job as a fisherman, fishing songs and traditional sea-faring songs. He was born in 1878 in Winterton, Norfolk and was recorded by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger in Norfolk between 1958-60.
Drew may refer to the following artists: 1) The guy who draws toothpaste for dinner. 2) A pop rock accoustic band from Jakarta, Indonesia 3) A hip-hop musician from Houston, TX. 4) Drew Ryniewicz, a contestant participating in the current season of The X Factor USA.
2) Drew is a 4-man (Aji Yudo - Guitar, Sashilia Gandarum - Vocal, Putra Praditya - Drums, Shanda Singgih - Bass) band that plays pop music with a significant acoustic touch.
"Well crafted flowing melodic songs, a must for fans of Missy Higgins, Tracy Chapman, KT Tunstall, Kristin Hersh, Jose Gonzalez" 'Influx 2010'
WELCOME TO THE IDOLINS.
(pronounced EYEDOLLINS) Karen Smalley-Turner and Claudine West met while playing acoustic music at an 'open mic night' in Nottingham,. Then life, death and fate, took its course.. The creation of acoustic, folk, pop Band. The Idolins. Karen the principle songwriter, vocalist and guitarist. Claudine a multi-instrumentalist. In 2010 Guitarist vocalist Nick Scott became the 3rd official member.
From Wikipedia: Frankie Stubbs (Frankie Norman Warsaw Stubbs) is a British singer-songwriter best known for his work with punk-band Leatherface, who has also produced records for many noted underground groups. In the early 1990’s Leatherface were one of a small group of home grown bands that the UK music press deemed fit to cover alongside the grunge bands flooding in from the United States. This was in no small part down to the bands second album ‘Mush’ from 1991, which is regarded by many as a classic.
Jay Jay Pistolet is singer-songwriter Justin James Hayward-Young, formerly of the Eldora Parade. Pistolet is from the New Forest, but is now London-based. He has played supporting Noah and the Whale, Slow Club and Katie Melua, and performs either solo or with his backing band (featuring Mumford And Sons singer Marcus Mumford).
He generally plays the guitar, but also ventures out with a mandolin or piano.
The Guardian recently featured him in its New band of the day section. He has released one single, We Are Free (on Chess Club Records) and one EP, Happy Birthday You (on Stiff Records),
Steffen Basho-Junghans (born 1953) is a German guitarist and composer. He was born in North Thuringia in the former German Democratic Republic (aka East Germany). At the age of 17 he taught himself to play acoustic guitar and in 1978 formed the folk band Wacholder. In 1979, influenced by the American guitarist Leo Kottke, he began performing solo instrumental music on 6- and 12-string guitar. Throughout the 1980s he became influenced by artists on John Fahey's Takoma Records label.
Forest Fire, from Brooklyn NY, is a 4-piece indie/folk/rock band featuring Mark Thresher, Myisha Battle, Adam Spittler, and Jeremiah Stewart, whose sound is best described as "homegrown hymns for those with no religion." Their first release, the Psychic Love Star EP, was released on Catbird Records in early 2007. *There is also a different band called Forest Fire. In the beginning it was the lightning-fast guitar work, M-80 drum solos and a simmering bass that kept the flames stoked for Forest Fire.
Winter in Montréal is Love Shark and her father's old strat. Drenched in reverb and borne of the banality of the melancholy of youth, she sings and slows down delays.
Since 1981, Sir Richard Bishop has been traveling the spaceways as 1/3 of Ethno-Improv Pioneers, Sun City Girls. The Girls have released nearly 100 albums and tapes over the last 25 years, and have managed to perplex, amaze and alienate their audiences (as planned). Though they tour on rare occasions, they spend much of their time in the recording studio, working on writing & film projects, and exploring what's left of the planetary system, not necessarily in that order.
The Cruel Sea is a multi-ARIA Award winning 90s Australian rock/blues outfit. Originally an instrumental band focused on surf sounds, the addition of vocalist Tex Perkins (also a member of The Beasts Of Bourbon and a solo artist) proved an inspired decision. Combining the charismatic Perkins with the highly talented musicians created an unstoppable force through much of the 90s. Members of the band continue to perform, though with the exception of Perkins, most activity is fairly low key.