Califone is a critically-acclaimed experimental folk band from Chicago. The band is named after Califone International, a long-standing manufacturer of audio equipment commonly found in schools, libraries and businesses. Califone is the musical project of former Red Red Meat frontman Tim Rutili. Its regular and rotating contributors include many former members of Red Red Meat and some members of other Chicago bands, such as Tortoise.
1. American indie band from Saint Louis. Has released album twelves.
Members: Theodore Moll: guitar, vocal, drums
Heather Dallape: guitar, vocal, bass 2. Dutch symphonic rockgroup.
Johan Bos - Drums
Bob Hoezen - Guitars
Enrico Versteegh - Bass
Joost den Hertog - Keyboards
Kees van Keulen - Vocals . During their first tour, singer Kees van Keulen was replaced by Jan Hoving. Later, keyboard player Joost den Hertog left the band and was replaced by Roland Jenster. In this lineup Bagheera recorded their second album.
Simon Finn is an English psych folk musician. Finn was born in 1951 in Surrey, moved to London in 1967, where his first performance was opening for Al Stewart at the Marquee Club in Soho. He released his Pass the Distance LP in 1970, which in later years attained legendary status as it was so hard to obtain. The album featured contributions from Rob Buckin, Paul Burwell, Ken Elliot, and David Toop.
Bad Braids is the Psychedelic Folk project of Megan Biscieglia hailing from Brooklyn, NY. An intimate tour de force that showcases Biscieglia’s haunting vocals and songwriting reaping with intricacy and flow. http://badbraids.bandcamp.com
Citizen Helene is a London-based singer, songwriter and guitarist originally from Dorset, England. Described as ‘baroque and beautiful’ by Darian Sahanaja (The Brian Wilson Band, Wondermints), Helene takes influences from 60's pop, psychedelic folk and jazz, resulting in a sound has been likened to that of Margo Guryan, Karen Carpenter and Joni Mitchell with English sensibilities, combining plaintive acoustic guitar with lush Beach Boys harmonies.
Avey Tare (born David Portner on April 24th, 1979) is a musician and founding member of Animal Collective. Avey Tare met Animal Collective's Deakin (Josh Dibb), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), and Geologist (Brian Weitz) in high school. For years, the four of them swapped homemade recordings, shared musical ideas and performed in different group configurations. Avey Tare recorded the Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished album with Panda Bear, and initially released the recording on the band's own Animal label in 2000.
Jacob's Pillow are a seven-piece Scottish folk-rock band. Since forming in Edinburgh in 2004, they have released a debut EP, Pathfinder, and are currently in the process of recording their first album. The music of Jacob's Pillow is a blend of many different styles, encompassing folk, rock, jazz, blues, psychedelia and Celtic fusion, and drawing on influences as diverse as The Incredible String Band, Led Zeppelin and King Crimson. Live performances often feature reworked and lengthened versions of songs, with extensive improvised sections.
Burkett has released 4 solo albums of 'internal psychedelic meanderings'-on his own label, 'Feather One's Nest'. His "Gold Cosmos' album getting the most attention as pre-dating(and some saying giving birth to) the "Free-Folk" movement with guests like Chris Corsano, Dredd Foole. MV, Six Organs of Admittance & others. He has a electronic-based live project (with Conrad Capistran from Sun-burned Hand) called 'Tarp'& is also a visual artist.
There are at least two artists with the name Rainman: 1. Rainman is the name of a soloproject by Frank Nuyens, a former member of the Dutch group Q' 65. He recorded the album 'Rainman' in 1971, a collection of songs influenced by British folkrock and songwriters from the American Westcoast. 2. For years, Rainman has been building serious skills on mic and decks alike, cementing his presence within the Brisbane and Sydney hip-hop scenes.
Official WebSite - > www.kentinjivek.com
You’ve got 10 releases in total, not everything is here.
http://heathenharvest.org/2011/10/01/kentin-jivek-ode-to-marmle/
Kentin Jivek is an artist from Paris France, and Ode to Marmæle is his 2010 follow-up to 2009′s wonderfully received Eight New Prophecies, where he managed to really begin to make a name for himself. His breakthrough didn’t come until the release of Ode to Marmæle though, receiving very positive attention from magazines like Judas Kiss and Ikonen, as well as one Mr.