Singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer Darius Mileris ("Nojus") and drummer Asta Mil formed alternative folkrock band NOJUS in 2001, when both moved to Ireland from Lithuania after band AIRIJA, they were in and recorded 5 albums since 1992, disbanded. Still being in band Airija, Nojus recorded two acoustic solo albums "Name" (1998) and "East" (2000). In 2002 and 2006 respectively, albums "Saugok" ("Save") and "Am
Francesca Beard was born in Kuala Lumpar and grew up in Penang. She now lives in London and is a performance poet and lyricist. She has toured for the British Council in Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Colombia and works extensively as a workshop leader, particularly in schools. She is currently touring her one-woman show, Chinese Whispers, in conjunction with Apples and Snakes and Jericho Productions, and her work has been published in various magazines and anthologies, with a self-published collection, Cheap, in its fifth imprint.
Randall can also refer to solo works by composer and guitarist Dave Randall, who has also been a member of bands Slovo and Faithless. It can refer to the above 'Dave' Randall, but really all the 90's crew remember the real Randall.....
Stylah is a South East London rapper and describes himself as a black Arab. He is a member of Poisonous Poets which consists of Lowkey, Tony D, Therapist, Doc Brown, Reveal, DJ Snips and Stylah. He is also a member of the international Catch 22 network started by Kool G Rap which includes Immortal Technique, Ruff Ryders producer Elite, Scram Jones, Lowkey, DJ Snips and many more.
There are several artists called James Wright:
1. James Wright is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet.
2. James Wright is a multi-genre musician from Northern Ireland who used to write music under the alias 'Paranoid'. His music is often in the style of electronic, mostly ambient.
3. James Wright is a British experimental rock musician who had previously worked under the name 'G
Red Sky Coven came into existence one rainy night in Bradford, Yorkshire, England and consist of Justin Sullivan from New Model Army, multi talented artist Joolz, Folk singer Rev Hammer and Brett Selby. Theirs is a very creative mix between music, poetry and cabaret. http://www.newmodelarmy.org/News_RedSky.htm
Roger McGough, born November 9th 1937, is a Liverpudlian poet who first gained recognition in the sixties as part of the "Mersey Sound" group of poets. He formed Scaffold with Mike McGear and John Gorman, who had a number one hit in 1968 with Lily The Pink. He was also involved in the film Yellow Submarine, and in the Beatles spoof, All You Need Is Cash, documenting the life of imaginary band The Rutles. In 1978 Roger released a musical version of his popular 1967 book, Summer With Monika.
Attila the Stockbroker is a punk rock performance poet and songwriter, he did the first of approximately 2,700 gigs in 19 countries (to date!) on Sept 8 1980, and he's very proud to have earned his living doing what he loves for over 25 years. As for what he's going to do here, well, first of all he's put up some songs/poems, a few for free download. He posts many of the gigs as well, but for a full list you're better off going to his myspace page or website. He's on here as a listener too - attilastockbrok - some good recommendations there!
Matt Dalby is a poet and writer based in Manchester, UK since 2002. In 2008 he started to turn away from the more usual spoken-word style of poetry performance in favour of sound poetry. His technique normally involves looping his voice, either to build up many layers of sound and a lot of volume, or to establish a rhythm over which other vocal sounds can happen. In January 2009 Matt Dalby announced his intention to release one CD-R of sound poetry every month for the whole year.