Northern Lights can refer to two different groups: (1) Northern Lights was the name used by the supergroup of Canadian musicians who were gathered by the music talent manager Bruce Allen in 1985 to record the single "Tears Are Not Enough". (2) An American progressive bluegrass band founded in 1975 by Taylor Armerding, Dan Marcus, Marty Sachs, and Bob Emery. == Northern Lights (Canadian supergroup) ==
Mary Black is an Irish singer. She was born on 23rd May 1955, in Dublin, to a musical family. Her father had been a fiddler, her mother a singer, and her brothers have their own group. She sang in her family's group in her youth. She went on to play in other groups including the traditional Irish band De Dannan from 1984-1986. After 1986 she had a successful solo career where she went on to try contemporary styles ranging from jazz to country. She was named "Best Female Artist" in the IRMA poll in 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994 and 1996.
The Booze Brothers are a rock/blues band from Sweden. Albums:
1998 Evil Morning Blues
2000 On The Rocks
2004 Live... with the Wolf Island Horns!
Hailing from the Isle of Skye, the Peatbog Faeries are one of the leading bands in the new interpretation of traditional Scottish music.
Crossing so many genres that they become extremely hard to define. A good effort (one of their own I think), is psychedelic bagpipe funk.
Not to be confused with 'tartan techno'!
Son of the famous Clare fiddler PJ Hayes, Martin Hayes is both a tradition bearer of the Clare fiddle style and a great innovator and artist in his own right. Hayes is known for his dreamy style in the studio and a more frenetic aproach to live performance. Hayes cites Kevin Burke as a major influence.
Colorama are the brainchild of Carwyn Ellis, a Welsh wonder who has performed or collaborated with the likes of Edwyn Collins, Oasis, UNKLE, Shane MacGowan and Pete Molinari to name just a few. The band only started playing together in July '08 and are already definitely one to watch. Colorama's debut album Cookie Zoo has already had a Japan release to giddy critical acclaim, and their newly released first single, 'Sound' is an instant psych pop classic - a perfect introduction into a sonic world you won't wanna leave.
Alasdair Fraser is recognized throughout the world not only as one of the finest fiddle-players Scotland has ever produced, but also as someone whose name is synonymous with the vibrant cultural renaissance which is transforming the Scottish musical scene
More than one group seem to share this name. 1) An '80s fusion group that recorded for Columbia, and whose style mixed light pop, rock and some jazz influence. Bassist Skúli Sverrisson played with them in the early '90's.
2) Hardcore band from Ambler (that is still active (2009) . 3) A 70's Tribute from the UK, playing classic rock, funk, soul & reggae
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