Impressions
The correct name for this artist/band is The Impressions. Please fix your tags
The correct name for this artist/band is The Impressions. Please fix your tags
After 6 years of relentless gigging, New Groove Formation have qualified as one of the UK’s most entertaining and energetic live acts on the underground festival and club circuit. NGF have supported old school legends like, Bad Manners, Neville Staples, The Beat and Ska Ville UK alongside more recent and up and coming bands such as the Dead 60s, Imperial Leisure and many more. They have graced the stages of many underground parties and festivals; Sunrise Celebration, Beautiful Days...
Reggie Watts is a multitalented Seattle based musician and perfomance artist. He is the lead singer of soul funk band Maktub and often collaborates with jam band, funk, and improvising musicians including Skerik, Wayne Horvitz, and PK. Most recently he has had a succesful act doing improv comedy.
Described as "Reggie Watts: Supercomedian. Faster than a speeding punchline" (Seattle Times), Reggie Watts regularly performs to thrilled crowds throughout the US and Europe.
The Holmes Brothers are Sherman Holmes (bassist/vocalist), Wendell Holmes (guitarist/pianist/vocalist) and Popsy Dixon (drummer/vocalist). For more info take a look at their profile in Alligator record label.
Screaming Citizens are a four-piece groove funk rock band, with a flute. The four members, Scott, Frazer, Kevin and Jake come from Llandudno (North Wales), Liverpool and Manchester. Brothers Scott McDonald (lead vocal and flute) and Fraser McDonald (guitar and vocal) met Kevin Mooney (bass guitar) in John Bright secondary school in Llandudno and later met Jake Woodward (drums) when gigging at The Cavern Club in Liverpool.
There is a number of artists known as "George" ...the 3 most notable are: 1) An Australian group, with sibling members, Katie Noonan & Tyrone Noonan - both classically-trained musician / vocalists. They have released two albums, the first of which was the multi-platinum, ARIA-award-winning album, Polyserena, and eight EPs / singles. 2) A Manchester, UK duo of Suzy Mangion & Michael Varty. Both of them play the instruments no one else wants - old keyboards and organs, Christmas presents from the Eighties, from charity shops, corners at parties.
Grubb comes up when Ignacio Vecino (songwriter, vocal and guitar in the band) writes a lot of songs in his house and decides to form a band. That's how Ignacio Vecino and Manuel Souto (drums) got together. Martin Garcia (bass); Miguel Campal (guitar, keyboard, vocal); Manuel Contreras (keyboard) would join them later, and in a few songs the colaboration of Leonardo Mendez (sax). In the beggining of 2008 the band gets solid and they start giving their first shows, recording some demos, with songs like
Claudio Fiore is a producer, writer and musician creating many styles of music. He has been a drummer for many years and now exclusively uses Roland V-Drums, ProMark sticks and Meinl percussion. The styles of music he produces are mostly electronic based including electronica, ambient, house, trance, chillout, dance, electro, lounge and downtempo but also funk, rock, pop and much more... Claudio has been releasing music since 2011 under the Sweet Sounds label and now under his own label Squirrel Sounds.
"Sampology is one mega creative dude - his live show is wicked!" DJ Yoda 2010 “Sampology makes me wanna break dance” – Peaches
"The dexterity of DJ Sampology at his turntables impresses more than any amount of aerial business, enhanced by screens which offer a bird's eye view of his flying hands, alternating with amusing sampled visuals." The Independent, UK
To say Sampology has a bright future ahead of him is an understatement.
Michael Henderson (July 7, 1951-present) is a bassist and vocalist best known for his work with Miles Davis in the early 1970s, providing a deep funky groove to early fusion albums such as A Tribute to Jack Johnson, Pangaea (album), and Live-Evil. He was the only musician to play with Miles in both phases of his electric period, starting in 1970 at the age of 18 and continuing until Miles's semi-retirement in 1976.