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François Virot

François Virot is a rare bird, who belongs to that endangered kind of musicians that are so devoted to their art that they never care to spend some time at home. You may not know it yet, but in the last few years, this hyperactive musician originating from the city of Lyon (he also plays the drums with his brother Charles in the ballistic noise pop trio Clara Clara) spent more time on the road than your three favorite bands put together… And together with the zillions of Clara Clara records, our boy found the time to fiddle...

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Burt Bacharach

Bacharach studied music at McGill University and the Mannes School of Music. In the 1950s and the early 1960s he was the pianist, arranger and bandleader for Marlene Dietrich with whom he toured. He teamed with lyricist Hal David and others to write many popular songs in the 1960s and 1970s. Bacharach's music has been sung by a number of popular singers including The Beatles,The Carpenters, Aretha Franklin, Jack Jones, Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Luther Vandross and The Drifters. He met Dionne Warwick, with whom he would form a famed collaboration.

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lifetime achievement award

Songwriters Hall of Fame

Music to warm the heart and hands

oh the sweet swingin sounds of my youth

entertainment value underestimated

so positive

MINCHIA CHE DISCO FIGO

butch cassidy and sundance kid

baroque and chamber pop

loads and loads of songs

Glamorous World

saccharine overground

play list for darlings

jewish entertainment genealogy

not nearly played enough

2011

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Stereo Total

Stereo Total are an indie/electrorock duo which formed in 1993 in Berlin, Germany. The group consists of Françoise Cactus (from France, drums and vocals) and Brezel Göring (guitar, synthesizer, sampler). The band's 1999 single "I Love You, Ono" (a cover of "I Love You, Oh No!" by Plastics) was famously used in an American commercial for Dell Computers in 2009. The Berlin duo STEREO TOTAL has created a colourful and fascinating universe.

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Offspring

The Offspring is an American rock band formed in 1984 in Huntington Beach, California. The band is credited, along with fellow California punk bands Green Day and Rancid, with reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid-1990s. To date The Offspring have released eight studio albums, one compilation, four EPs and three DVDs. They have sold over 50 million albums worldwide, making them the second best-selling punk act of all time. ]

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Care

There are two different artists named Care. 1: CARE is a lo-fi pop band hailing from Grand Rapids, MI. Their album Yellow Trumpet Comforter Swan can be found at http://care.bandcamp.com/ 2: Care was an alternative pop duo formed by Paul Simpson and Ian Broudie in 1983 in Liverpool, England. The band released a string of singles in the '80s under Broudie's production-moniker Kingbird (via Arista) but broke up without releasing an album.

Seb Sebastian

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Coma

There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Coma is a Polish alternative rock band, founded in 1998 in Łódź by Dominik Witczak (guitar) and Tomasz Stasiak (drums). The first album "Pierwsze Wyjście z Mroku" was released in 2004. After winning the Rock Festival in Węgorzewo the band became very popular in Poland. The second album, "Zaprzepaszczone Siły Wielkiej Armii Świętych Znaków" was released in May 2006.

Flashguns

An exciting London/Brighton quartet. Sam Johnston (Vocals and Guitar,) songwriter, fuses fast, disjointed tunes with dark, Audenesque lyrics and "plaintive vocals" (Steve Lamacq.) Rich, textural organ riffs (Oli Wright) lend a mysterious, almost haunting tone to the songs, Olly Scanlon's intricate bass lines are integral to the music whilst all the above is held together with time keeper Giles Robinson on drums adds the trade mark raw, lightening speed.

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Eric Idle

Eric Idle is the composer of most Monty Python songs (along with Neil Innes) such as the Python anthem "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" (which is also played after Iron Maiden's shows). His outstanding linguistic ability have earned him the name "Master of the One-Liner". During his time at Cambridge, Eric served as the president of the famous Cambridge Footlights Dramatic Club. Before Monty Python's Flying Circus...

Serendipity

Serendipity (1981 - 1981) Serendipity was a rock based, ensemble from Leicester, United Kingdom. Created in response to raise money for the ‘Menphys’ charity organisation, members from various outfits joined together to perform. Members were: Sid & Kelv from Companionable Ills, Dave Brown of The Attitude fame, Steve Hutchinson on keyboards and Chris Owen on guitar and vocals.

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