Los Campesinos
Los Campesinos are a Peruvian band. In 1997 they contributed to a compilation entitled Voices of Latin America. In 1998 they collaborated with the band Los Indios to produce a record entitled Latin American Folklore Favourites.
For the similarly named UK indie pop band (punctuated with an exclamation point), see Los Campesinos! (and if necessary fix your tags).
Stacey Solomon
Stacey Solomon is a finalist on series 6 of The X Factor. She is 19 years old and a single mother from Dagenham. She auditioned in London, singing 'Wonderful World'. She is currently in the Girls Group, being mentored by Dannii Minogue. She is now not only the last remaining girl in the girls category, but the only girl left in the competition also. Stacey is currently through to the quarter finals stage of the competition and in the final of the show. She is battling Joe McElderry and Olly Murs to win the show on Saturday 12th December.
Pollyanna
Pollyanna is the name of two musical artists : *Existing in the mid to late 90s, but still popular today, Pollyanna were an Australian indie/alternative rock band. The band consisted of, at various times, Matt Handley, Maryke Stapleton, Ace Moley, Andy Strachan, Shaun Lohoar, Glenn Maynard and Serge Luca.
see here: http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=1551
They were originally a Sydney band but then later relocated to Melbourne (in 1997).
Smudge
Please be aware that the tracks StayFeelregret, Flatline and Lock and Load are by Smudge (UK).. please head over to http://www.last.fm/music/Smudge+UK for their profile. Sorry for any inconvenience! Thankyou Smudge Australia
Smudge is a pop band which formed in Sydney, Australia in 1991. The group is fronted by vocalist and guitarist, Tom Morgan who co-authored The Lemonheads breakthrough 1992 album It's A Shame About Ray as well as a number of other hits for that group.
Tim Finn
Tim Finn started as a member of New Zealand's art-rock pioneers, Split Enz, and eventually emerged as one of the band's chief songwriters and most recognizable voices. He has also released a number of solo albums, and was for a time a member of brother Neil Finn's band Crowded House. He and Neil have also released two albums to date as Finn Brothers.
Vengaboys
Vengaboys are a eurodance band that came to prominence in 1997. They were formed by Dutch DJ's Danski (Dennis van den Driesschen) and Delmondo (Wessel van Diepen), who toured Spanish beach parties in a bus. They formed in 1992 and gained four dancers during 1995-96. Some of their most successful singles include "Uncle John from Jamaica", "We're Going to Ibiza", "Boom Boom Boom Boom" and "We Like to Party".
Ellie Lawson
After a year on Atlantic Records and living in NYC for two years Ellie just released her 2nd album with tracks produced by Jony Rockstar (Sugababes) Future Cut (Lily Allen) and Yoad Nevo (Jem). Ellie is sponsored by Quiksilver and is marketed and promoted in Europe, USA and Australia. She previously released her album with Barnes & Noble’s exclusive distribution and had a song on the compilation album 'wake Up everybody' produced by Russell Simmons and Babyface.
Swing
Swing (Hong Kong group) Swing is Eric Kwok and Jerald Chan. First period (1999-2002) Eric always set composer, arranger and producer all in himself. In order to learn the skills of produce in his debut period, Eric decided to be a singer, but he didn't want solo, so he teamed up "Snowman" with Jerald Chan(Chen Zhe Lu) under EMI. They released the first EP "Snowman" in 1999 with co-supervise. Famous musician Danny Chung as their vocal producer.
Lake Forest
Guitarist of White Guilt playing fuzzed out country music. http://lakeforest.bandcamp.com