Kome Kome Club is a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1982 which achieved commercial success by blending soul and funk musical styles. They also use the style of rakugo which is a form of Japanese verbal entertainment. The lone storyteller sits on a raised platform. Using only a paper fan and a small cloth […]
Casual Choir
Since 2012, Roisin Savage has headed up The Line Up Choir, a contemporary music choir. Through her work, she regularly heard from people who wanted the experience of singing in a choir, but couldn’t commit to turning up to rehearsals every week due to work or family commitments. More recently, she decided to discover if […]
Sadistic Mika Band
Sadistic Mika Band was a Japanese rock band formed in 1972. Its name is a parody of the late 60s band Plastic Ono Band. Produced by Masatoshi Hashiba on Toshiba-EMI Records, the band was led by guitarist Kazuhiko Kato and singer Mika Fukui, who were a married couple at the time. The word “sadistic” is […]
Moyun
Guzheng player Moyun (@墨韵 Moyun Official) is famous for her pop song covers on Bilibili, China’s version of Youtube. Her videos have received millions of views since her first upload in 2014, a cover of the hit Japanese song “Senbonzakura.” 墨韵Moyun (also called “墨韵随步摇“) is a music creator who is producing Chinese Zither (Guzheng) cover. […]
The Andrews Sisters
Today we are really travelling back in time. Looking through YouTube you will find that many modern groups will cover songs orginally made famous by the Andrews Sisters, so today we shall celebrate the originals. The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie woogie eras. The group consisted […]
fripSide
fripSide is a Japanese pop and trance duo originally formed by composer Satoshi Yaginuma (Sat) and singer Nao in February 2002. In a 2008 interview, Satoshi said that he was a fan of TM Network and its member Tetsuya Komuro in his elementary and junior high school days and began to produce his music at […]
NiNi Music
Nini grew up in Taichung, Taiwan and has played and studied Chinese Traditional Folk instruments for over 20 years beginning at the age of 4. She has toured Europe, the USA, Canada, China, Japan, and all of her home island playing in orchestral as well as rock settings. Nini is now on a journey to […]
Stringspace
Stringspace from Australia, are an interesting attempt to combine a string orchestra and a jazz band, although they can and do operate separately. They were established in 2003 by musician Lucie Miller. Her interest and mission are to provide extremely high quality & vibrant musicians for events. Lucie is from a family of third-generation professional […]
Cab Calloway
Cabell “Cab” Calloway III was an American jazz singer, dancer, bandleader and actor. In 1927, Calloway joined his older sister, Blanche Calloway, on tour for the popular black musical revue Plantation Days. Calloway spent most of his nights at Chicago’s Dreamland Café, Sunset Cafe, and Club Berlin, performing as a singer, drummer, and master of […]
London 2
A second visit to London for another selection of songs. “London Boys” is a song by English glam rock act T. Rex. It was released a single in 1976 by record label T. Rex Wax Co. The track was not released on an album, but was originally intended to feature in Bolan’s aborted rock operas […]