Tenebrae is a London-based professional vocal ensemble founded in 2001 and directed by former King’s Singer Nigel Short. Its repertoire covers works from the 16th to the 21st centuries, able to combine in one long program pieces as diverse as Victoria’s Officium Defunctorum, secular and sacred motets for solo voices, and Talbot’s 2005 Path of […]
Voice of Baceprot
Voice of Baceprot (often abbreviated as VOB)—are an Indonesian all-female rock trio formed in Garut, West Java, in 2014. The group consists of Firda Marsya Kurnia (vocals and guitar), Widi Rahmawati (bass), and Euis Siti Aisyah (drums). They sing in English as well as Sundanese. The word baceprot means “noisy” in Sundanese. It is meant […]
The Small Faces
Small Faces were an English rock band from London, founded in 1965. The group originally consisted of Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones and Jimmy Winston, with Ian McLagan replacing Winston as the band’s keyboardist in 1966. McLagan played his first performance with the band in November 1965. The new Small Faces line-up hit the […]
Elthin
Elthin are a professional Czech ensemble specialized in music from the Middle-Ages and Renaissance, who were founded in 2006. They regularly perform in the context of historical festivals and private events in the Czech Republic and abroad (Slovakia, Germany, Sweden, France). Although the exact reconstruction of Medieval music as it was played back then is […]
Holy Moly and the Crackers
For a band that have from the outset been pegged as ‘folk-rock’, Newcastle’s Holy Moly & The Crackers sure have come a long way in their sound and their approach. They’ve been a fierce live proposition for a decade now and released three studio albums that have seen their songs evolve from festival-friendly folky-stomps to […]
Perfidia
“Perfidia” (Spanish for “perfidy”, meaning faithlessness, treachery or betrayal) is a 1939 Spanish-language song written by Mexican composer and arranger Alberto Dominguez (1906–1975). In Spanish, the lyrics conjure up a state of darkness and despair, part of a style known colloquially as “canciones corta-venas,” or songs to slit your wrists by. It describes a man […]
L’Arpeggiata
L’Arpeggiata is a European early music group led by Christina Pluhar, and founded by her in 2000. The group has presented both traditional early music and also several collaged and themed performances and recordings. The group focuses on Italian, French and English music from the 17th century. In their music, they often use instrumental improvisations, […]
Dorothy Donegan
Dorothy Donegan was a classically trained American jazz pianist and occasional vocalist, primarily known for performing stride and boogie-woogie, as well as bebop, swing, and classical. Donegan was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, and began studying piano in 1928. She took her first lessons from Alfred N. Simms, a West Indian pianist who also […]
Julia Andersson
Julia Andersson blends emotional compositions and explorative improvisations to express her inner self through the acoustic piano. Since getting her start studying classical music as a child, she has gone on to incorporate jazz, ambient, and neo-classical influences to create a meandering style that speaks directly to the heart. Raised in Finland, Julia first attracted […]
Constantinople
Inspired by the ancient city illuminating the East and West, Constantinople was founded in 2001 in Montreal by its artistic director, Kiya Tabassian. Constantinople aims to anchor music’s place in the heart of our community and encourage cross-cultural musical making and exchanges among artists from around the world. Since its founding, the ensemble promotes the […]