Faeland: Folk-inspired acoustic song medicine to soothe mind and spirit. Faeland’s music has been described as “soul balm”, “ethereal” and “worldly yet otherworldly”. Their debut album All My Swim attracted widespread acclaim – it was championed by BBC 6 Music and BBC Introducing amongst others. At its core are singer-songwriter Rebecca Nelson and guitarist / […]
The Sitwell-Walton Façade – An Entertainment
The “entertainment” Façade, in which Sitwell’s poems are recited over an instrumental accompaniment by Walton, was first given privately in the Sitwell family’s London house in January 1922. The first public performance was given at the Aeolian Hall, London, in June 1923. On both occasions, the author recited the verse and the composer conducted the […]
Modern English
Modern English are an English new wave/post punk band formed in 1979 in Colchester, Essex. With Robbie Grey (vocals), Gary McDowell (guitar, vocals), and Michael Conroy (bass, vocals), Modern English were originally known as The Lepers. The group expanded to “Modern English” when Richard Brown (drums) and Stephen Walker (keyboards) were added to the lineup […]
Silenzium
Silenzium was created in 2004 by young musicians from Novosibirsk Philharmonic Society. Silenzium is a classical string quartet with the addition of a contrabass and a drum set, which breaks all the stereotypes about a traditional sound of a string band. They came up with such a sonorous name thanks to one poem by Tyutchev […]
The Liverbirds
The Liverbirds were an English all-female rock band from Liverpool, active between 1963 and 1968. The group consisted of vocalist and guitarist Valerie Gell, guitarist and vocalist Pamela Birch, bassist and vocalist Mary McGlory, and drummer Sylvia Saunders. They were one of the very few female bands on the Mersey Beat scene, as well as […]
Ricchi e Poveri
Ricchi e Poveri (“The Rich and The Poor”) is an Italian pop group formed in Genoa in 1967, originally consisting of Angela Brambati, Angelo Sotgiu, Franco Gatti and Marina Occhiena. The band got their name from Roman songwriter Franco Califano who once joked that they were “spiritually rich and financially poor”. The quartet earned its […]
Dschinghis Khan
Dschinghis Khan is a German Eurodisco band. It was originally formed in Munich in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. The original group consisted of six members: Louis Hendrik Potgieter, Edina Pop, Henriette Strobel, Wolfgang Heichel, Leslie Mándoki, and Steve Bender. Dschinghis Khan was managed by German producer Ralph Siegel and choreographed by […]
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud are a British pop girl group that was created through the ITV talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. The line up consisted of members Cheryl Tweedy, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. The concept of the programme, hosted by Big Brother presenter Davina McCall, was to produce a boyband […]
Minnie Riperton
Minnie Riperton was an American soul singer and songwriter best known for her five-octave vocal range, and her use of the whistle register. Born in 1947, Riperton grew up in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighbourhood on the South Side. As a child, she studied music, drama and dance at Chicago’s Abraham Lincoln Centre. In her teen years, […]
Deluxe
Deluxe is a French band formed in 2007. They were discovered by the band Chinese Man in 2007 where they were performing in Aix-en-Provence on public streets. Deluxe started as 3 childhood friends who were passionate about music, and eventually became a group of five after adding Soubri and Pepe to the lineup in 2007. […]