Per Se is a poetic pop music group from Hong Kong, founded in 2012. The phrase “per se” means “fundamental, intrinsic” in Latin, which means that their music can be self-explanatory, and they hope not to use the name of the group to frame the style and boundaries of their creation. Members Sandy and Stephen […]
HAGANE
HAGANE was founded in June 2018 in the Japanese capital Tokyo by bassist Sayaka, who had recently graduated from high school. The original line-up consisted of singer Chiemi, the two guitarists Sakura and Mayto, bassist Sayaka and drummer Kanako Takahashi. However, singer Chiemi left the band the following year and was replaced by Uyu on […]
Dr. Strangely Strange
Dr. Strangely Strange are an Irish experimental folk group, formed in Dublin in 1967 by Tim Booth (vocals and guitar), and Ivan Pawle (bass and keyboards). After playing an initial 1967 Trinity College gig with guitarist Humphrey Weightman, and some 1968 gigs with keyboard player/vocalist Brian Trench, Booth and Pawle teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Tim […]
The Battle of Evermore
“The Battle of Evermore” is a folk duet sung by Robert Plant and Sandy Denny, included on Led Zeppelin’s untitled 1971 album, commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV. The song was written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant at Headley Grange while Page was experimenting on John Paul Jones’s mandolin. Page explained in 1977 that […]
I Can’t Tell You Why
“I Can’t Tell You Why” is a song by the American rock band The Eagles that appeared on their 1979 album The Long Run. It was written by band members Timothy B. Schmit, Glenn Frey and Don Henley. Recorded in March 1978, it was the first song finished for the album and the first Eagles […]
Alicia Edelweiss
Alicia Edelweiss is an Anglo-Austrian musician based in Vienna. She started her musical career as a street musician and travelled all over Europe for two years, setting off at the age of 19. On her quest for freedom and travelling without any money, she pretty soon discovered her passion and talent for music – back then solely armed […]
The Beths
The Beths are a New Zealand indie rock band, formed in Auckland in 2014. The group principally consists of lead vocalist Elizabeth Stokes, guitarist Jonathan Pearce, bassist Benjamin Sinclair, and drummer Tristan Deck. Elizabeth Stokes and Jonathan Pearce originally met in high school, and they met both Benjamin Sinclair and Ivan Luketina-Johnston when all four […]
Zoe Gotusso
Zoe Gotusso is an Argentine singer and songwriter from Cordoba. She gained recognition as one of the members of the duo Salvapantallas and later as a solo artist, releasing her debut solo album Mi Primer Día Triste in 2020. Gotusso began her career as one of the members of the musical duo Salvapantallas alongside the […]
Love Is The Drug
“Love Is the Drug” is a song by the English rock band Roxy Music, from their fifth studio album, Siren (1975), released as a single in September 1975. Co-written by Bryan Ferry and Andy MacKay, the song originated as a slower, dreamier track until the band transformed its arrangement to become more dance-friendly and uptempo. […]
King Oliver
Joseph Nathan “King” Oliver was an American jazz cornet player and bandleader. Born in Aben, Louisiana, he moved to New Orleans in his youth. He first studied the trombone, then changed to cornet. From 1908 to 1917, he played cornet in New Orleans Brass bands and dance bands and in the city’s red-light district, which […]