John Rutter was born in London, the son of an industrial chemist and his wife, Rutter grew up living over the Globe pub on London’s Marylebone Road. He was educated at Highgate School, where fellow pupils included John Tavener and as a chorister there took part in the first (1963) recording of Britten’s War Requiem […]
Pete Atkin
Pete Atkin is a British singer-songwriter and radio producer notable for his 1970s musical collaborations with Clive James and for producing the BBC Radio 4 series This Sceptred Isle. Atkin made his first recording in 1967: a private pressing of 160 copies of While The Music Lasts. Next year he was taken to EMI with […]
vivid undress
Vivid Undress, stylized as vivid undress, is a pop rock band from Tokyo, formed in 2014. The band originally comprised: kiila (vocals and guitar), rio (keyboard), yu-ya (guitar), syunn (bass), and utsumieri (drums). They had been involved in music separately, until the met and formed the band. In 2018, Tomoki (drums) replaced utsumieri and became […]
The Plank (1967)
The Plank is a 1967 British slapstick comedy film (51 minutes) made by Associated London Films. It follows the misadventures of two builders who require a floorboard. It was written and directed by Eric Sykes, and produced by Jon Pennington. The story was based on an episode of Eric Sykes’ BBC comedy series Sykes and […]
The Pretenders
The Pretenders are a British–American rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman- Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Martin Chambers (drums, backing vocals, percussion). Following the deaths of Honeyman-Scott and Farndon in […]
Victor Borge
Børge Rosenbaum, known professionally as Victor Borge, was a Danish-American comedian, conductor, and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in the US and Europe. His blend of music and comedy earned him the nicknames “The Clown Prince of Denmark”, “The Unmelancholy Dane”, and “The Great Dane”. Borge played his first major concert […]
Missa Papae Marcelli
Missa Papae Marcelli, or Pope Marcellus Mass, by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. The mass was composed in honour of Pope Macellus II, who reigned for three weeks in 1555. Recent scholarship suggests the most likely date of composition is 1562, when it was copied into a manuscript at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in […]
Chic
Chic is an American band that was organized in 1972 by guitarist NIle Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. Inspired after attending a concert by glam rock band Roxy Music, Rodgers began developing the idea for a group whose music and image would form a seamless and immersive whole, taking additional influence from the anonymous, make-up […]
MonaLisa Twins
MonaLisa Twins are a pop rock band, fronted by twin-sister singer-songwriters Mona Wagner (vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion, harmonica, flute) and Lisa Wagner (vocals, lead guitar, ukulele, cello). They are originally from Austria and are currently based in the Liverpool area, in the United Kingdom. Known for their YouTube video covers of songs by The Beatles […]
Jain
Jeanne Louise Galice, better known by her stage name Jain, is a French singer-songwriter and musician. The Occitan singer travelled the world to follow the professional requirements of her father: She left France at age 9 for Dubai, where she spent three years; then lived for four years in Congo-Brazzaville, which she credits for her […]