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Mecano was a Spanish pop band formed in 1981 and active until 1992. Mecano became one of the most successful Spanish pop bands of all time. The band is still the best selling Spanish band, with over 25 million records worldwide. They were considered by some to be anate-garde for their time and part of […]

Cædmon’s “Hymn” is a short Old English poem originally composed by Caedmon, a supposedly illiterate cow-herder who was, according to Bede, able to sing in honour of God the Creator, using words that he had never heard before. It was composed between 658 and 680 and is the oldest recorded Old English poem, being composed […]

Tubular Bells is the debut studio album by English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released on 25 May 1973 as the first album on Virgin Records. Oldfield, who was 19 years old when it was recorded, played almost all the instruments on the mostly instrumental album. The album initially sold slowly, but gained worldwide […]

Edward II (known also as EII, and previously as Edward the Second and the Red Hot Polkas and e2K) are an English band which play a fusion of world music, English folk and reggae. The band formed in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire in 1980, in order to play for monthly dances at The Victory Club. Founder members […]

IU was born Lee Ji-eun. At an early age, IU became interested in pursuing a career in the entertainment industry and began attending acting classes. After training for ten months, IU released “Lost Child” as her debut single. She performed the song live for the first time on the music program M! Countdown in September […]

Roxy Music were an English rock band formed in 1970 by Bryan Ferry — who became the band’s lead singer and main songwriter—and bass guitarist Graham Simpson. The other longtime members were Phil Manzanera (guitar), Andy Mackay (saxophone and oboe), and Paul Thompson (drums and percussion). Other members included Brian Eno (synthesizer and ‘treatments’), Eddie […]

Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao is a Cuban-American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony formed on The X Factor USA in 2012, after finishing third in the competition they signed a joint record deal with Syco Music and Epic Records. The group released along with the […]

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer, guitarist, songwriter, and activist. Raitt’s musically inclined parents had a strong influence on her life. From a young age, she and her two brothers were encouraged to pursue music. At first, Raitt played the piano, but was intimidated by her mother’s talent. She instead began playing a […]

The cantatas composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, are a body of work consisting of over 200 surviving independent works, and at least several dozen that are considered lost. As far as known, Bach’s earliest cantatas date from 1707, the year he moved to Muhlhausen, although he may have begun composing them at his previous post […]

Comic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to the famine in Ethiopia. The concept of Comic Relief was to get British comedians to make the public laugh, while raising money to help people around the world and in the United […]