The 5.6.7.8’s are a Japanese rock band from Tokyo with a retro-inspired sound that draws heavily from the 1960s garage rock scene. They first started performing as a quartet in Tokyo, and recruited guest performers during their Australian tour. They became a trio in 1992, before touring Australia.The 5.6.7.8’s formed when Sachiko and Yoshiko “Ronnie” […]
Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 1
The Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major by Joseph Haydn was composed around 1761-65 for long time friend Joseph Franz Weigl, then the principal cellist of Prince Nicolaus’s Esterházy Orchestra. The work was presumed lost until 1961, when musicologist Oldřich Pulkert discovered a copy of the score at the Prague National Museum. Though some […]
Sharon Tandy
Sharon Tandy was a South African singer who achieved some success in the United Kingdom in the 1960s as part of the blue-eyed soul and psychedelic movements. In 1966, she recorded some songs at Stax studios, a rarity for a white singer. She also had several chart hits in South Africa in the 1970s. Based […]
Ashton – La Fille Mal Gardee (The Clog Dance)
La Fill Mal Gardee (The Wayward Daughter, literal translation: “The Poorly Guarded Girl” and also known as The Girl Who Needed Watching) is a comic ballet presented in two acts. In 1959, the choreographer Frederick Ashton began creating a completely new version of La Fille mal gardée for the Royal Ballet of London. This production […]
Francesca Michielin
Francesca Michielin is an Italian singer-songwriter, music producer, writer and television presenter. Michielin was born in Bassano del Grappa. Her first experience with playing music came from studying piano, when she was 9-years-old. She later started studying electric bass. At the age of fourteen, she started singing in her hometown’s gospel choir.She rose to fame […]
The Weavers
The Weavers were an American folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City originally consisting of Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman. Founded in 1948, the group sang traditional folk songs from around the world, as well as blues, gospel music, children’s songs, labour songs, and American […]
The Almanac Singers
The Almanac Singers were an American New York City-based folk music group, active between 1940 and 1943, founded by Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and were joined by Woody Guthrie. The group specialised in topical songs, mostly songs advocating an anti-war, anti-racism and pro-union philosophy. They were part of the Popular Front, an alliance […]
DakhaBrakha
DakhaBrakha (Ukrainian: ethnic chaos) is a world-music quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine. Reflecting fundamental elements of sound and soul. DakhaBrakha, create a world of unexpected new music. The name DakhaBrakha is original, outstanding and authentic at the same time. It means ‘give/take’ in the old Ukrainian language. DakhaBrakha was created in 2004 at the Kyiv Center of Contemporary Art ‘DAKH’ by the avant-garde theatre director — Vladyslav Troitskyi. Theatre […]
Iona Lane
Iona Lane a singer, musician and songwriter from North West England. Iona studied for a BA (Hons) Music (Folk) with a scholarship at Leeds College of Music. Iona has always had a passion for music but only recently started paving a career in it – she submerged herself in folk music, picked up guitar, and […]
Night and Day
“Night and Day” is a popular song by Cole Porter that was written for the 1932 musical Gay Divorcee. It is perhaps Porter’s most popular contribution to the Great American Songbook and has been recorded by dozens of musicians. NPR says “within three months of the show’s opening, more than 30 artists had recorded the […]