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Jarabe de Palo is a Latin rock group from Spain led by Pau Donés (1966), singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Pau Donés, born in Aragon and raised in Barcelona, worked for various groups before being able to take on his current project, Jarabe de Palo. He began at age 15 with his brother Marc, with whom he formed a group known as J.& Co.Band and later another one named Dentaduras Postizas. During this period he completed his musical tracks in Barcelona with a job at an advertising firm. His greatest success came to him after a trip to Cuba, where he...

There are a few groups / artists under the name Paloma: Paloma is probably one of the most demanding (with himself) and talented artists in the french folk scene. After having released several albums : S/T (acuarela), Actresses date actors (62TV records), and getting reviews both in Europe and the States (Pitchfork), he is currently putting the final touches on his latest opus. Paloma is also the name of a band based in College Park, Maryland, USA. They play jazz-rock and pop. Formerly The Rhetorical Pigeons, the group changed its name with the arrival of Mark Schulze (guitar, vocals). Their...

Palomar: Rachel Warren, Christina Prostano, Sarah Brockett, Dale W. MIller Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, Palomar was formed by former Trixie Belden singer and bassist Rachel Warren and Sasha Alcot, plus drummer Matt Hauser. After their self-released, self-titled debut, they added second guitarist Christina Prostrano, and Sasha left the band, to be replaced by Sarah Brockett. After their second album, Palomar II, Matt was replaced by current drummer Dale W. Miller, in time for their third album, Palomar III: The Revenge of Palomar. In 2006, Palomar signed to Misra records, and a fourth album (which, odds are, will be called All...

Birol Topaloglu was born to a Laz family, in the small village Apso, which is on the North Eastern shore of the Black Sea coast of Turkey, near the Georgian border. He grew up speaking the Lazuri language at home. He started to sing in both Turkish and Lazuri, as well as his experiments in instrumentation drew serious attention. After having worked as an electronic engineer, at home in Turkey and abroad, he chose his music as his primary career. Birol Topaloglu started collecting the lullabies, and the ballads sung by his mother. In 1997 he recorded the music of...