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Mancini is one of the hottest new synth-pop bands to hit the British pop scene this year. Their debut single Up Country is a sleek and stylish tune that fuses rock and electro with a solid melodic hook. The single was produced by Jagz Kooner who put his soundboard savvy to good use for Mancini and created a mature, polished sound. Important part of Mancini's appeal is the seductive appearance of front woman Iraina Mancini who is a freakishly delicious hybrid of Garbage's Shirley Manson and classic '60s beauty Brigitte Bardot. She even invokes memories of The Avengers' heroine Emma...

Monica Mancini is the daughter of composer Henry Mancini. She made her professional debut at age 14 as a member of the Henry Mancini Chorus. She later worked as a backup singer for Vikki Carr before launching her own recording career. Her self-titled debut album appeared in 1998 and was accompanied by a PBS TV special. A 2004 release, "Ultimate Mancini," received two Grammy nominations. More information: www.monicamancini.com. .

Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an Academy Award-winning American composer, conductor and arranger. He is remembered particularly for being a composer of film and television scores - his best-known works are the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series and Moon River. Mancini won a record number of Grammy awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. Mancini was born Enrico Nicola Mancini in the Little Italy neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the steel town of West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. His parents emigrated from the Abruzzo region of...

Hilken Mancini and Chris Colbourn is the debut, self-titled album from the collaboration of the above two artists. Hilken Mancini, of Fuzzy, and Chris Colbourn, of Buffalo Tom, obviously became acquainted with each other through the tight-knit Boston music community. Perhaps this project is the phoenix rising from the ashes of those two bands, or perhaps this is just one more step in a constantly evolving game of musical chairs amongst the musicians of Boston. Regardless, this collaboration seems to have been a success so far. Hilken and Chris trade off singing lead vocals from song to song. Presumably, this...

BIRD MANCINI -BIO “…a cosmopolitan fusion…pop music in the most adventurous, inclusive sense of the term.” -THE BOSTON GLOBE "(Tuning In/Tuning Out) is a beautiful album of very diverse rock music that has more layers than baklava....a solid release. -PICK OF THE WEEK-" - MuzikReviews.com "a cut above...beautiful melody lines over jaunty rhythms. 'Bird Mancini is' again in top form and stretching their own boundaries." - Bill Copland Music News Listed among the "Top 10 Best of the Year" by Metronome Magazine BIRD MANCINI, Boston's accordion/guitar rock duo, have released their 4th CD, “Tuning In/Tuning Out” on Second Story Records....