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Marcos Vidal (born 1967), is a Dove Award-nominated Spanish Christian singer/songwriter. In 1997 he won the International Award GMA as the best non-English male vocalist. Although born in Germany, Vidal has lived most of his life in Spain. He speaks Spanish as his first language. In 1990, at the age of 23, Marcos Vidal released his first studio album entitled "Buscadme y Viviréis". In 1993 he released his second studio album, "Nada Especial", on the label Nuevos Medios; that along with the success of his first album, drew the singer to North and South America. This international recognition allowed Vidal...

The Buena Vista Social Club was the name of a members-only music club in Havana, Cuba that was at its height during the 1940s. In the late 1990s Wim Wenders made a movie upon the initiative of Ry Cooder called "The Buena Vista Social Club." Wenders film centered on Ry Cooder's efforts to find and reunite some of the musicians who had performed at the long closed club. The film also portrays sessions from the production of the album released in 1997 also titled Buena Vista Social Club. Both movie and album were highly successful, and expanded the reach of...

Avida This is an alias of: Alexander Robotnick The Avida project was ideated by Maurizio Dami (aka Alexander Robotnick) in 1981. The project featured : Stefano Fuochi (synts) Daniele Trambusti (drums and recording) and Stefania Talini (visuals). In the early 80s Florence was blooming with top level creativity throughout all fields ( theatre, fashion, design and music) . Avida’s music can be described as “cabaret -dance”; the lyric – extremely irrevent and genuinely “Florentine” in style – played a key role in it and that’s the reason why the project became popular almost exclusively at local level. Avida perfectly fit...

La Vida Bohème is an alternative independent band from Caracas, Venezuela, formed by Rafael Perez, Daniel De Sousa, Sebastian Ayala, and Henry D'Arthenay in late 2006 and mid 2007. The band takes influence from late '70s punk, disco, funk, electronic music, jazz, salsa, reggae and dance music. They were widely acclaimed for their debut album and it are currently one of the most popular bands in Venezuela. Conformados desde 2007 por Henry D´Arthenay (voz y guitarra), Daniel de Sousa (guitarra), Sebastián Ayala (batería) y Rafael Pérez Medina (bajo), y vivimos entre Pamplona, España, y la ciudad de Caracas, Venezuela. Hace...

While every pork chop in town has been riding the waves of the supposed Sheffield, England ‘meat scene’, it was the “obnoxious, insouciant drone" of Avida Dollars that coined the phrase. Stemming from the Bahamas, Yorkshire and Congleton, the group found their spiritual home in Sheffield's London Road, home to the city’s chainsaw wielding, super-strength lager drinking, junkies. Avida Dollars’ shtick is a tough one to pinpoint; their music is more like all that garage rock shit but taking the kitchen sink approach, smashing it to bits and then doing a whole motherfucking conservatory extension. Infamous live shows combine the...