Blackheart | fr

Just 2 years into their collaboration as Blackheart, singer Chrissy Mostyn and guitarist Richard Pilkington have become established for both their live concerts and their outstanding debut album ‘Indigo’ They spent their first year touring the UK with over 170 concerts playing with some British and American artists from Martin and Eliza Carthy and The Strawbs to Brian Kennedy and Steve Forbert to Eve Selis and Lucy Kaplansky whilst their album has won wide industry applause from both sides of the Atlantic. 2008 sees them headlining their own tour across the UK, Ireland and the USA. Their song writing defies...

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are an American rock band led by artist Joan Jett. After The Runaways split in 1979, Jett pursued a solo career to explore the same aggressive punk style and met Kenny Laguna. Jett soon released her self-titled debut. Shortly after that, with Kenny's assistance, Joan formed the backing group "The Blackhearts" with three obscure New York area musicians: Gary Ryan on bass, Eric Ambel (replaced shortly thereafter by Rick Byrd) on guitar and Lee Crystal on drums. After almost a year of touring, Joan's first album with The Blackhearts, entitled I Love Rock'N'Roll came out...