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Eluveitie is a folk metal band from Winterthur, Switzerland. The founder of this band was Chrigel Glanzmann. The band formed in 2002 and their first EP, "Vên" came out in 2003. They describe themselves as "The new wave of folk metal". The band then released a full-length album, "Spirit" in June 2006. In November 2007, Eluveitie was signed by Nuclear Blast. The first product of the collaboration, "Slania", was released in February 2008. The album peaked at number 35 in the Swiss charts and number 72 in the German charts. Eluveitie use both traditional Swiss and Celtic instruments alongside electric...

Geirr Tveitt (1908-1981) was a Norwegian pianist and composer. Tveitt was born in Bergen, Norway, on 19th October 1908, but was brought up in the family home by the Hardanger fjord in western Norway; he remained conscious of his cultural heritage all his life. He was christened Nils, but as a young adult he took the old Norwegian name Geirr, which means "spear". He spent his childhood years both at Lofthus in Hardanger and in Drammen, but each summer returned to the ancestral farm at Kvam, where he experienced the rich folk-music traditions of the area from an early age....

Traditionally-performed medieval songs. The band is apparently named after a medieval ailment stemming from ingestion of hallucinogenic mushroom that caused the afflicted to enter a dance-like spasm. .

365 SPARKS is the ambitiously creative new musical project of Daveit Ferris. The project will see the release of 365 original songs throughout 2015 - one released every day of the year. The concept was inspired by a near-death experience in October 2013 that left Ferris feeling that he needed to ‘do more and plan less’. This catalyst drove him to think bigger and bolder than ever before and devise something that is truly extraordinary. The project is 100% DIY from the initial song spark to delivery of the final song. Ferris writes all the songs, performs every instrument, produces,...

Aaron Tveit is an American theater and film actor originally from Middletown, New York. Tveit left Ithaca College after two years to join the national tour of Rent as Steve and covering Roger/Mark. Following Rent, he was cast as Link Larkin in the first national tour of Hairspray. The role of Link Larkin provided Tveit with his Broadway debut in 2006 and opened the doors for more roles to come. In the following year, he portrayed D'Artagnan in a musical adaptation of The Three Musketeers that played at the North Shore Music Theatre from late August to early September. 2008...