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From the Ever so Clever 'Some Pop',through some fine singles to 'The Reds and The Blues' Mantaray plugged away in the Britpop/ New Mod catchement ,like all the others they slipped away after a small Tour with The Bluetones late in their Britpop Crusade !! Mantaray always seemed somewhat on the outside of the then current Britpop scene so much better than the likes of These Animal Men and Thurman, but never really put on the same shelf as Blur( for which I will never understand ), there were without a doubt strong refs in the sound to the late...

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay (Bengali: হেমন্ত কুমার মুখোপাধ্যায়; Hemonto Kumar Mukhopaddhae) also known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989) was an Bengali singer, composer and producer. He sang in Hindi films under the name Hemant Kumar. Hemanta was born in the city of Varanasi, India although his family hailed from a village named Baharu in West Bengal.He joined Jadavpur University to pursue Engineering,however, he quit academics to pursue a career in music, despite parental objection. He briefly tried his hand at literature and also published a short story in a prestigious Bengali magazine called Desh, but by...

Heavy underground Maryland band influenced by Sabbath and Washington D.C.-area doom legends such as Pentagram and Internal Void. Released a series of self-financed demos, follow by the 2004 album "Fuck them all but six" on psycheDOOMelic records. The track "Days of Yore" was featured in the "Doom Capital : Maryland / DC Heavy Rock Underground Split" compilation. up in 2006. .

Carlos and Julio Arguedas founded Bolivia Manta to help preserve and promote the traditions of the indigenous communities of the Andes. "When the Spaniards arrived," notes the group, "thousands of men were uprooted from their communities and condemned to work in the towns and mining centers. Exploited, despised, they continued to play and the music endured through time, getting richer from the influences that mixed in with it." As is often the case with groups that strive to promote Native culture, they have experienced political and economic difficulties in their home country that forced them to live in exile in...