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Ali Eskandarian’s transnational upbringing makes him a prescient voice for our era. The Iranian-American troubadour draws upon influences as discrete as American folk, rock and traditional Persian music to craft songs about love, travel, politics and loneliness. The results have earned him comparisons to greats like Bob Dylan and Jeff Buckley. Ali was born in Pensacola, FL, on September 11, 1978, to a father who was an officer in the Iranian Air Force. Growing up in Tehran, Iran during the Iranian Revolution, Ali found strength in music. “I was always around music,” he explains. “It’s hard to find an Iranian...
Дария Кинцер (род. 29 мая 1989, Ашаффенбург, Германия) — хорватская певица. Мать певицы — хорватка, отец — немец. В настоящее время проживает и учится в Вене, Австрия. Дария представит Хорватию на Евровидении 2011 в Дюссельдорфе. 5 марта 2011 певица выиграла национальный отбор с песней «Break a Leg» (пожелание удачи, «ни пуха ни пера»), которую написал известный хорватский композитор, участник группы «Colonia» Борис Джурджевич. Однако позднее стало известно, что название песни изменили, и Дария поедет на конкурс с песней «Celebrate». Певица выступила в первом полуфинале, но получила недостаточно поддержки со стороны европейских телезрителей и не прошла в финал песенного конкурса. Вместе...
One of the many pseudonyms of Canadian electronic artist Renard.
Attributed to Soulcrusher and Heartsifter on the album ON Trax Vol. 2, both of which were originally attributed to Jackal Queenston feat. Sonitus Vir. The new pseudonym was created specifically for these two songs, because Renard believed that the two songs didn't sound like Jackal Queenston, Sonitus Vir, or any of his other aliases.
No new music is being produced under this name. .
Abecedarians were a Los Angeles based post-punk trio active in the mid to late 1980s, on Factory Records. The lineup was Chris Manecke (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Kevin Dolan (drums) and John Blake (bass). They specialized in reverb heavy, synth driven post-punk songs.
Most people will recognize Abecedarians from their single 80’s hit called “Smiling Monarchs.” The original band formed in 1983 in Los Angeles and consisted of Chris Manecke (guitar, vocals, keyboards), John Blake (bass), and Kevin Dolan (drums). “Smiling Monarchs” was mixed by Bernard Sumner of New Order and released on Factory Records. The New Order influence is apparent...
Isabel Bayrakdarian is a world-renowned Armenian-Canadian soprano. Her first recording, titled “Joyous Light”, was released in March 2002 and rose to No. 1 in the Canadian classical charts. Soon afterwards, her vocals were featured in Atom Egoyan’s film Ararat, and in the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
Isabel's second CD, titled “Azulao” (Bluebird), won the prize of “Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance” at the Juno Awards, Canada’s most prestigious music awards. She released an acclaimed CD featuring arias from various operas (including Handel's Giulio Cesare and arias by Carl Heinrich Graun, Johann...
