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Latecomer is a punk rock band from Pittsburgh. Talk is cheap. http://latecomer.bandcamp.com/ .

Pietra Montecorvino is an Italian singer and actress, born in Naples, Italy in 1962. Montecorvino made her debut in the film F.F.S.S. in 1984. With fellow actor Renzo Abore she released a single called "Sud" from the film the same year. She later went on to star in movies like "La Ciorta de Feliciello" and "Cavalli Si Nasce." She did not release her first album "Segnorita" until 1991, when she was nearly 30 ." She is known for her very raspy voice and emotional delivery. .

With songs born in the desert and shaped in the city, Tecoma’s sound defies easy categorisation. Tecoma seamlessly combines styles as jarring and disparate as country, jazz and roots music, with drum n bass rhythms, spaghetti western themes and sampled beats. Labelled everything from ‘post trip-hop’ (Rolling Stone) to ‘alternative roots music’, at the heart of Tecoma’s sound is a deeply compelling song writing talent and an utterly distinctive voice. Once heard this music stays with you. Amira Pyliotis, the musician behind the moniker Tecoma, first discovered performance on trumpet at age 11 after falling in love with Louis Armstrong....

Some 10 years ago Bytecon aka Opbrouck Stijn started his musical carreer at a little village in Belgium. For more than 6 years he played as a guitarist and bassist in several bands. After the bands splitted up he decided to make elektro-acoustic music in his home-studio. After a long period experimenting, Bytecon was able to do his first gigs. Two years later Bytecon was picked up on DJ Valium's // Valyom° label called Radar Records, where he had his first release. In the last years there were possibilities to get bigger in the international underground scene with gig's in...

Manuel Cardoso (1566–1650) was a Portuguese composer and organist. Along with Duarte Lobo and King João IV of Portugal, he represented the "golden age" of Portuguese polyphony. Cardoso was born in Fronteira, near Portalegre, most likely in 1566. He attended the Colégio dos Moços do Coro, a choir school associated with the Évora cathedral, studying with Manuel Mendes and Cosme Delgado. In 1588 he joined the Carmelite order, taking his vows in 1589. In the early 1620s he was resident at the ducal household of Vila Viçosa, where he was befriended by the Duke of Barcelos—later to become King John...