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There is more than one Blackbird: 1 - Dark jazz / psychedelic / triphop band hailing from Lier (Antwerp) - Belgium http://vi.be/blackbird.be 2 - Gershwin Hutchinson a.k.a. Blackbird is an MC from L.A. With influences ranging from Siouxsie and the Banshees to Tom Waits and Journey, Blackbird is a member of the psychedelic hip-hop group Dark Leaf (produced at times by Cut Chemist). He has released a number of solo albums, including Fetterless in 2003, Bird's Eye View in 2005 (both produced by Paris Zax) and Three Bird in 2009. www.myspace.com/blackbirdone 3 - Blackbird are Juan Carlos Miranda, Néstor Mut,...

Hailed as “Friendly, unpretentious, idealistic and highly skilled” by the New Yorker, eighth blackbird is widely lauded for its unusual performing style – often playing from memory with virtuosic and theatrical flair – and its efforts to make new music accessible to wide audiences. The ensemble’s 2005-06 10th anniversary season includes tours of California– taking in Los Angeles’s Disney Hall and stops in La Jolla, Stanford and Davis; a performance at New York’s 92nd Street Y; and the ensemble’s debut performance at Boston’s renowned Celebrity Series. Highlights of past seasons have included performances in South Korea, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland,...

Blackbird Blackbird is the moniker of San Francisco-based wünderkind Mikey Maramag. His unique style of dreamy folktronica recalls influences from all ends of the musical spectrum; deeply textured, hypnotic songs pay homage to psychedelic pop the likes of Caribou and Washed Out, while the warmth of analogue instrumentation spliced with digital artifacts hints at contemporaries James Blake, Four Tet and Mount Kimbie. Anthemic, dream-driven themes inspire Blackbird Blackbird's work, where layers of electronic texture drape over organic sounds and ghostly vocals. Within elongated song structures, Blackbird Blackbird harnesses thematic elements of dynamism and composition to create depth and complexity, while...