Justine Skye | en

There are at least three bands with this name: 1) A pop/folk/psych outfit from 1970. 2) Born out of the Montreal-based avant-rock group Wondeur Brass, Justine pushed further the ideals of challenging, thought-provoking feminist rock established in its previous incarnation for another ten years. The group released three albums during the 1990s and toured Canada, the United States, and visited Europe twice. Three of its musicians are members of the collective Ambiances Magnétiques, so the label released all their albums. Wondeur Brass started as a sextet in the early ‘80s. By 1987 the group had been scaled down to a...

Skye Edwards is a British singer, born 1974 in south east London. Until 2003, she was and now again is, the lead singer of the band Morcheeba. Edwards decided to shorten her name to Skye by taking the first letter of each of her names (Shirley Klarisse Yonavive) and putting them together. She has also sung on two charity collaborations, Perfect Day 1997, in aid of BBC Children in Need and Band Aid 20, in 2004, in aid of famine relief in Sudan, Africa. Edwards has two children, a son and a daughter. Upon leaving Morcheeba, Edwards was replaced by...

This girl's presence is undeniable. Her sweet sounding folk style is belied by an undertow of someone suspended between nostalgia for the past, and uncertainty before a glimmering future. Hers are songs of hope shot through with darkness, bright love serenades drawing shadows behind them. Justine Electra's blue-toned voice is an instrument of extraordinary versatility and power: it sings, drawls, lures and drowns the listener in a world of glistening perfection where the delicious and the dangerous are never far apart. Justine is a musical bowerbird, she collects both instruments and styles. She combines balalaikas with bleeding radio channels, Chinese...

http://www.facebook.com/abodeanskye Abodean Skye is a progressive rock/metal project started by multi-instrumentalist and producer Bogdan Vera. Formed in 2008, the project presents an eclectic mix of styles, ranging from classic prog rock, such as ELP and Pink Floyd, to ambient electronica, folk, power and progressive metal. Abodean Skye's sound is a combination of heavy guitar riffs, lush synthesizers and soaring voices, and the lyrics focus on themes such as science fiction and fantasy, as well as social issues. The first Abodean Skye album, Transmission, features the talents of four singers: Will Shaw Mike Gorham Ovidiu Turcu Ashavari Joshi 'Transmission' had a...