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"Bossa Nova" is a style of Brazilian music popularized by Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and João Gilberto. Bossa nova (which is Portuguese for "new trend") acquired a large following, initially by young musicians and college students. Although the bossa nova movement only lasted six years (1958–63), it contributed a number of songs to the standard jazz repertoire. .

Imagination were a three piece soul music band from the United Kingdom in the early 1980s, sometimes described as Britain's first black supergroup. They had chart hits in 28 countries, earning four platinum discs, nine gold discs and over a dozen silver discs between 1981 and 1983. The band consisted of: * Leee John was born John Lesley McGregor in Hackney, London, on 23 June 1957, of St Lucian descent. He was educated in New York, later studying drama at the Anna Scher Theatre School. He was working as a backing singer for The Delfonics, Chairmen of the Board, The...

1.) Determination was a christian Rock/Nu-Metal band from Mosbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany formed in 2004 and active until 2009. They have released two EP’s: Determination EP (2005) and Violet EP (2009), a live recording (2006) and one full length album: Token (2007). Biography: Determination was founded in 2004 by it's 3 original members Jon, Jonny & M'rtl. They started writing songs in the style of Grunge and played their first gig in june 2005, at a youth event called "@mos4". In the summer, fall, winter of 2005 and spring of 2006 they played more than 10 gigs and became locally known....

由Aaron Dessner、Bryce Dessner、Scott Devendorf、Bryan Devendorf两组兄弟档和主唱Matt Berninger成军于纽约布鲁克林的五人乐团The National，兼容八O年代英式摇滚、独立乡村、乃至Joy Division后庞克风骨的低调音乐美学，总让人不禁想起The Smith、Tindersticks、Wilco、Nick Cave等一连串经典的名字。然而，The National却不是一只简单的拷贝猫，由主唱Matt Berninger酷似Stuart Staples的低沉抑郁嗓音，伴随Nick Drake般云淡风清的惆怅吉他音色，饱满厚实的鼓击，以及不时坠入这个自溺空间的琴音和管弦乐器，The National建立起一道独特的音乐魅力，游移在温暖、冷冽、温柔、暴戾间的反差性格，宛如Joy Division和Tindersticks的超完美综合体，让大西洋彼岸以一派惨情乐风自豪的英国佬也为之倾倒。 继2005年获选洛杉矶时报年度最佳专辑，并让NME祭出满分评价的《Alligator》后，2007年The National邀来Peter Katis (Spoon、Interpol)和Fred Kevorkian (Ryan Adams、Regina Spektor)两位制作大将共同打理专辑，并请到超人气民谣怪杰Sufjan Stevens助阵的第四张专辑《Boxer》，开场曲〈Fake Empire〉便以钢琴、吉他、鼓点、管乐渐进堆砌，重拾Bruce Springsteen一辈美式摇滚隽永魅力，彻底展现The National朴实而丝毫不单调的编曲层次，随后不论晦暗冰冷直逼Interpol的〈Mistaken For Strangers〉，〈Green Gloves〉和〈Ada〉里民谣吉他与钢琴令人怦然心动的交会，或〈Slow Show〉、〈Apartment Story〉流露的八O年代brit-pop畅快浪漫，十二段苍白温暖的魅力旋律，让The National最扣人心弦的惆怅绝美无限蔓延！ .