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Lydia Lunch has collaborated with Terry Edwards, James Johnston and Ian White in a variety of musical guises for the last ten years. From Hangover Hotel and Smoke in the Shadows to the most recent multimedia performances of Real Pornography and The … Read on
A veteran of New York’s anti-folk scene, songwriter Regina Spektor makes quirky, highly eclectic, but always personal music. Born and raised in Moscow until age nine, Spektor listened to her father’s bootleg tapes of Western pop and rock as a young child and also learned to play piano. She … Read on
Influenced by the unpredictable rhymes of Missy Elliot along with the sexually charged attitudes of Lil’ Kim and Foxy Brown, Queens native Nicki Minaj was discovered thanks to her MySpace page. It was there that Dirty Money Entertainment CEO Fendi first heard her ability to freestyle and first laid … Read on
Alanis Morissette began her entertainment career as a child actress – a Canadian version of America’s Debbie Gibson.
For her third album however she signed to Madonna‘s then-new Maverick record label, and releasedJagged Little Pill.
Backed by singles including You Outta Know, Hand In My … Read on
Batucada Sound Machine began in 2003 when five drummers met, once a month, in a dimly lit nightclub in Auckland, New Zealand, to experiment fusing Brazilian batucada rhythms with Pacific soul. Before long, a diverse group of talented musicians gravitated towards the infectious music and a band was formed. … Read on
Prior to its release, Billy Corgan hailed Oceania as the best Pumpkins record since the 1995 masterpiece Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness.
Claiming your next release is your finest work in nearly two decades should raise many an eyebrow with almost any band but with Corgan, the competition … Read on
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Jaliba Kuyateh is widely regarded as Gambia’s greatest modern master of the Kora – one of Africa’s most beautiful and complex instruments. With a wonderful sound – loosely resembling that of a harp – it features 21 strings (traditionally played with both hands in a style similar to flamenco … Read on
Band on the Wall is delighted to welcome Sir Joe Quarterman, one of the true originals of funk and soul, performing and exclusive Manchester concert with the incredible funk powerhouse that is the Jezebel Sextet.
Sir Joe Quarterman is one of the USA’s most acclaimed Funk and Soul vocalists … Read on
The legendary Brian Jonestown Massacre are back in the UK this summer for three special shows including Manchester HMV Ritz on July 8th.
With a brand new album, AUFHEBEN recorded in Berlin in Anton Newcombe’s studio & the infamous East German Radio Station “Studio East” Featuring Matt Hollywood an … Read on
In the late 2000’s, when many bands were being strangled by the industry’s power structure, Metric undid all their business entanglements and started their own company, Metric Music International (MMI) with the help of independent managers Mathieu Drouin and Françoise de Grandpré.
Today, they’re unencumbered and directly plugged into … Read on
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