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Olive Tree Dance – Mata a Fome
Pumping percussive didgeridoo
Alice Russell – A Fly In The Hand
Alice Russell’s lavishly soulful voice is both timeless and up to the minute modern. Her style is a predominantly bluesy, soul lament but encompasses everything from funk to gospel to jazz and beyond. She always performs with self assurance and sass. Alice Russell is known for her performances with Bah Samba, TM Juke, Kushti and she [...]
Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin’)
Stevie Wonder (born May 13, 1950) is a singer, songwriter, producer, musician, humanitarian and social activist. Although his name at birth was Stevland Judkins, he later changed his name to Stevland Morris. His mother’s biography states that his surname was legally changed to Morris, “an old family name,” in 1961 when he signed with Motown. [...]
Xutos & Pontapés – À Minha Maneira
Xutos & Pontapés is a Portuguese rock band, formed in 1978, in Lisboa, Portugal. In the last 30 years the band made songs that are the biggest anthems of portuguese rock. They have lots of major hits and are considered one of the top bands in Portugal, having an incredible and loyal fan base, of the most [...]
Dizzee Rascal – Dance Wiv Me (feat. Calvin Harris)
Dylan Mills, known professionally as Dizzee Rascal (born November 1, 1985), is a solo artist, formerly a Roll Deep crew member, who emerged from the UK Garage music scene. His music is a blend of garage MCing, conventional rap, grime and ragga, with some more eclectic samples. Dizzee began MCing on pirate radio and at raves [...]
Archive – Again
Archive are an “electronic rock” band, originating from London, UK. They are signed to Warner Music France, but live in London. Archive was formed by Londoners Darius Keeler and Danny Griffiths in 1994 and began as an electronica project. At the beginning, they mixed Bristol-style, Massive Attack, Portishead with rap. The first album of the [...]
Junior Boys – In the Morning
A Hamilton, Ontario-based electronic pop group, Junior Boys began as a duo with its duties split between Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark. Influenced by a number of music sectors — including arty synth pop, minimal techno, U.K. garage, and contemporary hip-hop — they made a demo with no positive results. Dark opted to leave the [...]
Gym Class Heroes – Cupid’s Chokehold
The original Gym Class Heroes formed in 1997 when Travis “Schleprok” McCoy and drummer Matt McGinley became friends during physical education class while at high school in Geneva, New York, and joined forces with guitarist Milo Bonacci and bassist Ryan Geise. The original GCH began playing birthday parties, clubs, and festivals which eventually led to [...]
The Cutters – Swing Set
The Cutters are rock and roll band from Humboldt County Califirnia. Guitarist Mike Wilson tosses down loud and classy reverb-drenched chords, Tad Sutera thumps out raunchy bass licks alongside Ray Johnson’s well-crafted drumwork, and super-talented singer Angela Brown (the frontwoman) belts out the catchiest singalong choruses heard since early ’80s British New Wave. Wilson, Sutera, Johnson [...]
Sara Tavares – Bom Feeling
Afro-Portuguese songwriter Sara Tavares was born in 1978 and brought up in Lisbon. Second-generation Portuguese of Cape Verdean descent, Sara was brought up by an elderly matriarch in her community after her father left for the States in search of a better life, her mother having traveled south in pursuit of the same ends. Sara [...]