Arsen Dedić is a singer-songwriter, one of the most prominent from Dalmatia. He was also an award-winning poet and was one of the best-selling poets of former Yugoslavia. He wrote and performed chansons, composes ballet music as well as film music and soundtracks. He recorded dozens of albums and hundreds of songs, he attended various festivals, also abroad. His father …
Read More »I WANT YOU TO FEEL ME – Nikos Vertis
Born in the Netherlands in 1976, this Greek composer has already released five albums. He and his family moved to Thessaloniki (Greece), where at the age seven he began playing buzuki. NIKOS VERTIS had started singing in the small clubs of Thessaloniki and other places in Macedonia. Https://www.facebook.com/NikosVertisOfficial/ In 2003 he released his debut album (Become a Quick Night). In …
Read More »ON THE OUTSIDE – Tony Sly, songwriter, front man of the punk rock band No Use for a Name
TONY SLY, a singer and guitarist, was born in 1970 Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj_tC6hzETk He joined the band as a guitarist in 1987, when he was 18 years old. He later took on vocal duties full time in 1989 when previous vocalist left the band. Their first Incognito album was rich in heavy, but melodious punk sound. The band’s second album Don’t Miss …
Read More »TWO GUITARS, TIMBALS AND CONGAS – The long trip of Carlos Santana, between mescalina and Woodstock
He loves two different guitars: the big triangle Dunlop (which he used for many years) and the V-Pick Freakishly Large Round. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latino Grammy Awards. The sound of his group is characterized by melodic lines based on Latin and African rhythms (with timbales and congas, not generally heard in rock music). This Mexican …
Read More »CRAZY – Anggun Cipta Sasmi, the first Asian singer to succeed on a worldwide scale
Currently, she lives between Paris and Montréal (Canada). Daughter of a famous Indonesian singer, began to sing at young age. At age 17 he was already an Indonesian star, but two years later she decided to seek success abroad. ANGGUN CIPTA SASMI, a French-born Indonesian singer-songwriter, was born in Jakarta in 1974. After London, she went to Paris, where she …
Read More »I DO NOT WANT TO BECOME OLD – Ely Buendia
Ely Buendia is a Filipino musician, writer and director who gained fame as guitarist, songwriter and lead vocalist of the popular Filipino rock band Eraserheads. Within his band (often referred to as the Beatles of the Philippines). He learned Kundiman (traditional Filipino love songs) from his mother and started playing the guitar at the age of 7. During elementary school …
Read More »NO MAN WILL EVER LOVE YOU – Raghupathi Dixit
He was born in 1974 in Mysore (the third most populated city in the state of Karnataka, India). http://www.raghudixit.com/ He also produced music for contemporary theater productions. After his UK concerts, collaborating with artists, in 2013 he released the second album (Jag Changa), composed of eight songs (in Hindi, Canadian and Tamil). In an interview, he said: “Every 200 kilometers …
Read More »PRELUDE – Ali Azimi, continuity of an ancient Persian music tradition
The history of Persian music has developed since the prehistoric era. Mythological King Jamshid was credited as the inventor of music. Fragmented documents of different periods of Iran state, that ancient Iranians already had an elaborate musical culture. The result of these ancient traditions, a boy was born in Teheran to a family, who had a passion for music. Ali …
Read More »IT DOESN’T KILL ME – Emre Aydın
His albums have been successful in Turkey, even with prestigious awards. He is a Turkish rock singer born in 1981 in Isparta, https://www.bookinturkey.com/holiday-guide/cities/isparta-32.html the town in the lakes district, where meet the aegean, mediterranean and anatolian regions. He started to play at an early age, then opting for the guitar. For his parents’ desire, he studied economics in Ä°zmir, renouncing …
Read More »THE INTACT INTIMACY OF THE MUSIC – Marie Key
Her band has released two albums. She has become famous thanks to a radio competition for artists. Her real name is Marie Key Kristiansen, born in Copenhagen in 1979, is artistically known as Marie Key. Since 2002, she has worked with many musicians (first with her band called Marie Key Band). Their genre was considered “urban pop.” Https://www.facebook.com/MarieKeyOfficial/ In 2011 …
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