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Tag Archives: 1980s – 1990s

Yanka Dyagileva

Perhaps one of the most difficult, disturbing, and hauntingly beautiful voices of Soviet rock and roll, Yanka Dyagileva found prominence just after her 1991 suicide, when ratings of bootlegs and concert recordings rose to the top. Her intimate and creative ties with Grazhdanskaya Oborona — creator and Russian punk rock …

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Billy and Sarah Gaines

A spiritual reverence acts as the building blocks for the soulful singing of husband-and-wife duo, Billy and Sarah Gaines. While Billy’s vocals have already been in comparison to Donny Hathaway, Sam Cooke, and Stevie Question and Sarah’s vocals to Diana Ross and Aretha Franklin, their strategy is definitely deeper, after …

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Glen Ohrlin

Glenn Ohrlin is a veteran from the cattle industry and spent some time working the rodeo circuit, both while as an acquisitive performer — enough in order that he eventually put his understanding of Western folk tracks into a publication, The Hell Bound Teach, for the College or university of …

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Rifle Sport

Among the rings that composed what’s considered the Twin Towns’ “third influx” of punk rock and roll, Rifle Sport were able to be among the longer-running Minneapolis/St. Paul rings, lasting in to the early ’90s, and its own members’ impact was experienced in prominent American underground rings a decade later …

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Billy T. James

Billy T. Adam is a fresh Zealand comedian who was simply well-known as an professional through the entire ’80s. Blessed William Adam Taitoko in 1948 in Waikato, New Zealand, he’s of Mori traditions. He created his comedy action through the ’70s and peaked in reputation through the ’80s, when he …

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Diblo Dibala & Matchatcha

Departing popular Africa-rooted strap Loketo in 1990, Kinshasa-born and Paris-based guitarist Diblo Dibala (b. 1954) recruited many former bandmates and extra music artists and vocalists to create the enthusiastic group Matchatcha. Even though the group offers experienced many staff adjustments, its sizzling-hot method of African-inspired dance music offers remained consistent. …

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Randall Smith

Randall Smith is among the lesser-known Canadian electro-acoustic composers — and it’s really a pity. His music definitely equals that of Gilles Gobeil or Robert Normandeau. Fascinated with the cinematographic likelihood of acousmatic artwork, Smith techniques the genre with too little pomposity and a playfulness that produce his works especially …

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Jan Kaspersen

b. 22 Apr 1948, Copenhagen, Denmark. Composer and pianist Kaspersen’s wry, quirky music reveal the affects of Thelonious Monk, Horace Metallic and Abdullah Ibrahim, who, beneath the name of Money Brand, played frequently on the jazzhouse Montmartre in Copenhagen 1963/4. All possess strong root base in Black cathedral music which …

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Jairos Jiri Band

Zimbabwe’s Jairos Jiri, or the Handicapped Musicians’ Culture, sponsors a music group, which acts the dual function of acting as the organization’s goodwill ambassadors and proving the abilities and abilities of handicapped music artists. The band is normally led by Paul Matavire, who’s blind, and although they are practically unidentified …

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Familia Dei

In 1988, several core people, led by vocalist Bimi Ombale and drummer Ilo Pablo, splintered from Zaiko Langa Langa. They dropped the fight for the initial name, but finished up stealing plenty of music artists from Zaiko. They continuing mostly in the original Zaiko design of rumba, adding a synth …

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