Tag Archives: 1998 in France

Obviously candidates for the “most un-metallic rock band name ever conceived” competition, France’s Fairyland focus on epic, fantasy-laced, keyboard-driven, intensifying/symphonic-minded power metallic of the type made popular simply by Italy’s Rhapsody and Germany’s Avantasia, amongst others. First conceived of in 1998 by multi-instrumentalist Willdric Lievin, Fairyland steadily gathered collaborators Anthony …

A fine golf swing tenorman whose main inspiration was often Coleman Hawkins, Man Lafitte appeared in lots of mainstream settings over time. LaFitte began paying out clarinet including with swing-oriented gypsy rings. After switching to tenor in 1947 and shifting to Paris, he caused Big Costs Broonzy (1950), Mezz Mezzrow …