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Focusing on infectious, Brill Building-length indie pop tunes that mix the orchestral, aloof folk-pop proclivities of rings like the Concealed Cameras and Belle and Sebastian using the droll, electro-pop shimmer of the Stephin Merritt (Magnetic Areas, Gothic Archies, Future Bible Heroes, the 6ths) production, NY City-based collective the Ballet released …

György Sándor was an internationally respected pianist and piano instructor, especially known for his recordings of music of Bartók and Prokofiev. His cousin Arpád Sándor (1896-1972) was a mentioned pianist and music critic who toured broadly as accompanist to such leading performers as Jascha Heifetz and Lily Pons. György analyzed …

Flaunting a combined mix of force pop and Smiths-influenced British rock and roll, the Walkup got root in NEW YORK in 2005. Guitarist/vocalist Alex Koch, drummer Michael Petrucelly, and guitarist Sean Finnigan originally fulfilled at a lesser East Side pub, where they bonded more than a distributed enthusiasm for music …

Sixten Ehrling was perhaps one of the most well-known Swedish conductors. He examined violin and piano as a kid. When he got into the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm he continuing with those equipment and also examined conducting and structure. He pursued performing research in London (with Albert Wolff) …

The dreamy soundscapes of Speck Hill first took shape in Brooklyn, NY, where founding members Karl Briedrick (guitar) and Marie-Claire Balabanian (vocals, bass) held their first rehearsals in 2005. Causing the vocals of Mazzy Star’s Wish Sandoval as well as the lush orchestrations of space rock and roll, the music …

As the story of Cobra Starship could have it, frontman Gabe Saporta fled in to the deserts of Az one day to get the true meaning of his existence from his emo-rock music group, Midtown. Saporta spent times and evenings pondering existence, mysterious lights continuously plaguing the nighttime sky above …

Dubbed “the most well-known supper-club performer who ever resided” by a minimum of Liberace, cabaret icon Hildegarde headlined nightclubs throughout the world for near seven decades, on the way igniting the now-common vogue for single-named celebrity. She was created Hildegarde Loretta Offer in Adell, WI, on Feb 1, 1906 — …

Vacation chorale conductor and arranger Harry Simeone was in charge of popularizing the yuletide perennial “THE TINY Drummer Son.” Created in Newark, NJ, on, may 9, 1911, Simeone got a childhood passion for the Metropolitan Opera, which influenced him to go after a career like a concert pianist. After graduating …

The dance-rock outfit Small Like is headed by Dan Keyes, who served as frontman for the post-grunge music group Get over 2001 to 2004. After liberating three albums with this Austin-based group, Keyes relocated from Tx to NEW YORK searching for new environs along with a switch of pace. Inside …

From an early on age, traditional folk music played an intrinsic component in Hedy West’s life. Even though many of her peers would knowledge rural music for the very first time in urban configurations during the past due-’50s folk revival, Western world drew upon an abundance of Georgia’s traditional traditions. …