Tag Archives: Calm/Peaceful

Los Angeles-based experimental musician and synthesizer aficionado M. Geddes Gengras continues to be involved with several projects which range from psych-folk and sound rock and roll to dub reggae and cosmic ambient drone. Together with his sibling Cyrus Gengras, he created the ethereal folk duo Classic Brothers round the middle-2000s, …

In the forefront from the contemporary Brazilian singer/songwriter picture, raspy-voiced guitarist Maria Gadú’s eclectic sound incorporates the rootsy acoustics of her São Paulo hometown having a curious mixture of samba, Afro-beat, and funk. Created Mayra Correa Aygadoux in 1986, she was urged to go after a musical profession by her …

London-based indie pop duo the correct Ornaments shaped in 2005 when James Hoare, guitarist for Veronica Falls, met up with Argentinian musician Max Clapps inside a women’s clothing store. Both bonded more than a shared love from the Velvet Underground, Like, the Remaining Banke, as well as the Seaside Boys. …

Jamaica are an electro-tinged France indie rock and roll duo who made their full-length record debut this year 2010. Located in Paris, France, the duo is normally made up of Antoine Hilaire (vocals, electric guitar) and Flo Lyonnet (bass, vocals), who passed the name Poney Poney for the many years …

Following the 2007 split of R&B duo Floetry, spoken phrase artist and whisper-voiced vocalist Natalie Stewart — aka the Floacist — produced a small number of guest appearances on recordings by other musicians, including Brian Culbertson’s XII. She agreed upon being a single artist towards the Shanachie label, which released …

THE NICE Ones certainly are a trio from Kigali, the impoverished capital city of Rwanda. Adrien Kazigira, Stany Hitimana, and Jeanvier Havugimana are survivors from the Rwandan genocide. Their debut recording, Kigali Y’ Izahabu, was documented in one night time and released in the past due fall of 2010 by …

Vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist Jim Sullivan just released two albums, a single in 1969 another in 1972, but neither marketed well, although his skill was obvious, and it’s easy to assume that he’d have eventually experienced a commercial discovery had he not mysteriously vanished in New Mexico in 1975, a …

Known in elements of the brand new York Town art and music scenes like a magic size, visible artist, singer, and songwriter, Hannah Cohen imparts haunting, detached vocals to her melancholic indie pop. A SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA native, she was raised around music via her dad, West Coastline jazz …

Anneli Drecker is a Norwegian singer, composer, arranger, and keyboardist who’s best known while the frontwoman for the gothic pop music group Bel Canto. She’s documented and toured having a diverse selection of performers including Jah Wobble, a-ha, Röyksopp, and Jan Bang, to mention several. Born and elevated in Tromsø, …

Channeling ’70s disco through indie pop, Los Angeles’ Kisses feature vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Jesse Kivel — also from the music group Princeton — and keyboardist Zinzi Edmundson, who’s also a writer and style blogger. Kivel started producing music in primary school, developing Princeton along with his twin sibling Matt and child years …