February 28, 2024
Biography
Raised on a reliable diet plan of Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, John Lennon, and Jeff Buckley, French-American singer/songwriter Sydney Wayser was raised in LA and summered in Paris, bathing in both scenery as well as the culture. Proficient on piano and electric guitar, Wayser’s signature mixture of breezy, western world …
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December 11, 2023
Biography
Essentially Belle & Sebastian leader Stuart Murdoch, the others of B&S, and a phalanx of female muse-singers (but mainly obscure Irish vocalist Catherine Ireton), God Help the lady is among the odder “side projects” (if it could even be referred to as such). Created in 2008 to produce music for …
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November 10, 2023
Biography
Given birth to Arielle Sonnery de Fromental in Norwich, CT, Dombasle spent a lot of her years as a child in Mexico, where her grandfather was the France Ambassador. When she shifted to France to review, her visual appearance and abilities quickly propelled her into film. In 2004, Dombasle, who …
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November 6, 2023
Biography
One of the primary pop superstars of the first ’60s, Brenda Lee hasn’t attracted seeing that much critical respect seeing that she deserves. She actually is occasionally inaccurately characterized among the few feminine teen idols. Even more crucially, the credit for success with pop-country crossovers generally would go to Patsy …
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October 9, 2023
Biography
Muse towards the Parisian literary picture from the ’50s, godmother of songwriter-led ’60s France pop, and a self-reinventing torch vocalist in the ’70s as yet, Juliette Gréco is among the great France recording artists from the 20th hundred years. Delivered in Montpellier in 1929, Gréco was classically educated on the …
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September 27, 2023
Biography
Lotte Lenya was a Tony Award-winning celebrity/singer who appeared primarily on stage from your 1920s towards the ’70s, even though also saving and building occasional performances on film, radio, and tv. She was carefully from the music of her hubby, composer Kurt Weill, often showing up in his stage functions …
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September 4, 2023
Biography
Given birth to into poverty in St. Louis, dancer and vocalist Josephine Baker advanced from vaudeville to NY theater towards the Parisian cabaret picture and became the toast of European countries before the age group of 21. Though her later on profession wasn’t quite in a position to handle this …
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August 23, 2023
Biography
The fame and legacy of Maria Callas are almost unsurpassed in the present day history of opera. Her popularity has transcended the most common boundaries of traditional music, and she’s been the motivation for several films, an opera, and an effective Broadway musical. Her comprehensive catalogue of recordings continues to …
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August 18, 2023
Biography
With her lilting vocals, theatrical arrangements, and delicate indie folk craft, Norwegian singer/songwriter Ane Brun (pronounced Ah-na Broon) continued to be a regional secret until 2003, when she made her European debut using the discharge of HANGING OUT with Morgan. Released for the DetErMine label, an organization that Brun co-founded …
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August 16, 2023
Biography
Yves Montand was an enormously popular vocalist in France, his adopted nation, through the 1940s until his loss of life. He also offered concerts all over the world, but he was better-known internationally as an acting professional. Montand was created Ivo Livi on Oct 13, 1921, within the town of …
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