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Developing up in Montreal, Quebec, Dessy di Lauro was subjected to a variety of classic and contemporary music — from Sarah Vaughan to Luther Vandross — through her parents’ record collection. She sang in gospel choirs, advanced to session are a background vocalist, and relocated to Orlando, Florida after earning …

Mashing together the noises of dubstep, grime, home, and other tastes of underground dance, creation duo the Count number & Sinden conquered U.K. dancefloors in 2008 using their infectious one “Beeper.” Both triple dangers in their very own right — creating, DJing, and remixing — London citizens Joshua “The Count …

Though Dominican-based bachata duo Miguel & Bernie were newcomers towards the worldwide recording world using their 2007 release Todo por la Luna, the pair had recently been performing regularly for near ten years. Like many Dominican performers, it had been their romantic relationship with New York-based J&N Information that would …

Spanish hip-hop duo SFDK shaped in Seville in 1993. MC Zatu (blessed Saturnino Rey) and DJ Acción Sánchez (blessed Óscar tissue Sánchez) originally produced their name in the acronym for the expression “Direct from Da Kranny,” but afterwards instituted the modified “Siempre Fuertes de Konciencia,” or “Generally Solid of Conscience.” …

Among the dance statistics whose impact and exposure much exceeds his actual name reputation, Walter Gibbons pioneered the idea of the remix and 12″ one in America. Inspired by Jamaican dub manufacturers, Gibbons began changing paths for his DJ models in the first ’70s, then got his innovations towards the …

Produced in 2002 by Karen Roberts (vocals) and Patrick Fitzgerald (bass/vocals), globetrotting Southern California-based ska-punk outfit Run after Long Shore grew into an octet by enough time its debut EP (Strike from the Fuzzy Things) premiered in 2004. Going for a cue from third influx ska revival serves just like …

Rasheed Hightower, referred to as Sheed, is an associate from the Atlanta-based rap trio Store Boyz.

Playing intelligent but simple rock and roll that harks back again to ‘60s garage area, ‘70s punk, and ‘80s college rock and roll, the Smooth Pack feature vocalist/guitarist Matt Lamkin, guitarist Matty McLoughlin, bassist Dave Lantzman, and drummer Brian Hill. The music group formed in NORTH PARK in 2008, when …

Led by Oakland, California native Ricky Reed, Wallpaper. fuses hip-hop, pop, and dance music inside a carefree, sometimes pointed style. After a set of EPs in 2006 and in 2008, the 1st Wallpaper. recording, Doodoo Face, premiered in ’09 2009 on Eenie Meenie. Reed dished out lighthearted and Auto-Tune-treated lyrics …

Myrna Lorrie is something of the fixture in Canadian nation music, but she never made serious inroads in the American marketplace. However, she racked up many Canadian quantity types in the ’60s — “I CANNOT Live with Him,” “Inform Me Never to Proceed,” “IGNORE the Music” — and frequently performed …