Tag Archives: Wistful

Arranged by Simon Emmerson from the Afro Celt AUDIO SYSTEM, the Dreamed Village project features an eclectic ensemble of musicians reinterpreting traditional songs through a modernist sieve. The talented cast of individuals contains Emmerson, Billy Bragg, Tiger Moth, Johnny Kalsi, Sheila Chandra, the Copper Family members, Paul Weller, Benjamin Zephaniah, …

Goldoolins will be the Israeli trio of E.T. Doolin, his wife Tadlik N. Doolin, and O.D. Goldbart. They provide satisfying, catchy, and different acoustic-based folk-rock, sung mainly in English, on the self-titled 2004 debut record. Ahead of Goldoolins, Goldbart and E.T. Doolin performed together back senior high school in the …

With an identical appeal as previous contestants Leon Jackson and Ray Quinn, schoolboy Eoghan Quigg almost became The X Factor’s most surprising winner. Blessed in 1992 in State Londonderry, North Ireland, Quigg started singing young, performing in the institution choir and in a variety of regional productions. In 2008 he …

Manuok (pronounced: man-you-oh-kay) may be the function of multi-instrumentalist and tape manipulator Scott Mercado, who all developed it from a bedroom-ridden single venture right into a fully working live music group sometime throughout the discharge of his eponymous initial record in 2004.

The alias of Dutch singer/songwriter Johannes Sigmond, Blaudzun specializes in rousing, open-road indie pop that skillfully blends the expansiveness of bands like Arcade Fire and Frightened Rabbit using the rural, country-folk charm from the Lumineers and MEDICAL Kit. Located in Utrecht, Sigmond released his eponymous debut record in 2008. His …

Norwegian given birth to singer and songwriter Kari Bremnes was created in 1956 in Lofoten. Her profession like a performer was postponed by her desire to complete university (she gained a Master’s Level) and a brief stint like a journalist. Ultimately, the call from the stage gained out, and in …

Led from the Dark Seed products’ Barnaby Weir, Wellington, New Zealand’s Soar My Pretties certainly are a large group, numbering just lacking 20 members, that performs throughout its native country and occasionally produces recordings of its theatrical performances. Mixing root base rock and roll, reggae, folk, and spirit, the group …

Texan nation singer and songwriter Jason Cassidy was created in Houston, Texas, developing up inside a smaller sized Texas town, Fresh Caney, where his father owned a warm rod store and built warm rods for a full time income. Cassidy’s first enthusiasm was building them along with his dad and …

Self-described “Sloppy Pop” trio Parlovr (pronounced “parlor”) shaped in Montreal, Quebec in 2005 across the skills of Louis Jackson, Alex Cooper, and Jeremy MacCuish. Having a seriously beat-up arsenal of drums, keyboards, and guitars, the trio bangs out willful slabs of experimental rock and roll that reflect an array of …

Idiosyncratic Belgian pop composer Ozark Henry broke to mainstream success along with his 2001 album, Birthmarks. Created Piet Goddaer in Kortrijk on Apr 29, 1970, he was the boy of traditional and jazz composer Norbert Goddaer, and started playing saxophone and piano at age group six. Upon getting an electric …