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Marcos Kostenbader Valle (born September 14, 1943 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and record producer. His work has found success across many musical styles both within Brazil and in the rest of the world, including bossa nova, samba, incidental music for drama, and fusions of American/European rock and dance music with Brazilian styles. His brother is Paulo Sérgio Valle, with whom he composed many songs. From the younger Bossa Nova generation, as well as Bebel Gilberto and others, made a large part of his career abroad. Read more on Last.fm

In the eleven years since her last project, Erykah Badu has gathered not conclusions but a series of existential insights. Before the World Blows: The Abi and Alan Experiment exists within the tension between introspection and growth. Abi is Badu. Alan is The Alchemist. Recorded over 18 months in Dallas and Los Angeles, the album is the inevitable collision of two iconoclasts—hypnotic, funny, blunt, deeply personal, and impossible to categorize neatly. Read more on Last.fm

Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971 in Bronx, New York, United States), is an American R&B, Soul, and Hip Hop singer, songwriter, rapper and actress. Known as The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul and The Queen of R&B, she has sold over 75 million records worldwide. In 1992, Blige released her debut album What's The 411?. The album sold 3.4 million copies on the strength of singles You Remind Me, Real Love, Reminisce, Sweet Thing, and Love No Limit. The Read more on Last.fm

Maria Somerville draws on folk forms alongside post-punk, traditional Irish motifs, starry eyed pop and hypnotic drones to create wholly original music that is borne of her roots in Connemara, Western Ireland. Her debut album All My People channels the wilderness of the Irish landscape through dense, ethereal soundscapes, bare boned percussion and a heady electronic undertow, interspersed with ghostly vocals that are ever present and all encompassing, like crystalline glints of sunshine peeking through dark stormy clouds. Read more on Last.fm

Keo are an alt-rock outfit from London with an intensity and depth that evokes both nostalgia and urgency. Led by brothers Finn (vocals, guitar) and Conor Keogh (bass) and completed by drummer Oli Spackman and guitarist Jimmy Lanwern – Keo’s origins trace back to Plymouth, Portugal, Ireland and the US – with the Keogh brothers spending their youth touring much of the UK, Ireland and the US in their father’s traditional Irish folk project. Read more on Last.fm

Nubiyan Twist play an upbeat blend of groove driven music with a powerful horn section, soulful female vocals/mc'ing, live dubs/ electronics, turntablism and an explosive rhythm section stretching from Brazil to the UK. Nubiyan Twist are a Leeds born, London based musical collective. Orchestrated by guitarist/producer Tom Excell, they create a unique, infectious sound in an eclectic mix of styles, drawing on jazz, hip-hop, afrobeat, latin, soul, reggae and dance music. Read more on Last.fm

Dolly Rebecca Parton (January 19, 1946 - August 25, 2026) was an American singer, songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and businesswoman. After initial success as a songwriter for other artists, she released her debut album, "Hello, I'm Dolly", in 1967. Her career spans around six decades and more than 50 studio albums. Known as the "Queen of Country", Parton is regarded as one of the most successful and widely honoured female country music performers in history. Read more on Last.fm

The Big Moon is a London four-piece band formed in 2014 by Juliette Jackson. The band are signed to Fiction Records and have toured internationally. The band gained exposure as they went in a co-headline tour in October 2015 with fellow London bands VANT and Inheaven. Following that tour, they supported artists The Maccabees, Ezra Furman and The Vaccines. In 2016, the band signed to Fiction Records. In March, they release their debut EP, The Road. Read more on Last.fm

The Cure are an English band formed in Crawley in 1976 by Robert Smith (vocals, guitar) and Lol Tolhurst (drums). The band’s current lineup consists of Smith, Simon Gallup (bass), Roger O'Donnell (keyboards),,Jason Cooper (drums), and Reeves Gabrels (guitar), with Perry Bamonte (guitar and keyboards) up to hs death on 25th Dec 2025. Smith has been the sole constant member throughout the group’s history, while Gallup has appeared on all but two of the band’s studio albums. Read more on Last.fm