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There are at least three groups known as the Passions: 1) The Passions was a Birmingham-based post-punk band, best known for their one hit "I'm in Love with a German Film Star", The Passions, based around singer-songwriter Barbara Gogan, looked for a while in the early 80s as though they might become major new wave stars, yet it all faded fast. 2) An indie rock group from Minnesota, currently active. 3) A doo wop group from Brooklyn, New York that emerged in the late 50s and early 60s. Best known for their 1959 song "Just To Be With You". Read more on Last.fm

1. Post-Midwest Emo from Russia, Moscow (active 2012 - Present) 2. Los Angeles Experimental Hardcore band (active 2006) 3. New Jersey Pop-Punk band (active 2010-2012) 4. Electro-Pop artist from Brisbane, Australia (2010-Present) 5. Indie-Rock/Shoegaze artist, Chicago (2011-Present) 6. Post-Hardcore from Warwick, NY (2010-Present) 7. Shoegaze/Post-Punk band from Berlin, Germany 8. Punk rock from Seattle, Washington (2019-?) 9. Chaotic hardcore/screamo/sludge band from Nantes, France (2009-?) Read more on Last.fm

Asha Puthli is one of the most successful vocalists ever to come out of India. Perhaps best known for her stirring vocals on free jazz legend Ornette Coleman's Science Fiction album, Asha is a cosmopolitan pioneer of jazz, funk, soul and electronic dance music who has recorded ten solo albums for labels like EMI and CBS/Sony. Trained in Indian classical singing and a natural jazz improviser, Asha Puthli created her own unique sound in the 1970s - soft, slinky, sexy, meditative, and chilled out. Read more on Last.fm

Long before Bristol had become a recognized stronghold for downtempo trip-hop and spy-soundtrack dubs, the duo of Rob Smith and Ray Mighty teamed in the late '80s for two early breakbeat tracks, "Walk on By" and "Anyone Who Had a Heart." The anachronistic fusion of sophisticated Burt Bacharach productions with laidback hip-hop prefigured trip-hop's later fascination with the more polished end of '60s adult-pop. The pair also produced the Top Ten hit "Wishing on a Star" for the Fresh Fours Read more on Last.fm

The Sunday Service Choir is an American gospel group led by artist and producer Kanye West and conducted by choir director Jason White. It was formed in January 2019 and has performed every Sunday, as well as Friday, September 27, when West's album Jesus Is King was announced for release. In addition, the choir has performed various songs from the Jesus Is King and Donda albums and their songs from the Jesus Is Born (2019) and Emmanuel (2020) albums. Read more on Last.fm

James Blake (born 26 September 1988) is a Grammy-winning electronic musician and singer-songwriter from London, England, United Kingdom. Blake is primarily considered a dubstep producer and is frequently heralded as a leading figure in the "post-dubstep" community, but he is also noted for his prominent soul influences. Blake was nominated the Critic's Choice award by the 2011 BRIT Awards and the Sound of 2011 award by the BBC, and won second place in the latter. Read more on Last.fm

There are at least five artists with this name: 1. A popular electronic music duo from France 2. A jazz trio from the United States 3. A noise rock band from Japan 4. An alias of ambient musician Pete Namlook 5. A pop group from the Philippines 1) The French band Air is a duo consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel. They went to school in Versailles, (Lycée Jules Ferry) before forming the band in 1995 . Their critically acclaimed first album Premiers Symptômes was followed by the release of Moon Safari Read more on Last.fm

Moses Sumney (born 19 May 1990) is a Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter. Born in California, Sumney was raised by pastor parents, and moved with his family back to Ghana at the age of 10. He described his childhood as "Americanized" by this age and had difficulty adjusting to the culture of Ghana, especially the rural nature of his new environment. There he grew up on a goat farm in Accra and commuted by public bus to school. His family returned to Southern California when Sumney was 16, settling in Riverside. Read more on Last.fm

Half Italian half British singer and guitarist Anna Calvi grew up being exposed to a multitude of genres of music by her music-loving father. According to the Suzanne and I Songfacts, she cites the classical composers Ravel and Debussy among her influences and her music has been described as "brooding melodramatic goth-pop." At the age of 17 and after eschewing art school in favor of a music degree, Calvi began to learn her trade and started to assemble musical partnerships. Read more on Last.fm

Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016), more commonly known mononymously as Prince, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. The recipient of numerous awards and nominations, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation. He was known for his flamboyant, androgynous persona; his wide vocal range, which included a far-reaching falsetto and high-pitched screams; and his skill as a multi-instrumentalist, often preferring to play all or most of the instruments on his recordings. Read more on Last.fm