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Westside Cowboy are an English rock band formed in Manchester in 2023. The band members are Jimmy Bradbury (vocals, guitar), Reuben Haycocks (vocals, guitar), Aoife Anson O'Connell (vocals, bass) and Paddy Murphy (vocals, drums). Read more on Last.fm

The Cardigans are a Swedish rock band formed in Jönköping, Sweden, in 1992. The band's principal lineup consisted of guitarist Peter Svensson, bassist Magnus Sveningsson, drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and vocalist Nina Persson. Since the band's return to live performances in 2012, Oskar Humlebo has performed on guitar in place of Svensson. The Cardigans released their debut album, "Emmerdale", in 1994, establishing a following in Sweden and achieving success in Japan. Read more on Last.fm

Sampa Tembo, known professionally as Sampa the Great, is a Zambian-born Australia-based rapper and songwriter. Her debut solo album, The Return, peaked at No. 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019 she won Best Hip Hop Release for her second single, "Final Form". In the following year she won the same category for The Return, as well as Best Female Artist and Best Independent Release. Sampa Tembo was born in 1993 in Zambia and was raised there and in Botswana, as the middle of five children. Read more on Last.fm

This Is The Kit is an English band formed by musician / singer Kate Stables (lead vocals, banjo, guitar), with: Jesse D Vernon (bass, guitar, violin), Jamie Whitby-Coles (drums), Rozi Plain (vocals, guitar), Neil Smith (guitar) and Philip Sirop (batterie). Stables has been turning heads in all the right places since 2003: a first album Krülle Bol produced by John Parish , singles (Two Wooden Spoons) released by Rob da Bank’s label Sunday Best and a long-awaited second album on Dreamboat Records in 2010. Read more on Last.fm

Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. Cornell switched to rhythm guitar in 1985, and the drum position was taken over first by Scott Sundquist and then by Matt Cameron in 1986. Yamamoto departed in 1989 and was replaced briefly by Jason Everman before Ben Shepherd joined later that year. Soundgarden disbanded in 1997 and reunited in 2010. Read more on Last.fm

There are at least 3 artists using the name Heartworms: 1) The project of English musician Jojo Orme, releasing singles since 2020, and debuting with the album Glutton for Punishment (2025). https://linktr.ee/iamheartwormsofficial 2) This Washington, D.C.- based indiepop band comprised vocalist/guitarist Archie Moore (a former member of Velocity Girl) and his girlfriend, vocalist/bassist Trisha Roy (also in Belmondo and The Shapiros), along with Read more on Last.fm

Green Day is an American rock band formed in Rodeo, California, in 1987 by lead singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, with drummer Tré Cool joining in 1990. Their major-label debut "Dookie" was released in 1994 through Reprise Records and became a commercial success, selling over 20 million copies in the United States. Green Day has been associated with a revival of mainstream interest in punk rock. 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

Stevland Hardaway Morris (born Judkins; 13 May 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century and has been cited as a pioneer across genres including R&B, pop, soul, gospel, funk and jazz. During his peak years, Wonder often functioned as a largely self-contained performer, and his use of synthesizers and other Read more on Last.fm

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft had a significant impact on popular music. Read more on Last.fm