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Kelan Phil Cohran was a composer, activist and astronomer based in Chicago, IL, United States. His discography spans 70 years, including releases with The Sun Ra Arkestra, Pete Cosey and his sons The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. The band Legacy is comprised of Oscar Brown III, Malik Cohran, Aquilla Sadalla and Josefe Marie Verna. With them, Cohran recorded the album African Skies in 1993, originally for the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. Cohran drew upon his research of the celestial, spiritual and ancestral throughout these compositions. Read more on Last.fm

Tinned Meats are an art-rock/post punk/ prog band from Shefield They combine jazz-inspired drums, soaring synths, spiky guitar and melodic bass lines. Read more on Last.fm

Lightning Bolt is a noise rock duo which formed in 1994 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The band consists of Brian Chippendale (drums, vocals) and Brian Gibson (bass). The band also originally included Hisham Bharoocha (vocals, guitar), who left the band in 1996 to join Black Dice. The band has released 8 albums: Lightning Bolt (1999), Ride the Skies (2001), Wonderful Rainbow (2003), Hypermagic Mountain (2005), Earthly Delights (2009), Oblivion Hunter (2012), Fantasy Empire (2015) and Sonic Citadel (2019). Read more on Last.fm

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In the '60s, Sonny Sharrock was one of the top avant-garde guitarist and Miles Davis, Don Cherry and Herbie Mann all made use of his intense and wild playing. This classic album featuring his wife Linda on vocals was originally released on the Atco label in 1975. The duo's free-from avant-garde guitar and vocals are blended with fusion/electric grooves on Moog, Rhodes piano, Clavinet and percussion. Read more on Last.fm

Luciana Souza is a Brazilian jazz singer and composer. Daughter of poet Tereza Souza and singer-composer-guitarist Walter Santos, she grew up in São Paulo. She began her career by recording jingles for commercials. She has also worked in the field of European classical music, working with the Bach Akademie in Stuttgart, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, composer Osvaldo Golijov, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Read more on Last.fm

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Mr. Fox is a name used by multiple artists. (1) was an English folk-rock group of the 70s. (2) Reggae, Dancehall, Hip Hop and Reggaeton artist from Panama Mr. Fox (1): In 1970, folk musicians Bob Pegg and his wife Carole Pegg (AKA Carolanne Pegg), who had released albums as a duo (Bob and Carole Pegg), decided to form a band inspired by the folk-rock style of Fairport Convention. They recruited Alan Eden (drums), Barry Lyons (electric bass), Andrew Massey (cello), and John Myatt (woodwinds). Read more on Last.fm

Jethro Tull is a British rock band formed in Blackpool, Lancashire in 1967. The band initially played blues rock and jazz fusion before incorporating elements of English folk music, hard rock, and classical music, developing a distinctive progressive rock sound. Ian Anderson, the band's founder, leader, principal composer, and lead vocalist, has been the only constant member. Anderson is a multi-instrumentalist, primarily playing flute and acoustic guitar. Read more on Last.fm