Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez
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Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Gil (born 26 June, 1942) is a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter, and Brazil's former minister of culture. He began his career as a bossa nova musician, but soon began writing songs that reflected a new focus on political awareness and social activism, along with fellow singer Caetano Veloso. In the 1970s, Gil added new elements of African and North American music to his already broad palette, and continued to release a steady stream of albums, including Realce and Refazenda. Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Gilberto Gil (Spotify)
Kevin Morby
Kevin Morby is an American musician, singer and songwriter. Formerly the bass guitarist of the folk rock band Woods, and the frontman of The Babies, Morby began a solo career in 2013. Harlem River marked the solo debut. Known for his work as the singer/guitarist for the Brooklyn band The Babies and bassist for Woods, the Kansas City native and new Los Angeles resident, calls the record “an homage to New York City,” his adopted home for the past five years. Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Kevin Morby (Spotify)
Jonny Trunk
Jonny Trunk (born Jonathan Benton-Hughes) is a bedroom musician and broadcaster on London's art radio station Resonance FM. His show "OST" has concentrated on film music, TV music, library music and related recordings for the past 6 years. In 1995 he founded Trunk Records, an independent record label which specialises mainly in film scores, library music, sexploitation and kitsch releases. It has since gained a cult following as a result of the releases of much sought-after material from scores for cult films such as Deep Throat Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Jonny Trunk (Spotify)
Jean Cohen-Solal
Born in 1946, Jean Cohen-Solal studied music at the National Academy in Nimes from 1956 to 1963. Flute was his major, but he also studied the double bass. He learned counterpoint, harmony, chamber music & orchestration. From 1963 to 1966, he attended the Academy of Versailles with Cazauran Stone as his double bass teacher, and studied flute with Roger Bourdin and Gaston Crunelle and with the CNSM of Paris. In 1965, Jean made connections with the GRM (Group of Musical Research of the ORTF, the National French Broadcast system). Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Jean Cohen-Solal (Spotify)
Juana Aguirre
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Acid House Kings
Acid House Kings, formed in Stockholm, Sweden, 1991 by two brothers Niklas Angergård, Johan Angergård and their friend Joakim Ödlund. With immaculate taste in music stemming from a childhood of Elvis Presley, an almost complete set of Sarah singles and a 100% complete set of The Smiths singles, the band set out to define pop music. Between 1992 and 2002, inspired by the 10 albums in 10 years from Felt, Acid House Kings released a trilogy of albums with one album released every fifth year. Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Acid House Kings (Spotify)
Exotic Gardens
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The Yummy Fur
The Yummy Fur were an art rock/indie rock band which formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1992. The band's only constant member was singer/guitarist John McKeown. After the band split in 1999, McKeown drifted through several short lived bands before forming the successful indie rock band 1990s in 2006, and two former members - Paul Thomson and Alex Kapranos - formed the popular alternative rock band Franz Ferdinand. In 2009, it was announced that John McKeown, Paul Thomson and Brian McDougall would reunite The Yummy Fur for a brief tour in 2010. Read more on Last.fmArtist image: The Yummy Fur (Spotify)
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth was an influential American experimental rock band formed in New York City, New York, United States in 1981 and are currently on an indefinite hiatus. The last lineup consisted of Thurston Moore (vocals, guitar), Kim Gordon (vocals, bass, guitar), Lee Ranaldo (vocals and guitar), Steve Shelley (drums) and Mark Ibold (bass). In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City. Part of the first wave of American noise rock groups Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Sonic Youth (Spotify)
