Author: TaPanda
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Gregory Porter
About Gregory Porter is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He has twice won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album: first in 2014 for Liquid Spirit and then again in 2017 for Take Me to the Alley. Albums/Songs: Great Voices of Harlem Water Be Good Take Me to the Alley All Rise Still…
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José James
About José James is an American composer, baritone singer, guitar player and vocalist who combines contemporary jazz and hip hop. Albums/Songs: No Beginning No End On & On Love in a Time of Madness No Beginning No End 2 Round Two For All We Know José James: New York 2020 (Live) Blackmagic Lean on Me…
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Balthazar
About Balthazar is a Belgian indie pop/rock group. The band consists of Maarten Devoldere, Jinte Deprez, Simon Casier, Michiel Balcaen, and Tijs Delbeke, who all come from the areas of Kortrijk and Ghent (Flanders). Albums/Songs: Rats The Sand Castle Tapes Thin Walls Fever Sand Applause Call to Action: What’s your favorite Balthazar song? Share your…
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Manos Hadjidakis
Manos Hatzidakis (also spelled Hadjidakis; Greek: Μάνος Χατζιδάκις; 23 October 1925 – 15 June 1994) was a Greek composer and theorist of Greek music, widely regarded as one of the greatest Greek composers of all time. He was one of the main proponents of the “Éntekhno” form of music, along with Mikis Theodorakis, and he…
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Attik
Attik (Greek: Αττίκ, real name Kleon Triantafyllou (Κλέων Τριανταφύλλου); 19 March 1885 – 29 August 1944) was a significant Greek composer of the early 20th century. Attik was born in Athens and grew up in Egypt, where he took music lessons. From 1907 until 1930, he lived in Paris. In 1930, he went to Athens…
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The Box Tops
About The Box Tops is an American rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1967. They are best known for the hits “The Letter”, “Cry Like a Baby”, “Choo Choo Train,” and “Soul Deep” and are considered a major blue-eyed soul group of the period. They performed a mixture of current soul music songs by…
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BB King
About Riley B. King, known professionally as B. B. King, was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato, and staccato picking that influenced many later blues electric guitar players. AllMusic recognized King as “the single most important electric guitarist of…
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The Easybeats
About The Easybeats were an Australian rock band which formed in Sydney in late 1964. They are best known for their 1966 hit single “Friday on My Mind”, which is regarded as the first Australian rock song to achieve international success; Rolling Stone described it as “the first international victory for Oz rock”. One of…
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Timmy Thomas
About Timothy Earle Thomas was an American R&B singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer, best known for the hit song, “Why Can’t We Live Together”. Albums/Songs: Why Can’t We Live Together Gotta Give A Little Love (Ten Years After) R&B Hits & More Why Can’t We Live Together: The Best Of The TK Years 1972-81…
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Toro y Moi
About Chaz Bear, known professionally as Toro y Moi, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and graphic designer. He is often recognized as a spearhead of the chillwave genre in the 2010s, alongside contemporaries Washed Out and Neon Indian, although his music has explored various styles since. His stage name is a multilingual expression…