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Can were arguably the leading avant-garde rock ban of the 70’s, hailing from west Germanytheir music didn’t fit in with the mainstream rock of the era. Taking their inspiration from a wide variety of genres including classical their closest contemporaries were probably Frank Zappa or possibly Velvet Underground. Experimentation with synthesizers and electronic music was [...] Juana Molina was born in 1962 in the beautiful city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Following the military coup in the late 70’s Juana moved to Paris with her family where her tango-singing father taught her to play guitar. Juana started her career as a comedic television actress, a household name throughout Latin America by the time [...] Steven Wilkinson (Bibio) is a born and bred West Midlands boy who moved to London to study sonic sounds at the University of London. Drawing inspiration from electronic music such as boards of Canada and Autechre, Bibio has incorporated his own unique recording and love of Folk to create a sound that is unique yet [...] I was lucky enough to go to the Womad World music festival last weekend. For anyone that hasn’t heard of this event, it is renowned as the most musically varied festival in the World, musicians from the highlands of Northern China, to the deserts of the Sahara gather together in the English countryside and strut [...] Matt Adey is a songwriter on the London circuit that is attracting a lot of attention. His neat acoustic compositions and powerful voice have gained him a much deserved monthly residency at West London’s popular Troubadour venue. With the night growing in popularity since its inception, Matt is now looking to extend his solo [...] Dear Reader hail from the South African capital of Johannesburg, a city with a love of house-music and Kwaito, but not as well known for its folk. Dear Reader is changing all that and are beginning to gain quite a following in Germany and the UK putting Jo-Burg on the folk map- good work guys. [...] |
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