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Smokie

Smokie is an English pop rock band from Bradford who found success in Europe and the U.S. in the 70s. They formed in 1966 in Yorkshire, England and did some early records under the name "Smokey". The band broke into the mainstream after teaming up with songwriters Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, artists known for also working with Pat Benatar and Sweet among others. Smokie is perhaps best known for "Living Next Door to Alice", one of their top hits that was a U.K. top 5 single.While touring in Ireland, the discovered the audience would cheer back "Who the Fuck is Alice?". As it turns out , this was a ritual at a Café in Nijmegen (the Netherlands)......

Elle

There are multiple groups and artists performing under the name 'Elle':1) Elle is a four-piece screamo / post-hardcore band from Oakland / Bay Area, California, featuring members of Loma Prieta, Beau Navire, Yearbooks and Nuvolascura. //////// https://elleoakland.bandcamp.com ///////2) Elle is a Canadian-born, LA-based multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. Songs from her first EP, "Insomnia" charted in the top ten in college radio. Through her Pasadena-based label, 5 Alarm Music, Desire has already had tracks placed in TV's "Missing", “The Black Donelly’s”, “Friday Night Lights” and “One Life To Live” and she performed numerous......

Sotomayor

Sotomayor is the Afro-Latin influenced electronic music project of siblings Raúl (music production) and Paulina (vocals). It is a project that fuses rhythms such as cumbia, afro beat, dancehall, Peruvian "chicha" and merengue with rhythms for the dance floor. Source

Donnie

There are at least two artists named Donnie. 1. Donnie (full name: Donald Ellerström, born 5 August 1994 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands) is a Dutch rapper who was discovered by Vjèze Fur of De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig. His career took off thanks to several collaborations with members of 'De Jeugd', their beat creator and producer, Bas Bron, in particular. Bron produced Donnie's 2015 début album, Mannelogie and many of his tracks and albums thereafter.Thusfar, Donnie released six full-length albums, most recently 2019's Door Het Licht, which included his 2019 hit single with Willie Wartaal, 'Barry Hayze'. Post-2019 Donnie was particularly......

Islandman

Was born from the musical dreams of Istanbul based musician/producer Tolga Boyuk, Islandman represents a fiction character, a music persona, a dreamer composing the stories of a non -existing place…Islandman performs on stage as an electro-acoustic live trio format. Their music can be described as a unique mix of mellow electronic structures & dance beats with spacey live guitars, backed up by shamanic rhythms.The mixing idea during the record sessions or in live performances is to bring Turkish Psychedelia or an African roots music reef together with a feeling of the electric universe. The power of the band comes from their perfect balance of electronic structures and......

Daudia

Daudia is a duo made of Italian songwriters, singers and musicians Davide and Claudia. They play piano, keyboards, guitar, ukulele and both sing and write music. Their career as a band begins in late 2016, when they start posting song- covers on social media and start performing in clubs around Italy.In June 2017, Daudia appear for the first time on national Italian tv ( Canale 5), attending "The winner is" talent show.In July, Daudia take part at "The X Factor Uk", going through the judges audition and achieving Bootcamp.In September, Daudia travel to Romania for "X Factor Romania" auditions and start to attend the tv program till......

Ozomatli

Ozomatli was formed in Los Angeles in 1995. Ozomatli have gone from being hometown heroes to being named U.S. State Department Cultural Ambassadors.Ozomatli has always juggled two key identities. They are the voice of their city and they are citizens of the world.Their music — a notorious urban-Latino-and-beyond collision of hip hop and salsa, dancehall and cumbia, samba and funk, merengue and comparsa, East LA R&B and New Orleans second line, Jamaican ragga and Indian ragga— has long followed a key mantra: it will take you around the world by taking you around L.A.Originally formed to play at a Los Angeles labor protest, Ozomatli spent some of their early days......

Acetre

Created in 1976, Acetre is one of the most emblematic and experienced groups within the folk panorama of Extremadura,Spain.Starting from a rich traditional base and in union with their great experience as musicians, they have created and renewed music by making the right choice between instrumental and vocal quality, moreover they have been able to open new horizons with music inspired from traditional roots.Their birthplace Olivenza, (a town rooted in two cultures Spanish and Portuguese) gives them the simple and naturally spontaneous characteristic of being considered as 'bicultural', which can only be explained as growing up and learning with the knowledge and......