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Gazebo

Paul Mazzolini (born 18 February 1960 in Beirut, Lebanon, stage name Gazebo), is an Italian musician.He was born in Lebanon, the son of an Italian diplomat and an American singer. According to legend, he learned to play the guitar aged 10 to impress a German girl in his class.As a rather cosmopolitan teenager Mazzolini began a career in a variety of jazz, rock and punk bands before meeting Rome, Italy based producer Pierluigi Giombini. Both shared a passion for synthesizers and started working together. The first release, Masterpiece, was a minor hit in 1982.His footnote in charts history is his 1983 release I like Chopin (popular opinion notwithstanding, the piano motif......

Irene

There is more than one artist with this name:1) Irene are a pop band from Stockholm, Sweden signed to the popular Swedish label, Labrador.They emerged in 2004 and released their debut effort Apple Bay in 2006. This was quickly followed by the 2007 long-player Long Gone Since Last Summer.The band's membership is constantly revolving around a changing group of friends however they are mainly the project of vocalist/guitarist and songwriter, Tobias Isaksson (aka Bobby).2) Irene is a eurobeat vocalist. Real Name: Linda Ongarelli.3) Irene is a Houston-based indie/metal band made up of brothers Hector Oviedo, Oscar Oviedo and Dan Oviedo. Source...

Osibisa

Osibisa is a British Afro-pop band, founded in London in 1969 by four expatriate African and three Caribbean musicians. Osibisa were one of the first African bands to become widely popular, leading to claims of founding World Music.In Ghana in the 1950s, Teddy Osei (saxophone), Sol Amarfio (drums), Mamon Shareef and Farhan Freere (flute) played in a highlife band called The Star Gazers. They left to form The Comets, with Osei's brother Mac Tontoh on trumpet, and scored a hit in West Africa with their 1958 song "Pete Pete." In 1962 Osei moved to London to study music on a scholarship from the Ghanaian government. In 1964 he formed Cat's Paw, an early......

Roosevelt

Roosevelt (born Marius Lauber in September 1990) is a German singer, songwriter and producer from Viersen. He is signed to Greco-Roman.His first project was Beat!Beat!Beat!, an indie teenage band where he was the drummer. Years later the band separated and he became a soloist.He then released his acclaimed debut EP 'Elliot' in 2013. The lead single 'Elliot' was named as Pitchfork's 'Best New Track'. Roosevelt then released the double-A side 'Night Moves/Hold On' in 2015 on Greco-Roman which continued a warm synth-pop, Balearic-influenced sound.In April 2016, he announced his self-titled debut album, set for release on August 19,......

The Silencers

There are three recorded bands with this name. 1. The Silencers from Scotland have existed since the late 1980s. They were formed from the ashes of the 1980s band Fingerprintz.The Silencers began their career with the 1987 album A Letter from St Paul. Although they had a couple of hits in their early career, the band were not rewarded with commercial success until the Scottish Tourist Board featured their version of the traditional "Wild Mountain Thyme", a hit which surprised everyone concerned.2. The Silencers is a 1980s band from the United States, which produced just one album. 3. A side project with members of Rancid, The Slackers, Bad Religion, and The......

Jazbeat

JAZBEAT (Roma,Italy) is composed by Dario Rosciglione, Fabiana Rosciglione and Enrico Solazzo and lyrics by Cristiano Prunas. JAZBEAT is a fusion of different music experience of the musicians, there is a bit of (jazz, pop,dance,rap). Source

Motherland

At Least 2 artists with name:1).Jungle Act2).American band1).Jungle group who had releases on mark ryders low price music label which was a sub for his Strictly Underground releases.2).Once the American success of the band Bonham started to wane, group leader Jason Bonham attempted to change musical direction with a new band name and vocalist. With the addition of vocalist/guitarist Marti Fredericksen (a former member of Outlaw Blood) the remaining members of Bonham, Jason Bonham (drums), Ian Hatton (guitar) and John Smithson (bass), now had a new lease on life with their Motherland project. However the Peace 4 Me album offered little of interest to the loyal Bonham fans......

Alizée

Alizée Jacotey (born 21 August 1984 in Ajaccio, Corsica, France) is a famous French pop singer. She goes by the stage name Alizée (pronounced: /a.lɪ.ze/), the feminine form of alizé, the trade wind. She was discovered by Mylène Farmer, one of the most successful French pop singers, following her winning performance in the talent show, Graines de Star, in 1999. From 2000 until the year 2006 while collaborating with Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat, Alizée released two successful albums and became a pop star inside and outside of France. She was then considered the protégée of Mylène Farmer. In 2006 she decided to end her collaboration with Farmer and one year later she......