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Alias

There is more than one artist with this name:1) Alias is a hard rock band, formed by vocalist Freddy Curci and Steve DeMarchi of the Canadian rock band Sheriff ("When I'm With You"), along with Heart founding members Roger Fisher, Steve Fossen and Mike DeRosier in 1988.2) Brendon Whitney (April 5, 1976 – March 30, 2018), better known by his stage name Alias, was a producer and rapper from Hollis, Maine. He was a co-founder of the indie hip hop record label Anticon.1) Alias was an AOR/hard rock band, formed by vocalist Freddy Curci and Steve DeMarchi of the Canadian soft rock band Sheriff ("When I'm With You"), along with Heart founding members......

Bama

Bama was one of the many inmates of Parchman prison, Mississippi, that Alan Lomax and his father John Lomax spoke to and recorded in the 1930s and 1940s. Bama was 'said to be the star singer of the pen' and was in and out of jail for most of his life for various crimes ranging from murder to theft. According to Bama himself he was often arrested for doing nothing at all and was told, "We'll arrest you in egvance (sic) - you gonna do something". He also said he once was arrested for getting a pig drunk and attempting to steal that. Bama was also the name of a session band from Muscle Shoals, Alabama lead by Terry Skinner & J.L. Wallace. Skinner......

Ameerah

Astrid or Ameerah is a Belgian singer/ tv presenter who raise to fame in 2003 as being one of the participants during the talent show 'Idols'. She did not win the show, but she did manage to be one of the ten finalist. As the songs she sang were quite disco'ish she got a record deal and appeared in early 2004 in one of the quarter finals of the Belgian selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Don't You Stop the Music'. She did not win the ticket to Istanbul but she did have a huge hit in Belgium. Astrid did get quite a lot of attention in the gossip papers as well as she had a relationship with one of her fellow idol contestants......

Tareq

Tareq is half Jordanian, half Greek and was born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1983. He has studied piano and alto horn. Influenced by the electronic music scene, he focused on music production, DJing and singing.In 2002 he co-created the nu electro band TechSoir, in which up to 2009, he was the front man. They released the album ‘Dark Room’, in 2008. He has appeared in Ejekt Festival and in various concerts, along with names of the Greek and international discography, such as Fischerspooner, Digitalism, U.N.K.L.E., Hercules And The Love Affair, James, Chicane, The Fall, Torture Garden. As a Dj he has played next to Swayzak, Metope, Klinik, V-Sag, d: tek, D.J. Girl. At the......

Otto

There's at least 7 artists under the name "Otto":1.The composer, singer and percussionist Otto was born in Pernambuco, Brazil, and he was, along with Chico Science, Fred 04 and others, one of the creators of the Manguebeat movement, a revolution in Brazilian music.2. aka DJ Toto from Colombia, who has avery nice release on the net-label Corporate Identity http://www.corpid-label.de3.A Turkish hardcore band from the Istanbul underground music scene4. German comedian-act, director (and musician too) Otto Waalkes.5. Band from Oxfordshire, UK. Forged from both the Backbone and the cutting edge of 2 intertwined bands:"oTTo. Rock n Roll meets grunge Jazz n......

Someone

Someone (moniker of Tessa Rose Jackson) is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She releases music and visual art under the same name. Source

Björk

Björk Guðmundsdóttir, (born 21 November 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland) known mononymously as Björk, is an Icelandic singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and occasional actress. Her musical career began when she was eleven with her study of classical piano in elementary school. One of her instructors sent a recording of Björk singing Tina Charles' song I Love to Love to RÚV, then the only radio station in Iceland. The recording was broadcast on national radio - after hearing it, a representative of the Fálkinn label contacted Guðmundsdóttir, to offer a record contract, and Björk was recorded and released in 1977. In November 1979, her eponymous first album......

Mujeres

Formed in 2007, this quartet from Barcelona, Spain, met at film school where they bonded over a shared love of vintage rock and punk. They started off writing soundtracks to their various film projects. Taking their cues from their US counterparts, the band adopted a “play any show” mentality. Before long they had a set of raucous songs and a loyal following that would turn up to every gig, be it in a dingy dive bar or SXSW. https://mujeres.bandcamp.com Source