May 13th 1976, Ana Popović was born in Belgrade, Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia), as the first daughter of Milutin and Vesna Popović. Ana grew up in a warm and loving family where music was very important. Her father Milutin is a highly recognized guitar / bass player, who throughout her youth, always invited friends over for nightly jam sessions where Ana listened and analyzed the deep artistic roots of her music.
Born on 24 October 1936 and was the bassist for The Rolling Stones from its founding in 1962 until 1991.
Philip Sayce was born in Wales, UK and grew up in Toronto, Canada. Raised in a home filled with rich and diverse musical influences, Philip's family enrolled him in music lessons when he was three years old. "My parents had lots of instruments around the house while we were growing up, and we were always encouraged to play" says Philip. By 1985 Mark Knopfler's lyrical guitar had already made a big impression on a very young Sayce.
Keziah Jones (born Olufemi Sanyaolu on January 10, 1968 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He describes his musical style as “Blufunk”, which is a fusion between raw blues elements and hard, edgy funk rhythms. Also his Nigerian roots and soul music can be considered a major influence on his sound.
He is known for his distinctive style of guitarplaying, above all his percussive right-hand technique which is similar to bass player's slapping technique. He's also famous for playing most of his live shows with a bare torso.
Snowy White (born on 3 March 1948, as Terence Charles White, in Barnstaple, Devon) is a British blues and rock guitarist, mostly known for having played for Thin Lizzy (permanent member from 1979 to 1981) and for Pink Floyd (as a backup player; he was first invited to join the band through Europe and America, in 1977). His 1983 solo debut album after leaving Thin Lizzy was titled White Flames and spawned the hit single Birds of Paradise.
Danny and the Champions of the World are a folk rock/psychedelic band from Oxford, England. Members include danny george wilson (formerly of Grand Drive), Robin and Joe Bennett (of Goldrush), Garo, Boom, Rowland, Katie, Lucy, G, Tom, Mitchell, Neal and Hamu. Many of the band members are related to Truck Festival.
The Wildcards is a Plymouth based blues/rock band consisting of two members of Vince Lee And The Big Combo, Vince Lee (vocals, guitar), and Al Wallis (bass, backing vocals), and two former members of The Nightporters, Martin Vowles (guitar, vocals), and Kevin Crowe (drums, backing vocals). The band formed in 2003 when Martin and Kevin stumbled upon a Vince Lee And The Big Combo gig and, being impressed by their ability, set out to make a new band following the split of their previous group.
There are three artists with this name: 1) UK band The Snakes: It all began in 2002 with Messrs Moor and Davies deciding to mess around with a few tunes for a bit of fun. Without intending to take it much further, there emerged a batch of songs, which, with mates Dan Tilbury on drums and Alex Culpin on bass, created a fire that few could resist dancin round. Headlines followed at the Borderline, Jazz Caf
Samsara Blues Experiment are a Berlin based psychedelic rock band, founded in Summer 2007 by leadguitarist/singer Christian Peters. They went through several changes in the first period but are in constant line-up since September 2008 featuring Hans Eiselt (guitar), drummer Thomas Vedder and Richard Behrens (bass). As the band name implies, three elemental aspects are to notice - the blues as the foundation where it all comes from, the inclusion of spiritual influences accompanied by Indian/raga music and the experimental approach to mix up varied elements in a convincing manner.