Radio Radio are Montreal based hip hop trio from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia who rap in Acadian French. They've recently launched their second full length album, "Belmundo Regal" (Bonsound Records) which has been getting rave reviews and creating quite a buzz. They also just came back from SXSW, the Festival International and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where they caught some great attention. -------
Isabelle Geffroy, known by the pseudonym ZAZ, is a singer from Tours, France, who blends the styles nu jazz, soul and acoustic in her music. In 2001, she started her singing career in the blues band "Fifty Fingers". She sang in musical groups in Angoulême, especially in a jazz quintet. She became one of the four singers of Izar-Adatz (Shooting Star), a variety band which consisted of sixteen people with whom she toured for two years, especially in the Midi-Pyrenees and the Basque Country.
Médéric and Alexis are made of electricity and can be considered as the sons of electronic music. These two French guys from the Normandy countryside started producing music at home in their bedroom, in Caen. They first hit the danse floor with remixes of the likes of Noob & Brodinski – Peanuts Club and Major Lazer – Pon De Floor and we bet you’ll be crushed by their fresh and screamy productions.
Les Ogres de Barback is a french band of 4 brothers and sisters, each one can play several instruments.
They are influenced by french writers like Georges Brassens, Pierre Perret, Renaud, the 80's french alternative scene like Mano Negra, and the music of eastern europe.
There are quite a few artists appearing under name Dani.
Besides the French singer Daniele Groule, there is also a recently popular Macedonian singer Dani Dimitrovska (see the Dani Dimitrovska last.fm entry). Dani is also an Iranian singer.A Brittish electronic/experemental producer/artist that goes by the name Dani (see Dani last.fm entry). Real name: Daniele Groule.
Boyish and wild Dani, was born on October 1, 1945 in Castres, Tarn, France.
Greg McDonald is an English singer-songwriter, who has been compared to Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan and called a “genius songwriter” by Rolling Stone. He grew up in East Anglia, where, with school friend Nick Morley, he formed cult John Peel favourites The Dawn Parade, before relocating to London and going solo in 2008 culminating in the release of his debut solo album Stranger At The Door in October 2008.
As many lucky teenagers from the late 80s, Laurent Ash started as a bass player in a small High School band influenced by new-wave and pop music acts like Cabaret Voltaire, Frankie Goes To Hollywood or Simple Minds and discovered the art of sampling thru the first popular 8/16bits computers. Producing first for other artists in the early & mid 90s, he joined the parisian label 20000ST in 2001 (which was responsible for the hit single of Demon You Are My High) to release one of his first hit singles The Soul Of My Love ...
Band from South France, formed in 2004. First album: Rock Your Fashion Members:
Vocals: Guilhem
Lead Guitar: Yannick
Rhythm Guitar: Steph
Bass: Mousse
Drums: Christophe
Official website: www.electricducks.com
There are four artists with the name Manu: Manu, a Dutch conscious rapper. Before releasing his first solo-album, he has released several albums in a group called Gouda Spoort Nie, among his brother Neo and others. His solo-album, De Vloek op de Overvloed, was released on 16th May 2008. and Manu, it' the return of Emmanuelle Monet, French rock band Dolly's singer, who comes back with an album to pay tribute to the bass player Micka, deceased in a car crash. and
Tina Arena (born Filippina Lydia Arena on 1 November 1967, in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian singer and songwriter. Her career began at the age of seven when she was selected as a regular performer for the music television program Young Talent Time. As a child Arena attracted attention for the power of her voice, which was considered remarkable for such a young child. She was born to Italian parents and has a sister, Nancy (born 1961). Often billed as "Tiny Tina Arena", she was seen on weekly television singing and dancing the current pop hits.