Rhydian (born 14 February 1983) is a singer from Wales best known for his appearance on the fourth series of the British talent show The X Factor in which he came second. He was praised by all four judges throughout the series for his impressive performances, and he was the favourite to win the competition with the bookmakers. Rhydian released his self-titled debut album, 'Rhydian', on the 24th of November 2008.
Zoot Money was one of British rock 'n' roll's homebound heroes -- admired, respected and sought after by his colleagues, and able to fill halls nightly in England, he never managed to sell lots of records, even in England. Born in Bournemouth in 1942 with the name George Bruno Money, he grew up in an Italian-immigrant (but, on his father's side, English-descended) family. He was musically inclined from an early age and his first instrument, taken up at school, was the French horn -- he also sang in the choir as a boy.
Roddy Frame (born January 29, 1964 in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland) is the founder of the 1980s Scottish indie band, Aztec Camera. They released their first album, High Land, Hard Rain, when Frame was aged nineteen. It spawned the hit single Oblivious, and Aztec Camera were recognised as one of the key acts on Glasgow's Postcard record label, along with Orange Juice and Josef K. Frame later signed to Rough Trade. Aztec Camera's biggest hit was 1987's Somewhere In My Heart, which reached number 3 in the UK singles chart and is still a staple of FM radio.
Northcape is the ongoing work of a British artist, and can broadly be described as downtempo melodic electronica. Northcape self-released his first CD in 2005, following this with a second independent release ('Detach') in 2007 and an EP ('Some Bright Valley') on the monotonik netlabel. Northcape's latest album is Captured From Static, released by Sun Sea Sky Productions on April 6th 2010. The aim is to express ideas and evoke environments, landscapes and memory rather than to focus on the technology and techniques used.
Free Peace is a three-piece rock band formed in August 2008 by Liverpool music maverick Edgar Jones, who writes the material, sings and plays bass. His nephew Nick Miniski is on drums and Stuart Gimblett plays lead guitar.
Their sound is loud and heavy but contains a lot of soul. Led Zep are a definite influence but The Jimi Hendrix Experience and the New Orleans soul sound are in there too. Like the great rock bands of the late 60s Free Peace is all about respecting the traditions of jazz r'n'b and soul music - something which Edgar feels a lot of the modern bands just don't do.
Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English crime writer of novels, short stories and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but is best remembered for her 80 detective novels and her successful West End theatre plays. Her works, particularly featuring detectives Hercule Poirot or Miss Jane Marple, have given her the title the 'Queen of Crime' and made her one of the most important and innovative writers in the development of the genre.
Bombay Bicycle Club are a 4 piece british indie band formed in 2006 who hail from North London. Consisting of Jack Steadman (vocals, guitar, bass), Jamie MacColl (bass, guitar, vocals), Suren De Saram (drums) and Ed Nash (bass and keyboard) and otherwise known as the BBC, the band have released two demo CDs, headlined The Barfly (London) and opened V Festival 2006.
In Febuary 2007 they released their debeut EP "The Boy I Used To Be", and this was followed up in October with the release of their second EP "How We Are".
Alan Wass is a London-based singer/songwriter. Currently the lead singer and guitarist in a band called Lefthand. In February 2005 he was arrested and charged with theft and blackmail, along with Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty. However, the charges were subsequently dropped due to a lack of evidence. Wass also features in the documentary 'Who the Fuck is Pete Doherty?' and played alongside Doherty at the Unite Against Fascism/MayDay rally & music event in London's Trafalgar Square.
Dionne Bromfield (born 1996 in Kent) is an English singer. In September 2009 Bromfield was the first artist to be signed to Amy Winehouse's record label Lioness Records. Her debut album Introducing Dionne Bromfield was released on 12 October 2009 and first single "Mama Said" will be released on 2 November 2009. Dionne’s album features covers of 12 classic songs that reflect her love of vintage soul music and ‘60s girl groups.
Cherbourg emerged in 2008 from the London folk scene with an original sound, generated through a common respect and desire to embrace as many of each other’s varying musical influences as possible. Originally called ‘Davie Fiddle and the Lucky Egg’ they consist of Andrew Davie (guitar, vocals), Phil Fiddle (fiddle, mandolin, guitar, piano, vocals), Kevin Jones (bass, vocals) and Chris Maas (drums, vocals). The band delivers four part vocal harmonies, epic beats and soaring melodies.
