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Cuba –Trova and Nueva trova
Compilations CD - Antologia de la Nueva Trova – various volumes Egrem, Cuba Egrem, the Cuban state label, has digitally re-mastered many of its
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ROSETTA STONE
Porl King (vocals/guitars) and Karl North (bass) had been working together for some time when they launched Rosetta Stone in 1988.
THE WU-TANG CLAN
The iconic moment of New York’s brooding, minimal, glazed brand of hip-hop was the release of the debut album by the The Wu-Tang Clan – Method Man , Ol’ Dirty
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SUGAR/BOB MOULD
After HÜSKER DÜ split up in 1987, Bob Mould surprised everyone with his debut solo album, the semi-acoustic WORKBOOK (1989).
Ukraine
Mykhailo Khai at the Ukrainian Experimental Laboratory of Folklore in Kyiv has produced a series of cassettes of field recordings of both vocal and instrumental music.
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS
A similar taste in music led Manchester University history students Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons to form a DJing outfit called The Dust Brothers , a name chosen as
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Morocco
There has been quite a boom in CDs of Moroccan music in recent years. Most record stores in Britain or the US with a decent World Music section should yield at least a few discs
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THE ALARM
Though they were one of the most inspirational live bands of the 80s, The Alarm never reached the commercial heights for which they seemed destined.
THE GUESS WHO
From their roots as Chad Allan And The Reflections, The Guess Who rose to become the most popular Canadian rock band of their generation.
BUSH
About 99 percent of British music fans have probably no idea who Gavin Rossdale (vocals/guitar), Nigel Pulsford (guitar), Dave Parsons (bass) and Robin
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Perotin
The earliest composers of polyphonic music whose names have come down to us are Leonin (c.1159–1201) and Perotin, both of whom were part of an extraordinary flowering of culture
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Alfred Schnittke
Alfred Schnittke, Russia's most celebrated contemporary composer, is widely seen as the successor to Shostakovich, but the generation gap makes them significantly different
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Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten was arguably the most significant British composer since Purcell, with almost one hundred major compositions to his credit, ranging from full-scale operas to
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Henri Dutilleux
Dutilleux is one of the major figures of recent French music, who, like his older contemporary Messiaen, has no qualms about writing music that is richly sonorous, abounding in
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THE STONE ROSES
From the outset, The Stone Roses knew the importance of self-belief in setting themselves apart from the rest of the field.
THE STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK
In the League Of Great Band Names, The Strawberry Alarm Clock must surely be up there with those other great exponents of psychedelic pop: The Electric Prunes, The
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THE SUN CITY GIRLS
Rising from the ashes of Paris 1942 – a short-lived collaboration with The Velvet Underground’s ‘Moe’ Tucker – The Sun City Girls spread their wings in the smouldering
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