Johnny Cash is a singer-writer of country music born on February 26th, 1932, at Kingsland, Arkansas. He sold more than 90 millions albums during his 50 years carrier. He was very close to his older brother Jack, so he has been shocked when, aged 14, he hurt himself with a circular saw and died. At [...]
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Sparklehorse is an American indie rock band sailing between pop and folk music. In 1995, the band, led by its frontman (Mark Linkous), released a first Lp : Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot. A confusing opus: Travelling through melancholic pop and “starving rock”, Sparklehorse suggests a paradoxical music. Something like Dr. Jekyll, and Mr. Hyde ! If the American [...]
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The music band ‘Les Escrocs’ is composed of Eric Toulis, Hervé Coury and Didier Morel, who are all born in 1960. Complete fans of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, they were never able to make a choice between these two. This is why they pick their inspiration in totally different music: soul, jazz, reggae, [...]
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As stated in the title, S-pleen needs you! You may have seen that during the last couple of months, the S-pleen has not been regularly updated. For various reasons, the rythm of 1 post per week, which was my rule in the beginning, was not respected. Due to other personnal projects, i simply don’t have [...]
This british alternative rock band was formed in Abingdon by Thom Yorke (voice), Jonny Greenwood (guitar), Colin Greenwood (bass and keyboard), Ed O’Brien (guitar) and Phil Selway (drums). The track ‘How to disappear completely’ is extracted from the album Kid A, fourth album of Radiohead. This album is an important step in the carrier of [...]
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