Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doubia were both born in Bamako, Mali and happen to both be visually impaired -- you guessed right, the sunglasses aren’t a fashion s...
2016 has been dizzyingly rich in album releases – and particularly cruel towards musicians. The deaths of David Bowie, Prince, and Leonard Cohen, all three of w...
Melhem Barakat is simply a legend in Lebanese music history. We were planning to publish this list next week, but after hearing the sad news about Barakat's pas...
Fat Freddy's Drop is a 7 piece band from Wellington, New Zealand, internationally regarded as one of the world’s finest live draws. With a sound navigating from...
Whenever speaking of Noir Désir, we can't help but instantly hum "Le Vent Nous Portera". However, way before that song became a rather common favorite, the group established itself as a leading rock band from the buzzing 80s French scene......
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With four albums released over the span of 5 years, Claire Elise Boucher, known by the stage name Grimes, continues to bewilder listeners. Her at...
Leonard Norman Cohen is a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and novelist. Influenced by Irving Layton (Cohen's mentor and friend), Walt Whitman and Henry Miller, he began his career as a poet and novelist writing about religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships......
Ali Ibrahim “Farka” Touré was born in a village near the Niger River in Mali. He was his parents’10th child and the first one to live beyond age 10, which got him the nickname “Farka” that translates to “donkey”....
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"Neutral Milk Hotel is (was) a band lead by Jeff Mangum. They were active in the mid-late 90s, basically based out of Athens, Georgia. Their styl...
Courtney Barnett is a name that you are probably seeing a lot at the moment. She performed on mainstream outlets from SNL to Stephen Colbert's show, and she's on the lineups of many big festivals around the world......
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One of the most eclectic and prolific artists in rock music, Steven Wilson has been writing, recording, and producing music continuously since th...
We're not film critics, but one thing is sure, Richard Linklater made some of the most memorable movies of the last 25 years. Some turned into Stoner Classics, others into every lover's dream. Linklater never disappointed in his soundtrack choices, even if it means he has to beg Led Zeppelin (literally) to use Immigrant Song in School of Rock. ...