Tuesday 8 July 2008
Kill Hannah
Artist: Kill Hannah
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
For Never and Ever
Year: 2003
Tracks: 11
American Jet Set
Year: 1999
Tracks: 10
Kill Hannah was fundamentally vocalist/guitarist Mat Devine's dorm room four-track baby until a move to Chicago in 1995. After recruiting a few supporting players, Devine and Kill Hannah debuted the sound -- a glitzy mix in of gothic tendencies and fashionably crunchy forward-looking rock. Steady local gigs followed, as did a series of self-released EPs and a couple of albums (1997's Here Are the Young Moderns, 1999's American Jet Set). Devine eventually set up a card that stuck as his band's dour, sometimes thankless tour of duty on the Chicago medicine view dragged into the new millenary. With guitarists Dan Wiese and Jonathan Radtke, bassist Greg Corner, and drummer Garrett Hammond along for the ride, Kill Hannah continued to build a bombinate topically piece showcasing for majors often. The hard work at long last paid sour in late 2002, when Devine and the band sign with Atlantic. For Never & Ever appeared in October 2003; in add-on to new corporeal, it featured a few retooled versions of sr. songs. Kill Hannah toured in support of the album through year's end, reverting to the studio apartment later to complete their side by side record, 2006's Until There's Nothing Left of Us.
Con Funk Shun
Artist: Con Funk Shun
Genre(s):
funk
Jazz: Funk
Discography:
Spirit of Love
Year: 1998
Tracks: 10
Electric Lady
Year: 1989
Tracks: 8
Fever
Year: 1984
Tracks: 8
The Best of Confunkshun
Year:
Tracks: 17
Con Funk Shun was formed by high classmates Michael Cooper and Louis "Tony" McCall, along with Karl Fuller, Paul "Maceo" Harrell, Dennis Johnson, Cedric Martin, and Danny "Sweetened Man" Thomas. All of them had been playing together since their senior high years in Vallejo, CA. Felton Pilate, too from Vallejo, coupled the grouping afterward his band, a local rival, disbanded.
In the early '70s, the group was a computer backup band for the Soul Children with the name Project Soul. And when they weren't on the road with the Soul Children, they were creatively on the job with various Stax stave writers. In the mid-'70s, Project Soul made an exploit to become a star, but they met dead-ends and footling success. However, they base good fortune at Audio Dimensions, a Memphis recording studio owned by manufacturer Ted Sturges. Around this clock time, he radical named itself after the deed of conveyance of one of their instrumentals, "Confidence game Funk Shun." During their three-year stretch at Audio Dimensions, Sturges, besides owning the studio, was likewise Con Funk Shun's manufacturer. Their association resulted in the group's first-class honours degree album, Organized Con Funk Shun.
As their good highly-developed, Pilate and Cooper emerged as the primary lead vocalists. Around the clock time their first-class honours degree album for Crankshaft Productions, Inc. was beingness recorded, the eighth phallus, MC and technician Dennis Johnson, left the radical to go to seminary in California. By 1976, the group signed to Mercury, where they remained for ten age. Their first strike for Mercury was "Ffun," written by Michael Cooper as a tribute to the R&B/funk band Brick. One of the premier party funk bands of its time, they too began recording ballads and instrumental tracks by the early '80s. Aside from being the main musicians on all their albums, Con Funk Shun as well contributed to each of their albums as writers, arrangers, and/or producers.
Burnin' Love, the septet's last album with Mercury, was recorded without their longtime melodious heart, Felton Pilate, wHO left the group in 1986 to get a successful producer. (Pontius Pilate eventually became the musical military group slow MC Hammer.) Melvin Carter, a haunt collaborator of Con Funk Shun, linked the group upon Pilate's departure, and that like class Michael Cooper left for a solo career. Con Funk Shun disbanded after their lowest album with Mercury, but reunited in the '90s, and began acting at festivals and concerts about the world.
Mijatoho
Artist: Mijatoho
Genre(s):
Drum & Bass
Discography:
1912 Shape
Year: 2004
Tracks: 1
Jerona Fruits (JF003)
Year: 2003
Tracks: 2
 
Scout Niblett
Artist: Scout Niblett
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
This Fool Can Die Now
Year: 2007
Tracks: 14
Scout Niblett is Nottingham, England's answer to all the cheeky, intelligent, and reliable distaff songwriters of America in the early 21st one C. Continually compared to Cat Power and boyfriend countrywoman PJ Harvey, Niblett (existent call: Emma Louise) can as well stand on her own, with a firm, stark voice and a preference for songs containing only when drums and vocals. She is as well known for having a warmheartedness for wigs, as she is seen in many of her photos donning a blond wig. Her lyrics, however, showing a more serious side, as they create their have position where love and its free senses rule and take on their possess lives. While a great deal playing solo, Niblett as well utilizes a revolving spew of bandmates from clock time to time.
Pickings her stage name from Harper Lee's illustrious novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Niblett number one emerged as a musician in 2001, having contributed to a tear 7" with Songs: Ohia on the Indiana-based Secretly Canadian Records. Her number one uncut, Sweet Heart Fever soon followed. Another 7" was released in 2002, and 2003 saw the freeing of both the I Conjure Series EP and I Am, the latter of which was recorded by the revered engineer Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago. North American dates in outpouring 2005 with the Kills coincided the vent of Kidnapped by Neptune, Niblett's debut for Beggars Banquet. Continuing her partnership with Albini, she returned in October 2007 with This Fool Can Die Now, which likewise featured foursome duets with Will Oldham (aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy).
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Rocker Joel Madden Named Newest UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
NEW YORK, July 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Joel Madden, lead vocalist
for the critically acclaimed, platinum-album-selling band, Good Charlotte
has been named UNICEF's newest Goodwill Ambassador, officials with the U.S.
Fund for UNICEF today announced.
The news came Sunday during a cable broadcast on global child survival
titled, The Survival Project: One Child at a Time, which aired on CNN and
was hosted by the network's chief medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta.
Madden, along with fellow ambassador Lucy Liu, participated in the
hour-long special which explored the causes and the actions required to
stop the unnecessary deaths of children under age five. The special also
featured UNICEF experts from "the field" and examined the role celebrity
plays in bringing attention to the issue of child survival.
"UNICEF is the best organization for children worldwide -- they truly
make a difference," said Joel Madden recently. "Twenty-six thousand
children die every day from preventable causes, my band performs before
that many people regularly, so it's a number I can wrap my head around, and
pushes me to want to reduce it to zero."
No stranger to social and humanitarian causes, the 29-year-old
Baltimore native and new father, recently formed the Richie-Madden
Children's Foundation, a charity which provides funding to groups focused
on improving pediatric heath, education and human rights both domestically
and abroad.
Madden first got involved with UNICEF by volunteering for the TAP
Project, a campaign that celebrates the clean and accessible tap water
available as an every day privilege to millions, while helping UNICEF
provide safe drinking water to children around the world.
In May, after Cyclone Nargis devastated whole communities in Myanmar,
Madden and long-time girlfriend, Nicole Richie recorded a national public
service announcement (PSA) appealing for donations to help UNICEF provide
relief to the nearly one million children affected by the storm.
"It takes you about thirty seconds of conversation with Joel to realize
that he is a true advocate for children," said Caryl Stern, president and
CEO, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. "Joel represents a generation of young
people who are increasingly becoming more and more conscious of the world
around them and the role they can play to improve it by doing whatever it
takes to save a child."
Madden's first field visit as an official UNICEF Ambassador is
scheduled for the fall.
About UNICEF
For more than 60 years, UNICEF has been the world's leading
international children's organization, working in over 150 countries to
address the ongoing issues that affect why kids are dying. UNICEF provides
lifesaving nutrition, clean water, education, protection and emergency
response saving more young lives than any other humanitarian organization
in the world. While millions of children die every year of preventable
causes like dehydration, upper respiratory infections and measles, UNICEF,
with the support of partnering organizations and donors alike, has the
global experience, resources and reach to give children the best hope of
survival. For more information about UNICEF, please visit
http://www.unicefusa.org.
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for the critically acclaimed, platinum-album-selling band, Good Charlotte
has been named UNICEF's newest Goodwill Ambassador, officials with the U.S.
Fund for UNICEF today announced.
The news came Sunday during a cable broadcast on global child survival
titled, The Survival Project: One Child at a Time, which aired on CNN and
was hosted by the network's chief medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta.
Madden, along with fellow ambassador Lucy Liu, participated in the
hour-long special which explored the causes and the actions required to
stop the unnecessary deaths of children under age five. The special also
featured UNICEF experts from "the field" and examined the role celebrity
plays in bringing attention to the issue of child survival.
"UNICEF is the best organization for children worldwide -- they truly
make a difference," said Joel Madden recently. "Twenty-six thousand
children die every day from preventable causes, my band performs before
that many people regularly, so it's a number I can wrap my head around, and
pushes me to want to reduce it to zero."
No stranger to social and humanitarian causes, the 29-year-old
Baltimore native and new father, recently formed the Richie-Madden
Children's Foundation, a charity which provides funding to groups focused
on improving pediatric heath, education and human rights both domestically
and abroad.
Madden first got involved with UNICEF by volunteering for the TAP
Project, a campaign that celebrates the clean and accessible tap water
available as an every day privilege to millions, while helping UNICEF
provide safe drinking water to children around the world.
In May, after Cyclone Nargis devastated whole communities in Myanmar,
Madden and long-time girlfriend, Nicole Richie recorded a national public
service announcement (PSA) appealing for donations to help UNICEF provide
relief to the nearly one million children affected by the storm.
"It takes you about thirty seconds of conversation with Joel to realize
that he is a true advocate for children," said Caryl Stern, president and
CEO, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. "Joel represents a generation of young
people who are increasingly becoming more and more conscious of the world
around them and the role they can play to improve it by doing whatever it
takes to save a child."
Madden's first field visit as an official UNICEF Ambassador is
scheduled for the fall.
About UNICEF
For more than 60 years, UNICEF has been the world's leading
international children's organization, working in over 150 countries to
address the ongoing issues that affect why kids are dying. UNICEF provides
lifesaving nutrition, clean water, education, protection and emergency
response saving more young lives than any other humanitarian organization
in the world. While millions of children die every year of preventable
causes like dehydration, upper respiratory infections and measles, UNICEF,
with the support of partnering organizations and donors alike, has the
global experience, resources and reach to give children the best hope of
survival. For more information about UNICEF, please visit
http://www.unicefusa.org.
See Also
50 Cent Touched By African Fans
Rapper 50 CENT has been deeply touched by his trip to Africa with his G-UNIT labelmates - because it has made him aware of how much African fans have had to spend to get to gigs.
The In Da Club hitmaker, Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks, among others, have been wowing fans at shows in South Africa and Tanzania, and the surly star has been going out of his way to thanks devotees for their support.
He tells MTV News, "It's a bigger sacrifice for them to actually attend these shows... Something is not happening in their lives for a month because they decided to spend money to buy tickets.
"It's, like, 'OK, we're not driving this month because we're going to see that show.' It's a big deal to them. It means something more to them than it means to attend a concert in the U.S."
The hip-hop star has also taken time to meet Nelson Mandela and learn about the history of anti-Apartheid during his voyage.
The In Da Club hitmaker, Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks, among others, have been wowing fans at shows in South Africa and Tanzania, and the surly star has been going out of his way to thanks devotees for their support.
He tells MTV News, "It's a bigger sacrifice for them to actually attend these shows... Something is not happening in their lives for a month because they decided to spend money to buy tickets.
"It's, like, 'OK, we're not driving this month because we're going to see that show.' It's a big deal to them. It means something more to them than it means to attend a concert in the U.S."
The hip-hop star has also taken time to meet Nelson Mandela and learn about the history of anti-Apartheid during his voyage.
Paragon
Artist: Paragon
Genre(s):
Metal: Heavy
Rock
Metal: Power
Discography:
Revenge
Year: 2005
Tracks: 11
The Dark Legacy
Year: 2003
Tracks: 10
Law Of The Blade
Year: 2002
Tracks: 10
Steelbound
Year: 2000
Tracks: 11
The Final Command
Year: 1998
Tracks: 9
 
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