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Amandititita (born Amanda Lalena Escalante Pimentel; 15 June 1982 in Mexico City, Mexico) The self-proclaimed "Reina de la Anarcumbia" (queen of anarchic cumbia) is a Mexican pop singer whose music fuses pop with cumbia. Using sarcasm and humour, she writes about urban life in Mexico. She is the daughter of Rodrigo González, a Mexican musician and songwriter, considered by some to be the Mexican Bob Dylan. He died in the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. She came to public attention in 2007 as a performer of what she called 'AnarCumbia', a style said to be entirely urban and a blend of...

Amandine Bourgeois is the winner of the 6th edition of the talent show "Nouvelle Star" (French version of "Pop Idol"). Born June 12th 1979, Amandine competed against Benjamin Siksou in the season finale that took place June 11th 2008. She ended up at the top spot. A nice birthday gift from her fans. Throughout the whole season, Amandine impressed the judges and the audience with her bold and unexpected choices of song. She covered, amongst others, "Bring Me To Life" (Evanescence), "Hey You" (Pink Floyd), "River Deep Mountain High" (Ike & Tina Turner), "Nothing Compares 2U" (Prince / Sinead O'Connor)...

Castillian Folk Metal band ARS AMANDI, created in October of 1996 by Dani Aller, debuted with the 2003 'Autoctono' album for Pies Discos, this outing closing with a TRIANA cover version 'Abre la Puerta Niña'. The group at this stage saw frontman Aller alongside guitarist Paco Moreno, bass player Alberto del Río and drummer Roberto 'Pelusa' Sánchez. Touring to promote the album found ARS AMANDI supporting MÄGO DE OZ on their 'Gaia' dates. Line up changes saw the addition of second guitarist Iñigo and drummer Teto Viejo for the March 2004 V.M. Arias produced follow up 'En Tierra Firme' featured...

Esther Lamandier's website. The magnificent music of singer and string musician Esther Lamandier brings to life old languages and cultures in time. Romances is one of the albums, containing songs of the nomadic Sephardics in Spain in the middle ages as well as Armenian chants. There are many others, including an album of early French work songs. The album is available from Esther Lamandier's website. .

The story of Amandine starts in a small Swedish town called Sandviken. A place known mostly for its Iron works and its vicinity to slightly larger city Gävle. It is also the birthplace of Olof Gidlöf and John Andersson, who together with two friends crafted country-inspired pop songs for their own amusement and inbetween commitments to other groups. University studies had the two relocated to Umeå, further north and known as a music city in Sweden. There they met two friends, both named Andreas, who joined the band in 2003 after illness and family commitments forced a change in the...