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Sylvain Barou , born in 1978 , is a flutist Breton , famous in the field of Breton music and Irish music . He also plays the uilleann pipes , bagpipes kozh , bansuri flute , duduk ... Sylvain Barou, from Brittany is considered as one of the best flute players of his generation. Playing mainly Irish and Breton traditional music. Sylvain has been part of some of the most exciting projects of the genre and played with the foremost bands and musicians such as Guidewires, Donal Lunny, Padraig Rynne, Comas, Sualtam, Guichen, Alain Genty, Denez Prigent, Jacques Pellen-Celtic Procession,...

Billed as the greatest of the Depression-era chanteuses, Sylva certainly had a strong, authoritative air about her -- not strident or overstated, simply very clear and very perfect. She sounds rather reserved in comparison to Edith Piaf, but these 1930s Odeon recordings are still very moving and will captivate your attention. The arrangements are also quite striking -- compact, tightly crafted, and the apex, perhaps, of monophonic recording. Nothing is lost, cramped or muddled, and the light orchestrations by bandleaders Andre Valsien and Andre Cadou are, well, simply perfect for every tune. Sylva apparently lived a fast life, and died...

In 1986, a determined freshman named Katie decided to form an a cappella group. "I guess I started the group because no one was doing the music I liked and of course, it was incredibly exciting to start something of this magnitude...I always wanted OTB to be the group that sounded like a band, not an a cappella group." "I was sitting with Mica and the musical director of Counterparts, Ed Schulteis, outside in the Annenberg circle and coming up with really stupid names... Basically I liked the idea of our group singing on the street -- the "beat" being...

Sylvan ist eine Progressive Rock Band aus Hamburg. Biographie Sylvan ging 1998 aus der im Jahr 1991 gegründeten Band „Chamäleon“ hervor. Der Name soll auf den Waldgott „Silvanus“ zurückgehen. Nach diversen Anläufen kam 1999 die erste CD mit dem Titel Deliverance auf den Markt. Schon ein Jahr später erschien die zweite CD mit dem Titel Encounters. 2002 gab es die dritte CD Artificial Paradise, gefolgt von X-Rayed im Jahr 2004. Sylvan spielte Ende 2005 bei Marillion als Vorgruppe. Im Jahr 2006 wurden zwei Alben aufgenommen, die die verschiedenen Ausprägungen von Sylvan darstellen. Während mit Posthumous Silence ein eher ruhiges Konzeptalbum...

"Ambient, wall-of-sound landscapes, with a focus on beautiful melodies, lingering guitar riffs and atmospheres, yet with a solid groove rooted in rock. The music and lyrics are inspired by life as a being in constant conflict with oneself, haunted by numerous emotions that seemingly will never be laid to rest. Melancholic tones color the auditory side as well as the visual of the project, revealing the eternal longing for something residing within the music. Sylvaine is my outlet for all this and serves as an emotional catharsis, leading me on a quest to explore profound sensations and concerns within me,...