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Fabulous Trobadors est un groupe de musique toulousain, attaché au quartier Arnaud Bernard et fondé en 1987, ayant développé un style particulier basé sur le folklore occitan et les rythmes du nordeste brésilien. Claude Sicre compose les textes et "rappe", tandis que Ange B. (Jean-Marc Enjalbert à la ville) rappe aussi et joue le human juke-box en produisant de nombreux sons avec la seule aide de sa bouche (beats, scratchs, trompette, guitare, etc). Les textes de certaines de leurs chansons sont écrits en Occitan. Pendant leurs concerts, une bonne partie est en improvisation, sous forme de joutes verbales ou duels...

The Fabulous Counts were an American soul-funk group from Detroit, Michigan. They won local acclaim as an instrumental group and as a backing ensemble for visiting solo acts after their formation in 1968. Working with producer Richard "Popcorn" Wylie, they released the instrumental single "Jan, Jan" on Detroit's Moira Records that year, which narrowly missed hitting the US R&B charts that winter. Their second single, "Dirty Red", passed without trace, but the third single, "Get Down People", hit #32 R&B and #88 on the US pop charts. A full-length, Jan, Jan (produced by Ollie McLaughlin), was released in 1969 on...

“It’s like sex with horns,” describes a recent Denver, CO listener on www.myspace.com/fabrudies. The Fabulous Rudies are often referred as a cross between No Doubt and Sublime while blending together a sensational mix of rock, reggae, pop and ska, The Fabulous Rudies will knock you off your feet and then make ‘em move. It’s real music with teeth. Their sound will HIT you with fist pumping, heart pounding rock; at the same time, get you on the dance floor with a groove that will keep you movin’ all night long. The first track off of their most recent self-titled release...