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Military Wives were originally a British choir formed by Gareth Malone through the fourth series of the BBC TV series The Choir. Malone formed the choir at two British Military locations in Devon (Chivenor and Plymouth). He sought to enlist voices for an all-women choir – the wives and girlfriends of military personnel deployed to Afghanistan.[1] The climax of the television series was the performance of the Military Wives at The Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on 12 November 2011.[2][3] Their debut single, "Wherever You Are" was released on 19 December 2011 and became...

there is more than one band called The Housewives. The Housewives …are “sophisto-pop”, say Artrocker Laurie: Vocals, guitar Nick: Vocals, bass, glockenspiel Chris: Drums John: Keyboards, percussion The Housewives got together in December 2007 to make hip-swerving dancefloor indie. The band mix up indie pop, drum and bass, Latin beat and whatever else they fancy to catchy effect. Their jam-packed live schedule has seen them support Young Knives, Bloc Party and Belle and Sebastian. They’ve played all over the country, including London, Nottingham, Leeds, Manchester and Luton. They’ve also shared a stage with Victorian English Gentlemans Club and Hot Puppies,...

It may get a little confusing, but California Wives, hailing from Chicago, USA, is the newest conglomerate of new wave pop servants to hit the colorful concrete streets of the city’s music scene, and is making waves in their short existence under a moniker that would have you expecting something much different. But given that their music has been compared to the revival of legendary new wave glory - think of New Order’s synth-pop mixed with the rock elements of Prince, and back boned with guitar riffs reminiscent of The Police - Jayson Kramer (vocals, keys, guitar), Dan Zima (vocals,...

Destiny itself assembled the Crane Wives, and now they seek only to make music worthy of destiny. That, and act as silly as humanly possible. "The Crane Wife is an old Japanese tale. While there are many variations of the tale, a common version is that a poor man finds an injured crane on his doorstep (or outside with an arrow in it), takes it in and nurses it back to health. After he releases the crane, a woman appears at his doorstep with whom he falls in love and marries. Because they need money, his wife offers to weave...