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There are at least two artists with this name 1. A psychedelic rock band from Italy 2. A progressive metal band from El Salvador 1. In 1968 german Martin Thurn (guitar) went to an international school in Varese (North Italy) where he founded a band named SONS OF GIOVE. Other members were Wolfgang Schoene, Thomas Schmidt (later PELL MELL) and Jutta Nienhaus. Renamed to The Joice (due to a misprint later YOICE) the band went on in 1970 with drummer Hermann-Jürgen Nienhaus (brother of Jutta) and Mauro Rattaggi (bass), the only italian member of the band. After a lot of...

There are multiple artists named Taran: 1) Polish black metal band. 2) Ukrainian jazz producer. 1) Taran is an anti-Christian black metal band from Krosno Odrzańskie, Poland, formed in 2002. They released a demo in 2003 and a split with Moontower in 2004. Current members are: Venr (vocals, bass), Nechrist (guitars) and Ialbaoth (drums). 2) Eugene Taran (Євген Таран), symply known as Taran, is an alternative jazz producer and multimedia artist from Ukraine. Taran is first heard of in 1986, performing in very experimental, underground bands in Ukraine's independent music scene, including Цукор біла смерть. The jazz and hip-hop influenced...

Lela grew up in a family of musicians from Tusheti, the mountainous region of Georgia. With her sad eyes but a happy face, she is an excellent accordion and panduri player, and also a brilliant vocalist, who sings the popular songs of the mountains with a lot of emotion and her own Songs also. Her sister, Eter Tataraidze is Folklorist also, she is working at the Folklore Center of Georgia. She was brought up in the musical atmosphere of her family and continued her studies at the school of music and later on at the philharmonic ensemble of Tbilisi, the...

The UK based band Ostara (formerly Strength Through Joy) consists of vocalist/guitarist Richard Leviathan with a changing supporting cast. The first album 'Secret Homeland' despite some minor industrial characteristics was a rather straight forward neo folk based album that sounded fairly similar to the bands earlier work as STJ, whereas the bands sophomore release 'Kingdom Gone' introduced a more noticeable rock and electronic element into the bands music, but with still a neo folk underscore. In 2003 Ostara released their third album 'Ultima Thule' and the rock and electronic elements increased with very little neo folk influence left. Finally in...

Kottarashky is a 21st century digital master musician with his hands sunk deep in the past - vintage Balkan field recordings, classic jazz and blues, psychedelic sounds, club beats and extraordinary, archetypal Gypsy voices, guttural shouts and lyrical laments are all molded and thrown into new shapes. The songs of his debut album “Opa Hey!” sound like tales told by people who have all the time in the world: time to contemplate, enjoy, engage and dream; to take pleasure in unexpected twists and turns; to be inspired by the details and vividness of marginal existence. Kottarashky is an architect by...