Ronnie Foster | ja

フォスター・ザ・ピープル（Foster the People）は、アメリカカルフォルニア州ロサンゼルス出身のインディーポップバンド。 ’09年のバンド結成からわずか半年で世に公開され、世界最大級音楽ブログ集積サイト“The Hype Machine”を通じて拡散された最初のシングル「Pumped Up Kicks」が、米『SPIN』誌に「’11年のアンセム」と絶賛され、英『NME』誌には「ストロークスとヴァンパイア・ウィークエンドとMGMTとダフト・パンクによるバーベキュー・パーティでの出会い」と評され、そして全米オルタナティヴ・チャートでは1位を獲得。 2011年5月24日にそのシングルを収録したアルバム『Torches』をリリース。 .

Ronald Wayne "Ronnie" Laws (born October 3, 1950 in Houston, Texas) is an American jazz, blues and funk saxophonist. He is the younger brother of jazz flautist Hubert Laws. Laws is the fifth of eight children born to Hubert Laws, Sr. and Miola Luverta Donahue. Laws attended Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas for two years. In 1972, Laws joined the fledgling group Earth, Wind & Fire, playing saxophone and flute on their album Last Days And Time. He left the band soon afterwards, long before they achieved their huge commercial success. In 1976, he began his solo...

English born guitarist/songwriter, started writing imaginary filmscores on grandmother's piano as soon as the age of 5. At 16 started gigging with various bands around the northwest, disillusioned and frustrated went to university to study modern languages and moved to France. Within two weeks of being in France joined the group "Beth" and went on to tour, write and record for 7 years playing hundreds of concerts & french festivals including a prestigious friday night slot at "Les Vieilles Charrues" in 1999 just before Death in Vegas and Massive Attack as well as supporting various groups such as: Placebo, The...

The Foster Kids are a five-piece band based in Norwich, UK, formed in 2006. The band perform both electric and acoustic. Lead singer Ian Alexander (who won four games on TV show Countdown) also performs solo acoustic. Members have played in various bands previously, including Massey and The Spinning Jennys. .