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Savoy - норвежско-американское рок трио, состоящее из Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (известный по норвежской группе a-ha) (вокал / гитара / бас / клавишные), Lauren Savoy (вокал / гитара) и Frode Unneland (барабаны / перкуссия / бэк - вокал).
Группа была образована в 1994 году и выпустила 5 альбомов на сегодняшний день.
Savoy достигли большого успеха в Норвегии. Они были номинированы на 3 норвежских премии Грэмми (Spellemannprisen) и выиграли две из них, в 2000 и 2002.
Их наиболее известные хиты включают "Velvet" ( также перепели a-ha), "Rain", "Star", "Grind You Down", "If You Won't Come to the Party" и "Whalebone" (из саундтрека хорошо...
From http://www.savournastevenson.com/perform_biography.htm
Savourna Stevenson is a world class exponent of the Scottish harp. As both a virtuoso player and a composer she ‘completely re-writes the rule-books and proves the harp is capable of being pushed beyond its usual limits ... and sometimes doing the seemingly impossible’ (Taplas).
Savourna, who has been described as ‘a composer who is a national treasure’ (Herald) and ‘Mother of invention’ (Scotsman), identifies strongly with her Scottish roots while breaking through stylistic barriers between traditional, world music, blues, jazz and classical.
Her musical career started in the late 70's when, at 15, she first played at...
Note: There are 2 bands with a similar name: "Savoy Truffle" from Germany and "The Savoy Truffle" from Japan.
The German group Savoy Truffle is a mini-big band of 8 individualists who don't intend a musical revolution but rather to make this world a slightly better place to be - with cleverly arranged, intelligent, stylish and ultimately beautiful pop songs.
Current line up:
Alain Neumann /Percussion
Awa Taban Shomal /Vocals
Frank J. Meyer /Drums
Kathrin Berger /Saxophone & Flute
Natalie Kielbassa /Bass
Sigrid Münchgesang /Cello
Thom Berger /Guitar, Vocals
Zippo Zimmermann /Keyboards, Guitar
Former band members:
Nina Widjaja /Vocals
Dausi...
Formed in 1997, around singer-songwriter Graham Langley, it was 1999 that Savoy Grand was named by the NME (alongside other obscure acts such as Coldplay) as one of the best new bands to watch in the future. Later that year they released the debut 7” single “The Moving Air” on Leicester’s Pickled Egg label. This record received great press and narrowly missed being NME’s single of the week, as the weather at the time was “too sunny”. They followed this a year later with the five track mini-album “Dirty Pillows”, which was released by Narwhal Records in the UK, and...
