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Long-running brass band originally formed by coal miners, now internationally acclaimed, especially after "featuring" in the film Brassed Off. See http://www.grimethorpeband.com .

Collie Ryan is a student of Theosophy who privately pressed three records in 1973. This project was funded by her friends at New Age Farms carrot and fresh juice company in Lompoc, California, and the records were distributed at shows at the Sun and Earth Health Food Store and Restaurant in Santa Barbara. The songs are primarily about the theosophist concepts of karma and reincarnation; they are lovely and subtle enough that most listeners rarely detect any sort of underlying meaning without having it pointed out first. Colllie Ryan's music is deceptively simple -- using nothing more than her high,...

Mining nuggets of funk, hip-hop and hi-octane rock from the musical coalface and throwing in a few chunks of Balkan brass, ska and contemporary jazz for good measure, the Hackney Colliery Band is as diverse as the London borough that gave them their name. Formed in 2008 out of a desire to play music that appealed to the feet as much as to the ears, the Hackney Colliery Band (HCB) take influences including the Youngblood Brass Band and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and add their uniquely East London twist to the growing brass-band phenomenon. In 2010 with only their first debut...

Collie Buddz (born Colin Patrick Harper, August 21, 1984) is a reggae artist best known for his single "Come Around".[1] Although born in New Orleans, Louisiana, he was raised in Bermuda. He studied audio engineering at Full Sail University in Orlando, FL.[2] He performed on Shaggy's 2007 album Intoxication on the track "Mad Mad World". In 2008, he performed the song "SOS" on WWE The Music, Vol. 8 as the entrance theme for wrestler Kofi Kingston. He also appeared in a 2009 remix of Kid Cudi's single "Day 'n' Nite". His name is based on slang for cannabis, and he...

After taking a brief hiatus in 2006 to become a parent, Dublin rapper Collie returned in 2007 with his second full-length album “How Things Change…” , released on his own independent label, Bad Mood Records. Life had indeed changed for the true-blue Dub, since his Meteor Award nomination and debut release “Is Ainm Dom” he had moved half-way across the country and became a parent all in one foul swoop, but you can rest assured he remained true to his own inimitable style. Featuring guest appearances from Redzer, Nu-Centz, An Buachaill Dana, Anto Yau, GMC and production from Ratman and...