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Indigo Planet Records
Indigo Planet Records (IPR) is an independent US record label founded in 2005 that currently has satellite offices in NYC, the Jersey Shore, St. Augustine, and Los Angeles.Last.fm Label Information. IPR has worked with a number of local, regional, and national acts, through label signings, showcases, and non-profit benefit projects. Among the label's more notable acts and events have been the 2009 Lollapalooza opener April Smith, April Smith Rolling Stone. former and founding member of Sony/Epic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music
Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all human societies. Definitions of music vary widely in substance and approach. While scholars agree that music is defined by a small number of elements of music, specific elements, there is no consensus as to what these necessary elements are. Music is often characterized as a highly versatile medium for expressing human creativity. Diverse activities are involved in the creation of music, and are often divided into categories of musical composition, composition, musical improvisation, improvisation, and performance. Music may be performed using a wide variety of musical instruments, including the human voice. It can also be composed, sequenced, or otherwise produced to be indirectly played mechanically or electronically, such as via a music box ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment
Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and Interest (emotion), interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but it is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention. Although people's attention is held by different things because individuals have different preferences, most forms of entertainment are recognisable and familiar. Storytelling, music, drama, dance, and different kinds of performance exist in all cultures, were supported in Court (royal), royal courts, and developed into sophisticated forms over time, becoming available to all citizens. The process has been accelerated in modern times by an entertainment industry that records and sells entertainment products. Entertainment evolves and can be adapted to suit any scale, ranging from an individual who chooses private entertainment from a now enormous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April Smith (folk-rock Singer)
April Smith and the Great Picture Show are an American folk rock/indie pop group from Brooklyn, New York. The group won Best Pop/Rock Song at the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards for their song "Colors". Discography *''Loveletterbombs (2005)'' *''Live from the Penthouse'' (2008) * ''Songs for a Sinking Ship'' (2010) Songs for a Sinking Ship In 2010, the band released their first studio album, "Songs for a Sinking Ship". This album was funded by fans through the website Kickstarter. "Drop Dead Gorgeous", from the album, was featured on Amazon.com's Top 100 Songs of 2010 List. Television appearances A number of April Smith and the Great Picture Show's songs have been used in television promotions and episodes. "Terrible Things" from "Songs for a Sinking Ship" was used in a promo for the third season of the Showtime series Californication. The song was also used during the end credits for an episode of Weeds, as well as promo for the series' sixth season. Music from the same al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Squirrels
For Squirrels was an American alternative rock band based in Gainesville, Florida, United States, founded in 1992. Their 1995 single "Mighty K.C." became an alternative rock radio hit about three months after a touring van accident that claimed the lives of founding members Jack Vigliatura IV and Bill White, along with tour manager Tim Bender, while the band was on the cusp of national recognition. The surviving members of the band changed the name to Subrosa in 1996 before disbanding in 2001. History Classic lineup (1992–1995) The band's original lineup consisted of vocalist Vigliatura, bassist White, guitarist Travis Tooke, and drummer Jay Russell. Explaining their name, the band had said that they were so committed to being in a band, they would play music "for squirrels." The group played jangly alternative rock akin to R.E.M., one of their prime influences, with heavier moments alluding to the sound of grunge rock and Nirvana. Drummer Jack Griego eventually replaced R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invisible Children
''Invisible Children'' is a 2006 American documentary film which depicts the human rights abuses by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda. Synopsis In the spring of 2003, Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, and Laren Poole traveled to Africa to document the War in Darfur. Instead, they changed their focus to covering the conflict in northern Uganda, Africa's second longest-running conflict after the Eritrean War of Independence. The documentary depicts the abduction of children who are used as child soldiers by Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The film centers around a group of Ugandan children who walk miles every night to places of refuge in order to avoid abduction by the LRA. Exhibition The film was first screened on June 22, 2004 at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego. Since then, Invisible Children, Inc. has hosted more than 10,000 screenings at colleges, high schools, churches, concerts, and other venues. As of June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Molly
Red Molly is a folk trio consisting of Laurie MacAllister (vocals, bass), Abbie Gardner (vocals, guitar, Dobro, lap steel guitar), and Molly Venter (vocals, guitar). They perform original works composed by each of the group members as well as other songwriters, such as Hank Williams, Gillian Welch, Richard Thompson, Mark Erelli, Susan Werner, Jake Armerding, Ryan Adams and Amy Speace. Their fans are known as "Redheads". History Red Molly was formed late one night at the 2004 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. MacAllister, Gardner, and Carolann Solebello, three solo singer-songwriters, were the last ones left at a song circle. They liked the way they sounded together and decided to form a band. The name Red Molly is taken from a character in the Richard Thompson song " 1952 Vincent Black Lightning". from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Sometimes (musician)
Jessica Charlotte Poland (born January 15, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter, known professionally as JPOLND, Charlotte Sometimes, and Laces. Her debut album '' Waves and the Both of Us'' was released on May 6, 2008. She has released one full-length album and five EPs. In 2014, Poland retired her stage name and started a new project called LACES. Early life and education Poland was adopted by her parents, Hartson and Tracy Poland, as a baby. She was introduced to her birth mother at age 13. At age 14, Poland started playing guitar and writing songs. Around the same time, she was diagnosed with condylar resorption, a rare disease causing her jaw to essentially break apart, impairing her ability to sing. By age 16, she had undergone surgery by having two ribs extracted to "rebuild her face." She continues to have injections to treat her jaw. Raised in Wall Township, New Jersey, Poland attended Wall High School. Poland got her first stage name from the children's book '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spin Doctors
Spin Doctors are an American alternative rock band from New York City, best known for their early 1990s hits "Two Princes" and "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong", which peaked on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart at No. 7 and No. 17, respectively. The band currently consists of Chris Barron (lead vocals), Eric Schenkman (guitar and vocals), Aaron Comess (drums and keyboards) and Jack Daley (bass). History The group originated in the late 1980s in New York City, originally as a band called Trucking Company; this band included Canadian guitarist Eric Schenkman, harmonicist John Popper, and later vocalist Chris Barron, who was Popper's Princeton, New Jersey high school friend. Popper left this side project to focus on his main gig with Blues Traveler full-time. With a name change to Spin Doctors, as well as the addition of Aaron Comess on drums and Mark White (bassist), Mark White on bass, the classic lineup was in place by the spring of 1989.Barron’s broth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
