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Paulo Furtado
Paulo Furtado (born 9 September 1970) is a Portuguese singer-songwriter who performs under the stage name The Legendary Tigerman. He started his music career in the late 1980s when he joined the psychobilly band Tédio Boys. After leaving Tédio Boys, Furtado founded in 2000 the blues rock band WrayGunn, Wraygunn. In 2002, he began releasing solo music under the alias The Legendary Tigerman. The Legendary Tigerman started out as a one-man band project, where he would accompany his singing with guitar, harmonica and drum kit, drums alone on stage. Since 2014, he also plays with a backing band. The Legendary Tigerman has released seven studio albums to date. Biography Furtado was born in Portuguese Mozambique, where he lived until he was one year old. He then moved to Coimbra, Portugal with his parents. Later, he enrolled at Lisbon University to study Human Movement Science but dropped out after three days, considering the studies pointless. He then focused a lot on surfing, becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Mozambique
Portuguese Mozambique () or Portuguese East Africa () were the common terms by which Mozambique was designated during the period in which it was a Portuguese Empire, Portuguese overseas province. Portuguese Mozambique originally constituted a string of Portuguese possessions along the south-east African coast, and later became a unified province, which now forms the Republic of Mozambique. Portuguese trading settlements—and later, territories—were formed along the coast and into the Zambezi basin from 1498 when Vasco da Gama first reached the Mozambican coast. Lourenço Marques (explorer), Lourenço Marques explored the area that is now Maputo Bay in 1544. The Portuguese increased efforts for occupying the interior of the colony after the Scramble for Africa, and secured political control over most of its territory in 1918, facing the resistance of some Africans during the process. Some territories in Mozambique were handed over in the late 19th century for rule by chartered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naked Blues
Paulo Furtado (born 9 September 1970) is a Portuguese singer-songwriter who performs under the stage name The Legendary Tigerman. He started his music career in the late 1980s when he joined the psychobilly band Tédio Boys. After leaving Tédio Boys, Furtado founded in 2000 the blues rock band Wraygunn. In 2002, he began releasing solo music under the alias The Legendary Tigerman. The Legendary Tigerman started out as a one-man band project, where he would accompany his singing with guitar, harmonica and drums alone on stage. Since 2014, he also plays with a backing band. The Legendary Tigerman has released seven studio albums to date. Biography Furtado was born in Portuguese Mozambique, where he lived until he was one year old. He then moved to Coimbra, Portugal with his parents. Later, he enrolled at Lisbon University to study Human Movement Science but dropped out after three days, considering the studies pointless. He then focused a lot on surfing, becoming a local body bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock & Folk
''Rock & Folk'' is a prominent French popular music magazine founded in 1966, and published in the Paris suburb of Clichy. Editor in chief were Philippe Koechlin, Philippe Paringaux, Eric Breton, Philippe Manœuvre and now Vincent Tannières. Though the magazine's title includes the word " folk," it is in fact oriented strongly toward rock and roll. The magazine has also broadened its scope of rock and folk to include coverage of newer electronic music as well as hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- .... The magazine is also well known for prepublishing Marcel Gotlib's infamously risqué comic strip '' Hamster Jovial'' between 1971 and 1974. References External links Rock & FolkFrench language home pageRock & Folk's listing of essential 20th-century recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Inrockuptibles
''Les Inrockuptibles'' (), abbreviated as ''Les Inrocks'', is a French cultural magazine. Started as a monthly in 1986, it became weekly in 1995. As of 2021, it returned to a monthly format. In the beginning, rock music was the magazine's primary focus, though every issue included articles on other topics, generally with a left-wing perspective. Its name is a blend of the words "rock" and "incorruptibles" and a spoonerism of the latter. The magazine has produced several tribute records, including '' I'm Your Fan'' to Leonard Cohen in 1991, ''The Smiths Is Dead ''The Smiths Is Dead'' is a tribute album to the 1980s English alternative rock band the Smiths, released in 1996 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of 1986's ''The Queen Is Dead,'' featuring the same tracks in the same running order''.'' It was c ...'' in 1996, and '' Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited'' in 2006. Since 1988, it has included CD compilations as part of individual issues. Guillaume B. Decherf, a music crit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria De Medeiros
Maria Esteves de Medeiros Victorino de Almeida, DamSE (born 19 August 1965), known professionally as Maria de Medeiros (), is a Portuguese actress, director, and singer who has been involved in both European and American film-productions. Early life Maria de Medeiros was born in Lisbon, Portugal, the daughter of musician and composer António Victorino de Almeida. She played her first part on screen at the age of 15. At 18, she moved to France to pursue her acting studies and was a student at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD), graduating in 1988. Medeiros is the first Portuguese woman to be designated a UNESCO Artist for Peace. Career Film Medeiros' resemblance to Anaïs Nin landed her the primary role in ''Henry & June'' (1990), in which she played the author. In 1990, she played the role of Maria in Ken McMullen's film about the rise of the Paris Commune, '' 1871''. In 1994, Medeiros appeared in Quentin Tarantino's ''Pulp Fiction'' playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cibelle
Cibelle (born 1978), birth name Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, is a Brazilian visual artist and musician. They are based in London, Berlin and São Paulo. They graduated in 2015 from the Royal College of Art in London. Cibelle has released four music albums and has performed and presented work in venues such as Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin, Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, ICA London, and Carnegie Hall in New York. Cibelle has an interdisciplinary practice that includes performance art, sound art, video, painting, sculpture and installation. Their work addresses the deconstruction and formation of identities and people's interactions with each other and their surroundings. Biography Cibelle Cavalli Bastos was born in São Paulo, Brazil, on 2 January 1978. They attended the Marcelo Tupinambá Conservatory in São Paulo from the age of 6, where they studied guitar, piano, percussion and theatre. They had a short career modelling in their teens, but left it to dedicate themselves to act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoebe Killdeer
Phoebe Killdeer (born 1977) is an Australian producer, songwriter and the lead singer of the groups Phoebe Killdeer & the Short Straws and Phoebe Killdeer & the Shift. She is best known for her song " The Fade Out Line", which became a major international hit in 2014 when a reworked version of it was released by the deep house producer The Avener retitled as " Fade Out Lines". Life and career Killdeer was born in Antibes, South of France in 1977 to Australian parents. She became known performing with the French new wave covers band Nouvelle Vague. She appears on their second album, '' Bande à Part'' (2006), and she also toured with the group. She also features on the Basement Jaxx song "Tonight", on their album '' Kish Kash'' (2003), and on the Zero dB track "Sunshine Lazy", on the album ''Bongos, Bleeps and Basslines'' (2006). Following her work with Nouvelle Vague, Killdeer went on to pursue a solo career, forming the band The Short Straws, and releasing her first album, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Kekaula
Lisa Kekaula (born July 31, 1967) is the lead singer of American " rock 'n' soul" band The Bellrays. Early years Kekaula was born to an African-American mother, Linda and Native Hawaiian father, Alan Kekaula in Los Angeles, California, although the family continued to grow and relocated to suburban Moreno Valley, California. While there, Kekaula began to immerse herself in singing and had her first appearance in a talent show at Edgemont Elementary School. She graduated from Moreno Valley High School and then from the University of California, Riverside. Career Since 1990, Kekaula has been vocalist with the Bellrays. From 2003 to 2007, Kekaula joined a cast of vocalists guesting at live performances by the surviving members of the MC5. Kekaula has featured on two singles by British house music band Basement Jaxx, most famously " Good Luck"; the tracks "Realizer" and "High and Low", from the 2004 album '' Legion of Boom'' by The Crystal Method; and "Talkin' in My Sleep" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peaches (musician)
Merrill Nisker (born 11 November 1966), better known by her stage name Peaches, is a Canadian electroclash musician and producer. Born in Ontario, Peaches began her musical career in the 1990s as part of a folk music, folk trio, Mermaid Cafe. In 1995, she established a rock band, the Shit. That year she also released her first solo album, ''Fancypants Hoodlum''. After moving to Berlin, Germany, she was signed to the Kitty-Yo label and released her second album, ''The Teaches of Peaches'' (2000). Touring as the opening act for bands like Marilyn Manson (band), Marilyn Manson and Queens of the Stone Age, she subsequently released her third album, ''Fatherfucker'' (2003). Peaches' songs have been featured in films such as ''Mean Girls'', ''Waiting... (film), Waiting...'', ''Jackass Number Two'', ''My Little Eye'', ''Drive Angry'', and ''Lost in Translation (film), Lost in Translation''. Her music has also been featured on television shows such as ''Orphan Black'', ''Lost Girl'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asia Argento
Asia Argento (; born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento; 20 September 1975) is an Italian actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento, she has had roles in several of her father's features and achieved mainstream success with appearances in '' XXX'' (2002), '' Land of the Dead'' (2005), and ''Marie Antoinette'' (2006). Her other notable acting credits include '' Queen Margot'' (1994), '' Let's Not Keep in Touch'' (1994), '' Traveling Companion'' (1996), '' Last Days'' (2005), and ''Islands'' (2011). Argento is the recipient of several accolades, including two David di Donatello awards for Best Actress and three Italian Golden Globes. Her directorial credits include '' The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things'' (2004) and '' Misunderstood'' (2014). After the Weinstein scandal in 2017, Argento became a leading advocate in the " #MeToo" movement. In August 2018, ''The New York Times'' published allegations that Argento had sexually assaulted actor Jimmy Bennett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Femina (The Legendary Tigerman Album)
Femina may refer to: Magazines * ''Femina'' (Denmark), a weekly women's magazine in Denmark published since 1952 * ''Femina'', a French women's magazine published from 1901 to 1954 * ''Femina'' (India), a bimonthly women's magazine in India published since 1959 * ''Femina'' (Indonesia), an Indonesian women's magazine published from 1972 to 2023, currently an online portal * ''Femina'' (South Africa), a South African women's magazine published from 1982 to 2010 Other *Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate, a birth control pill * ''Femina'' (album), a 2009 album by John Zorn * ''Femina'' (film), a 1990 Polish film directed by Piotr Szulkin * Fémina, Argentine folk and hip hop trio * ''Femina'' (UK), a publishing house established by Muriel Box *Prix Femina The Prix Femina is a French List of literary awards, literary prize awarded each year by an exclusively female jury. The prize, which was established in 1904, is awarded to French-language works written in prose or Verse (poet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963) is an English musician. As the founder, frontman, lyricist and only consistent member of the band Pulp (band), Pulp, he became a reluctant figurehead of the Britpop genre of the mid-1990s. Cocker has also pursued a solo career, and for seven years he presented the BBC Radio 6 Music show ''Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service''. Early life Born in Sheffield, Cocker grew up in the Richmond, Sheffield#Intake, Intake area of the city and attended Outwood Academy City, City School. His father, Mac Cocker, a DJ and actor, left the family and moved to Sydney when Cocker was seven, and had no contact with his son or daughter, Saskia, until Jarvis was in his thirties. Following their father's departure, both children were brought up by their mother, Christine Connolly, who later became a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative councillor. Cocker credits his upbringing, almost exclusively in female company, for his interest in how women think and wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
