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The Dø
The Dø () was a Finland, Finnish-France, French indie pop band founded in Paris in 2005. The band is composed of Olivia Merilahti (singer and musician) and Dan Levy (multi-instrumentalist). The duo has been backed on stage by three different drummers: Jérémie Pontier (2007–2008), José Joyette (2008–2009), and Pierre Belleville (since 2009). Their first studio album ''A Mouthful'' topped the French charts in 2008, making them the first French act singing in English to reach that position. Biography Formation and early career (2005–2007) Olivia Merilahti and Dan Levy met in 2005 while recording the music for the French film ''Empire of the Wolves'' directed by Chris Nahon and produced by Gaumont. They released their first piece under the name the Dø a few months later in the form of a three-track Extended play, EP. The band's name is derived from the C (musical note), first note of the solfège scale, and is pronounced as the English word "dough", with a long "o" sound. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Merilahti
Olivia Bouyssou (born 25 February 1982), known professionally as Olivia Merilahti and Prudence, is a Finnish-French singer and composer, best known for being the frontwoman of the musical duo The Dø. Her work has been compared to that of Björk, whom she cites as a major influence. Merilahti was born to a French father and a Finnish mother. She primarily uses English in music, which she learned at an early age.Finnish is my intimate language; I speak Finnish with my mum and I've been living in France for most of my life, so it's been my secret language. My secret weapon somehow. So these different languages play different roles in my life, and English has always been the musical one.Having studied classical music in Helsinki, Merilahti gravitated to rock music, then jazz and electronic music. In 2004, during the writing of music from the movie ''Empire of the Wolves'', she met Dan Levy, with whom she formed French indie rock band The Dø. In 2020, she released a solo project under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Carlson (artist)
Carolyn Carlson (born 7 March 1943) is an American born French nationalized contemporary dance choreographer, performer, and poet. She is of Finnish people, Finnish descent. She is the director of the ''Centre Chorégraphique National'' in Roubaix and of the ''Atelier de Paris'' at ''La Cartoucherie de Vincennes'' in Paris. Carlson was awarded the title of ''Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres'' of the France, French Republic. Career She initially studied dance at the San Francisco School of Ballet and at the University of Utah. In 1965 she joined the Alwin Nikolaïs dance company in New York becoming an outstanding dancer of the company. In 1968 she won the International Dance Festival in Paris as Best Dancer (Meilleur Danseur).The New York Times, December 3, 1968Article preview In 1971, she joined the Anne Béranger dance company and in 1972 she presented ''Rituel pour un rêve mort'' at the Avignon Festival. Successively she was invited to join the London School of Contempora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Both Ways Open Jaws
''Both Ways Open Jaws'' is the second album by French- Finnish indie rock duo The Dø, released on 9 March 2011 in France and in late October 2011 and mid-November 2011 worldwide. Critical reception Metacritic, a review-aggregating website, gives the album a combined rating of 75 out of 100 from 16 reviews, which is classified as a "generally favorable" reception. Only two of those were not in the "positive" range (70 or above), both judged at 40 ("mixed"). ''Mezzic'' gave the album 8.5 out of 10, saying "The follow-up to their debut '' A Mouthful'' has the band dive further into their freak-pop explorations, still striving to produce better music" and that "their sustainable collaboration has carried itself over to a promising sophomore album".Julien, Ina. Mezzic.com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EBBA Awards
The Music Moves Europe Award, also known as the MME Award, is an annual prize recognizing the success of ten emerging artists or groups who reached audiences outside their own countries with their first internationally released album in the past year. The prize was known as the European Border Breakers Award (EBBA) until 2019, and the Music Moves Europe Talent Award (MMETA) until 2022. Organization The EBBA Awards were launched by the European Commission and are a European Union award., Talktoeu.ie. Retrieved 19 September 2011 Since 2009, the awards are organised by Eurosonic Noorderslag and the award is presented at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival. Partners *European Broadcasting Union (EBU)"EBBA Awards" , ''Eurosonic-noorderslag.nl''. Retrieved 19 September 2011 *The European Talent Exchange Program (ETEP), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V Festival (Australia)
The Australian V Festival was an Australian music festival, and a spin-off of the British V Festival. Like all V Festivals, the event was primarily sponsored by Virgin Mobile. In Australia the event was also sponsored by airline Virgin Blue. The V Festival was televised exclusively in Australia by MTV, and from 2008, also by its sister channel VH1. In 2008 the festival expanded to four shows, with Melbourne and Perth being added. Since the 2009 V Festival the event has been in hiatus, with the official website stating "V Festival Australia is taking a break at the moment". Artist line-ups Artist line-up 2009 The festival's first announcement was made on 18 November 2008, with the second announcement occurring on 11 February 2009. Artist lineup 2008 The festival's first announcement was made on 28 November 2007. The festival's second announcement was made on 10 February 2008. It included the return of the Virgin Mobile Venue, the festival's fourth stage, which featured loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pukkelpop
Pukkelpop is an annual music festival that takes place near the city of Hasselt, Belgium in mid- to late August. It is held within a large enclosure of fields and woodland—adjacent to a dual carriageway called ''Kempische Steenweg''—in the village of Kiewit, approximately 7 km north of Hasselt. It is one of the largest music festivals in Belgium, with an attendance of 180,000 over the course of the event in 2009. The program is noted for its wide variety of alternative music, spanning styles such as rock, pop, electronic, dance, hip-hop, punk and heavy metal. The event's organizers aim for a "progressive and contemporary" musical event. Notable acts that have performed at previous editions include Beastie Boys, Papa Roach, Rihanna, Within Temptation, Sonic Youth, Placebo (band), Placebo, Ramones, Nirvana (band), Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Metallica, PJ Harvey, Green Day, Blink-182, Guns N' Roses, Pixies (band), Pixies, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main Square Festival
The Main Square Festival is an annual international music festival organized by Live Nation which takes place in the first week-end of July in Arras, France. Created in 2004 by France Leduc Productions, the festival rose to one of the major music events of the country, attracting worldwide famous bands and stars like Coldplay, Depeche Mode, Placebo, Muse, Indochine, and Pearl Jam. 2004 The first edition of the Main Square Festival took place on 3 July 2004 on the Grand-Place d'Arras. Gomm performed during the opening act and the headliner was Placebo. 15,000 spectators were present. 2005 In 2005, Kyo & Sum 41 were the headliners on 3 July. This edition gathered 9,000 spectators. 2006 The 2006 edition gathered around 45,000 people for a two-day festival on the Grand-Place d'Arras. Depeche Mode, Goldfrapp, Muse, The Kooks & Second Sex were present. During their live show, Muse broadcast live Thierry Henry's goal for France against Brazil in the 2006 World Cup quarter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roskilde Festival
The Roskilde Festival is a Danish music festival held annually south of Roskilde. It is one of the largest music festivals in Europe and the largest in the Nordic countries. It was created in 1971 by two high school students and a promoter. In 1972, the festival was taken over by the Roskilde Foundation, which has since run the festival as a non-profit organization for development and support of music, culture and humanism. In 2014, the Roskilde Foundation provided festival participants with the opportunity to nominate and vote upon which organizations should receive funds raised by the festival. The Roskilde Festival was Denmark's first music-oriented festival created for hippies, and today covers more of the mainstream youth from Scandinavia and the rest of Europe. Most festival visitors are Danes, but there are also many visitors from elsewhere, especially the other Scandinavian countries and Germany. History The beginning The first Roskilde Festival was held on 28 and 29 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vieilles Charrues
The Vieilles Charrues Festival (, ; , ; literally: Old Ploughs Festival) is held every year in mid-July in the city of Carhaix, France. History 1990s The first edition takes place in 1992. In 1994, 3,000 festival-goers attended the concerts. 2000s The festival welcomes a new president, Paul Hély, Christian Troadec having been elected mayor of Carhaix. The festival welcomes 200,000 people over three days. In 2002, the festival attracts 160,000 festival-goers. In 2003, the festival is threatened by the conflict over the reform of the status of the show’s workers. Matthieu Chedid, -M-, cancels his visit and is replaced by Arno (singer), Arno, Renaud and Laurent Voulzy. 2010s In 2012, the theme of the festival is superheroes. 2020s In 2023, the festival attracts 346,000 festival-goers. Frequentation The festival welcomes 10,000 festivalgoers in 1995, 40,000 in 1997, 100,000 in 1998, 200,000 in 2001, 268,000 festivalgoers for the 20 years in 2011. Organisation T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paléo Festival
The Paléo Festival de Nyon, usually just called Paléo, is an annual open-air festival held in Nyon, Switzerland. It is one of the major open-air music festivals in mainland Europe and the biggest in Switzerland. Both a springboard for young talent and a showcase for established artists, Paléo has gradually opened up to all musical styles, as well as to the circus and street arts. The festival lasts six days at the end of July, from Tuesday to Sunday, and the final main stage concert is preceded by a great firework display with music. It started in 1976 under the name "Nyon Folk Festival". The first edition was held in the village hall in Nyon and brough 1800 spectators. The following editions, from 1977 until 1989, were held at Colovray, Nyon, by Lake Geneva and had only two stages. In 1986 the festival is renamed "Paléo Nyon Festival". In 1990, it moved to its current location, at the Plaine de l'Asse. As of 2005, 3.5 million spectators and 2500 artists had been part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
