Tag Archives: New York

Music from the US – Ms Mr

Posted in North America, Pop, United States by

Ms Mr, spoken Miss Mister, is an US-american pop music duo from New York. They are known for their electropop and wave music, which they describe themselfs as Tumblr-Glitch-Pop. Here’s their first single “Hurricane” from 2012:

Music from the UK/Guayana – Ram John Holder

Posted in Blues, Europe, Guyana, UK by

Ram John Holder (born 1934, Guyana) is a British actor. Holder began his performing career as a folk singer in New York. In 1962 he came to London and worked with Pearl Connor’s Negro Theatre Workshop initially as a musician, and later as an actor.

Holder is a talented musician, who has recorded a number of albums: Black London Blues (1969), Bootleg Blues (1971), You Simply Are… (1975) and Ram Blues & Soul. He has also released various singles and contributed to soundtracks for film and television, including three songs for the film adaptation of Take a Girl Like You.(wikipedia)

Music from the US – Curtis Eller

Posted in Classical, Guitar, Acoustic, North America, United States by

New York City’s angriest yodelling banjo player Curtis Eller talks about Hull and The Adelphi Club before his 2012 show. He also performs an exclusive version of the new track ‘Old Time Religion’.

Music from the US – Celldweller

Posted in Electro, Dance and Co., North America, Rock, United States by

Celldweller was a music project  founded 1999 in   New York City,  by the American Klayton (born Scott Albert), who writes not only the texts himself , and later sings, but almost plays  all instruments in the studio . Generally, you  can describe the style of Celldweller as synth rock, whereby elements of industrial rock, nu metal, dubstep, techno, trance, drum ‘n’ bass and breakbeat are present.

Here is his song “Seven Sisters”

Music from Spain – Sabicas

Posted in Classical, Guitar, Acoustic, Europe, Rock, Spain by

Sabicas (Agustín Castellón Campos, * probably in 1912 in Pamplona, † 14 April 1990 in New York City) was a Spanish flamenco guitarist. He was  playing special techniques and helped the flamenco to international fame. Here is a song from the album encounter, where Joe Beck accompanied him – a rock album indeed with Flamenco influences or a Flamenco album with rock influences ??

Music from the US – Spyro Gyra

Posted in Jazz, Funk, Soul, North America, United States by

Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band, that was originally formed in the mid-1970s in Buffalo, New York, United States. Here is their “Morning Dance “