Music from the UK – The Luck // Indie-Pop

Esmay and Max Luck are a brother-sister duo from London, known as The Luck. They both startet making music in their childhoods. In 2011 they wrote a first song together and discovered the powerful blend of their voices. “Bricks” was one of their first songs, released in 2011:

Music from the UK – Will Varley // Folk

Will Varley is british folk singer from London. He is also the CO-founder of  Smugglers Records. Listen to his great song “King For A King”:

Music from the UK – Calumma Amber

Calumma Amber is a singer and producer from London. She’s writing downtempo melodic electronic music mixed with chilled voices and African percussion . Listen to her song “LIELIELIELIELIELIELIELOW“, part of her brand new album Aja:

Music from the US – Daniel Waples

Daniel Waples is a british street musician from London. He became famous while playing the hang as a street musician. Listen to him playing in a tunnel:

Music from the UK – Naughty Boy

Naughty Boy, born as Shahid Khan is a british songwriter, born in 1985. He was porn to pakistani parents in London and studied Business and Marketing but dropped out after the first semester. After some jobs, he followed his dream to make his own music. Listen to his successfull song “La la la” featuring Sam Smith:

Music from the UK – The Vaccines

The Vaccines , a band which formed 2010 in London UK .  The Band describe their musical influences as  …… „…50s rock ‘n’ roll, ’60s garage and girl groups, ’70s punk, ’80s American hardcore, C86 and good pop music.“, When i saw them this year on the Southside Festival i immediately thought , the Ramones entered a time machine and visited us in 2013, amazing .

Here is their song “Wreckin Bar (Ra Ra Ra ) –   Hey ho , let´s go !

(the song starts at 3:53, the clip shows the whole gig at Reading Festival )

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Music from the UK – Metronomy

Metronomy is a british indie pop, indietronica and electropop band from London, formed in 1999. Listen to their nice song “The Bay”:

Music from Guinea – Fodé Baro

Fodé Baro, is a Guinean musician performing Afro-Zouk and folk music. Born in a Fulani-Mandingo notable family of the city of Kankan, where many griots come from, Fodé Baro is the exception to the rule according which, only griots can make music in Guinea.
From his early childhood, Fodé Baro is enchanted by the talent of the one called “the dragon of African song” aka Aboubacar Demba Camara, outstanding guinean artist from the 70s. As a teenager, Fode excels in the artistic subjects such as theatre and music… and starts playing n’goni and guitar. But for his parents, a young man of his rank cannot tarnish with artists; it would be a humiliation for the family. Here is the song “Yanfante”

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