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Marillion's recorded studio output since 1982 is composed of eighteen albums, generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original lead singer Fish in late 1988 and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve Hogarth in early 1989. The band achieved eight Top Ten UK albums between 1983 and 1994, including a number one album in 1985 with Misplaced Childhood, and during the period the band were fronted by Fish they scored eleven Top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart. They are best known for the 1985 singles "Kayleigh" and "Lavender", which reached number two and number five respectively, with "Kayleigh" also entering the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
Marillion's first album released with Hogarth, 1989's Seasons End, was another Top Ten hit, and albums continued to chart well until their departure from EMI Records following the release of their 1996 live album Made Again and the dissipation of the band's mainstream popularity in the late 1990s; save for a resurgence in the mid- to late-2000s, they have essentially been a cult act since then. Marillion have achieved a further twelve Top 40 hit singles in the UK with Hogarth, including 2004's "You're Gone", which charted at No. 7 and is the biggest hit of his tenure. The band continue to tour internationally, becoming ranked 38th in Classic Rock's "50 Best Live Acts of All Time" in 2008. In 2016, they returned to the UK Albums Chart Top Ten for the first time in 22 years with their highest chart placing since 1987.
Despite unpopularity in the mainstream media and a consistently unfashionable status within the British music industry, Marillion have maintained a very loyal international fanbase, becoming widely acknowledged as playing a pioneering role in the development of crowdfunding and fan-funded music. They have sold over 15 million albums worldwide.
Marillion's music has changed stylistically throughout their career. The band themselves stated that each new album tends to represent a reaction to the preceding one, and for this reason their output is difficult to 'pigeonhole'. Although the band has featured two very distinct and different vocalists, the core instrumental line-up of Steve Rothery (lead guitar, and the sole 'pre-Fish' original member), Pete Trewavas (bass), Mark Kelly (keyboards) and Ian Mosley (drums) has been unchanged since 1984.
Their 1980s sound (with Fish on vocals) was guitar- and keyboard-led neo-progressive rock. They have been described as "a bridge between punk and classic progressive rock". They were often compared unfavourably by critics during this period with the Peter Gabriel era of Genesis, although the band had many other influences. Fish was influenced by a wide range of artists and his favourite albums were by artists such as Van der Graaf Generator, Joni Mitchell, the Who, Pink Floyd, John Martyn, Yes, Lowell George, Led Zeppelin, Roy Harper, the Faces, the Beatles and Supertramp. Rothery's main influences were Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, David Gilmour, Andrew Latimer of Camel, Steve Hackett, Jeff Beck and Joni Mitchell, with Gordon Giltrap also an early influence on the development of his playing style. Kelly's biggest inspiration was Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman, and Trewavas' favourite bass player was Paul McCartney. Original drummer Mick Pointer was a huge fan of Neil Peart's drumming in his favourite band, Rush.
During the Steve Hogarth era, their sound has been compared, on various albums, to more contemporary acts such as U2, Radiohead, Coldplay, Muse, Talk Talk, Elbow, and Massive Attack. In 2016, Hogarth himself was quoted as describing the band: "If Pink Floyd and Radiohead had a love child that was in touch with their feminine side, they would be us."
Many of the songs in this style were performed by vocalists backed by the house bands of Stax, Hi and Gold Wax Records. The Memphis soul sound was different from the Motown sound from Detroit. After the rise of disco in the late 1970s, Memphis soul declined somewhat in popularity. The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is dedicated to preserving the Memphis sound.
Carla Venita Thomas (born December 21, 1942) is an American singer, who is often referred to as the Queen of Memphis Soul. She is the daughter of Rufus Thomas.
Thomas was born and raised in the Foote Homes Projects in Memphis, Tennessee. Along with her siblings, Marvell and Vaneese, she was one of three musical children of Rufus and Lorene Thomas. Despite growing up in the projects, the Thomas family lived near the Palace Theater on Beale Street, as Rufus was the theater's Master of Ceremonies (MC) for their amateur shows. This access not only gave Thomas her first taste of the music world but it also provided a springboard for her transformation into the Queen of the Memphis Sound.
In Memphis, the African American centered WDIA radio station sponsored a rotating musical group of high school students called the Teen Town Singers; notable alumni include Anita Louis and Isaac Hayes. Although the requirements to join the Teen Town Singers stated that the person should be of high school age, Thomas became a member in 1952 at the age of 10. She was able to sneak into their ranks thanks to the fact that her father Rufus was an on-air personality for the radio station. This opportunity with the Teen Town Singers did not come without its drawbacks though.
As a 10-year-old student, Thomas was responsible for not only attending classes and completing her schoolwork, but she also had to attend rehearsals on Wednesdays and Fridays after school and then perform at the station on Saturday. However, despite this grueling schedule, Thomas thoroughly enjoyed the experience. According to her, “It was a lot of fun, it really was.” She remained with the Teen Town Singers up until the end of her senior year.
Although Thomas released albums in the 1990s and in the 2000s, she is best known for the work she completed for both Atlantic Records and most notably, Stax Records in the 1960s. Her first record, "'Cause I Love You", was a duet with her father, with brother Marvell on keyboards, that was released by Satellite Records, which eventually became Stax Records. Recorded when Thomas was still attending Hamilton High School in Memphis, the record drew enough local attention to catch the interest of Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records.
He signed a deal with the owners of Satellite Records, Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton, to distribute "Cause I Love You" and thus paved the way for Thomas’ most famous single, "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)", reaching number 10 on the pop chart and number 5 on the R&B chart. While she continued to have success on the R&B charts throughout the 1960s, her only other solo top 40 hit on the pop chart was "B-A-B-Y," reaching number 14 in 1966. Her duet, "Tramp," with Otis Redding reached number 26 on the pop chart the following year.and her album of duets with Otis Redding, King & Queen, was a number 18 hit in the UK Albums Chart.
庵野秀明監督、GAINAXの原作によるSFアニメ作品。大災害「セカンドインパクト」が起きた世界（2015年）を舞台に、巨大な汎用人型決戦兵器「エヴァンゲリオン」のパイロットとなった14歳の少年少女たちと、第3新東京市に襲来する謎の敵「使徒」との戦いを描く。
1995年10月4日から1996年3月27日にかけて全26話がテレビ東京系列(TXN)で放送された。放送時の視聴率は低かったが、放送終了後に斬新なストーリーが物議を醸し賛否両論の議論を引き起こした。1970年代の『宇宙戦艦ヤマト』、1980年代の『機動戦士ガンダム』と並び、後のアニメへ影響を与えた第三世代のアニメ作品でもあり、爆発的なアニメブームのきっかけとなった。1997年には、TVアニメ版の結末（第弐拾伍話、最終話）とは別の結末を描いた劇場版『Air/まごころを、君に』（第25話、第26話）が公開された。
漫画とアニメのメディアミックス作品であり、貞本義行による同名の漫画が、テレビ放送に先立つ1994年12月より角川書店の漫画誌上で連載が開始され、18年後の2013年6月に連載が終了。連載開始から19年後の2014年11月20日に最後の単行本（第14巻）が発売され完結した。
2006年には、本作を新たな設定・ストーリーで「リビルド（再構築）」した『ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版』シリーズ全4作の制作が発表され、2007年に第1作『序』が、2009年に第2作『破』が、2012年に第3作『Q』がそれぞれ公開されている。なお、新劇場版に対してTVアニメ版や旧劇場版は「旧世紀版」とも呼称されている。
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現在はデュオであるスウィング・アウト・シスターは、当初はキーボード担当のアンディ・コーネル（Andy Connell）、ドラムのマーティン・ジャクソン（Martin Jackson）と、後から加わったヴォーカルのコリーン・ドリュリー（Corinne Drewery）のトリオで1984年に結成された。バンドの名前は、1945年のアーサー・トリーチャー主演映画『Swing Out, Sister』から取られている。
マーキュリー・レコードと契約し、ポール・スティブリー・オードフィーをプロデューサーに迎えデビューアルバム制作を始めたスウィング・アウト・シスターは、デビュー曲となる「ブルー・ムード」（Blue Mood）を1985年11月にイギリスでリリースしたが、チャートインは成らなかった。しかし、1986年末に発売したシングル「ブレイクアウト」はイギリスチャート4位そしてアメリカチャート6位を記録するヒットとなった。続くジョン・サーケルのトランペットソロが使われた「サレンダー」（Surrender）はイギリスチャート最高7位、落ち着いたジャズ調の「トワイライト・ワールド」（Twilight World）は多くのミュージシャンの手でリミックスされダンスナンバーともなった。アルバム『ベター・トゥ・トラベル』は1987年5月11日にイギリスで発売され、チャート1位に輝いた。アルバムには、サーケルとともにレベル42との共演で知られるゲイリー・バーナクル（サクソフォーン）、エイジアとのセッションにも加わったルイス・ジャーディム（パーカッション）、ティム・キャンスフィールド（ギター）、ジェリー・ヘイ（トランペット、フリューゲルホルン）らも参加した。後に、このアルバムからは「ブレイクアウト」のような陽気なポップ調の「フール・バイ・ア・スマイル」（Fooled By a Smile）がシングルカットされた。バンドは、「ブレイクアウト」で1988年のグラミー賞最優秀新人賞とグループやデュオによる最優秀ポップ・ヴォーカル賞にノミネートされた。
2ndアルバムをリリースするにあたり名前の「Panic! at the Disco」より「!」を外したが、現在は「!」を付けた方が正式名称。
変わった名前の由来には諸説あるが、イギリスのバンドザ・スミスの曲である「Panic」の一節を引用したものという説が一般的である。
多くのバンドが辿るデモテープの自主製作からライヴを行うという道を、結成当時メンバー全員高校生だった為に金銭的な面から辿らずに、インターネットを通じてフォール・アウト・ボーイのベーシスト、ピート・ウェンツに自作曲を送るという賭けに出る。これは長い曲名、風刺に富む字余り気味な歌詞など、ライアンがフォール・アウト・ボーイに少なからず影響を受けていた為である。 その後ピート本人がラスベガスまで赴き、彼が運営するレーベル「ディケイダンス・レコード」からの第一弾アーティストとして契約することになる。
ライヴではメンバーが1920年代調のクラシカルな衣装を着て、本物のサーカス団を交えたパフォーマンスを行ったり、バーレスクや見世物小屋の様な雰囲気のセットで観客を引き込ませるエンターテインメント性に満ちた作りになっている。また、ミュージック・ビデオもクラシカルやミュージカル形式であったりするものが多い。
2005年9月27日に1stアルバム『A Fever You Can't Sweat Out』を発売。その中からのシングル「I Write Sins Not Tragedies」が世界中で爆発的なヒットをし、アルバムも200万枚のセールスとなった。
『MTV Video Music Awards』ではベテラン勢（マドンナ、レッド・ホット・チリ・ペッパーズなど）がノミネートする中、「I Write Sins Not Tragedies」のPVで“Video Of The Year”を受賞。
レッド・ツェッペリン（Led Zeppelin）は、イギリスのロックバンド。略称は、ZepもしくはLed Zep。なお、「ツェッペリン」はドイツ語の発音であり、英語の発音は「レッド・ゼペリン」に近い。
「ローリング・ストーンの選ぶ歴史上最も偉大な100組のアーティスト」において第14位。
日本ではディープ・パープル、ブラック・サバスと並んで、三大ハードロックバンドの一組とされる。
1968年に『レッド・ツェッペリン I』でデビューした彼らは、音楽シーンに革新的なハードロックサウンドを提示した。アコースティック・ナンバーも多く、ブリティッシュ・トラッド、フォークから中近東音楽に亘る幅広い音楽性を持つ。
彼らはテレビでの演奏を拒否し、プレスに対し辛辣な態度を取るなど常にマスメディアと距離を置いており、最初期を除きテレビでは殆ど演奏しなかった。しかし、小さなクラブや大学のステージでの演奏が口コミで伝わり、人気を獲得していき、ジミー・ペイジが望んだ通りの莫大なアルバムセールスを記録した。
当時は、先ずはシングルを出し、それをラジオやテレビで流した上でレコードを買ってもらうのが普通であったが、彼らが本国イギリスで発売したシングルは、「胸いっぱいの愛を」と「トランプルド・アンダー・フット」の2枚のみである（しかも、「胸いっぱいの愛を」においてはイギリスではシングル発売直後、さしたる理由も発表されないまま回収されている）。 1995年にロックの殿堂入りを果たし、2004年には日本ゴールドディスク大賞を受賞。2005年にはグラミー賞（功労賞）を受賞。2006年にはUKミュージックの殿堂「UK Music Hall Of Fame」入りを果たしている。
DJ/Producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad is known around the world as one-third of the legendary hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, but he began his musical career in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York. It was there that his uncle, Michael Jones, a bass player and DJ himself, pulled aside 8-year-old Ali and began teaching him music. Ali then spent years DJ-ing parties in his Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood and recorded a slew of demos before co-founding Tribe in 1985 with Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, and Jarobi. He was just 19 when the group released its first album, People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, in 1990, and four more followed: The Low End Theory (released in 1991); Midnight Marauders (1993); Beats, Rhymes and Life (1996); and The Love Movement (1998). All went either gold or platinum, with The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders both widely considered hip-hop classics. The group’s socially conscious lyrics – coupled with their unique production: heavy on jazz, funk and ’70s rock samples – helped push it to the forefront of rap, and scores of current artists/producers, including Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and Will. I. Am, cite Tribe as an influence.
" Midnight " (midnight), the Fuji TV series in the 2017 April 17, from 18 September to Maishu Getsuyo 1:25 to 1:55 ( Sunday midnight , JST ) was broadcast on variety shows.
Magnet School formed in 2005 with a distinct sonic alt rock style that stands alone in a sea of underground music, their unique tunings and approach to songwriting have earned them a place in Texas & Worldwide as a class act. Chosen as a Buzz Band by Spin 07' for their amazing debut "Tonight!", toured the UK/Europe 08', & included on SS sampler for Midem Fest in Cannes, France 2010
代表曲「Luka」らのヒットで知られる、同国を代表するポップシンガーの一人。10代の頃より始めた作詞・文学・演劇を背景に、社会派のアーティストとして非凡な才能を発揮し、数々の賞を獲得している。2008年『グラミー賞』受賞。
サンタモニカ生まれで、まもなく母に連れられニューヨークへ移り、多くの社会的問題を抱えた地域で子供時代を送る。本来の姓名はペック(Peck)だったが、母がプエルトリコ系の小説家エドガルド・ヴェガ・ユンケ(Edgardo Vega Yunqué)と再婚したため、以後その姓を名乗るようになる。
9歳の時に詩を書き始め、14歳の時に作詞を始める。その後、ラガーディア高校（Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts）で、モダンダンスを学び、この時に音楽こそが自分の求めるものだと気づく。そこを1977年に卒業すると、コロンビア大学バーナードカレッジで英文学を学ぶ傍ら、グリニッジ・ヴィレッジの小さな劇場などに立つ。1984年にレコード会社との契約を結ぶ。
1985年にデビューアルバム『Suzanne Vega』を発表し、その自己内省的社会批判を含んだ曲は、アメリカにおいて好意的な反響を得る。
1987年、2ndアルバム『Solitude standing』を発表。シングルカットした楽曲「Luka」は児童虐待を受ける子供の視点から書かれており、当時のヒットソングとしては、特異な位置を占める。ちなみにこのレコードに含まれる曲「Tom’s diner」は、世界で最初にMP3フォーマットになった曲でもある。このころから彼女のスタイルは、ロックへと近づくことになる。
The band's second studio album, Three (2001) reached the top 30 in the Australian album charts and achieved platinum sales. The band's subsequent studio albums: Sunrise Over Sea (2004); Grand National (2007); and April Uprising (2010) all debuted at the number one position on the Australian album charts, with all three albums reaching platinum sales status. Living 2001–2002 (2003), the band's first live album, reached the top ten and also achieved platinum status in Australia. The band's second live album, Live at St. Gallen (2005), also achieved gold record status. The band's releases since 2002 have been marketed independently by Jarrah Records, which Butler co-owns with West Australian folk band the Waifs and manager of both acts, Philip Stevens. Their sixth studio album, Flesh & Blood, was released in February 2014.
The John Butler Trio is fronted by John Butler on vocals and guitars. He started his career as a busker in Fremantle, Western Australia and released a self-recorded cassette, Searching for Heritage in 1996. Gavin Shoesmith on double bass and bass guitar founded Katamaran in Darwin with Mark Hoffman on didgeridoo and Grant Smith on percussion. With Butler, Shoesmith and Jason McGann on drums, John Butler Trio was formed in Fremantle in 1998 and independently released the John Butler album in December. It was produced by Butler and included re-recorded versions of two tracks from his Searching for Heritage.
The trio toured throughout Western Australia in 1999, then The Waifs invited Butler to perform solo on their Australian tour – he also performed his own gigs. The John Butler Trio then launched their own tour where Butler met his future wife Danielle Caruana in Broome.
The John Butler Trio released the four-track extended play, JBT, in April 2000 with songs short enough to win radio play. It was produced by Butler and Shaun O'Callaghan. Radio station Triple J chose the track "Pickapart" to put on high rotation. The band began to develop a wider reputation with a performance at the East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival in Byron Bay in 2000. Butler recalled that his first gig had about 50 people, the second gig started the same way when "it absolutely pissed with rain and 3000 people ran into our tent. And the show just went berserk. It was like a suffocated fire – you lift the lid and it explodes". The John Butler Trio has become a regular artist at the annual event.
In April 2001, John Butler Trio released Three and relocated to Melbourne to promote the record on the east coast. The track, "Betterman", was on high rotation by Triple J. Three peaked at No. 24 on the ARIA Charts. It also remained on the alternative charts for nine months reaching No. 3. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001 the album won an award for 'Best Independent Release'. "Betterman" reached No. 5 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2001.
Shoesmith left the trio to form his own band, The Groovesmiths, Butler replaced him with 19-year-old Rory Quirk, who was on their first tour of the United States in 2001. Quirk, in turn, left in 2002 to pursue a career with his band, Quirk. Andrew Fry joined as the next bass player.
The success of Three led to its release in the US in 2002 and two tours of the US followed. The band supported the Dave Matthews Band and John Mayer as well as playing at the Bonnaroo Music Festival and the South by Southwest Festival. The band also played at the Splendour in the Grass Festival in Australia. Butler, his manager Phil Stevens and fellow Western Australian folk artists, The Waifs, founded Jarrah Records in July 2002.
As a result of intensive touring, the band developed a great live reputation in Australia. The band released Living 2001-2002 in February 2003, a double live album which had a top ten debut in the ARIA album charts and went on to achieve platinum sales. Butler took a brief break after five years of solid work since 1997 for the birth of his daughter Banjo.
Their show will be held at Billboard Live TOKYO (Tokyo) on Tuesday 18 September, 2018.
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According to Oricon, HUSKING BEE’s member were Isobe Masafumi (Vocal), Kudo "Tekkin" Tetsuya (Bassist) and Hiramoto Leona (Drummer). They debuted in 1995 by "NOT SUPERSTITIOUS III". Hirabayashi Kazuya, today is the lead singer and guitarist of the band Fine Lines, joined as a new member in 2000. Despite having many Japanese young fans, they dissolved without any reasons on 6 March 2005.
The band reunited in February 2012.
Their sound is similar to the American band Jimmy Eat World, due to sharing the same producer, Mark Trombino.
ASPARAGUS（アスパラガス）は日本のスリーピースロックバンド。3P3B所属。
現メンバー
元メンバー
Hawaiian6（ハワイアンシックス）は、日本のスリーピース・ロックバンド。
公式ロゴは「Hawaiian6」であるが、近年はすべて大文字の「HAWAIIAN6」と表記する事が多い。
Bacho was formed in 2002 with 4 members Kitinaga Kinya (Gt), Itami Tominagi (Ba), Ishida Kazuya (Vo) and Arikawa(Dr) .
In 2004 vocalist Ishida withdrew, Kitahata served as vocalist, and it became a 3-piece band. They belonged to "Immortality" production.
2007 Gt Miura Yoshito joined. It became 4 pieces again. 2008 Dr Arikawa withdrew. Takayuki Kazuhiro joined as Dummer.
2009 two songs from cosmicnote demo "Define me" released. In the same year, 1st mini album "Request" released.
In November 2010, 2nd mini album "Reconquista" was released. 2012 V.A. "Breaking Concept vol.2" released. July 31, 2013 7 "EP" fallen leaves "released. 2014 V.A. "cosmicnote 10" released. February 2015 1st full album "Supreme New Memory" released.
March 2015, they had "Supreme New Memorial" tour.
2016
January, liveshow "GOJOGEN 36" was held.
February 24The first DVD on February 24 'Supreme New Memory DVD ~ Record of Memory ~' released.
May 1st "GOJOGEN Vol.37" was held at Shimokitazawa ERA. They also appeared in various festivals and events.
November Taiwan TOUR dedicated, the only one-man live "GOJOGEN 38 - ONEMAN -" held in Kobe.
BACKSKiD is a punk band in Kagoshima . Members: Simon BOY(vo/gt), Can(vo/ba), LOVE Ichiro(dr/cho)
They work nationwide with catchy and soulful songs as melodious weapons.
2015.08.23 they declared affiliation to Eleven Thirty! !
2016.04.28 1st mini album "PAY BACK" released
2016.12.072nd mini album "WAY YOU PLAY" released
Ohta was a boy when he was taught his first three chords on the ukulele by his mother. He entered an amateur contest at age 9 and won the $10 first prize. Three years later he met Eddie Kamae on the beach, at the time considered the best ukulele player in the world, and became his student.
He enlisted in the US Marine Corps and served ten years. While stationed in Japan as an interpreter, Ohta made his first recordings and played a number of events. He was a guest on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1955.
In 1964 he succeeded in having a hit song with the single Sushi and signed a five-year contract with Decca Records.
Recognized by many as the world's most diversified Ukulele player; recording music that is categorized as Pop Music, Romantic Music, Jazz, Traditional Hawaiian music and with orchestras. He was inducted into the Ukulele Hall of Fame in 2006.
The first collaboration for Herb Ohta and Andre Popp was released in the US by A&M Records. The album titled "Song For Anna", was released in 1973 and sold more than 6 million copies internationally. The ukulele became a blended and solo voice with the orchestrations that appealed to the romantic side of music. The album was followed by another titled "Feelings" in 1975. He has recorded numerous albums from traditional Hawaiian to Classical, Pop and other genres.
In 2001, Herb Ohta joined forces with Lyle Ritz and released an album titled Night of Ukulele Jazz Live at McCabe's. The two were considered top performers, but had managed to miss each other for decades, though both were familiar with the other's works. Both played Martin Ukuleles for the recording, Ohta playing a standard size, and Ritz a tenor, which he switched off with a tenor Ko'olau.
Herb's son, Herb Ohta, Jr., carries on the ukulele tradition.
ハーブ・オオタ(1934年-)は、ハワイ出身で日系二世ハーフ(一世と二世との間に産まれた子供)の世界的なウクレレ奏者。
本名はHerbert Ichiro Ohta。OHTA-SAN（オータサン）の愛称で知られ、「ウクレレの神様」の異名を持つ。
幼少時からエディ・カマエの影響を受けて猛練習を重ね、OHTA-SAN STYLE と呼ばれる独自のウクレレ奏法を確立する。15歳でプロデビュー。ハワイアン音楽だけにとどまらず、ジャズ、ラテン、クラシック、ポップス、ロックなどあらゆる種類の音楽をウクレレ一本で演奏するというスタイルは、多くのミュージシャンに影響を与え、ソロ楽器としてのウクレレの可能性を大きく広げた。
日本語も堪能で、1953年～1963年の朝鮮戦争時にはアメリカ海兵隊司令官付通訳として約11年間、韓国と日本に駐屯した。1980年代後半からは毎年のように来日するようになり、日本における第二次ウクレレブームの火付け役となった。
Alvvays was formed in Toronto. Molly Rankin, the group's singer-songwriter, is the daughter of John Morris Rankin, a fiddler with the Celtic folk family collective the Rankin Family, who enjoyed international success in the 1990s. Rankin grew up writing music with her neighbour, keyboardist Kerri MacLellan. She later met guitarist and partner Alec O'Hanley at a concert in her teen years. With the help of O'Hanley, Rankin quietly released a solo extended play titled She in 2010. Alvvays was formed the following year, with Rankin assembling MacLellan, O'Hanley, drummer Phil MacIsaac and bassist Brian Murphy to join the group. As the band grew up on neighbouring islands—Rankin and MacLellan on Cape Breton and O'Hanley, MacIsaac, and Murphy hailing from Prince Edward Island—Rankin was led to dub the band "merging of obscure islands in the east coast." She picked the name Alvvays because she liked that it had a "shred of sentiment and nostalgia." The spelling of the band name was due to the fact that there was already a band named Always signed to Sony.
They often made the long drives from Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island to Toronto, where they all eventually moved and secured jobs that allowed them to tour occasionally. The group toured extensively as supporting acts for bands such as Peter Bjorn and John and The Decemberists. Their debut album was recorded in Calgary with Chad VanGaalen in March 2013; Graham Walsh helped track the album while John Agnello helped mix it. After the album was complete, the group made cassette copies for festival bookers and fans at concerts to pass around. The group were signed to Polyvinyl Records on the strength of their SXSW performances and online fervor over the demo of their single "Adult Diversion". Alvvays was released by Royal Mountain Records (Canada), Polyvinyl Records (US), and Transgressive Records (Europe) in July 2014. Simon Vozick-Levinson, writing in Rolling Stone, called the eponymous album an "indie-pop wonder". Alvvays went to #1 on US college charts on August 5, 2014. "Archie, Marry Me" became a minor hit. The single for "Archie, Marry Me" featured the b-side "Underneath Us" which was recorded sometime after the eponymous album.
They will collaborate to present Ken Boothe with Cool Wise Man JAPAN Tour.
Shinoda Tomohito (B) Takeuchi Makoto (Dr) Ichimura Tomoyuki (Key) Hiraide Junji (Tsax)
Hamada Koitsu (Tp) Miwa Owada (G) Asami Hiroshi (Tb) Nishiuchi Tooru (Asax)
Cool Wise Man was formed in 1993.
Everyone can not live without moving the body when seeing Cool Wise Man's performances with various roots music backbone, including Jamaican music, and listening to the excitement of "This is music"
They also co-starr with legendary musicians of Jamaican music.
Cool Wise Man is considered to be one of the biggest instruments and ska bands in Japan with numerous appearances in Australia's biggest rock festival "BIG DAY OUT" and other international festivals.
Ken Boothe OD (born 22 March 1948) is a Jamaican vocalist known for his distinctive vibrato and timbre. Boothe achieved an international reputation as one of Jamaica's finest vocalists through a series of crossover hits that appealed to both reggae fans and mainstream audiences.
Boothe's first solo tracks were recorded in 1966 after Clement "Coxsone" Dodd had signed him to his Studio One Label. He also recorded material for Phil Pratt and Sonia Pottinger the same year. The following year, Boothe and Alton Ellis had a successful UK tour with the Studio One session group, the Soul Vendors. Boothe was promoted as "Mr. Rock Steady" by Dodd during this period.
Under a new direction from record producer Lloyd Charmers, Boothe released "Everything I Own" on Trojan Records, which reached Number One in the UK Singles Chart in 1974.
Boothe had one more hit in the UK Singles Chart during the 1970s, "Crying Over You", which made No. 11, with Trojan Records' collapse and a split with Charmers losing much of the momentum built up by his two hits.Boothe recorded a reggae version of the standard "When I Fall In Love" which was released in 1974 on the Studio One label.
In 1978, along with Dillinger, Leroy Smart, and Delroy Wilson, Boothe was referenced by lyricist Joe Strummer in the Clash's song, "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais". Boothe reunited with Charmers in the late 1970s when a revived Trojan Records