Closer


Carleton Stone, Mo Kenney & Dylan Guthro are three 20-somethings from Nova Scotia who collaborated for a performance on CBC marking the first time they’ve performed together.  They have strong, independent solo careers, but onstage they shared the spotlight, singing and playing on each other’s material and having fun with harmonies and guitar solos. They also created brand new songs together that showcase their individual vocals and strength as an ensemble, blending their harmonies effortlessly. (Source: Bandmine)

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San Fermin


San Fermin is an American baroque pop band started by Brooklyn-based composer and songwriter Ellis Ludwig-Leone. San Fermin took shape after Ludwig-Leone’s graduation from Yale University, where he studied composition. Despite being in several bands in high school and even some during college, Ludwig-Leone did not decide to focus on making pop music until the end of his college career.  After his graduation from Yale, Ludwig-Leone retreated to Canada’s secluded Banff Centre, where he wrote what would eventually become San Fermin. The New Yorker recognized the musicianship of the entire eight-piece live ensemble, noting their ability to “deliver epic and emotion-laden rock, with glorious and operatic vocals, electronic break beats, horns, strings, and other flourishes.”

The band released their self-titled debut on September 17, 2013,  NPR called the record “one of the year’s most surprising, ambitious, evocative and moving records,” praising Ludwig-Leone for his ability to write a collection of songs “as easy to love as they are to admire.” (Source: Wiki)

Find their debut album on iTunes here.  And the band’s website here.


Alone in Kyoto


Air is a music duo from Versailles, France, consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel.

The Band’s Website: en.aircheology.com.

Find their album here.


Whispers


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Paula Cole


Paula Cole, 45, is an American singer-songwriter. Her single “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, and the following year she won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Cole was raised in Rockport, Massachusetts; her mother was an elementary school art teacher, and her father was a professor of biology and ecology at Salem State College and a polka musician. She attended Rockport High School, where she was president of her senior class and performed in school theatrical productions such as South Pacific. Cole then attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she studied jazz singing and improvisation.  Cole got her first big professional break when she was invited to perform on Peter Gabriel‘s 1993-1994 Secret World Live tour.