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Kaveh Rastegar
Kaveh Rastegar is a Persian-American Grammy-nominated songwriter, record producer, composer, and bass guitarist. Rastegar was born in Montreal and raised in Denver, Colorado. He currently resides in the Los Angeles/Pasadena area with his fiancé and children. For over twenty years, Kaveh Rastegar has been an integral part of a broad range of musical projects collaborating as a producer, songwriter, or a bass player. He is well known as the founding member of Grammy nominated group Kneebody and for many years he's also been bassist with John Legend (appearing alongside him in the musical La La Land). He's recorded with artists such as Bruce Springsteen (also appearing in his 2019 film "Western Stars"), Ringo Starr, Shania Twain, and Beck and in films such as ''Daddy's Home'', ''The Big Sick'' and ''Walk Hard''. He also served as musical director with Sia, appearing with her on ''Saturday Night Live''. As a songwriter he has written with artists such as Bruno Mars, De La Soul, Ciar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal, Canada
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the second-largest city, and second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French is the city's official language. In 2021, it was spoken at home by 59.1% of the population and 69.2% in the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area. Overall, 85.7% of the population of the city of Montreal consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabrina Claudio
Sabrina Claudio (born September 19, 1996) is an American singer and songwriter. In late 2016, Claudio uploaded several songs to SoundCloud, before compiling a select collection as part of her debut extended play, ''Confidently Lost'', which was released independently in March 2017. Her single "Unravel Me" peaked at number 22 on the ''Billboard'' Twitter Emerging Artists chart, and her single "Belong to You" peaked at number two on the same chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA. Her debut mixtape, '' About Time'' was released on October 5, 2017. It peaked at number 13 on ''Billboard''s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Life and career Claudio grew up in Fort Lauderdale. She is of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent. She later moved to Los Angeles, where she began her music career in earnest. She first began recording and releasing video covers on Twitter and YouTube before transitioning to original tracks which she released on SoundCloud. Over the course of 2016, Claudio released sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosey (musician)
Rosey can refer to: People * Roosevelt Rosey Brown (1932-2004), American National Football League player * Sam Dolan (1884–1944), American college football player and coach * Rosey Edeh (born 1966), Canadian television personality * Gabrielle Rose Rosey Fletcher (born 1975), American Olympic snowboarder * Roosevelt Rosey Grier (born 1932), American National Football League player, actor and minister * Rosey E. Pool (1905-1971), Dutch writer, poet, educator and translator * William Rosenbaum (1889-1949), American politician * Albert Rosey Rowswell (1884-1955), American Major League Baseball radio sportscaster * Roosevelt Taylor (born 1937), American former National Football League player * Rosey (wrestler) (1970–2017), WWE ring name of professional wrestler Matthew Anoa'i Other uses * Institut Le Rosey, prestigious international boarding school in Switzerland * Rosey, Haute-Saône, commune of the Haute-Saône ''département in France'' * Rosey, Saône-et-Loire, commune of the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Dagmar
Anna Dagmar is an independent American pianist/singer-songwriter, based in Manhattan, New York. She is known for incorporating elements of folk music, classical music and jazz in her performances. Early life Anna Dagmar was born in Welwyn Garden City, within the Welwyn Hatfield borough of Hertfordshire, England. She was exposed to classical music at a young age by hearing her father's opera recordings and from attending performances by the St Albans Cathedral Choir in nearby St Albans. She moved with her family to the state of Virginia in the United States when she was six, then relocated to Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Dagmar started taking piano lessons at the age of seven, which ultimately led to her interest in and pursuit of a career as a musician. Dagmar attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where she earned a degree in jazz piano performance and music education. She also studied classical piano performance privately in New York City with Elizabeth DiF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subhuman (film)
Subhuman means "less than human". It may refer to: __NOTOC__ Biology * Any of the extinct members of the clade ''Hominina'' other than ''Homo'' or alternatively just ''Homo sapiens sapiens'' Music Bands and labels * Subhumans (British band), a British punk rock band * Subhumans (Canadian band), a Canadian punk rock band * SubHuman : Human Imprint, an American record label founded by Dieselboy and Steve Gordon Albums * ''SubHuman'', a 2007 album by Recoil Songs * "Subhuman" (song), a song by Garbage * "Subhuman/Something Came Over Me", a song by Throbbing Gristle * "Subhuman", a song by Blue Öyster Cult from the album ''Secret Treaties'' * "Subhuman", a song by The Pillows from the album ''Another Morning, Another Pillows'' Other uses * Dehumanization, the denial of full humanness in others and the cruelty and suffering that accompanies it * Humanoid, a non-human creature or being with human form or characteristics * Infrahumanisation, the tacitly held belief that one's ingrou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uri Caine
Uri Caine (born June 8, 1956, Philadelphia, United States) is an American classical and jazz pianist and composer. Biography Early years The son of Burton Caine, a professor at Temple Law School, and poet Shulamith Wechter Caine, Caine began playing piano at seven and studied with French jazz pianist Bernard Peiffer at 12. He later studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where he came under the tutelage of George Crumb. He also gained a greater familiarity with classical music in this period and worked at clubs in Philadelphia. Caine played professionally after 1981, and by 1985 had his recording debut with the Rochester-Gerald Veasley band. In the 1980s, he moved to New York City, where he continues to live. His solo recording debut was in 1992. He also appeared on a klezmer album (Don Byron Plays the Music of Mickey Katz, 1993) and other recordings with modern jazz musicians Don Byron and Dave Douglas, among many others. Later years Caine has recorded 16 mostly classic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journey From The Fall
''Journey from the Fall'' ( vi, Vượt Sóng) is a 2006 independent film by writer/director/editor Ham Tran, about the Vietnamese re-education camp and boat people experience following the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. This drama was released on March 23, 2007, by ImaginAsian to sold-out screenings. The film is notable for having been financed entirely by the Vietnamese American community. Plot The film traces the story of a family's struggle for survival in the aftermath of the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, to North Vietnam's communist regime. After her South Vietnamese Army husband Long, is imprisoned in a North Vietnamese re-education camp, Mai, her son Lai, and her mother-in-law escape Vietnam by boat in the hopes of starting a new life in Southern California. Believing his family is dead, Long gives up in the face of brutal conditions, while Mai struggles to keep her family from crumbling under the pressures of life in a new country. When Long learns his family is al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keaton Simons
Keaton Simons (born July 20, 1978) is an American recording and performing artist. He is signed to Best Revenge Records, his independent label created in 2012. His music has been featured on shows such as ''Sons of Anarchy'', '' Hollywood Heights'', ''Private Practice'', '' NCIS: Los Angeles'', ''Crash'', '' Suits'', ''American Dad!'', ''Harper's Island'', and '' The Cleaner''. In the spring of 2013, Simons released his second full-length album ''Beautiful Pain'' on Best Revenge Records. The album was co-produced with Mikal Blue and mastered by Gavin Lurssen of Lurssen Mastering. It also includes co-written songs with Jason Mraz, Jason Reeves, Glen Phillips and Mikal Blue among others. With the exception of the drums, which are played by the United Nations' musical director Robin DiMaggio, all instruments on ''Beautiful Pain'' were played by Simons. Additional featured artists on the record include Alex Al (bass), Lenny Castro (percussion), Zac Rae (keys), Tyler Hilton (piano, v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonderfalls
''Wonderfalls'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Todd Holland and Bryan Fuller that was broadcast on the Fox television network in 2004. The show centers on Jaye Tyler (Caroline Dhavernas), a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop. Jaye is the reluctant participant in conversations with various animal figurines – a wax lion, brass monkey, stuffed bear, and mounted fish, among others – which direct her via oblique instructions to help people in need. ''TV Guide'' included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon". Cast and characters Main characters Jaye Tyler Caroline Dhavernas as Jaye Tyler – A 24-year-old graduate of Brown University, at the start of the series Jaye is discontentedly working as a sales clerk at Wonderfalls Gift Emporium and living in a trailer. She avoids her loving – and overbearing – family, whos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arik Marshall
Arik Ben Marshall (born February 13, 1967) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, poet, and author, best known as a one-time member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Early life Arik Ben Marshall is the third of five children born to an African-American father and a Jewish mother. He grew up and attended school in South Central Los Angeles, graduating from Mid City Alternative Magnet School. In the 8th grade, Marshall broke his leg during a football game he was playing with friends and spent the better part of the year being homeschooled while he recuperated, first at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, and later at home where he spent several months in a full body cast. Marshall later credited this period in his life for preparing him for musical study, as the forced inactivity calmed down his naturally hyperactive personality thus giving him the focus and patience he would need in order to develop as a musician. Marshall began playing guitar in his teens, counting as mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange County (film)
''Orange County'' is a 2002 American comedy film starring Colin Hanks and Jack Black. It was released on January 11, 2002. The movie was distributed by Paramount Pictures and produced by MTV Productions and Scott Rudin. The movie was directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Mike White. Plot Teen Shaun Brumder is intelligent, but little interested in his education, leading a carefree SoCal lifestyle of surfing in affluent Orange County, California, drinking, and partying. His best friend Lonny is killed in a surfing accident, leading Shaun to rethink his life. Finding a novel on the beach by Marcus Skinner, it inspires him to become a writer. Upon learning that Skinner is an English professor at Stanford University, Shaun makes it his goal to attend Stanford and study under him. Shaun dramatically improves himself academically, obtaining high grades and SAT scores and becoming president of his graduating class. Following the advice of his guidance counselor, Ms. Cobb, Shaun applies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cypher (film)
''Cypher'' (also known as ''Brainstorm'' and ''Company Man''), is a 2002 science fiction spy-fi thriller film directed by Vincenzo Natali and written by Brian King. The film follows an accountant (Jeremy Northam) whose sudden career as a corporate spy takes an unexpected turn when he meets a mysterious woman (Lucy Liu), uncovering secrets about the nature of his work. The film was shown in limited release in theaters in the US and Australia, and released on DVD on August 2, 2005. The film received mixed reviews, and Northam received the Best Actor award at the Sitges Film Festival. Plot Morgan Sullivan, a recently unemployed accountant, is bored with his suburban life. Pressured by his wife to take a job with her father's company, he instead pursues a position in corporate espionage. Digicorp's Head of Security, Finster, inducts Morgan and assigns him a new identity. As Jack Thursby, he is sent to conventions to secretly record presentations and transmit them to headquar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
