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Khruangbin
Khruangbin ( ; , เครื่องบิน) is an American musical trio from Houston, Texas. The band comprises Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald "DJ" Johnson Jr. on drums. The band is known for blending global music influences, such as classic soul, dub, rock and psychedelia. Their debut studio album, '' The Universe Smiles Upon You'' (2015), draws from the history of Thai music in the 1960s, specifically from Luk thung, while their second album, ''Con Todo el Mundo'' (2018), has influences from Spain and the Middle East, specifically Iran. Speer, Lee, and DJ also host "AirKhruang" radio shows on NTS Radio and Facebook Live. In September 2022, the band released the album ''Ali'' in collaboration with Vieux Farka Touré, featuring songs by Vieux's father, Ali Farka Touré. Background Speer and Johnson met in 2004 while playing in Rudy Rasmus' St. John's Methodist Church gospel band in Houston, Texas. The church employed Speer as the guitarist and John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Speer
Mark Speer (born November 9, 1979) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the guitarist and one of the founding members of the musical trio Khruangbin. Biography Mark Speer was born November 9, 1979 in Houston, Texas. The first music video he remembers seeing on MTV is Grandmaster Flash’s " The Message", the production of which he found intriguing. At the time, Speer thought that rock and roll music "was terrible", and thinks that people continue to associate him with rock music just because he plays guitar. One of the first concerts he attended as a child was that of Parliament-Funkadelic. Speer initially wanted to play drums but could not afford them, so he started playing bass guitar. Later, he borrowed a four-track cassette recorder from a friend of his dad, and was making tracks with Casio drums by playing them with his fingers. He wanted to put chords on them, so he borrowed a guitar from a friend and started learning jazz fusion chords. Speer met future b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Lee (bassist)
Laura Lee Ochoa (born October 14, 1986), also known as Leezy, is an American musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the bass guitarist and one of the founding members of the musical trio Khruangbin. Biography The daughter of Mexican-American parents, Ochoa played piano and guitar as a child, but picked up bass at the suggestion of (then future) bandmate Mark Speer. Ochoa met him in 2009 through friends, where they initially connected over a shared love of Afghan music. Ochoa was an art history major with a focus on art of the ancient Near East. She worked as a math teacher for six years. At the time, she was interested in playing piano again and he suggested she "follow the sound of the bass", which she had never thought about doing before. This recommendation led to her to begin playing, which she says came very naturally to her. Ochoa has recorded three studio albums with Khruangbin: '' The Universe Smiles Upon You'' (2015), ''Con Todo el Mundo'' (2018), ''Mordechai'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Con Todo El Mundo
''Con Todo el Mundo'' is the second studio album by American musical trio Khruangbin. It was released January 26, 2018 under Dead Oceans and Night Time Stories. Critical reception ''Con Todo el Mundo'' was met with widespread acclaim reviews from critics. Erin MacLeod of ''Pitchfork A pitchfork (also a hay fork) is an agricultural tool with a long handle and two to five tines used to lift and pitch or throw loose material, such as hay, straw, manure, or leaves. The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to th ...'' reviewed "''Con Todo el Mundo'' crafts a unique, psychedelic vibe that hangs between continents and eras." Track listing References {{DEFAULTSORT:Con Todo El Mundo 2018 albums Khruangbin albums Dead Oceans albums Night Time Stories albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Time Stories
Night Time Stories is an English independent record label founded by Paul Glancy in 2009. It is notable for releasing the ''Late Night Tales'' compilation series since 2009 by artists such as Trentemøller, Röyksopp, Bonobo, Jon Hopkins, Bill Brewster, Groove Armada, and Floating Points among many others, while label founder Glancy has been helming the project since 2003. In 2013, Night Time Stories started to release original material by artists such as Khruangbin, Session Victim, Leifur James, Sasha, Ash Walker, Garden City Movement, and Rae & Christian. Releases See also * ''Late Night Tales'' References External links * of Night Time Stories * of ''Late Night Tales ''Late Night Tales'' and its predecessor ''Another Late Night'' are the names of two related series of artist-curated compilation albums released by Azuli Records in the UK until 2009 when the independent record label Night Time Stories took o ...'' {{Authority control Night Time Stories Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Bridges
Todd Michael "Leon" Bridges (born July 13, 1989) is an American soul singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his 2015 song " Coming Home", which received regular airplay and was also a Top 10 Most Viral Track on Spotify. Bridges' debut album, also titled '' Coming Home,'' was released on June 23, 2015, on Columbia Records and subsequently nominated for Best R&B Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. Early life Todd Michael Bridges was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 13, 1989. Bridges learned to play the guitar by playing simple chords to accompany his lyrics. While working at Del Frisco's Grille in Fort Worth, he played countless open-mics until he was signed by Columbia Records in December 2014. It was his song "Lisa Sawyer", about his mother's conversion, that first defined his style. Career 2014–2015: ''Coming Home'' Bridges began writing and performing 1950s and '60s-style soul music that was described by Austin 360 as "a transmission straight fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Oceans
Dead Oceans is an American independent record label formed in 2007 and based in Bloomington, Indiana, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Dead Oceans is part of Secretly Group, which also includes labels Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar and a music publisher, Secretly Publishing, that publishes artists, writers, filmmakers, producers, and comedians. History Phil Waldorf, a Virginia native with a teenage love of skateboarding and punk rock seven-inch records, attended college in Athens, Georgia, where he was music director for the college radio station, WUOG. In Athens, Waldorf came to know future indie bands Neutral Milk Hotel and Olivia Tremor Control in their formative years, going to early house shows before both bands rose to underground fame. In 1998, Waldorf moved to New York City when he was hired by Other Music, a record store. He also began managing an indie label, Misra Records. Waldorf became friends wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vieux Farka Touré
Boureima "Vieux" Farka Touré (born 1981) is a Malian singer and guitarist. He is the son of Malian musician Ali Farka Touré. Biography Touré was born in Niafunké, Mali in 1981 to Ali Farka Touré. Despite his father's discouragement and his family's lineage as a tribe of soldiers, Touré secretly took up the guitar and enrolled in the ''Institut National des Arts'' in Bamako, Mali. In 2005, Eric Herman of Modiba expressed interest in producing an album for Touré; to do so, he had to acquire permission from Ali Touré, Toumani Diabaté, and other community elders. This led to his self-titled debut album, produced by Modiba and released by World Village on 12 February 2007. The album featured Toumani Diabaté as well as his late father, who died in 2006. Following the release of a remix album, ''UFOs Over Bamako'' in 2008, and multiple tours, Vieux released his second studio album in May 2009. ''Fondo'' peaked at #5 on Billboard's World Albums chart the week of 11 July 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Ibrahim "Ali Farka" Touré (31 October 1939 – 6 March 2006) was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians. His music blends traditional Malian music and its derivative, African American blues and is considered a pioneer of African desert blues. Touré was ranked number 76 on ''Rolling Stone''s list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and number 37 on ''Spin'' magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Some years after his death, a group of musicians playing in his style performed as the Ali Farka Touré Allstars (2012), and later the Ali Farka Touré Band (formed 2014). Early life Touré was born in 1939 in the village of Kanau, on the banks of the Niger River in Gourma-Rharous Cercle in the northwestern Malian region of Tombouctou. His family belonged to the Arma community and moved to the nearby village of Niafunké when he was still an infant. His father died serving in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haldern Pop Festival
Haldern Pop is an annual German open air music festival, first held in 1984. It takes place in Rees-Haldern (North Rhine-Westphalia). Focus The Haldern Pop Festival cannot be limited to one genre. The focus ranges from experimental metal, punk and indie-pop to jazz, classical concerts and German folk music. Played on several stages in the village of Haldern. Next to the main stage, a mirror tent on the festival grounds will be used for the performances. The other stages are the pub "Haldern Pop Bar", the St. Georg church, a youth center and a recording studio in the village. History The festival started as an annual party on the premises of Haldern's Old Riding Arena organized by local altar servers. During the first years (1981 - 1983), music was played from records only. The Haldern Pop festival was officially launched with live music on 23 June 1984. The organizers want to remain true to their concept of "the small, cozy festival in the Lower Rhine area". The venue (an old h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudy Rasmus
Rudy Rasmus is a pastor, author, and humanitarian. He co-pastors the St. John's United Methodist Church located in downtown Houston with his wife Juanita. St. John's began with nine members in 1992, and is now one of the most culturally diverse congregations in the country. Career Rasmus was a monthly contributor to Oprah Winfrey's O Magazine and has recently completed a doctorate at United Theological Seminary. He is a 2008 gospel music industry Stellar Award nominee for the music project "Touch" and is the author of three books, including ''Jesus Insurgency'' with coauthor Dottie Escobedo-Frank ( Abingdon Publishing, Nashville), and ''Touch: Pressing against the wounds of a broken world'' (Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville). His latest book is entitled ''Love.Period – When all else fails''. Rasmus founded a nonprofit corporation, the Bread of Life, Inc. with his wife in December 1992 and began serving dinners to the homeless in the sanctuary at St. John's. The organizat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali (2022 Album)
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 common era, CE) was the last of four Rashidun, Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam () immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. The issue of his succession caused a major rift between Muslims and divided them into Shia Islam, Shia and Sunni Islam, Sunni groups. Ali was assassinated in the Grand Mosque of Kufa in 661 by the forces of Mu'awiya I, Mu'awiya, who went on to found the Umayyad Caliphate. The Imam Ali Shrine and the city of Najaf were built around Ali's tomb and it is visited yearly by millions of devotees. Ali was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, raised by him from the age of 5, and accepted his claim of divine revelation by age 11, being among the Chronological list of early Muslims, first to do so. Ali played a pivotal role in the early years of Islam while Muhammad was in Mecca and under severe persecution. After Muhammad's Hijrah, relocatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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