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Romantica may refer to: Music * Romantica (band), an Americana band * ''Romantica'' (album), a 2002 album by Luna *"Romántica", one of the 12 ''Danzas españolas'' (1890) for piano by Enrique Granados * "Romantica" (song), the winner of the Sanremo Music Festival and the Italian Eurovision Song Contest entry in 1960 *”The Twins / Romantica”, a song from Duster’s 1998 debut album ''Stratosphere''. Television *Zone Romantica, a European TV channel owned by Zonemedia * Romantica (TV channel), a Romanian version of Zone Romantica Other *Romantica, a trademark of the now-defunct Ellora's Cave Ellora's Cave was an independent erotic fiction publisher. It was launched in 2000, and initially published in e-book only format and later moved into print. Ellora's Cave published in several genres, which included but were not limited to adult r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantica (band)
Romantica are an Americana band formed in 2002 by Ben Kyle. The band's members, past and present, have come from the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Mixing together elements of folk, rock, and Americana, Romantica creates a rich and unique sound. The original line-up consisted of Kyle (vocals and guitar), Luke Jacobs (bass and keys), Mark Hedlund (drums) and Christopher Becknell (violin). While the group's members and contributors have changed over the years, Kyle's vision, vocals and songwriting have been the consistent thread throughout the different iterations. To date, the band has recorded four albums (Three studio, and one live session album). History 2002-2006 The band's first album, ''It's your Weakness That I Want'', brings together Americana with an Irish rock flair. The album, produced by Alex Oana, won the band a Minnesota Music Academy award for ''Best Folk/Roots/Americana Recording'' in 2004. Christopher Becknell left the band during this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantica (album)
''Romantica'' is the sixth album by American alternative rock band Luna, released in 2002. Production The album was produced and mixed by Gene Holder and Dave Fridmann. Critical reception '' Exclaim!'' wrote that "there are some subtle advancements here, like the overall production style of knob-twister Dave Fridman ic who has isolated Wareham's languorous vocals more dramatically than on any previous release." Track listing All lyrics by Dean Wareham Dean Wareham (born 1 August 1963) is an American musician and actor who formed the band Galaxie 500 in 1987. He left Galaxie 500 in April 1991 and founded the band Luna. Since Luna's breakup in 2005, Wareham has released albums with fellow Lun ..., music by Luna, except where noted. # "Lovedust" – 4:00 # "Weird and Woozy" – 3:12 # "Black Postcards" – 5:12 # "Black Champagne" (lyrics by Sean Eden, Wareham) – 3:34 # "Swedish Fish" – 2:54 # "Renée Is Crying" – 3:13 # "Mermaid Eyes" – 3:31 # "1995" – 2:17 # "Rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Granados
Pantaleón Enrique Joaquín Granados y Campiña (27 July 1867 – 24 March 1916), commonly known as Enric Granados in Catalan or Enrique Granados in Spanish, was a composer of classical music, and concert pianist from Catalonia, Spain. His most well-known works include ''Goyescas'', the ', and '' María del Carmen''. Life Pantaleón Enrique Joaquín Granados Campiña was born in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, the son of Calixto José de la Trinidad Granados y Armenteros, a Spanish army captain who was born in Havana, Cuba, and Enriqueta Elvira Campiña de Herrera, from Santander, Spain. As a young man he studied piano in Barcelona, where his teachers included Francisco Jurnet and Joan Baptista Pujol. In 1887 he went to Paris to study. He was unable to become a student at the Paris Conservatoire, but he was able to take private lessons with a conservatoire professor, Charles-Wilfrid de Bériot, whose mother, the soprano Maria Malibran, was of Spanish ancestry. Bériot ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantica (song)
"Romantica" (English: "Romantic oman) is a song written by Italian singer-songwriter Renato Rascel with Dino Verde. It was performed for the first time during the tenth Sanremo Music Festival in January 1960, when two different versions of the song were sung by Rascel and Tony Dallara. Rascel performed the song as a soft ballad, while Dallara, who was considered by Italian music critics as one of the '' urlatori'' ("screamers"), a music style popular in Italy during the 1960s, gave a more powerful rendition of the song. The song placed first in the competition and went on to be chosen as in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960, where it was performed in Italian by Rascel, twelfth on the night. It followed 's Wyn Hoop with " Bonne nuit ma chérie" and preceded 's Jacqueline Boyer with " Tom Pillibi". At the close of voting, it had received 5 points, placing it 8th in a field of 13. The song spanned three foreign versions in 1960: * Dalida's version topped the French charts for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duster (band)
Duster is an American indie rock band from San Jose, California that was formed in 1996. The group has consisted of multi-instrumentalists Clay Parton, Canaan Dove Amber, and Jason Albertini for most of its history; Albertini left the band in 2022. Duster were closely associated with the burgeoning slowcore and space rock revival movements during the 1990s. History The band was initially formed by Clay Parton (born Ewing Clay Parton, July 29, 1975) and Canaan Dove Amber (born March 7, 1976) in 1996. Parton and Amber had previously worked together in bands Mohinder and Calm, they released 2 cassettes in the same year titled On the Dodge and Christmas Dust, respectively, as well as a 7" titled ''Transmission, Flux'' on Up Records released in 1997. Later the next year, Jason Albertini joined the band as a drummer and played on three tracks for their debut album, 1998's ''Stratosphere'', and with 1999's ''1975'' EP, Albertini became much more involved in the group's process, play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stratosphere (Duster Album)
''Stratosphere'' is the debut studio album by American slowcore band Duster. The album was released February 24, 1998, on the Up Records label in the United States. The album was primarily written and recorded by members Clay Parton and Canaan Dove Amber, with Jason Albertini contributing drums to three tracks. The band subsequently released the ''Contemporary Movement'' album in 2000, and ''Stratosphere'' was reissued as part of the ''Capsule Losing Contact'' box set in March 2019. Cover The album's cover is a photograph taken from a November 1970 issue of ''Life'' magazine taken by Sam Ehrlich in Alberta, Canada. Acclaim The album got little to no attention on its initial release. Due to the Internet, the album has now made itself an icon in the indie rock community and its most popular track has over 79 million plays on Spotify. Track listing Personnel *Dove Amber (credited as C. Amber)– performance, production, mixing *Clay Parton (credited as E. Parton)– perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zone Romantica
Zone Romantica (formerly ''Romantica'') was a European TV channel that launched in 1998. The channel broadcast a mixture of telenovelas, music and entertainment from all over the world, but mainly from Latin America. The channel was available 24 hours a day, to 20 territories across Europe and the Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Province), East Thrace (Europea .... The channel reached 8 million subscribers. The channel launched on Sky Digital (UK & Ireland), Sky Digital in the UK and Ireland on 3 September 2007. It was broadcasting between 8 a.m. and 3 a.m. from the start. It slot on the Sky EPG had been purchased from BEN Television, BEN TV. On 6 May 2008 it was one of the channels that were on the free-to-air platform Freesat platform from the start. On 14 September 2009, it was rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantica (TV Channel)
Zone Romantica (formerly ''Romantica'') was a European TV channel that launched in 1998. The channel broadcast a mixture of telenovelas, music and entertainment from all over the world, but mainly from Latin America. The channel was available 24 hours a day, to 20 territories across Europe and the Middle East. The channel reached 8 million subscribers. The channel launched on Sky Digital in the UK and Ireland on 3 September 2007. It was broadcasting between 8 a.m. and 3 a.m. from the start. It slot on the Sky EPG had been purchased from BEN TV. On 6 May 2008 it was one of the channels that were on the free-to-air platform Freesat platform from the start. On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that the international arm of CBS, CBS Studios International, struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK during 2009. The new channels would replace Zone Romantica, Zone Thriller, Zone Horror and Zone Reality, plus timeshift services Zone H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
