K'naan (Keinaan, meaning traveller in Somali, born 1978) is a Somali-Canadian poet and hip-hop artist. Born in Mogadishu, at age 13 he left for New York City with his mother and brother and finally settled in the Rexdale neighbourhood of Toronto. In 2001 K'naan performed in Geneva at the 50th anniversary of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. In ...
Founded in 1970, Kansas inspired contemporary progressive rock/metal bands with tracks such as "Dust in the Wind" and "Carry on Wayward Son," two of their well-known hits. Formed in Topeka, Kansas in 1970, the founding members of the group -- guitarist Kerry Livgren, bassist Dave Hope, and drummer Phil Ehart -- first played together while in high school; with the ...
Karl Wallinger is the main songsmith behind the band World Party, he also is involved in Big Blue Ball, the collaboration with Peter Gabriel, Sinead O'Connor and many others (a group totaling 75 artists from over 20 countries) recorded at Real World Studios in the summers of '91, '92 & '95 and was finally released in 2008 on Gabriel's Real ...
Ketevan “Katie” Melua (Georgian: ქეთევან “ქეთი” მელუა, surname pronounced IPA: /ˈmeluˌɑː/; born 16 September 1984) is a British-Georgian singer-songwriter and musician. She was born in the Georgian S.S.R., but moved to Northern Ireland at the age of eight and then relocated to England at the age of 14. Melua is signed to the small Dramatico record label, under the management ...
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), better known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Perry rose to fame in 2007 with her internet hit "Ur So Gay", and later scored in 2008 her breakthrough single "I Kissed a Girl". Perry was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California by Christian pastor parents and ...
Keane is an English piano rock band, first established in Battle, East Sussex in 1995, taking their current name in 1997. The group is comprised of composer, bassist, and pianist Tim Rice-Oxley, lead vocalist Tom Chaplin and drummer Richard Hughes. Their original line-up included founder and guitarist Dominic Scott, who left in 2001. For their 2008 album 'Perfect Symmetry' and ...