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Ali Eskandarian’s transnational upbringing makes him a prescient voice for our era. The Iranian-American troubadour draws upon influences as discrete as American folk, rock and traditional Persian music to craft songs about love, travel, politics and loneliness. The results have earned him comparisons to greats like Bob Dylan and Jeff Buckley. Ali was born in Pensacola, FL, on September 11, 1978, to a father who was an officer in the Iranian Air Force. Growing up in Tehran, Iran during the Iranian Revolution, Ali found strength in music. “I was always around music,” he explains. “It’s hard to find an Iranian...

1) Daria is a power pop band from Angers, France. 2) Daria is the scene name of Daria Mechkat, Geneva based house producer/dj. 3) Daria is a tv show from the 90's. 4) Daria is serbian pop singer. 5) Daria is the stage name for world music children's artist, Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou. Born in the USA, she has traveled and performed throughout Europe, South America and the Middle East. 6) Daria Kinzer is a Croatian singer who represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song 'Celebrate'. .

One of the many pseudonyms of Canadian electronic artist Renard. Attributed to Soulcrusher and Heartsifter on the album ON Trax Vol. 2, both of which were originally attributed to Jackal Queenston feat. Sonitus Vir. The new pseudonym was created specifically for these two songs, because Renard believed that the two songs didn't sound like Jackal Queenston, Sonitus Vir, or any of his other aliases. No new music is being produced under this name. .

Abecedarians were a Los Angeles based trio active in the mid to late 80's. Chris Manecke (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Kevin Dolan (drums) and John Blake (bass) specialized in reverb heavy, synth driven post-punk songs. Manecke's rich vocals and unusual lyrics were the most distinctive aspects of this little known band. In the mid 90's, Abecedarians' Chris Manecke and John Blake formed First Men on the Sun along with Jason Toney on drums. They released a self titled album on Southwest Audio Reproductions in 1995. Their sound is very similar to late Abecedarians. .

Isabel Bayrakdarian is a world-renowned Armenian-Canadian soprano. Her first recording, titled “Joyous Light”, was released in March 2002 and rose to No. 1 in the Canadian classical charts. Soon afterwards, her vocals were featured in Atom Egoyan’s film Ararat, and in the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Isabel's second CD, titled “Azulao” (Bluebird), won the prize of “Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance” at the Juno Awards, Canada’s most prestigious music awards. She released an acclaimed CD featuring arias from various operas (including Handel's Giulio Cesare and arias by Carl Heinrich Graun, Johann...