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Art in Manila (originally Art Bell) is the new band fronted by Orenda Fink of Azure Ray. The band was put together mostly of people touring with her in support of her solo release "Invisible Ones" including Adrianne Verhoeven (The Anniversary), Dan McCarthy (McCarthy Trenching), Steve Bartolomei (Mal Madrigal), Ryan Fox (The Good Life), and Corey Broman (Dance Me Pregnant). They released their debut album, "Set the Woods on Fire" in August 2007 on Saddle Creek Records. Surrealist artist Chris Lawson created the album art work. Art in Manila's web page is www.myspace.com/artinmanila .

Manila Luzon (born Karl Westerberg on 10 August 1984) is a Filipino American drag queen and reality television personality from New York City. She is best known as the runner-up of the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Her drag name is a play on words of the capital city (Manila) and the largest island (Luzon) of the Philippines, where his mother was born. His father is American of German/Swedish ancestry. The publicity generated by her participation on the show brought many new opportunities to perform at various national and international LGBT events including New York Pride and Vancouver Pride....

Philippines www.myspace.com/radiomanila radiomanila rose from the ashes of an obscure band called Styrene, originally a 3-piece unit featuring Indie-pop luminaries Tom Jalina Jr., formerly of The Sleepyheads, Cliff Portilla, also of The Sleepyheads and the legendary Kid Auto Races in Venice, on drums and Norm Nunag on bass. Constantly searching for a new sound, they tried to hook-up with a host of guitarist until finally settling with their Axeman Emer Lacandazo. They started jamming around mid 2007 and played their very first gig under a different name at Taytay, Rizal (The Dinosaur place) using their own dough for transportation, for...

Manilal Nag - born in the Bankura District of West Bengal - is recognized in serious music circles as one of the most talented and serious exponents of classical sitar. He comes from a family of musicians who have evolved the Vishnupur Gharana, a style of music that originated nearly 300 years ago. His grandfather, Govinda Nag, and his great-great-grandfather, Bauridas Nag, were both distinguished sitarists in their times. At the age of four, Manilal was initiated in the art of sitar playing by his father, the famous sitar master Sangeetacharya Gokul Nag. After 10 years of strict musical studies...