music. Their eponymous debut album (1992) bottled their live sound and frank social commentary. La Rocha left in 2000, the other members forming Audioslave with Chris Cornell, but RATM re-formed in 2007. Two years later they had a UK No. 1 with ‘Killing In The Name’ after an anti-X Factor campaign. Styles & Forms | Nineties | Rock Personalities ...
DVD of the band’s landmark free concert in Cuba. In 2007, Rage Against The Machine reunited at the Coachella Music Festival. Though they have played for big events, RATM do not play together regularly. In recent years, Morello has performed and recorded folk music under the alias The Nightwatchman and has toured in support of activist causes, ...
‘Ruslan and Ludmilla’ Composed: 1837–42 Premiered: 1842, St Petersburg Libretto by Konstantin Bakhturin, Valerina Shirov and various others, after Alexander Pushkin Act I Everyone celebrates the marriage of Lyudmila to the knight Ruslan. Her rejected admirers Farlaf and Ratmir are also present. As Lyudmila’s father Svyetozar blesses the couple, a thunderbolt is heard and darkness falls. When ...
(Vocals, b. 1980) NYC native Aguilera has been making records since 1999, but singing since her very earliest years, inspired by the talents of the likes of Whitney Houston and Madonna. Her own vocal ability has long been the selling point of her talent, but her ‘blonde bombshell’ looks have not hindered her progress. Breaking on to ...
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