(Vocal/instrumental group, 2000–present) Hollywood’s Orson – Jason Pebworth (vocals), George Astasio (guitar), Kevin Roentgen (guitar), Johnny Lonely (bass) and Chris Cano (drums) – slaved away at the club gig circuit for five years before an appearance at the UK’s In The City festival scored a Universal deal. Pebworth hails from a theatrical background, clearly evidenced by his non-rock vocal ...
the avant garde Ballet Mecanique by American composer George Antheil, which featured both live and automated piano music, as well as the sound of doorbells and airplane propellers. Orson Welles released his War Of The Worlds odyssey in 1938, and a decade later, Pierre Schaeffer and Jacques Poullin broadcast a ‘concert of noises’ in 1948 which they ...
recordings. In the 1930s Ory, like many veteran jazzmen, found work too scarce to continue as a musician. He returned to California, where he was traced by Orson Welles in the early 1940s and brought back to prominence via radio and recordings. A central figure in the revival of New Orleans-style jazz in the 1940s to 1960s, ...
their extraordinary online following that made the band a hit: if views equated to sales, they would be multi-millionaires. Styles & Forms | Twenty-First Century | Rock Personalities | Orson | Twenty-First Century | Rock ...
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