Biography: VogelKwartet, Voice Farm, Voice of a Generation, Voice of the Beehive, Voices on the Verge, Void, Voivod, Valerie Carter, Volante, Volapük,

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VogelKwartet Biography, Photos, Pictures

Part Kronos Quartet, part new Dutch swing, VogelKwartet approaches avant-garde music from both the composition and improvisation territories Allying an unusual instrumentation (pairing strings and brass) and multiple influences ranging from Bartok and Stravinsky to rock and jazz idioms, the group has produced a handful of challenging yet engaging music

Basically a duo consisting of vocalists/keyboard players Myke Reilly and Charly Brown, the San Francisco-based Voice Farm debuted in 1982 with The World We Live In, an album consisting of their half-instrumental, half-poetic songs put to synthesizer shadings and light percussion

Voice of a Generation Biography, Photos, Pictures

Stemming from Sweden but delivering old-school Brit-punk, Voice of a Generation is composed of five mates who united in the spirit of Oi! They have independently released Classic Stupidity and the single “The Odd Generation” prior to striking a deal with Epitaph in 2000

Voice of the Beehive Biography, Photos, Pictures

The colorful pop group Voice of the Beehive was led by sisters Tracey Bryn and Melissa Brooke Belland, California natives whose father Bruce Belland was a member of the chart-topping 1950s vocal group the Four Preps

Voices on the Verge Biography, Photos, Pictures

In some ways, Voices on the Verge is Four Bitchin’ Babes: the Next Generation Erin McKeown, Jess Klein, Beth Amsel, and Rose Polenzani have all achieved some level of solo success, but this folk-pop collective, in which the four singer/songwriters interpret each other’s songs, puts all four in an exciting, partially improvisatory environment that showcases each member’s strengths while downplaying their weaknesses

Void was one of the earliest bands to fuse hardcore punk and heavy metal in a way that was accepted by punk fans, and also the first band signed to Ian MacKaye’s Dischord label that wasn’t from Washington, D

Voivod (singer Denis “Snake” Belanger, guitarist Denis “Piggy” d’Amour, drummer Michel “Away” Langevin, and bassist Jean-Yves “Blacky” Theriault) was one of the first thrash bands out of Canada to gain popularity outside of their home country

Valerie Carter Biography, Photos, Pictures

Possessing a voice at once adept at soul, rock, pop, and folk, Valerie Carter has had a successful career as a solo artist and in-demand backup singer Beginning her career singing in coffee houses as a teenager, she eventually became one third of the short-lived country-folk band Howdy Moon

Delivering inspiring alternative rock compositions while at the same time flowing in on punk rock’s most tricky tunes, Volante makes there own creative way with their elegant and stalwart themes

Formed in Southern France in 1993, Volapük is a trio of drums, bass clarinet and cello The band’s members use their instruments in expanded roles, creating unusual tonal colors

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