Pink Martini is a "little orchestra"from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1994 by pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale. They blend genres of music as Latin, lounge, classical, and jazz. Their music has often been described as "vintage music", a descriptive which reflects the content, style and period inspiring many of their songs.
sisters sipping espresso in RomeThe Puppini Sisters are a musical trio specializing in 1940s-style close harmony vocal music. The group has been described as part of Retro's futuristic vanguard and their sound described as swing-punk due to its being louder and more in your face than traditional swing music. The group has sought to be associated with a burlesque revival.
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Teatro Manzoni
Bologna
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Teatro Comunale di Casalmaggiore
Casalmaggiore (CR)
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Teatro Sociale di Valenza
Valenza (AL)
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Teatro Politeama
Catanzaro
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Teatro Apollo
Crotone
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Circolo delgli Artisti
Rome
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Pigalle
London
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Pigalle
London
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New York, New York
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Peyroux's family was in academia, and she has described her parents as "hippies". Her father moved the family to Brooklyn when Peyroux was six so he could pursue a career in acting. She grew up in New York City and southern California; when her parents divorced, she moved with her mother to Paris
Peyroux started singing at the age of fifteen, when she discovered street musicians in the Latin Quarter in Paris. She joined a group called the Riverboat Shufflers, first by passing round the hat, and then singing. At sixteen she joined The Lost Wandering Blues and Jazz Band and spent two years touring Europe performing jazz standards. Her experiences provided the basis for her first album, Dreamland. The album was released in 1996, and gained widespread attention. Time called it "the most exciting, involving vocal performance by a new singer this year". Peyroux began opening for artists such as Sarah McLachlan and Cesaria Evora, and made appearances at jazz festivals and on the Lilith Fair tour.
Peyroux spent much of the next six years busking in Paris, performing occasionally in clubs in the U.S., and generally living a low-key existence. She continued to contribute to works by other artists, but rarely appeared in clubs under her own name.
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