Marta Brando, all'anagrafe Brandolini, classe 1999, è italiana di origine latino-americana, del Perù. Studia canto fin da giovanissima ispirandosi al mondo dell'R'n'b, del Soul e alle cantanti che ascoltava sin da piccola: Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé e Christina Aguilera. Tra il 2015 e 2016 partecipa e vince diversi concorsi canori come "La voce 2016", facendosi notare da giornalisti e addetti ai lavori tra cui il produttore e artista milanese Paolo Agosta con cui nasce la collaborazione artistica. Per quattro anni, lavora presso il Bunker Home Studio (MI) insieme a Paolo Agosta e Danilo Carnevali registrando brani inediti e reinterpretando grandi classici della musica Pop internazionale. Il 5 ottobre 2020 si è laureata con il massimo dei voti in canto jazz presso la civica scuola di musica "Claudio Abbado" di Milano. Prosegue i suoi studi di canto Jazz presso il conservatorio "Giuseppe Verdi" a Milano. Nel 2020 ha fatto il suo esordio discografico con il singolo "Young". Partecipa con un featuring nel brano "Puma" di Doke, assieme allo storico rapper Esa Aka El Presidente degli OTR. Paolo Agosta cantautore (voce, pianoforte e chitarra) nel 1996 inizia a suonare con il chitarrista Pierpaolo Mazzella con cui fa centinaia di concerti, Suona al "Rocce Rosse Blues Festival" prima di Peter Green e John Mayall. Nel 2000 firma il suo primo contratto discografico da solista con l'etichetta indie Massive Arts Record. Nel 2001 suona come chitarrista ritmico nei Sungift in apertura di una data dello "Stupido Hotel Tour" di Vasco Rossi allo Stadio Friuli di Udine e il giorno successivo al "Rock in Bellinzona" suonando nella stessa manifestazione con Bob Geldof e i Gotthard. Nel 2004 esce il suo primo album "Nuove strade", pubblicato da Sony Music e Massive Arts Record. Parte il suo primo tour nazionale "Iperspazio Tour" con data di apertura all'Alcatraz di Milano. Nel 2005 partecipa come ospite al Piazzola Music Awards '05, dove interpreta il suo brano "In my Heaven" insieme a Ostile e L'aura. Nel 2010 esce "Virus" il secondo album, presentato da Sony Ericsson con il video del singolo "Mantide" all'interno della 68esima edizione del Festival del Cinema di Venezia. Tra il 2016 e il 2019 pubblica tre suoi singoli "Come un fiore", "Il paradiso e l'inferno" e "Il viaggio" distribuiti da A1. Parallelamente avvia l'attività di produttore artistico e con Massive Arts Record produce il primo album di Virginio Simonelli pubblicato da Universal Music e lanciato nella categoria giovani di Sanremo 2006 con il brano "Davvero". Si dedica poi, prevalentemente, alla produzione discografica di album per artisti indipendenti tra cui Tao, Twice 20, Mercuri, Daniele Babbini, Nutopia, CJ Hamilton, Geoffrey De Vai, Johnny Ponta e, da X-Factor, Damiano Fiorella e Jessica Mazzoli. Scrive e produce con Lenny de Luca "Nonostante tutto" per Ivana Spagna. In ambito Hip Hop produce il rapper milanese Doke e sigla un accordo con Thaurus Publishing e Believe per cui pubblica alcuni singoli tra cui "Puma" feat. Esa Aka El Presidente e Marta Brando. Con Mitch Dj (Radio 105 e Le Iene) forma il duo producer AGOSTA & MITCH DJ con cui lavora due rapper italiani, Sensei e Ossido Master. Con Sensei, considerato il rapper più veloce d'Italia, esce "Capi del Rap" feat. Clementino. Con Ossido Master arrivano due featuring di altissimo livello con due leggende viventi della musica internazionale per il singolo "Oltre le differenze" feat. BUSTA RHYMES, pubblicato nel maggio 2020 e per "Salgo su" feat. LIL WAYNE, pubblicato a marzo 2021. Dal 2020 diventa A&R per MB Produzioni organizzando più di 20 streaming live di Arianna Ferrari assieme a tantissime star della scena nazionale tra cui Marco Masini, Gianluca Grignani, Danilo Sacco, Riccardo Fogli, Fausto Leali, Daniele Groff, Ivana Spagna, Omar Pedrini, Esa Aka El Presidente, Marco Ligabue, Sasha Torrisi e Papa Winnie.
In the realm of rock 'n' roll, there are few names as iconic as Queen, and within the Queen pantheon, Brian May stands out not only as a legendary guitarist but also as an astrophysicist with a profound connection to NASA.
Hip-hop, one of the most influential cultural movements of the 20th and 21st centuries, has recently reached a significant milestone - it's turning 50 years old.
Coachella Festival 2022: here we are. In two days the doors of one of the most anticipated musical events of the year will open, even more so after the last two years in which for very obvious reasons the live music sector has suffered a very important setback.
The 2022 Grammy Awards were the chronicle of an announced triumph: Jon Baptiste collected 11 nominations and won 5 Grammys, defeating all opponents. This was also the year of the very young Olivia Rodrigo, who managed to take home 3 Grammys, including the the best new artist.
Here is finally some good news, the Arcade Fire have finally revealed the title and release date of their new album, 5 years after the last one. For the fan of the group it has been a time that seemed eternal,
Do we want to define "I know you know me" a masterpiece? Yes, without a shadow of a doubt for at least two reasons. The first and most evident are the artists who interpret it: Caroline Spence and Matt Berninger, second for the deep and poetic text.
My favorite group when I was just a teenager were the Fugees, thanks to them a certain curiosity about english language was born in me. I wanted to know and understand the lyrics of their songs, it wasn't enough for me to be carried away exclusively by their beautiful music.
Sweden and the United States are two countries far from each other, thousands of kilometers separate them, the language, culinary and sporting traditions, I don't feel so categorical about the landscapes, not knowing all of America there may be states that have the same reliefs of the country of northern Europe, but on one thing I am sure
It has been talked about for almost 3 years, rumored and it is hoped that sooner or later they will arrive at a collaboration, and now we are satisfied: the Catalan singer Rosalia and the American musician Oneohtrix finally announce the publication of a piece together!
In England there are institutions that are untouchable, first of all Queen Elizabeth II who reigns undisputed in the beating heart of every Englishman, then there are the Beatles, and that's the reason why they were awarded the title of baronets.
Looking at the images, one immediately thinks of archive photos of at least a year and a half ago. Lots of people together without masks dancing freely
How a music group can deliver strong and clear messages without singing is a mystery yet Canadians GoodSpeed You! Black Emperor they succeed very well.
"Creep" by Radiohead is certainly one of the most listened to, revisited and reinterpreted songs in the history of music. So much loved and listened to on all six continents, at least once in our life we all found ourselves humming it.
Very bad story for rapper T.I. and his wife Tiny, in fact, they have been accused of sexual abuse and kidnapping.
The malefactor managed to take Koji and Gustavo away, while Miss Asia, the third bulldog, escaped and was found shortly after by Lady Gaga's bodyguards.
David Crosby against Phoebe Bridgers, if we had been in the Middle Ages, they probably would have challenged each other with the sword, while in 2021 they decided to go wild with tweets.
Evan Rachel Wood, the beautiful protagonist of Westworld has decided to denounce the violence she has suffered for years, at least according to what she claims, by Marilyn Manson.
After some positive signs in the past months, here is the news that we weren't hoping to learn and that throws new questions on the possibility of organizing festivals and live concerts for 2021.
The winners of the 43rd edition of the Kennedy Center Honors have recently been announced, including Joan Baez, Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Allen and the violinist Midori.
The band Soundgarden recently recorded two classics with Brandie Carlile. After the death of their leader Chris Cornell, the band had decided to stop for some time also as a sign of respect for the untimely death of their front man.
New year is synonymous of news and in fact 2021 opened with a nice surprise. The American rock group, The Foo Fighters, founded in 1994 by Dave Grohl ex drummer of Nirvana, delight us with the release of a new single entitled "No son of Mine".
He was 69 and on Christmas Day, guitarist Tony Rice, Bluegrass legend, passed away. His label, Rounder Records, made the news with an official release on December 26th.
We still talk about music, but today we do it from a different point of view, taking a cue from a book, a photographic book called Ten Cities.
I was about 6 years old when I listened for the first time "Blowing in the wind" hummed by my mom while she was accompanying me to school, the version was the Italian one, but I liked the rhythm right away.
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