Ignacio Uriarte (singer-songwriter)

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Ignacio Uriarte (2017)

Ignacio Uriarte (born October 1, 1988, in Manhattan, New York) [1] is a New York-based Singer-songwriter. Since 2015 he is singing under the name Lions Head [2] [3]

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Life

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Lions Head live

Dellacane made it into the final round of the Emergenza Music Festival at Webster Hall in New York City in 2007, and Dal Pra and Uriarte were interviewed for The New York Times. [4] [5]

In 2008, Uriarte contributed songs to the soundtrack of a documentary called "Single", [6] written, produced and directed by Richard Atkinson and Jane Scandurra of Go Pictures and Films, LLC. In 2009, Uriarte signed with an independent label called g*nius entertainment and has been recording songs for his debut album.

2013 and 2014 he released two singles with Iggy & the German Kids. Since 2015 he is part of the American/German collaboration Lions Head. [7]

Discography

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