The Prix Constantin is an annual French music prize awarded to the best album of an artist who has come to prominence during the course of the past year. It was inaugurated in 2002, following the example of the Mercury Music Prize, as an attempt to bring to light artists who have not had major media coverage. It is therefore open to individuals or groups who have not yet had a gold album, with the exception of the nominated album. Its basic purpose is to help newer artists who are not very popular to gain publicity. All albums produced in France in the past year are admissible, without restriction on the nationality or language of expression of the artist. The winner is decided by a jury, headed by a musician, which contains representatives from the press, radio, television and record stores.
Saint-Martin-du-Puy is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.
Nosound is an English/Italian alternative rock band that started in 2002 by Giancarlo Erra. The band is noted for playing music in several different genres including alternative rock, post rock, electronic and ambient music.
Gaurav Dagaonkar is an Indian music director, singer and songwriter.
Robert Babicz is a Polish-born music producer, mastering engineer and live performer living in Cologne, Germany. With a career spanning nearly two decades covering genres from techno to acid house to minimal, Robert has also been known under the pseudonyms Rob Acid, Acid Warrior, Department of Dance and Sontec amongst many others. He has released a number of well respected records on labels such as Kompakt, Treibstoff, Bedrock, Intec Digital and Steve Bug's Audiomatique, as well his own labels, Junkfood and Babiczstyle. He is well known as a live performer rather than a DJ, as he uses synths and live equipment and improvises in every set he plays.
"Vampires" is a pop/rock track by New Zealand rock band the Dukes. It's the first single to be taken from the Dukes forthcoming sophomore LP "Still Life", after the band decided against including their two previous singles on this release.
Samwel Mukira Mohochi is a Kenyan human rights activist and attorney, with extensive legal experience on human rights litigation in national courts. He is an international human rights advocate before treaty monitoring bodies and the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Robert "Bob" Schrijber is a Dutch former mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He currently runs his own MMA and Muay Thai team in Krommenie, Netherlands called Sports Academy Schreiber. His most famous students at the moment are UFC fighter Stefan Struve, and professional wrestler Tom Budgen, currently wrestling for WWE under the name of Aleister Black. He is internationally known as Bob Schreiber because the Dutch vowel 'ij' is very uncommon in other languages. He holds the notable distinction of being one of the three fighters to lose to Melvin Manhoef by decision, the others being Jae-young Kim and Kent Kauppinen, and the first to defeat and knock Manhoef out in professional mixed martial arts competition, Manhoef's other 27 wins come by KO/TKO.
Heidenheim Heideköpfe is a German baseball and softball club from Heidenheim an der Brenz, Baden-Württemberg. The club was established in 1992 as the baseball arm of Heidenheimer Sportbund (SB), a parent organization that contains several clubs in different sports, and played its first season in 1993 in the Baden-Württemberg District League. The first men's team was promoted to the first division of the Baseball Bundesliga for the 2001 season and has played there in every season since, winning championships in 2009, 2015, 2017 and 2019.
Theo Thomson is a Malawian born singer, songwriter. Thomson is owner of the Blantyre-based Matalala Recording Studio. He lived in the UK, where he gained an interest in music with rapid artists productions performing and moved back to Malawi to expand his music career. His father is a former DJ and owner of Fm 101 Power radio Oscar Thomson. He is also the grandson of former Malawian Minister of Trade and Industry, Harry Thomson.
The Ride the Lightning Tour was the second tour by American heavy metal band Metallica, supporting their second album Ride the Lightning.
Ludovic Debeurme is a French comic artist who has gained popularity in the US by his release of the English language graphic novel, Lucille.
Lucie Brunet, better known by the stage name Luce, is a French singer-songwriter and actress originating from Peyrestortes. She won the eighth series of the French music competition Nouvelle Star in 2010.
November-7 is a Swiss-based metal band from Neuchâtel. Formed in 2005, the group is known for its mix of guitar-based metal with electro influences along with melodic vocal lines and orchestral arrangements.
Andrea Lovotti is an Italian rugby union player who plays as a Prop. He currently plays for Zebre in the Pro14.
Alexandre Destrez is a French pianist, keyboardist, composer and musical arranger. He is particularly well known for his musical collaboration on the Tourist and Boulevard albums of St. Germain.
Kimaera is a Lebanese death metal band founded by vocalist and guitarist Jean-Pierre Haddad in 2000. The band's music combines oriental metal, doom metal and death metal influences, with gothic undertones resounding through melodic interludes of violins, pianos and occasional female vocals.
"God Bless our Sunny Clime" is the national song of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Its music was composed by Timothy Gibson and E. Clement Bethel. The lyrics were written by the Rev. Philip Rahming, a Baptist minister and lecturer at the College of the Bahamas.
Tommaso Castello is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Centre, and he currently plays for Zebre.
Daniele Rimpelli is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Prop and he currently plays for Zebre in Pro14.
