From its humble birth in southern USA and its early growing pains in the Mississippi Delta, like that meandering river the blues has just kept a rollin’, travelling a long and constantly forking path, constantly being reshaped, redefined by each new generation of musicians drawn to its charms, from those early-days pioneers to today’s superstars. It has seen boom and bust in its popularity, ebbed and flowed in and out of fashion. But it is music of such soul and depth, with such power to take those who embrace it to a special place, that it will always be there.

In the 70s, an inquisitive young boy called Paddy Maguire was continually playing around with the variety of musical instruments laying around the family home, and soon getting a tune out of them. In 2010, guitarist/vocalist Maguire's musical journey of exploration and endeavour has put him among the cream of the latest generation of artists reshaping and re- energising the blues and creating music that, at its best, is as exciting, as soulful and as moving as you’ll find anywhere.

Paddy Maguire was born in Hollyhead, Wales, and grew up in both Cornwall & Ireland , where his family moved to when he was two years old. Growing up in a musical household and exposed to his parents’ eclectic record collection that included the likes of Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder and Dire Straits, he was particularly drawn to the guitar – being taken by his parents to an Rory Gallagher concert left the young Maguire awestruck and in no doubt about which was the instrument for him.

By the time he was 15 he was playing guitar in his first band; he was up and running. He soon became a regular fixture on the Irish club scene, where his fluid soloing and mesmerising overall musicality turned heads an earned him many fans. With an insatiable appetite for jam sessions at the likes of the Busted Sofa Tavern in Clones, Maguire began rapidly distilling his own singular guitar style and tonal palette from a melting pot of influences that included such greats as Clapton, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, Rory Gallagher, and in particular Stevie Ray Vaughan, to whom he is, understandably, probably most often compared.

While still a teenager, Maguire was held in such high regard that, after jamming on stage with one of his heroes, guitar player and fellow Irishman Rory Gallagher, he was invited to join his fist band. Maguire was now living the dream. He can still remember the first time he heard Gallagher – and the effect it had: “It was in a supermarket car park. I was 11 and my parents had gone into the store. This song, Million miles away, came on and I was just overwhelmed. I literally punched the radio.”

Looking to further expand his musical horizons, in 1980 he moved to the UK. He joined Decadent west, and was with the band when they had their massive UK No.1 hit song Starlight.

During his stint with Decadent West, in 1994 Maguire released his debut solo album,Chokin the Train, using what he describes as Decadents’s “shit-hot” band. Recorded live in the studio in just a couple of days, it’s full of raw, high-energy, low-maintenance retro-blues delivered with startling punch and real style, and showcases Maguire as a soulful, powerfully expressive vocalist as well as a supremely talented guitarist and all-round musician. The album also includes a crunching version of the John Lee Hookers classic Boom Boom, the song often a resonant inclusion in Maguire’s thrilling live shows.

And live is where Maguire, his jam-club years in his pocket, shines brightest, he and his band performing with a potent mixture of power and finesse, the guitarist regularly pulling the trigger and unleashing visceral, mesmerising solos. And while they’re checking out the hot licks, it’s clear that many of the girls in the audience are equally taken by the good-looking guy with the spikey hair and charisma to spare. If you’ve got it…

A place for Harrogate Theatre Education department to share work created by young people who we work with. Here you will find radio plays, script extracts and songs all performed by the young people of Harrogate and the surrounding areas. 

Mathias D. is a hot-blooded music lover. He has an approach to pure and noble music and is not content to consume it as a banal commodity. He sees it as a means, a need to share, to create a quasi-fusional relationship. Passionate about art in general and more particularly Street art, Mathias D. draws much of his inspiration. At the crossroads of his warlike, tribal, authentic, exotic but no less modern values, he will seduce a wide and eclectic audience with his multiple caps.

Mathias D. discovers the mix by watching his brother practice the turntables, he quickly turns to happy sounds, influenced by the French touch and electro house. In 2014 he played alongside Arno Cost on the Haribo Pik tank at the techno parade. He also becomes resident during the season at Kube (Les Ménuires). He also participates with his group Brothers Since '93 at the discovery stage Festival Marvelous in Paris. Since then, he makes his Dj sets sound throughout France.

Mathias D. is a big fan of percussion, which stands out strongly in his productions. He regularly offers us a groovy drums and djembe drumming with latino sauce, coupled with a warm tech house, valiant and dancefloor. His know-how and technique have enabled him to sign on multiple labels such as Art & Music Recordings, Sosumi Records, Subliminal Records, Flamingo Recordings, Code Red Music, HoTL Records, Bibliothéques Records, Revuelta Records, AREA 94 Records. You will not be able to resist its frenzied rhythms and its melodies! Let go of all control, close your eyes, relax and let yourself be transported to the four corners of the globe: Have a good trip!


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He inspires millions with his open-hearted, emotive playing, whether it be in intimate recitals or on the grandest of stages – such as the 2014 World Cup concert in Rio, with Placido Domingo, to celebrate the final game; the 56th GRAMMY Award, where he performed with Metallica; the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where more than four billion people around the world viewed his performance; the Last Night of the Proms at London’s Royal Albert Hall, or the Liszt 200th birthday concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Charles Dutoit which was broadcast live in more than 300 movie theaters around the United States and 200 cinemas across Europe (the first classical music cinemacast to be headlined by a solo artist). He forms enduring musical partnerships with the world’s greatest artists, from conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Gustavo Dudamel and Sir Simon Rattle, to artists from outside of classical music – among them dubstep dancer Marquese “nonstop” Scott, king of the crooners Julio Inglesias and jazz titan Herbie Hancock. He even builds relationships with corporations who will help him get classical music to ever-more people - thanks to his Sony ambassadorship, for instance, he brought Prokofiev’s 7th Piano Sonata to the soundtrack of the multi-million- selling computer game Gran Turismo 5and 6! And he builds cultural bridges between East and West, frequently introducing Chinese music to Western audiences, and vice versa.

Yet he never forgets what first inspired, and continues to inspire him. Great artists, above all the great composers – Liszt, Chopin and the others – whose music he now delights in bringing to others. Even that famous old Tom and Jerry cartoon “The Cat Concerto” which introduced him, as a delighted child, to the music of Liszt – and that childlike excitement at the discovery of music now surely stays with him and propels him to what he calls “his second career”, bringing music into the lives of children around the world, both through his work for the United Nations and through his own Lang Lang International Music Foundation. As he inspires, he is inspired. As he is inspired, he inspires others. It is this quality, perhaps, that led the New Yorker to call him “the world’s ambassador of the keyboard”.

It takes a special kind of dedication to come from a small Chinese town Shenyang , to travel to the big city as a small child and to win the attention of the country’s finest music professors. And then to leave behind your home country altogether to join the world-famous Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia, USA. Lang Lang achieved all of these early on – he started playing piano aged three, won the Shenyang Competition and gave his first public recital by the time he was five, entered Beijing’s Central Music Conservatory aged nine, won first prize at the Tchaikovsky International Young Musicians’ Competition and playing the complete Chopin Etudes at the Beijing Concert Hall at 13. He left for America, Curtis and the great piano teacher Gary Graffman and when his moment came, he was ready. That moment happened when, aged 17, he was called upon to make a dramatic last-minute substitution for the famous Andre Watts to perform in the “Gala Of The Century”, playing a Tchaikovsky concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. It made him what journalists like to call an “overnight star” and the world’s finest concert halls quickly beckoned.

Today, his resume reads like a bestseller (and indeed his biography, Journey of a Thousand Miles, has been published by Random House in eleven languages, and was released to critical acclaim – and as part of his commitment to the education of children, he released a version specifically for younger readers, entitled Playing with Flying Keys). He has been heralded as the “hottest artist on the classical music planet” by the New York Times, has played sold out concerts in every major city in the world and is the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic orchestras.

Time Magazine has recently included Lang Lang in the “Time 100”, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, naming him as a symbol of the youth of China, and its future. Lang Lang is the cultural ambassador of the cities of Shenzhen and Shenyang. In July 2012 he relayed the London Olympic torch in London just before the opening of the XXX Olympiad.

And if the Chinese passion for piano isn’t solely due to him, he has played no small part as a role model to encourage more than 40 million Chinese children to learn to play the instrument – a phenomenon coined by The Today Show as "the Lang Lang effect." Steinway Pianos, for the first time in their century-and-a-half-long history, named a piano model after a single artist when they introduced “The Lang Lang Piano” to China. That piano, specially designed for early music education, is now on its fifth iteration.

And the child Lang Lang was and who, perhaps, is always with him, would surely have approved of the way he gives back to children around the world. His volunteer activities include mentoring rising young talented pianists, convening 100 piano students at a time in concert, performing for sick children in hospi­tals, delivering classical music recitals in underserved and remote communities, and donating his musical talents to raise awareness of other charitable causes.  These charitable efforts have led to the launch of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation, with its goals of cultivating tomorrow’s top pianists, championing music education at the forefront of technology, and building a young audience through live music experiences. The Financial Times described Lang Lang as “evangelical in his efforts to spread the popularity of classical music.” And in May 2009, Lang Lang and three chosen young scholars from the foundation – aged between 6 and 10 years old – performed together on The Oprah Winfrey Show on "Oprah's Search for the World's Most Smartest and Most Talented Kids." 

In 2011,  Lang Lang Music World was launched, a multi-functioning arts complex located in Shenzhen and Chongqing, China, where children can go to receive piano education, participate in master classes and competitions, attend concerts and purchase educational products. Lang Lang himself continues to give master classes regularly throughout the world at the invitation of the most prestigious music institutions, including the Curtis Institute of Music, Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music and Hanover Conservatory, as well as all the top conservatories in China where he holds honorary professorships. Elite universities such as Oxford, Harvard and Columbia have invited him to give talks.

Lang Lang enjoys reaching audiences of all sizes and few come bigger than that of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, of which Lang Lang was the first official Ambassador – a role, created by YouTube and Google that combined two of his great loves, music and outreach through technology. More traditionally, tens of thousands of people have enjoyed Lang Lang’s performances in open-air concerts in parks and venues around the globe, including Central Park in New York City, Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Ravinia Festival in Chicago, Theaterplatz in Dresden and Derby Park in Hamburg. Lang Lang participated in the opening concert at Munich's Olympic Stadium with Mariss Jansons, marking the commencement of the World Cup Games. In celebratory concerts for the closing of 2008 Euro Cup finals, Lang Lang played with the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of Zubin Mehta in front of Schönbrunn Palace. And he marked the New Year’s Eve gala opening of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing with another great conductor, Seiji Ozawa.

In December 2007, Lang Lang was guest soloist at the Nobel Prize concert in Stockholm, an event attended by Nobel Laureates and members of the Royal Family. He performed as soloist in Oslo for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony and concert for President Barack Obama.

Lang Lang has made numerous TV appearances, including The Today Show, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Good Morning America, CBS Early Show, 60 Minutes, Wetten Dass and El Número Uno among many others. He has been featured on every major TV network and in news and lifestyle magazines worldwide, including such diverse publications as The New Yorker, Esquire, Vogue, The Times, Financial Times, GQ, Cosmopolitan, Die Welt, Reader’s Digest and People.

As well as President Obama, Lang Lang has performed for numerous international dignitaries including the former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, William J. Clinton, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, former President Hu Jin-Tao of China, President Horst Koehler of Germany, H.R.H. Prince Charles, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, President Francois Hollande, Queen Beatrix and King Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Poland President Lech Kaczynski. Of many landmark events, he was honored to perform recently for President Barack Obama and former President Hu Jin-Tao at the White House State Dinner, as well as at the Diamond Jubilee celebratory concert for Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.

Wherever he can, Lang Lang tries to give back. In 2013, he was designated by the Secretary General of the United Nations as a Messenger of Peace focusing on global education. Lang Lang has contributed and worked to raise funds and awareness for earthquake relief efforts in China and Haiti. These efforts included auctioning the red Steinway piano played during his 2008 New York Central Park concert, donating the net proceeds to the American Red Cross China Earthquake fund, and organizing a benefit concert at Carnegie Hall, donating the net proceeds to UNICEF’s Earthquake Relief Fund in Haiti. He also currently serves on the Weill Music Institute Advisory Committee as part of Carnegie Hall’s educational program and is the youngest member of Carnegie Hall’s Artistic Advisory Board.

Honors include being added as one of the 250 Young Global Leaders picked by the World Economic Forum and receiving the 2010 Crystal Award in Davos. In May 2011, Lang Lang received an Honorary Doctorate of Music from His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales at the Royal College of Music, and received his second Honorary Doctorate in Musical Arts at the Manhattan School of Music in May 2012. In December 2011, he was honored the highest prize awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China. More recently, he has received the highest German civilian honor, the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, in recognition of his distinguished services to music and, in January 2013, he was presented with the Medal of the Order of Arts and Letters, by the French Minister of Culture.

He is one of the world’s most prolific and highest-profile recording artists. Featured soloist on the Golden Globe® winning score for the film The Painted Veil, composed by Alexandre Desplat, he can also be heard on the soundtracks of The Banquet, composed by Tan Dun, and of My Week With Marilyn. All of his albums have entered the top classical charts as well as many pop charts around the globe. His album of the First and Fourth Beethoven Piano concertos with L’Orchestre de Paris and Maestro Christoph Eschenbach debuted at number one on the Classical Billboard Chart. Lang Lang also appeared on Billboard’s New Artist chart at the highest-ever position for a classical artist. In 2007, he was nominated for a Grammy® Award, becoming the first Chinese artist to be nominated for Best Instrumental Soloist. He has recently recorded the movie soundtrack for the Japanese blockbuster film Nodame Cantabile, Chopin’s 24 Etudes for “Project Chopin” (the largest project in honor of Chopin’s bicentenary) ,“Nuit De Mai” with Placido Domingo and, of course, that opening sequence for Gran Turismo, the most successful videogame to date.

In February 2010, Lang Lang joined Sony Music Entertainment as an exclusive recording artist; his first album with Sony featured a live recording of his 2010 recital at Vienna’s legendary Musikverein (including a segment filmed in 3D). His next CD, “Liszt, My Piano Hero” and DVD “Liszt, Now!” celebrated the 200th Anniversary of the great composer, while 2012 saw the release of “The Chopin Album”. His latest album is a recording with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra of all masterpieces of Wolfgang A. Mozart and will be released October 2014.


A tribute to the genre that inspired him, Tiny K's (Jordan Peck's) sound brings all the elements of grime together, in a fresh outlook. Compromising of a shadow of the past but more importantly the clear path for the future of grime.  The louder the better allowing you to appreciate the artistry of both backing beats and tune, as well as the lyrical mastery.  Tiny k himself has developed massively over the last couple of years, refining his skills to produce windows down, system up tune after tune.

 

An unsettled childhood living in ashford, kent led him to pick up pen and paper to cope, writing poetry providing the perfect space for him to express the feelings that were kept inside. Then came the music genre grime, aged 11 Tiny K found the perfect backing for his poetry, relatable songs allowing a freedom that only music can provide. His teenage years found him struggling to manage in the school environment, troubles at home and he moved around and also found himself in trouble with the law. At 17 he was homeless, sofa surfing and trying to get by the best way he could. These life lessons that he had been taught from such an early age, his clear talent for stringing words together, not only in a rapid fire, but expressing the real truth of his story lead him on a journey to where he is now. At 19, he got serious about music, and it’s not surprising, when you find out you are opening up for snoop dogg at the o2 arena. Since this he has worked tirelessly and racked up an accolade of enviable achievements for someone so young.


He has had local and national coverage by news providers such as Reuters [1]Daily mail, Yahoo news [2]The gaurdian[3]alamy, BBC Radio [4],supported by Link Up TV [5] , appearing in videos for Charlie Sloth, opening for Sigma, Fredo, Big Narstie, and the Capital Xtra Mainstage at Southbeats Festival, Tiny K is well on his way to make his mark in the Grime scene and further.
Versatile in his ability and talent, he recently received 1.5 million views on Lad Bible sharing his love of chicken nuggets and the golden arches.
Since then Tiny K has worked to create relatable, hard hitting and real music, this desire and commitment has paid off, he is currently patrolling the airwaves on a radio tour, about to drop his album ‘Sub urban delinquent’ and that’s just the beginning. Never forgetting who he is and where he is from and providing a voice for those in situations that don’t have one. The future is an exciting prospect for this grime artist as he plans on taking his dream as far as he can take it.

"Tiny K is one of the hardest grafters in the game, always looking to move himself and those around him to a higher level. Always representing his roots, and giving everything on the mic"
- Casey Hayburn





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Echoes of Ilion features Grant Gordon, bassist with iconic New Wave band And Also The Trees and formerly of The Divine Comedy, drummer Gary Mackenzie (previously of seminal UK rock band Praying Mantis), and brilliant multi-instrumentalist Christopher James Harrison (The Mighty Handful, Ali Azimi & The Need.  

 

After playing on each other’s solo recordings for some years, Harrison, Gordon and Mackenzie formed Echoes of Ilion to explore their shared love of an eclectic range of influences - from King Crimson, Opeth and Pain of Salvation through Pink Floyd, Rush and Transatlantic to Kate Bush, Nick Cave and Ben Folds.

 

Using the siege of Troy as their starting point, each song explores a different aspect of how the Trojan myth has resonated through the centuries. The ‘Horse’ E.P. is the first part of the ‘Troy’ song cycle.

 

‘The Song of the Horse’ is a visualisation of what the Greek soldiers inside the Trojan horse might have been feeling as they waited for dawn to rise, deep into enemy territory.

 

‘The Song of Alexander’ is voiced by Alexander the Great who saw himself as the ‘new Achilles’, the greatest Greek warrior in Homer’s Iliad. Alexander was so obsessed with Achilles that he made a pilgrimage to his death-site at Troy in order to channel his warlike spirit before embarking on his epic invasion of Asia.

 

Contemporary with the Troy stories is The Bronze Age Collapse, an epoch during which numerous prosperous and cultured societies (including a rebuilt Troy) across the Aegean and Mediterranean suddenly disappeared. No-one is sure why, but the strongest theory seems to be that a mysterious military coalition ran riot across the entire area – ‘The Song of The Sea Peoples’ explore this crucial time.

 

The story of Troy is so rich. It is our alternative creation myth, and the first great East-versus-West confrontation. Virgil wrote that the Trojan hero Aeneas escaped the burning city, headed west and founded Rome. There is a sense that ancient secrets and learning from the East, encoded in the city of Troy and its inhabitants, were brought to Rome. This is the start of our culture. From the long Dark Age that followed The Bronze Age Collapse, the West was born.

 

The band wanted to explore the possibilities - musically, socially and politically - of being a trio. With Red-era King Crimson and Rush as their models, it has been an experiment in collaboration, ego-liberation and democracy - values that were, it turns out, invented in classical Greece.

 

Their next E.P., exploring more Troy resonances - from the Anzac landings at Gallipoli in 1915, the Nazis obsession with the city in the 1930s, and the first excavations of Troy in the 19th century when it was first realised that the myths might actually be true - will follow later in 2019.

 

Check out the Echoes of Ilion ‘inspirations’ playlist on Spotify. Each band member chose 10 songs each to trace the musical paths that brought them to Echoes of Ilion, and to Troy.

 

Christopher James Harrison: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano

Grant Gordon: vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, keyboards

Gary Mackenzie: drums

 

All songs written and produced by Harrison/Gordon/Mackenzie

check out the Echoes of Ilion 'Inspirations' playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6tiSxU13M3ACXQlZzP7RWU

(Bio)  I'm a solo artist from New Orleans Louisiana I was raised up on different genres of music, jazz, hip hop, and R&B growing up in a city like New Orleans a city that never sleeps and with unlimited access to Bourbon Street and the French Quarter I was able to see different bands play and see different artist perform inquisitive about standing in front of a crowd of people singing, saying,are playing something that you created and everyone is focus on you, dancing are moving to your thoughts and applaud when you are done, made me appreciate the art of writing, creating,and performing songs taking my thoughts my knowledge and my experience sharing it with people I don't know and they respect what I'm saying and understand me because I speak for everyday people I am they're voice, that's what sets me apart from other rappers, my music is street, my music is real life, my music speaks on the struggles of everyday people, my music is the ups and downs of growing up In poverty my music is from the heart, my music is me! (Nikodmus)
King Kufu aka Anthony Smith
Born in Youngstown, Ohio, NFL star Anthony Smith has seen career
highlights other players only dare to dream. A two time Super Bowl
Champion, Smith’s career is quite remarkable and has the makings of
legendary status.
Anthony Smith started his professional career with the Pittsburgh
Steelers in 2006. He quickly became known for his intense style of
play and vicious tackles. A force to be reckoned with on the field,
Smith continued to play with several teams, most recently spending a
year with the Tennessee Titans.
Smith played college football at Syracuse and finished his Syracuse
career ranked third in school history with 14 interceptions. He also
set a school record with six blocked kicks, turning two into
touchdowns. He finished his college career First-team All-Big East,
posting 71 tackles, five for loss, three sacks, and a career high six
interceptions.
Anthony achieved his two Super Bowl Championship titles with the
Pittsburg Steelers in 2009 and the Green Bay Packers in 2010. This
achievement is one Smith is especially proud of and holds in high
regard. “The Championship is something most players dream to achieve.
To be a part of a select group of exceptional athletes that have also
reached this goal is rewarding and very humbling”.
When off the field Anthony enjoys spending time giving back to the
community. He often speaks to the youth and strives to be a role model
that the next generation can look to as a positive example. Not one to
be in the tabloids or get into trouble, Anthony remains low-key and
stays focused on improving his craft.
With many accomplishments already under his belt, Anthony was honored
when he was inducted to the Hubbard High School Hall of Fame in Marsh
2012. “Being recognized by my hometown and the school where I attended
felt amazing. To be able to go back and speak with the kids is an
experience I will remember for years from, now”.
As sharp as he is when in season, Mr. Smith is also a clever
businessman. With several ventures on the horizon, Anthony demands
respect in the boardroom. An ambitious young mind full of creative,
cutting edge ideas, the sky is the limit for Anthony Smith.
King Kufu
Born in Youngstown, Ohio, King Kufu (born, Anthony Smith) is a fresh new voice whose smooth flow and clever lyrical sense has quickly favored the ears of new fans. He paints a picture through his words and when the pen hits the paper, it’s nothing short of genius.
Kufu is no stranger to the entertainment business. Far from it! Known publicly by his birth name, the Ohio native spent a vast majority of his career in professional football. A 2X Super Bowl Champion, Kufu has a legion of adoring fans that are eager to hear what the ex-ball player sounds like on record.
Far from the stereotypical athlete turned rapper, King Kufu has has a long lived passion for music and hip hop that still burns deep. “Music moves me. A beat and a good lyric; there’s nothing like it”.
As a matter a fact, some of the lessons he learned on the field have helped prepare him for this new chapter in his career. “Playing ball takes a lot of discipline. It’s helped me as an artist and as a performer. When I was playing, I constantly pushed myself and strived to be the best athlete I could be. Now as an artist, I am always pushing myself in my live performance as well as in the studio when I am creating a record. I can’t wait for the public to hear whats coming”, Kufu says.
Working on his debut album, King Kufu has collaborated wit Mike Jones, Young Spitter AO, Kenny Ali, Steve Franklin, Yung Texxus, V.I.C., Champ and V-Low among others. Lending there talents to the production of the project are Swole, Vic the Genius, J. Cornell and Mike Davis.
Kufu’s fans mean a lot to him. He enjoys getting their feedback on records and communicates often with them via social media. He is a relatable personality whose clever wit and often introspective thoughts naturally find it’s way on wax. It is those qualities that have helped mold King Kufu into the unique and cutting edge artist he has become today.****
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or via email rsauthoff@gmail.com.

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