Musicians: S
SAAR
One of the great new voices coming from Los Angeles, Saar’s sound gave me pleasant reminders as to why I enjoy Tom Waits and The Tindersticks so much. Hopefully we’ll see lots of releases from this man.
MYSPACE SITE
Nami SAGARA
Japanese jazz singer.
BAYIMPROVISER.COM SITE
Hélène SAGE
French experimental composer.
OFFICIAL SITE
The SAINTS
Chris Bailey, Ed Kuepper and the band were one of Australia’s first (and best) punk rock bands. Ed still makes good albums on his own, and Chris has become an amazing singer-songwriter, although he receives almost no press here in America. A pity, that.
MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING – A great article done for Perfect Sound Forever Magazine.
The SAINTS DIRECTORY – An official site.
The MOST PRIMITIVE BAND IN THE WORLD – Fan site.
TROUSER PRESS ENTRY
SALSA Y AZUCAR ORQUESTRA
Stefan Renz leads this German orchestra in covering hits from Latin American countries.
OFFICIAL SITE
Reza SAMANI
Iranian-born multi-instrumentalist and member of Zarbang, now residing in Germany.
MYSPACE SITE
Erík SATIE
Scottish-French composer of a very minimalistic music we coin “ambient” today.
LE GYMNOPÉDISTE MONSIUER LE PAUVRE
SAWSAW
Russian experimental electroacoustic music.
MYSPACE SITE
VIRB.COM SITE
Sky SAXON
The legendary frontman of The Seeds, who passed away in 2009.
OFFICIAL SITE
Björn SCHÜLKE
Musician, artist and filmmaker.
OFFICIAL SITE
SÉPTIMA CUERDA
Nueva Trova en el Perú.
OFFICIAL SITE
SEVERINA
Croatian pop diva.
OFFICIAL SITE
Nasri SHAMSEDDIN
Composer and musician who worked with the legendary chanteuse Fairouz.
MYSPACE SITE – Tribute site.
David SHEA
Experimental composer.
MYSPACE SITE
The SHIN
An ethnic-rock music ensemble from Tbilisi, Georgia.
MYSPACE SITE
OFFICIAL SITE
SHOUMEN ENSEMBLE
Bulgarian gypsy ensemble from Varna.
MYSPACE SITE
Ben SIBSON
Composer and percussionist from Australia.
MYSPACE SITE
SIGUR RÓS
Another amazing band out of Iceland, whose work is reminiscent of an ambient band mixing with a symphony for a very otherworldly sound.
EIGHTEEN SECONDS BEFORE SUNRISE – Official Site.
The SINISTER SAINTS
Cool garage rock from France.
MYSPACE SITE
SOLILOQUISE
Welsh multi-instrumental mixing traditional Celtic and spacious, ambient sounds together.
MYSPACE SITE
MYSPACE SITE – For the SWN side project.
SONIDO GRIS
Experimental music from The Netherlands.
OFFICIAL SITE
STEAMBOAT SWITZERLAND
Free jazz project of Marino Pliakas, a Greek-Swiss guitarist who collaborates with some of the great names in the genre.
OFFICIAL SITE
Al STEWART
Famous for “The Year of the Cat” and “Eye In The Sky,” he’s actually a fine guitarist working in a progressive rock vein.
OFFICIAL SITE
Roman STOLYAR
Siberia’s finest contemporary classical music composer and improvisational artist, as well as an old friend.
OFFICIAL SITE
SUDEN AIKA
From their site: “Suden Aika can’t be labeled as a traditional folk music group although our tone language draws its strong roots from the Nordic and Finno-Ugric folk music tradition. We compose our music ourselves, the arrangements are made together on the basis of improvisation.”
OFFICIAL SITE
The SUGARCUBES
Iceland’s greatest export as a whole, and the individual parts before (Tappi Tikarras, Kukl) and after (Björk, Frostbite, Bogomil Font, Grindverk) have continued the excellent Ice-pop tradition.
SUGARCUBES MAIN SITE – Matts Henning’s personal fan page.
Mike SULLIVAN (BAND)
Jazz-pop from Southern California, guitar and vocals. Quite nice.
OFFICIAL SITE
SURF CITY
Jagged pop out of New Zealand, reminding one of Sparks, Wire, and some other tasteful post-punk music.
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MYSPACE SITE
David SYLVIAN
Former singer for Japan, he now has a thriving solo career, plus amazing collaborations with Robert Fripp and Ryuichi Sakamoto.
BAMBOO MAN
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