Bottom/ Fredo Viola is an American singer/songwriter and multi-media artist. He was born in London, England, but has resided in the United States for most of his life. He graduated from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, but has always been most passionate about music. Viola lists some influential artists, such as Shostakovich, Britten, Bartok, Stravinsky and Belle & Sebastian. In 2004, "Let the Sad Out" was licensed for use in Jonathan Demme’s film The Manchurian Candidate. In 2007, he signed with French label Because Music. He released his debut album, The Turn, on December 2008. Most recently, "The Sad Song" was used in the 2008 film Birds of America. Viola currently lives in Woodstock, N.Y. Top/ In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Julia Stone of Australian singer-songwriter duo Angus & Julia Stone revealed she recorded a solo album in New York in late 2008. Her song "This Love" appears in the 2009 Australian film The Waiting City. She has described the album as mellow but darker and spookier in tone than the brother-sister duo's 2010 album Down The Way. On August 24, she confirmed the album would be called The Memory Machine. Both Angus and Julia have distinctive vocal styles. Their song "Big Jet Plane" came first on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2010. The Sydney Morning Herald's Bernard Zuel described their vocals as such: "Her voice has a fractured feel like Jolie Holland; his has a smoke-on-the-beach drawl." UK journalist Johnny Sharp stated, "Most impressive, though, are the songs - simple but blindingly effective acoustic compositions, warm boy-girl harmonies and delicate, less-is-more arrangements. Resistance is surely futile."
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