Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter L

The frontman of the Finnish alternative rock band The Rasmus.Ylönen was born and grew up in Helsink

The frontman of the Finnish alternative rock band The Rasmus.Ylönen was born and grew up in Helsinki, Finland, his full name is Lauri Johannes Ylönen. At a young age he became attracted to music. He learned to play the piano unwillingly when he was five years old. Later, he also learned to play the guitar and drums. When Ylönen was eight years old starting third grade in elementary school, he met Eero Heinonen (the bassist of The Rasmus) and they became close friends during the school year. Ylönen's older sister, Hanna, said that he should try to sing as well. He tried and decided to continue with that.

A Finnish bassplayer best known for his work in Stratovarius and Sinergy.

A Finnish bassplayer best known for his work in Stratovarius and Sinergy.

Is a musician from Oulu, Finland. He plays guitar in Charon (Since 2003) , For My Pain...[1] (Since

Is a musician from Oulu, Finland. He plays guitar in Charon (Since 2003) , For My Pain...[1] (Since 1999) and Embraze (1994-2009), in which he was also the lead vocalist. Lauri first played in a band called Maple Cross before forming Embraze with drummer Ilkka Leskelä, Petri Hennell and Mikko Aaltonen under the name Embrace. His influences include Pantera and CMX.

An American experimental performance artist and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in

An American experimental performance artist and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance-art piece in the late 1960s. Throughout the 1970s, Anderson did a variety of different performance-art activities. She became widely known outside the art world in 1981 when her single "O Superman" reached number two on the UK pop charts. She also starred in and directed the 1986 concert film Home of the Brave.[1]

Is a musician best known for her work as a children's musical artist. Berkner plays guitar and sings

Is a musician best known for her work as a children's musical artist. Berkner plays guitar and sings in the Laurie Berkner Band, along with pianist Susie Lampert and bassist Adam Bernstein.

Was an American pair skater who competed with her brother William Hickox. They won the bronze medal

Was an American pair skater who competed with her brother William Hickox. They won the bronze medal at the U.S. Championships, earning them the right to compete a month later at the World Championships in Prague. They also finished sixth at the North Amer

Is an American bluegrass musician. When not on tour, she makes her home in Berkeley, California.The

Is an American bluegrass musician. When not on tour, she makes her home in Berkeley, California.The bluegrass scene of Northern California was a powerful mix of the region's historic progressivism and ardent devotion to musical tradition. Nobody minded th

Achieved fame as a boy singer of the 1950s, recording in both English and German.At the age of thirt

Achieved fame as a boy singer of the 1950s, recording in both English and German.At the age of thirteen he made an up-tempo version of the spiritual song "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" with the Geoff Love Orchestra for Parlophone Records (45-R435

Was one of the foremost painters of Danish symbolism. He was born as Laurits Andersen in the village

Was one of the foremost painters of Danish symbolism. He was born as Laurits Andersen in the village Ring in southern Zealand. In 1881 he the took the name of his birth place, and was since known as L.A. Ring.

Early in her career, she established her reputation in the hip-hop world as the lone female member o

Early in her career, she established her reputation in the hip-hop world as the lone female member of The Fugees. On August 25, 1998 she launched her solo career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, an album which helped to spur the neo-soul genre to a wider commercial platform. After a four year hiatus, she released MTV Unplugged No. 2.0; a live recording taped on July 21, 2001 at MTV Studios in Times Square. She has won eight Grammy Awards and is the mother of five children with Rohan Marley, the fourth son of reggae legend Bob Marley.

Was an American Rhythm & Blues singer.She began singing in Chicago clubs around 1946, often billed a

Was an American Rhythm & Blues singer.She began singing in Chicago clubs around 1946, often billed as "Little Miss Sharecropper", and first recorded under that name in 1949. She changed her name briefly to "Bea Baker" when recording for Okeh Records in 1951, and then became LaVern Baker when singing with Todd Rhodes and his band in 1952.

Is a popular Greek rock musician from Volos. His first job was at a record store (Minos Matsas), but

Is a popular Greek rock musician from Volos. His first job was at a record store (Minos Matsas), but due to his lack of punctuality he was fired (chance has it that his current label is MINOS-EMI). He dropped out of school at a very young age, because he didn't like school and because he had also started a fight with one of his teachers, which led to an expulsion from all high schools. He went through countless jobs, and served in the army for 14 months (plus an additional 5 to 6 months in military prisons).

Is a country music singer. She began her career at age 14 and had her first nationally charted recor

Is a country music singer. She began her career at age 14 and had her first nationally charted record at age 16 with "Partly Bill". She was one of several quite young artists recording country music for Chart Records during this period. In 1973 she became

A Canadian country music artist. Wallace recorded one studio album for MCA Canada, 1995's Thought I

A Canadian country music artist. Wallace recorded one studio album for MCA Canada, 1995's Thought I Was Dreaming. This album produced four singles for her on the Canadian country music charts, of which the highest was the #8-peaking title track.[1]

Was a Canadian painter. He was born in Brantford, Ontario and is best known as a member the Group of

Was a Canadian painter. He was born in Brantford, Ontario and is best known as a member the Group of Seven who pioneered a distinctly Canadian painting style in the early twentieth century. A. Y. Jackson has been quoted as saying that Harris provided the stimulus for the Group of Seven. During the 1920s, Harris' works became more abstract and simplified, especially his stark landscapes of the Canadian north and Arctic. He also stopped signing and dating his works so that people would judge his works on their own merit and not by the artist or when they were painted.

An Australian painter and printmaker, who works in the media of watercolour, drawing, screenprints,

An Australian painter and printmaker, who works in the media of watercolour, drawing, screenprints, etchings and monotypes.His subjects are often landscapes, including deserts, of Tasmanian forests and the tropical rainforests of Queensland.Daws grew up on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, and has lived since 1970 in the glasshouse mountains at Beerwah on the edge of a Queensland Rainforest.

A Canadian musician. Gowan has been both a solo artist and the current keyboardist and vocalist of t

A Canadian musician. Gowan has been both a solo artist and the current keyboardist and vocalist of the band Styx. His musical style is usually classified in the category of progressive rock. In 2006 Lawrence Gowan's home was featured on MTV's Cribs.At the

Is an American singer, dancer, musician, and television producer who is best known for his work on T

Is an American singer, dancer, musician, and television producer who is best known for his work on The Lawrence Welk Show.A tap dancer since the age of four, Imel later took up playing the marimba. He appeared in clubs and concerts in and around his hometown right through elementary and high school. Later, with the advent of the Korean War, Imel joined the U.S. Navy and considered a career as a sailor, but towards the end of his tour of duty he was stationed in San Diego. He made the trip up to Los Angeles to audition for the television show of bandleader Lawrence Welk, and wowed the maestro with his dancing and marimba-playing abilities. He was invited to join the cast of the show, and cemented his status on it in his debut performance in 1957.

He studied from 1955 to 1957 at the New England Conservatory of Music, with the intent of becoming a

He studied from 1955 to 1957 at the New England Conservatory of Music, with the intent of becoming a professional musician. In 1959, he enrolled at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.He rose to prominence in the 1960s with paintings of circles and ovals on solid—often brilliantly colored—backgrounds. These paintings conveyed a sense of movement, and were categorized as op art. Although he exhibited with optical artists in 1965, by 1966 he had moved away from the optical art towards looser and more painterly abstract canvases. His work is associated with Op Art, Hard-edge painting, Color Field painting, Lyrical Abstraction and Abstract Expressionism.

A central figure of conceptual art, whose work often takes the form of typographic texts. He lives a

A central figure of conceptual art, whose work often takes the form of typographic texts. He lives and works in New York and Amsterdam.Weiner's early work included experiments with shaped canvas, and cutting out squares from carpeting or walls. In 1968, when Sol LeWitt came up with his Paragraphs on Conceptual Art, Weiner formulated his famous Declaration of Intent (1968): "1. The artist may construct the piece. 2. The piece may be fabricated. 3. The piece need not be built. Each being equal and consistent with the intent of the artist the decision as to condition rests with the receiver upon the occasion of receivership." Weiner created his first book Statements in 1968, a small 64 page paperback with texts describing projects.

An Indian painter. [1] His muse has been the live of poverty stricken people from his village and sp

An Indian painter. [1] His muse has been the live of poverty stricken people from his village and specific culturality of a village with men, women against the backdrop of their homes.[2] He likes doing monochromes.Laxman Aelay, like the mythical Eklavya, learnt the art of drawing a straight line from observing a signboard artist called Gopi in Bhongir when he was in Class X. He then moved to Hyderabad and started his career as a signboard artist.

A renowned Hindustani vocalist from India. He is an exponent of the Gwalior gharana (tradition) of v

A renowned Hindustani vocalist from India. He is an exponent of the Gwalior gharana (tradition) of vocal music. After studying with Dr. Lalmani Misra at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, he pursued education and teaching opportunities in America. At Sonoma State University since 1974, his career has combined performance, scholarship and teaching.

Was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect. He was an impor

Was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect. He was an important figure of the Russian avant garde, helping develop suprematism with his mentor, Kazimir Malevich, and designing numerous exhibition displays and propaganda works for the former Soviet Union.

Was a Soviet Russian classical pianist.Berman was born to Jewish parents in Leningrad. His mother, A

Was a Soviet Russian classical pianist.Berman was born to Jewish parents in Leningrad. His mother, Anna Lazarevna Makhover, had played the piano herself until ear problems stopped her. She introduced the boy to the piano, and he entered his first competition at the age of three, and recorded a Mozart fantasia and a mazurka that he had composed himself at the age of seven, before he could even read music. Emil Gilels described him as a "phenomenon of the musical world". When Lazar was nine

Was a famous Swedish artist. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, and the first wo

Was a famous Swedish artist. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, and the first woman to be appointed royal printmaker. The position of royal printmaker was public office, and thereby also made her the first female official in Sweden.