Genre: Rock/Pop
Nef Jones' unique vocal style, biting lyrics and catchy melodies combines with guitarist and collaborator Jimi K Bones' crunching guitars and backing vocals to create the CD "Life Is Perfect". The tracks were produced by engineer Brian McGee (Rolling Stones, Cyndi Lauper, Aerosmith, Monday Night Football). The songs have flavors from artists... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
I started playing late in life, about 20 years old. But once I picked up the guitar, there was no going back. I played in a couple bands, The May Prosession, The Small Hours etc, but I really just wanted to play guitar and sing, so I did. I traveled around the country opening for punk/pop bands like The Circle Jerks and The Hang Ups in Seattle,... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
I was born in Uruguay, South America, in 1981. I started my piano classes at the age of 5. Until 11, I kept on studying but I gave up because it bored me. When I was 15 years old the guitar called my attention so I started having classes. It was here when I wrote my first song. I didn´t know it could be so easy so I started to write another, and... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
I AM A SOLO ARTIST FROM MASSACHUSETTES,,,,AND I HAVE A BAND ALSO I HOPE YOU ENJOY THESE SONGS !!!!
Genre: Rock/Pop
Hello friends. My name is jet kanashi. I'm an up and coming singer with a euro-pop sound similar to Erasure, Depeche Mode, and Geri Halliwell. Please listen to my songs and tell me what you think. For more info on my songs and my name, check out www.jetkanashi.com Thanks for stopping by!
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Sinéad O'Connor ranked among the most distinctive and controversial pop music stars of the 1990s, the first and in many ways the most influential of the numerous female performers whose music dominated airwaves throughout the decade. Brash and outspoken -- her shaven head, angry visage, and shapeless wardrobe a direct challenge to the popular... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Singer/songwriter Fiona Apple gained a recording contract in 1995 as one in a crop of mid-'90s female artists, but her confessional writing and throaty vocals made the teenager sound like much more than just the latest flavor. Born in 1977 in New York to singer Diana McAfee and actor Brandon Maggart, Apple began playing the piano at the age of... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Garbage built on the sonic landscapes of My Bloody Valentine, Curve, and Sonic Youth, adding a distinct sense of accessible pop songcraft. Garbage was the brainchild of producers Butch Vig, Duke Erikson, and Steve Marker. Initially, Garbage was an informal jam session between the three producers held in Marker's basement, but they eventually... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
We are Hazel Strange, a female fronted, original rock band located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We play all original, emotionally charged, edgy rock and roll with raw, honest lyrics of personal turmoil, inner struggles, relationships, and failure. Due to our love of A Minor, the saddest of all chords, we don't really like to write happy songs. Our... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Growing out of the American underground of the late '80s, Liz Phair fused lo-fi indie rock production techniques and styles with the sensibility and structure of classic singer/songwriters. Exile in Guyville, Phair's debut album, was enthusiastically praised upon its 1993 release and spawned a rash of imitators, particularly American female... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 00s
Boston-native Lori McKenna grew up in a household filled with the rhythm and pleasure of good music, some of it happily supplied by her brothers. Music was almost always a part of family get-togethers. With such a background, it's little wonder that when Lori McKenna grew up, she chose to become a professional singer and songwriter.
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s
After a star reaches a certain point, it's easy to forget what they became famous for and concentrate solely on their persona. Madonna is such a star. Madonna rocketed to stardom so quickly in 1984 that it obscured most of her musical virtues. Appreciating her music became even more difficult as the decade wore on, as discussing her lifestyle... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Meredith Brooks is one of the legions of female singer-songwriters that emerged in the wake of alternative rockers like Liz Phair and PJ Harvey. Brooks has more in common with rootsier songwriters like Sheryl Crow or pop-rockers like Alanis Morrissette, which was evident from her first single, "Bitch." Essentially a replication of Morrissette's... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
First rising to fame at the helm of the popular folk-rock band 10,000 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant subsequently enjoyed even greater success as a solo performer as her plaintive vocals and literate, socially conscious songs established her among the preeminent female performers in contemporary pop. Born October 26, 1963 in Jamestown, NY, Merchant... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Patty Griffin is one of the most promising singer-songwriters to come out of the Boston/Cambridge folk music scene in the past few years. Although her two albums have been sparsely produced, Griffin's poetic lyricism, bluesy alto vocals and melodic guitar picking have aimed directly at the deepest emotions of her listeners.
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Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s
Paula Cole was one of the many female singer/songwriters who rose to prominence in the mid-'90s in the wake of alternative's commercial breakthrough. Drawing heavily from the ethereal, pretty sound of Sarah McLachlan and Tori Amos, Cole created songs that relied equally on dreamy melodies and poetic, introspective lyrics.
Cole was...
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Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Named for a halloween costume based on an Edgar Allan Poe short story, Poe gained a contract with Atlantic during the boom of female singer/songwriters during the mid-'90s. Originally from New York City, she moved around frequently with her parents -- a director and an actress -- but returned to New York at the age of 16 when they divorced. Poe... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
The Quintessential Canadian:
A boy who hung out in convenience stores and wandered the summertime parks long after dark. Knowing the flutter of a teenage crush at the mall as well as the sound of a jet plane as it carried her away five years later. So he conceived a full fledged rock show in a wheat field, a stage with trapdoors and...
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Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Tracy Bonham is a singer and classically trained violinist who incorporates both skills into her pop compositions. Her debut EP, The Liverpool Sessions, was released in 1995, with a full-length album, The Burdens of Being Upright, following the next year. Down Here arrived in early 2000, followed by Blink the Brightest in 2005. ~ Steve Huey,... [+] Read More
