Genre: Radio/Books/Spoken
John Most is a poet. He lives in New York City and rural Virginia.
Genre: Rock/Pop
January 2004
Songwriter REZA starts recording some of his songs using a small pocket machine at his place in Paris. April 2004 Writer and close friend Sotiris living in Birmingham-England sends a poem called "somebody else’s paradise" to REZA. This is the beginning of an important collaboration. REZA will compose and sing about twenty songs...
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Genre: Rock/Pop
The Minstrels formed in Rochester, NY in 1998. With an indie rock aesthetic and a heart rooted in the dark side of folk, they create captivating songs of love, betrayal, addiction, and death.
Genre: Rock/Pop
I'm an American who has left Seattle and am now living and creating in Eastern Europe (Slovakia). I hope to help you lose yourself and forget your cares, if just for a moment, in my music music and writings. More importantly, I hope to be a friend who inspires you in your journey of self-discovery.
Genre: Folk
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Sensitive lyricism is set to gentle, acoustic melodies by Chicago-based singer/songwriter and record company owner/producer Andrew Calhoun. Influenced by early John Prine, Leonard Cohen and Martin Carthy, Calhoun brings a poetic approach to his unique style of songwriting.
Although he continues to perform and record as a soloist,...
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Genre: Rock/Pop
Big Bus Dream has received a 5 Star rating at Garageband.com for "My Private Ghetto", a song from their debut CD.
Big Bus Dream has recently been ranked #1 at Europe's Soundlift.com in Acoustic Pop and Psychedelic Rock!
For all of us who dream big dreams
Step on up and dream...
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Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 60s, 70s
Obscure British singer/songwriter Bill Fay made a couple of albums in the early '70s that matched Dylanesque songwriting with unusual arrangements. Fay had actually done his first single, "Some Good Advice"/"Screams in the Ears," for Deram back in 1967, produced by early Donovan co-manager Peter Eden. The single introduced his characteristic... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s
British singer and guitarist Chris Rea has enjoyed a run of popularity in Europe during the late '80s and early '90s after almost a decade of previous recording. Rea started out performing with a local group called Magdalene, taking David Coverdale's place; the band won a national talent contest in 1975 as the Beautiful Losers, but still failed... [+] Read More
Genre: Alternative/Indie
euphoreador is an artist that uses music as one medium among many to help in the analization of self in relation to others and the world. There is much that humans take for granted and leave unturned. euphoreador is in pursuit of the answers to life's persistant questions.
Genre: Country
Decades Active: 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s
After a lengthy period of struggle, Kris Kristofferson achieved remarkable success as a country songwriter at the start of the 1970s. His songs "Me and Bobby McGee," "Help Me Make It Through the Night," "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," and "For the Good Times," all chart-topping hits, helped redefine country songwriting, making it more personal and... [+] Read More
Genre: Folk
With her second release slated for the spring of 2008, a personal invite to play at Fred Eaglesmith’s Southern Ontario Picnic, and record labels starting to call, Lara Yule Singh’s star is beginning to sparkle.
Her debut CD, Something In the Still was released in May 2006. It spent ten weeks in the top 30 on the CKUA Radio...
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Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s
The career of Lou Reed defies capsule summarization. Like David Bowie (whom Reed directly inspired in many ways), he has made over his image many times, mutating from theatrical glam-rocker to scary looking junkie to avant-garde noiseman to straight rock & roller to your average guy. A firmer grasp of rock's earthier qualities has ensured a more... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
I'm a composer from Hanover/GE (rock, pop, soul, country, folk, rap, latin rock/pop, classic). The "Dogsters" are a big family of musicians from many different countries and continents who help me with my recordings and do live performances with me. Sometimes our mutual recordings are done via internet (using modern technology).
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 60s, 70s
A singular talent who passed almost unnoticed during his brief lifetime, Nick Drake produced several albums of chilling, somber beauty. With hindsight, these have come to be recognized as peak achievements of both the British folk-rock scene and the entire rock singer/songwriter genre. Sometimes compared to Van Morrison, Drake in fact resembled... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 60s, 70s
A singular talent who passed almost unnoticed during his brief lifetime, Nick Drake produced several albums of chilling, somber beauty. With hindsight, these have come to be recognized as peak achievements of both the British folk-rock scene and the entire rock singer/songwriter genre. Sometimes compared to Van Morrison, Drake in fact resembled... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s
In a career dating back to the 1950s, Paul Simon has established himself among the best and most popular songwriters of the rock era. Growing up in Queens, NY, Simon befriended schoolmate Art Garfunkel, who had an angelic tenor voice, and the two teamed up as Tom & Jerry, taking the names of the cartoon characters. In the winter of 1957-1958,... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 60s, 70s, 90s
Few rock groups can claim to have broken so much new territory, and maintain such consistent brilliance on record, as the Velvet Underground during their brief lifespan. It was the group's lot to be ahead of, or at least out of step with, their time. The mid- to late '60s was an era of explosive growth and experimentation in rock, but the... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 60s, 70s
One of the great rock vocalists of the 1960s, Tim Buckley drew from folk, psychedelic rock, and progressive jazz to create a considerable body of adventurous work in his brief lifetime. His multi-octave range was capable of not just astonishing power, but great emotional expressiveness, swooping from sorrowful tenderness to anguished wailing.... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s
In the 1970s, Tom Waits combined a lyrical focus on desperate, lowlife characters with a persona that seemed to embody the same lifestyle, which he sang about in a raspy, gravelly voice. From the '80s on, his work became increasingly theatrical as he moved into acting and composing. Growing up in southern California, Waits attracted the... [+] Read More