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Artist: Fluid B.C.
Artist: Zero dB
Remixing duo Zero dB has imaginatively altered tracks for a narrow swath of European downbeat acts, earning its credentials with radical post-productions of material by Peace Orchestra, Trüby Trio, and Suba, among others. Zero dB regulars Chris Vogado and Frank de Jojo (aka Neil Combstock) formed around their own label, Fluid Ounce, which has... [+] Read More
Artist: Camille Saint-Saëns
A French composer and melodist of The Liszt school. Although Saint-Saëns is appreciated for the mix of Parisian wit and academic seriousness found in Carnival of the Animals and the tone painting in his famous Danse Macabre, his work is more beautifully developed in his Concerto for Piano no. 4, Symphony no. 3 in c, and Concerto for Violin no.... [+] Read More
Artist: Snooks Eaglin
When they refer to consistently amazing guitarist Snooks Eaglin as a human jukebox in his New Orleans hometown, they're not dissing him in the slightest. The blind Eaglin is a beloved figure in the Crescent City, not only for his gritty, Ray Charles-inspired vocal delivery and wholly imaginative approach to the guitar, but for the seemingly... [+] Read More
Artist: Tré
The son of bluesman L.V. Banks, the singer/guitarist known simply as Tre carried on the traditions of his father's music, recapturing the sound and feeling of '50s-era Chicago blues with accuracy and real affection. Born in Grenada, Mississippi, he was raised on Chicago's South Side, initially playing rock and R&B; his musical allegiance moved... [+] Read More
Artist: Aaron Carl
Detroit's reputation for techno licks as the dominant dance style of quality fades in the wake of Aaron Carl's Princely Euro-flushed house. Carl's first LP, Storm, led to him signing with Submerge crew figurehead "Mad" Mike Banks' Soul City label. Wash It and Crucified were put out and received good response -- unexpectedly right in his... [+] Read More
Artist: The Champs
An instrumental quintet formed in Los Angeles in 1957, the Champs comprised Challenge Records executive Dave Burgess (born Lancaster, CA) (guitar) and session players Buddy Bruce (guitar), Chuck Rio (born Daniel Flores, Rankin, TX) (saxophone), Cliff Hills (bass), and Gene Alden (born Cisco, TX) (drums). This lineup recorded Rio's "Tequila" as a... [+] Read More
Artist: Lot 25
Named after the parking lot at SF State, since 2004 LOT 25 has been fusing hip hop and rock sounds with fresh lyrics and rhymes in their effort to flip the classics and make new ones to keep your neck snappin' and speakers blastin' in positive fashion. Hailing from Pittsburg to San Francisco, LOT 25 has been influenced by the innocence of their... [+] Read More
Artist: The Goldstars
Chicago's Goldstars emerged in the early 2000s from the ranks of a few local outfits. Organist Skipper and drummer Goodtime (their Christian names) were from New Duncan Imperials, while white soul brother vocalist and bassist Sal had done time with the Krinkles. The band's guitar position was initially fluid, since the Goldstars weren't meant to... [+] Read More
Artist: Peter Green
His career riddled by drug abuse and paranoia, Peter Green is still regarded by some fans as the greatest white blues guitarist ever, Eric Clapton notwithstanding. As he grew up in London's working-class East End, Green's early musical influences were Hank B. Marvin of the Shadows, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Freddie King, and traditional Jewish... [+] Read More
Artist: Fluid Minds
Songs from Fluid Minds' album "The [as] Mixtape" have been featured on Cartoon Networks' [adult swim] programming.Songs 'Johnny B. Bad', 'Wash Away' & 'Come Back Ditka' from the "Love in Analog EP" have been featured on Chicago's major alternative radio station Q101If you listen to Q101 you might have heard our rock remix of the Chicago Bears... [+] Read More
Artist: Bobby Murray
Longtime Etta James band guitarist Bobby Murray spent many years carefully honing his guitar-playing skills around the blues clubs of San Francisco and Oakland. In the 1970s and '80s, he played backup for musicians like Sonny Rhodes and Frankie Lee before getting a big break in 1988 and joining up with James' Roots Band. Murray was born in 1953... [+] Read More
Artist: CapaRezza
Before he re-emerged in 2001 as Caparezza, Italy's Michele Salvemini was a clean-cut, B-boy-style pop singer named Mikimix. His 1999 full-length, La Mia Buona Stella, produced the Italian hit single "E La Notte Se Ne Va," a slice of Europop closer to Color Me Badd or Enrique Iglesias than anything resembling American hip-hop. But it was the... [+] Read More
Artist: The "5" Royales
The "5" Royales were a relatively unheralded, but significant, link between early R&B and early soul in their combination of doo wop, jump blues, and gospel styles. Their commercial success was relatively modest -- they had seven Top Ten R&B hits in the 1950s, most recorded in the span of little over a year between late 1952 and late 1953. A few... [+] Read More
Artist: Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius was a meteor who blazed on to the scene in the 1970s, only to flame out tragically in the 1980s. With a brilliantly fleet technique and fertile melodic imagination, Pastorius made his fretless electric bass leap out from the depths of the rhythm section into the front line with fluid machine-gun-like passages that demanded... [+] Read More
Artist: The Counts
In the early '70s, the boundaries of black pop became more fluid. Soul and funk could intermingle with jazz, hard rock, psychedelia, and singer/songwriting. The Counts were not one of the more exceptional outfits that brewed these influences together; for one thing, they never stuck to any one mixture long enough for listeners to get a handle on... [+] Read More
Artist: Mighty Baby
The British psychedelic band Mighty Baby grew out of the Action, the Liverpool-based R&B outfit signed to Parlophone by George Martin in 1965. Long considered one of Martin's best discoveries this side of the Beatles, the Action consisted of Reggie King (vocals), Alan King (guitar), Pete Watson (guitar), Mike Evans (bass), and Roger Powell... [+] Read More
Artist: The Scene Is Now
The Scene Is Now was a kind of postmodern jug band comprised of a loose, ever-changing aggregation of downtown New York City musicians. Throughout their fluid career, only onetime Mofungo members Chris Nelson and Philip Dray remained permanent fixtures of the Scene's lineup, which also included Dick Champ and Jeff McGovern on their 1985 debut... [+] Read More
Artist: Grant Green
Grant Green was born in St. Louis on June 6, 1931, learned his instrument in grade school from his guitar-playing father and was playing professionally by the age of thirteen with a gospel group. He worked gigs in his home town and in East St. Louis, IL, until he moved to New York in 1960 at the suggestion of Lou Donaldson. Green told Dan... [+] Read More
Artist: Tony Parenti
One of the finest clarinetists to emerge from New Orleans but somewhat underrated throughout his long career, Tony Parenti had a smooth and fluid sound and a style full of subtle surprises and exciting moments. Parenti's father had been a musician in the Italian Peasant Army. Parenti started on violin but soon switched permanently to clarinet.... [+] Read More
Artist: Velvet Monkeys
Guitarist/producer Don Fleming and drummer Jay Spiegel formed the pop culture tribute band Velvet Monkeys in Washington, D.C., in the early '80s. Both were veterans of Jad Fair's long-running noise pop outfit Half Japanese, with whom they would continue to record throughout the 1980s (Fleming was also in the Stroke Band in the late '70s with... [+] Read More
Artist: The Outsiders
Chances are that, despite their having come from Cleveland, OH -- and, thus, having a certain home field advantage -- the Outsiders will never be considered for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Bands with just two big hits ("Time Won't Let Me," "Respectable") and a history mostly confined to AM radio in the '60s don't seem to rate that kind of... [+] Read More
Artist: Captain Beefheart
Born Don Vliet, Captain Beefheart was one of modern music's true innovators. The owner of a remarkable four-and-one-half octave vocal range, he employed idiosyncratic rhythms, absurdist lyrics and an unholy alliance of free jazz, Delta blues, latter-day classical music and rock & roll to create a singular body of work virtually unrivalled in its... [+] Read More
