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Artist: The Half Empties
Artist: Michael Shelley
New York-based folk-pop singer/songwriter Michael Shelley made his solo debut in 1997 with Half Empty; early the following year, he also teamed with Scotland's Francis McDonald in the duo Cheeky Monkey, issuing the LP Four Arms to Hold You. Shelley's second solo offering, Too Many Movies, appeared in 1998 as well. I Blame You was issued in early... [+] Read More
Artist: Shiner
Born in 1992 out of the Kansas City, Missouri outskirts, Shiner originally comprised of Allen Epley (guitar/ vocals), Jeff Brown (drums) and Shawn Sherrill (bass), before Tim Down took over on the skins a year later. With this line up, the band found themselves sharing the stage with Season To Risk, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Jesus Lizard, Girls... [+] Read More
Artist: Stephanie Bentley
Georgia-born singer Stephanie Bentley earned her first taste of musical success at the age of nine, when she, her sister Camille, and a friend took top honors in a local talent contest. The young vocal trio's success won Bentley a slot in a music and drama troupe, where she remained for a number of years, singing everything from show tunes to... [+] Read More
Artist: Naked to the World
Naked to the World is primarily a vehicle for singer/songwriter Kevin Fisher's literate and melodic folk songs. A former rock & roll junkie with a degree in English literature who converted to folk music because he thought it would be a more sensitive medium for his poetic lyrics, Fisher started his career as a solo performer and a staff... [+] Read More
Artist: Men Without Hope
Led by singer/guitarist Ethan Fein, Men Without Hope is a New York-based rock & roll/pop/rock trio that specializes in humorous, goofy, quirky songs about life's challenges and disappointments. The group members find a lot of things to kvetch about, whether they're singing about romantic disappointments or mentally ill people who bother them on... [+] Read More
Artist: Ty Herndon
Like many new country singers of the mid-'90s, Ty Herndon fused neo-traditionalist country with a slick, rock-oriented sense of style and production. Like many of his contemporaries, his blend of genres proved commercially successful, as his first album became one of the biggest hits of 1995. Herndon was a little wilder, at least off the stage,... [+] Read More
Artist: Flickerstick
Flickerstick's curious road to rock & roll "stardom" began in 1997, in Denton, TX. Aspiring frontman Brandin Lea met guitarist Cory Kreig, and with the help of Brandin's brother Fletcher, guitarist Rex Ewing, and area drummer Dominic Weir, Flickerstick was born. Mining a familiar, if unremarkable sound somewhere between Brit-pop and modern rock,... [+] Read More
Artist: Elton John
In terms of sales and lasting popularity, Elton John was the biggest pop superstar of the early '70s. Initially marketed as a singer/songwriter, John soon revealed he could craft Beatlesque pop and pound out rockers with equal aplomb. He could dip into soul, disco, and country, as well as classic pop balladry and even progressive rock. His... [+] Read More
Artist: Mind Over 4
The Los Angeles, CA-based alt-metal outfit Mind Over 4 originally formed in the late '80s, consisting of members Spike Xavier (vocals), Mike Jenson (guitar), Rich Castillo (bass), and Mark Fullerton (drums). Often compared to such fellow challenging outfits as Faith No More and Prong, the quartet issued a total of five releases -- 1987's Out... [+] Read More
Artist: Marly Hornik
New York resident Marly Hornik is among the more promising female singer/songwriters who made her recording debut in the early 2000s. For Hornik, the phrase "female singer/songwriter" has not been synonymous with "angry young woman." Unlike many of the "angry young women" who emerged in the 90s--Alanis Morisette, Tracy Bonham, Ani DiFranco,... [+] Read More
Artist: Dave Godin
Music journalist and historian Dave Godin was the heart and soul of Britain's enduring Northern soul collector's culture. Not only did he inadvertently give a genre, scene, and community their name, but he compiled a series of tasteful, illuminating records and CDs that lent enormous meaning and historical meaning to music that might have... [+] Read More
Artist: This Empty Flow
The Scandinavian experimental group This Empty Flow never achieved the success of their dream pop/space rock peers. They were equally charming and sonically gorgeous, however they'd never gain the praise similar to the likes of Mogwai and Sigur Rós. Formed in their native Turku, Finland, in 1994, Jori Sjöroos (vocals/guitar), Niko Sirkiä... [+] Read More
Artist: VelvetRazor
One listen and you soon realise that Velvet Razor simply enjoy making music.There are no cynical motives, just a genuine passion for what they do.Unlike a lot of other bands Velvet Razor’s music shows great diversity in genres, the styles within and in their arrangements. Their songs strive to expand beyond the boundaries of the simplistic... [+] Read More
Artist: Art of Fighting
Emphasizing a pop of relaxed melodies and complex structure is the trademark sound of Sydney's Art of Fighting. Debuting in 1995 with the collaboration of Ollie Browne (guitar/vocals), Peggy Frew (bass/vocals) and Cameron Grant (drums), the band would spend the next three years gigging throughout Southeastern Australia as a three piece. After... [+] Read More
Artist: Mahlon Clark
Woodwinds expert Mahlon Clark was among the legion of players profoundly influenced by clarinetist Benny Goodman and the great popularity of swing music in the '30s and '40s. By the middle of the former decade Clark was already proficient on three instruments--piano, guitar and clarinet. He was gigging professionally at the age of 16 with the... [+] Read More
Artist: V:28
Arendal, Norway's industrial black metal band V:28 are a self-confessed "half-human, half-machine" enterprise comprised of vocalist/guitarist Eddie Risdal (also of Ancestral Legacy), guitarist/programmer Kristoffer Oustad, and bassist Atle Johansen. After years of mucking about (supposedly since as far back as 1996) with the prospect of... [+] Read More
Artist: Magnante Quartet
The Magnante Quartet, to put it in simple terms, was the band that played at what is considered the single most important event in the history of the accordion. Since this is a controversial instrument, it must be admitted that detractors would probably be skeptical about the existence of any events at all in the history of the accordion, let... [+] Read More
Artist: Charlene
Her mom christened Charlene (born June 1, 1950, in Hollywood, CA) Charlene Marilynn D'Angelo. Who would have thought a recording career with Motown, years later, would twist and turn more than a Rubik's Cube? She signed to the label in 1973, when she was 23 years old, as Charlene Duncan. Her first single, "All That Love Went to Waste," came in... [+] Read More
Artist: Bernie Taupin
The lyricist behind many of Elton John's most memorable pop hits, Bernie Taupin was born May 22, 1950, in rural Lincolnshire, England. The product of a farming family, his primary musical influence was the gunfighter ballads of Marty Robbins, marking the beginning of a lifelong fascination with the American west that surfaced as a recurring... [+] Read More
Artist: Sinister Six
James Burdyshaw (aka Brother James) was already a legend in the Seattle music scene by the time the Sinister Six got underway in 1992. He had been involved with the mid-'80s trio 64 Spiders, the late-'80s rock group Catbutt with members of the U-Men and Girl Trouble, as well as the short-lived, early-'90s garage outfit Yummy. Burdyshaw founded... [+] Read More
