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Artist: Andy Milne
Pianist/keyboardist Andy Milne is one of the most talented musicians to emerge from the M-Base Collective. With his band Cosmic Dapp Theory, Milne blends highly advanced jazz sensibilities with streetwise funk and a substantial dose of social and spiritual commentary. His ambitious, high-energy music strives to reach well beyond the traditional... [+] Read More
Artist: Sherrill Milnes
Sherrill Eustace Milnes' career as one of the leading American baritones spanned the last third of the 20th Century, and was particularly notable for excellence in the operatic roles of Verdi and Puccini.
As a boy, Milnes learned the piano and violin at home, and played tuba in his high school marching band. After entertaining thoughts of a... [+] Read More
Artist: Gerald Milnes
Artist: Bob Milne
Artist: Lisa Milne
Artist: Lenny Milne
Artist: Monique Miller
Chicago native Monique Miller was a touring singer with pianist Andy Milne before she broke away to record her eponymous debut for Orpheus Music. Crafting the sort of neo-soul made popular by Erykah Badu and Jill Scott, the album saw release in the spring of 2002. ~ Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Nomos
Cork-based Nomos has made a name for itself as one of the more innovative and fiery Irish traditional bands. The group formed in 1990 and consists of Niall Vallely on concertina, Vince Milne on fiddle, Frank Torpey on bodhran, Gerry McKee on bouzouki, and Eoin Coughlan on vocals and bass.
Originally the group included Liz Doherty on fiddle and... [+] Read More
Artist: Sweet Blindness
The soul and jazz band Sweet Blindness was known as the Statlers for almost eight years before the name change in the mid-'70s; the band's self-titled debut album appeared in 1976 and was followed by Energize a year later. The rotating lineup included vocalists Bobby Dupont and Don Meeker; bassists Al Marine, Ronnie Gant and Bruce Barrow;... [+] Read More
Artist: The Way We Live
The Way We Live were the duo of multi-instrumentalist Jim Milne and percussionist Steve Clayton. They recorded an unmemorably average album, A Candle for Judith, in the early 1970s for John Peel's Dandelion label that mixed British hard rock with folky and progressive influences. At Peel's suggestion, they changed their name to Tractor and... [+] Read More
Artist: Tractor
Guitarist/vocalist Jim Milne and drummer Steve Clayton of Tractor originally came together in Rochdale, England, in 1966 when they were members of a beat group called the Way We Live. By 1970, the quartet -- which also featured bassist Mick "Slim" Batsch and founding member, lead vocalist Alan Burgess -- were down to just Milne and Clayton. They... [+] Read More
Artist: Mucky Pup
New Jersey comedic hardcore metallists Mucky Pup paved the way for such future juvenile acts as the Bloodhound Gang (look no further than some of their song titles -- "Death by Cholesterol," "Hippies Hate Water," "She Quieffed," etc.). The group originally formed in the mid-'80s, comprised of members Dan Nastasi (guitar), John Milnes (drums),... [+] Read More
Artist: Steve Clayton
In partnership with his buddy, Jim Milne, Steve Clayton spent many hours diligently multi-tracking strange rock music in the late '60s and early '70s. The fruit of this activity was a series of albums under the band names of both Tractor and the Way We Live, and the enduring creative chemistry between the friends was easily demonstrated by a... [+] Read More
Artist: Tristan Psionic
Tristan Psionic was formed in 1992 by Sandy McIntosh (guitar), Michael Milne (guitar) and Tim Potocic in Hamilton, Ontario. When the group made their first cassette, they started their own label: Sonic Unyon (which later went on to sign Hayden, Thrush Hermit, The Dinner Is Ruined, SIANspheric and Chore, among others). Their first full-length,... [+] Read More
Artist: Opal Butterfly
Opal Butterfly is a classic B-list pop-psych band best remembered for an impeccable taste in covers and the people who passed through its ranks on their way up. Lead guitarist Robbie Milne and 17-year-old drumming wiz Simon King formed the band in 1967; bassist Richard Bardey, guitarist Tommy Doherty, and vocalist Allan Love rounded out the... [+] Read More
Artist: M-Base Collective
Although they came out with a CD in 1993 under the title of "M-Base Collective," this particular "band" was always a loose grouping of like-minded musicians intent in finding a new way to improvise. M-Base (which stands for Macro-Basic Array of Structured Extemporizations) utilizes funky (but surprisingly unpredictable) rhythms, unusual interval... [+] Read More
Artist: Avalon Rising
The music of the Middle Ages is combined with modern sensibilities and elaborately textured arrangements by California-based quintet Avalon Rising. Paced by the shared lead vocals of flute, Celtic harp and recorder player Margaret Davis and electric and twelve string guitar, mandola and oboe player Kristoph Klover, the group's blend of Medieval... [+] Read More
Artist: Mungo Jerry
Mungo Jerry is one of rock's great one-hit successes. Outside of England, they're known for exactly one song, but that song, "In the Summertime," is a seasonal anthem known by listeners who weren't even born when it was released. Mungo Jerry was a solid blues outfit as well -- in fact, one suspects they were the kind of blues band that purists... [+] Read More
Artist: James Scott Skinner
James Scott Skinner had a profound effect on the evolution of Scottish music. A master fiddler, Skinner wrote more than 600 compositions including "The Laird of Drumblair," which fiddler Tommy Peoples covered on the Bothy Band's self-titled debut album in 1975. Although trained in classical violin, Skinner devoted most of his life to preserving... [+] Read More
Artist: Julian Slade
Composer Julian Slade was the creative force behind the record-breaking Salad Days, the most successful British musical of the mid-20th century. Born in London on May 28, 1930, he was one of three sons of barrister G.P. Slade, and first studied piano while at prep school in Oxford -- at Cambridge's Trinity College, Slade befriended John Barton,... [+] Read More
Artist: Leonard Warren
Warren had a remarkably well-produced voice, with a naturally wide range, with secure high notes, and smooth, rich timbre throughout. He was most associated with Verdi, which he sang with a good deal of artistry and feel for the natural line, though he also excelled in Puccini (especially Scarpia) and verismo.
He first planned on a business... [+] Read More
Artist: Michael Holliday
Michael Holliday emerged as a singing star in late-'50s England, at approximately the same time that Lonnie Donegan, Cliff Richard, and Billy Fury began tearing up the U.K. charts, but he couldn't have represented a more different brand of music. For four years, from 1956 through 1960, Holliday bade fair to be England's top male singing star,... [+] Read More
Artist: Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull was a unique phenomenon in popular music history. Their mix of hard rock; folk melodies; blues licks; surreal, impossibly dense lyrics; and overall profundity defied easy analysis, but that didn't dissuade fans from giving them 11 gold and five platinum albums. At the same time, critics rarely took them seriously, and they were off... [+] Read More
Artist: Bernard Edwards
Bernard Edwards' supple, big bottom bass lines powered platinum hits by Chic, the '70s dance/pop band that he co-founded with guitarist/songwriter/producer Nile Rodgers. The group scored three gold singles and one platinum single including two number one pop/R&B singles, "Le Freak" and "Good Times"; two platinum albums, C'est Chic and Risque;... [+] Read More
