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Artist: The Parcels
The Parcels formed in New Jersey the summer of 1997. The original lineup of Tara Mackay (vocals and bass), Christian Elton (guitars, vocals, keyboards), and AJ Naito (drums) emerged as a sped-up indie pop trio in the vein of Go Sailor. The band released the Oh What a Busy Day single on Brentwood Estates Records in 1998. The EP was recorded with... [+] Read More
Artist: Parcel of Rogues
Parcel of rogues were formed as a bit of fun, then blossomed into one of the most hardest working electric folk bands in the country! we have an eclectic style in the the music we play. from Bob Dylan to Fairport Convention, from Niel Young to Steeleye Span & Lindisfarne. We even throw in Lynard Skynard, Van Morrison & Bill Withers Just Check... [+] Read More
Artist: Strange Parcels
Artist: Parcel O'Rogues
Artist: Michael Parcell-Davies
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Artist: Bob Doherty
Bob Doherty was the favored engineer of many producers of independent jazz, R&B, and doo wop material through the '40s and '50s. One of Doherty's haunts of note was the famed WOR Studio B in New York City, later he would switch to Studio 16; more than one producer trying to explain away the faults of a particular project has admitted problems... [+] Read More
Artist: Woven Hand
David Eugene Edwards, enigmatic frontman and visionary for 16 Horsepower, began recording under the Woven Hand moniker while Horsepower was on hiatus in 2001. (The name "Woven Hand" refers to hands clasped in prayer; Edwards' Christianity -- he was raised the son of a traveling Nazarene preacher -- is a consistent, driving theme in his music.)... [+] Read More
Artist: Black 47
Black 47 (a name deriving from the year 1847, the blackest year of the Irish potato famine) is a New York-based band made up of Irish expatriates and led by songwriter/playwright Larry Kirwan. In addition to Kirwan (vocals, guitar), the band consists of Chris Byrne (uilleann pipes, tin whistle, vocals), Fred Parcells (trombone, tin whistle,... [+] Read More
Artist: Al Norris
Mail a letter in New York City in the '50s and it may have been touched by the same fingers that throttled the chords to "Sweet Sue" and other classic jazz themes from the Jimmie Lunceford band. Guitarist Al Norris, whose professional music career began in the late '20s, had put all the excitement of swinging music behind him by the '50s and was... [+] Read More
Artist: Andy Edwards
This performer is a Welsh multi-instrumentalist and studio musician who has been involved in many bands and projects, best known of which is the group Ezra. That combo is not related to Better Than Ezra and has not reacted in any way to the boasting that is part and parcel of the latter band's name. Along the same lines it should be pointed out... [+] Read More
Artist: Don Walser
Even in Texas folk and country music circles, singer and guitarist Don Walser is regarded as unique. The songs Walser specializes in aren't exactly current; he sings classic old Western swing tunes. In a sense, he's a man on a mission: keeping the old Texas country songs alive. Songs like "Cowpoke," "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," and "Mexicali Rose"... [+] Read More
Artist: Barbara Dickson
The recipient of an OBE (Order of the British Empire), in 2001, for her "service to music and drama," Barbara Dickson has successfully balanced careers in music and musical theater. A top recording artist in the 1970s, when she recorded such hits as "Answer Me" and "Morning Comes Quickly," she scored with two chart-topping hits -- "January,... [+] Read More
Artist: Elton Dean
British saxophonist Elton Dean was one of the key figures in British free jazz for decades. Closely affiliated with the Canterbury scene, Dean -- born in Nottingham on October 28, 1945 -- had a résumé far more varied and than that tag would describe. Dean began his professional career with Long John Baldry's Bluesology in 1967 -- the pianist... [+] Read More
Artist: John McCusker
John McCusker was born in 1973 near Glasgow, Scotland. His musical talent emerged early -- at age five he was playing the whistle and two years later he had picked up the fiddle, which would remain his primary instrument (though he subsequently found time to gain impressive skills on keyboards and cittern as well). While still a child he played... [+] Read More
Artist: Mark Weitz
Mark Weitz is one of the lost heroes of 1960s rock. As one of the singers, the organist, and the principal composing member of Strawberry Alarm Clock, and the member responsible (in collaboration with guitarist Ed King) for writing the music for "Incense and Peppermints," he ought to be remembered at least as well as, say, Doug Ingle of Iron... [+] Read More
Artist: James Christopher Monger
Born into the Wisconsin aristocracy in 1973, musician/writer James Christopher Monger has seen the world evolve as a farmhand, sea lamprey exterminator, cook, groundskeeper, paint crew foreman, factory worker, and record store clerk. He is married to a Dutch Goddess and is a direct descendant of the lost colony of Roanoke.
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Artist: Percy Wenrich
As a boy, Wenrich played piano in a music store on Joplin's Main Street. Surrounded by sheet music in the shop, the young man decided to write his own musical composition. At the age of seventeen he created something entitled L'Inconnu, described as a two-step in 6/8 time, then arranged for a thousand copies to be printed and sold them in... [+] Read More
Artist: Carl Grayson
It is hard to figure out who was the most hysterically absurd performer from the Spike Jones troupe of City Slickers, but many would cast a vote for this son of Swiss and German immigrants. Carl Grayson made his professional debut as a singer at the age of 19, and shortly thereafter joined the band of Henry Busse, where the young newcomer's... [+] Read More
Artist: Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly is perhaps the most anomalous legend of '50s rock & roll -- he had his share of hits, and he achieved major rock & roll stardom, but his importance transcends any sales figures or even the particulars of any one song (or group of songs) that he wrote or recorded. Holly was unique, his legendary status and his impact on popular music... [+] Read More
Artist: Robert Johnson
If the blues has a truly mythic figure, one whose story hangs over the music the way a Charlie Parker does over jazz or a Hank Williams does over country, it's Robert Johnson, certainly the most celebrated figure in the history of the blues. Of course, his legend is immensely fortified by the fact that Johnson also left behind a small legacy of... [+] Read More
Artist: Yes
Far and away the longest lasting and the most successful of the '70s progressive rock groups, Yes proved to be one of the lingering success stories from that musical genre. The band, founded in 1968, overcame a generational shift in its audience and the departure of its most visible members at key points in its history to reach the end of the... [+] Read More
Artist: George Martin
George Martin is best known as the producer of most of the Beatles' recordings from 1962 through 1969. His actual credits are diverse, encompassing artists ranging from 1950s jazz bandleader Humphrey Lyttleton, the comic talents of Peter Sellers and Michael Bentine, legendary vocalists like Ella Fitzgerald, and rock acts as different as Billy J.... [+] Read More
Artist: Goddard Lieberson
There is a tendency, in writing and reading about classical recordings, to forget that they're as much a part of business as art--and that, as a result of this duality, executives can play as important a role as artists in determining what we here and how we hear it. Goddard Lieberson of Columbia Records is one such example. Along with Walter... [+] Read More
