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Artist: Shakira
After achieving superstardom throughout Latin America, Colombian-born Shakira became Latin pop's biggest female crossover artist since Jennifer Lopez broke down the doors to English-language success. Noted for her aggressive, rock-influenced approach, Shakira maintained an extraordinary degree of creative control over her music, especially for a... [+] Read More
Artist: Acel
Acel Bisa - van Ommen : Her voice has been a familiar sound in Philippine alternative-pop music over the recent decade.
In 1995 she sang as lead vocalist of the band Orphan Lily that went on to accept Best New Artist Awards of two leading radio stations.
By 1999 Acel went on to co-found the multi-awarded band Moonstar88 that produced two... [+] Read More
Artist: Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys were, in many ways, a contradictory band. Comprised entirely of white, middle-class Americans, the group sang a hybrid of new jack balladry, hip-hop, R&B, and dance club pop that originally found its greatest success in Canada and Europe, with their 1996 debut album charting in the Top Ten in nearly every country on the... [+] Read More
Artist: Sun Electric
As Sun Electric, Germans Max Loderbauer (the son of a composer) and Tom Thiel (a studio engineer) marry dizzying Teutonic trance with chilled-out ambience. They first met at the studio where Thiel worked, and the two later played as part of the band Fisherman's Friend. Manager Thomas Fehlmann, a frequent Orb co-worker, encouraged the two to move... [+] Read More
Artist: Bazil Donovan
Bazil Donovan is the bassist (and lead singer on the rousing concert favorite "Little Old Wine Drinker Me") for the popular Canadian band Blue Rodeo. "Baz" was born in Halifax but raised in Toronto. He started playing professionally at 17, and in 1980 joined a new wave band called Sharks that included future Blue Rodeo drummer Cleave Anderson.... [+] Read More
Artist: Hanks Dream Band
H3 has played with Grammy Nominated Smooth Jazz Keyboardist Bob Baldwin,Guitairst Phil Hamilton, Contemporay Gospel Artist Dave Bell and the Lion of Judah Band. Recorded Lenis Guess's R & B album titled "I Keep Coming Back For More" for Lenis Guess Records, New York. Two Gospel singles for Winston Brooks and the Wisdomaires Houston, TX.... [+] Read More
Artist: Acrobat Down
Hans Buenning (guitar), Jason Jones (drums), Aaron Hobbs (guitar/vocals), and Eliot Zizic (bass) make up the emo-pop troupe of Acrobat Down. Based out of Denver, CO, Crank! Records released the band's debut EP, 1 & 2 in 1997; there followed a handful of comparisons to the likes of Christie Front Drive, Belle & Sebastian and Weezer. After two... [+] Read More
Artist: Sisters Euclid
Sisters Euclid is a Toronto jazz quartet led by guitarist Kevin Breit who incorporates roots and rock music elements. Breit is joined by organist Rob Gusevs, bassist Ian DeSouza, and drummer Gary Taylor. The quartet has performed in and around the Toronto area, as well as at the city's esteemed duMaurier Jazz Festival in 1999 and the nearby... [+] Read More
Artist: Saul Chaplin
Composer Saul Chaplin was active from the mid-'30s through the 1960s, writing many famous pop hits and film scores, often with collaborator and influential lyricist Sammy Cahn. Born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1912, Chaplin attended NYU and played in dance bands. During the mid-'30s, Chaplin co-led a dance band with Sammy Cahn, and the two soon began... [+] Read More
Artist: Harvey Gerst
Harvey Gerst had a peripheral role in the Byrds' career as a co-writer of two of their early songs. In 1964 the band, still known as the Jet Set, recorded a song he wrote with Jim (later Roger) McGuinn and Gene Clark, "Please Let Me Love You," and one he wrote with McGuinn only, "Don't Be Long." These early but likable folk-rock tunes were... [+] Read More
Artist: Bz Bz Ueu
The power-charged avant-punk group Bz Bz Ueu is Italy's answer to Ne Zhdali. Backing cut-and-paste quirkiness with the use of horns (sax and trumpet) and tons of children toys, this band's music is one hell of a ride. There are only a few CD EPs and singles available, all released in Italy.
The nucleus of Bz Bz Ueu formed around 1992. Bassist... [+] Read More
Artist: Rattlebus
Liverpool guitar band. Released debut double-a side 7" single 'Freak Heirs'/'Two Dinosaurs' in May 2006 on Pink Moon Records[UK](cat.no.PMS006).http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Pink-Moon-Records-UK [+] Read More
Artist: Iron Maiden
Known for such powerful hits as "Two Minutes to Midnight" and "The Trooper," Iron Maiden was and is one of the most influential bands of the heavy metal genre. The often-imitated band existed for over 20 years, pumping out wild rock similar to Judas Priest. Iron Maiden has always been an underground attraction; although failing to ever obtain... [+] Read More
Artist: Hanna-McEuen
Hanna-McEuen is the duo of first cousins Jaime Hanna and Jonathan McEuen, the sons of identical twin mothers married to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band founding members Jeff Hanna and John McEuen. The two played and sang music together as children, and both went into the music business. Hanna moved to Nashville after graduating from high school and... [+] Read More
Artist: Tom Feher
New York-based guitarist Tom Feher achieved a brief moment in the spotlight during the years 1967-1969 through his association with the Left Banke. His earliest official credit involving the band was co-authoring "Barterers and Their Wives," "What Do You Know," and "Ivy Ivy" with group co-founder Michael Brown, which were recorded early in 1967... [+] Read More
Artist: Francis Bay
Bandleader Francis Bay was born Frans Bayetz in Rijkevorsel, Belgium in 1914; according to the Space Age Pop Page (home.earthlink.net/~spaceagepop/index.htm), he began playing the clarinet at age seven, and within a few years was already gigging with local orchestras. After earning first prize honors in 1930 for clarinet performance at the... [+] Read More
Artist: Boy's Entrance
Bandleader Tim Cain lives in Chicago, where he plays live with a four-piece backing ensemble. He began the band in 1991 as an avenue to explore gay themes. An ad for queer musicians resulted in two respondents, including rhythm guitarist Mike Ferro. (Ferro and lover are also medal winners for bodybuilding in the 1994 Gay Games.) Cain was also... [+] Read More
Artist: Samm Bennett
Samm Bennett is a drummer, percussionist and electronic music producer. He is also an improviser, composer, and singer/songwriter in the avant garde rock and jazz realms. Among Bennett's various projects and involvements as a drummer is his work with cellist Tom Cora in George Cartwright's Curlew, their own group 3rd Person, and with Kazutoki... [+] Read More
Artist: Ohio Express
Ohio Express and the 1910 Fruitgum Co. were two of the leading late-'60s bubblegum rock groups. Under the aegis of producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz, both of these rather anonymous bands surfaced repeatedly on the late-'60s pop charts for Buddah Records, spearheading the bubblegum rock craze. With Joey Levine taking the vocals on their... [+] Read More
Artist: Amsvartner
Swedish teen black metal band Amsvartner was formed in late 1994 by bassist Albin Johansson and his twin brother Alfred (drums), both all of 12 years old at the time; co-founding guitarist Jonathan Holmgren was only two years older. Originally dubbed Awakening, the group's line-up was complete with the additions of the twins' older brother... [+] Read More
Artist: Jon Mark
A top English session musician in the '60s, Mark played with everyone from The Rolling Stones and Marianne Faithfull to blues sensation John Mayall. As the decade came to a close, the vocalist, composer, and guitarist began exploring the potential of jazz/rock fusion as co-leader of the highly influential Mark-Almond Band. After the group... [+] Read More
Artist: Russ Giguere
Russ Giguere had planned on a career as a folksinger, when fate intervened and placed him in one of the most popular pop/rock groups of the mid-1960's. Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1943, he gravitated toward music as a profession, and at age 21 he was in California, playing guitar and singing in a solo spot at the Troubadour in Los... [+] Read More
Artist: Walt Michael
Bluegrass musician Walt Michael was born and raised in Maryland. He first became aware of bluegrass while working as a student volunteer in West Virginia and developed a passion for the sounds of the Appalachians. Although he is an accomplished musician -- he can play harmonica, guitar, and mandolin -- he is best known for his work on the... [+] Read More
Artist: Shankar
Shankar, a violinist, singer and composer, teaches Indian Classical styles by incorporating them into Western musics. He has worked with many Western musicians, including Peter Gabriel, Yoko Ono, Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins, Talking Heads, and Lou Reed. He first began vocal lessons at the age of two, violin lessons at five, and drumming... [+] Read More
Artist: Chevreuil
This French duo from Nantes started to exude his noisy sound in November 1998. Their music has always been very influenced by the Chicago scene and especially by Steve Albini's Shellac. Face to face, the guitar and the drum are the two instruments dueling in the band: on one side stands Tony C., with many effect pedals, facing the drummer Julien... [+] Read More
