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Artist: The Gear Seabastian
The band was created from the deprived mind of Andrew Tkach. It it also includes the moody drumming of Greg Tkach, and features other artist on specific tracks like Tyler Simmons, and Colton Pudlowski. They were formed under the sea when the lobster spoke to the submarine. Andrew Tkach plays guitar, vocals, harmonica, keyboards, and some... [+] Read More
Artist: The Trolls
Impossibly rare -- depriving listeners of an underground classic -- is the Trolls' pairing of "Walkin' Shoes" b/w "How Do You Expect Me to Trust You?" (Peatlore 23267, 1966). "Shoes," a harmonica-laced shuffle, features a hypnotic beat and compelling vocal (half sneer, half world-weary sigh), while "Trust" wraps that mystic voice in robes of... [+] Read More
Artist: Defiance
Though they formed only in 1993, Portland, OR, punk rockers Defiance are traditionalists with a capital T -- dedicated to reviving the classic sounds of punk and Oi!, as pioneered in the late '70s and early '80s. Original members Alaric (vocals), Mike (guitar/vocals), Kelly (bass), and Eric (drums) all cut their teeth in local underground acts... [+] Read More
Artist: Bloco Afro Ara Ketu
The Bloco Afro Ara Ketu were the first band to blend acoustic drumming with electric instruments in 1991. Always bending toward research on modern Africa (while the other Afro-Bloco players look for ancient African roots), the Ara Ketu ended up deprived of Afro-Bloco characteristics throughout the '90s. The group was formed in 1981 by historian... [+] Read More
Artist: MV Bill
MV Bill is a rap artist from one of the most violent regions of the city of Rio de Janeiro, the favela of Cidade de Deus. He had rapid growth supported by the idolization he has received from his community as someone who brings a wider awareness of the inhuman conditions of living in these critical areas. Refusing to deliver his real name, MV... [+] Read More
Artist: Terry Carroll
Somewhere There's A StarOne of my newest favorite songs that I have writen is "Somewhere There's A Star". The song has something to do with, just how far humens have come and how far we will go. I wrote Somewhere There's A Star as I was on my way home, coming back from the doctor and had to wait on news from the doctor. I felt I had so much more... [+] Read More
Artist: Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny
After the death of his father Monsigny had to provide for his family. In his work for the Clerge de France he met the Duke of Orleans who loved theatrical pieces. Through this acquaintance with the duke, Monsigny met Colle and Carmontelle whom he collaborated with on many light operas. He had begun to learn the violin in his youth and was placed... [+] Read More
Artist: Domingos Caldas Barbosa
As the first Brazilian international artist, introducing Brazilian popular music (in the form of the genres modinha and lundu) to the Portuguese court as early as 1775, Domingos Caldas Barbosa figures as one of the most important names in this field. The son of a black slave Angolan woman who arrived pregnant in Rio de Janeiro and a Portuguese... [+] Read More
Artist: sharda Rajan
Sharda was a playback singer in Hindi films in the 1960s and 70s. She won the Filmfare best Female Playback Singer award for the cabaret "Baat zara hai aapas ki" in Jahan pyar Miley (1970). Sharda belonged to a conservative Brahmin family from Tamil Nadu and was inclined towards music from childhood. She got her first big break in Bollywood with... [+] Read More
Artist: SHARDA
Sharda was a famous playback singer in Hindi films in the 1960s and 70s. She won the Filmfare best Female Playback Singer award for the cabaret "Baat zara hai aapas ki" in Jahan pyar Miley (1970). She got her first big break in Bollywood with the song "Titli udi in Suraj" (1966). "Titli udi" turned out to be a top chartbuster in 1966. Thereafter... [+] Read More
Artist: Gracious
Gracious began as a schoolboy lark in 1964, when guitarist Alan Cowderoy and vocalist/drummer Paul Davis banded together to cover pop songs at school concerts. To arouse maximum ire at their Catholic school, the adopted the band name "Satan's Disciples." Over the next several years the recording lineup of the band coalesced -- Cowderoy and Davis... [+] Read More
Artist: Michael Flanders
A musical comedy duo most active in Britain during the 1950s and 60s, Michael Flanders (b. 1922) and Donald Swann (b. 1923) first met each other as schoolboys at Westminster in 1936. In 1939 the two collaborated on part of a musical revue titled "Go For It," with Swann contributing piano and Flanders, an aspiring actor, appearing onstage. They... [+] Read More
Artist: Rhubarb's Revenge
Nearly every evening in the early 1970s, a group of friends who called themselves RoadApples (founding members: Greg Shuss, Chris Breetveld, Rob Rothschild, Rich Larsen, and Bill DiMartino with occasional help from Mike Rothkopf, Mick Parmenter, and Shotzie) would meet at Chris Breetveld's "Pink Grass Studios" (otherwise known as his parents'... [+] Read More
Artist: Donald Swann
A musical comedy duo most active in Britain during the 1950s and 60s, Michael Flanders (b. 1922) and Donald Swann (b. 1923) first met each other as schoolboys at Westminster in 1936. In 1939 the two collaborated on part of a musical revue titled "Go For It," with Swann contributing piano and Flanders, an aspiring actor, appearing onstage. They... [+] Read More
Artist: The Kinks
Although they weren't as boldly innovative as the Beatles or as popular as the Rolling Stones or the Who, the Kinks were one of the most influential bands of the British Invasion. Like most bands of their era, the Kinks began as an R&B/blues outfit. Within four years, the band had become the most staunchly English of all their contemporaries,... [+] Read More
Artist: Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt was the first hugely influential jazz figure to emerge from Europe -- and he remains the most influential European to this day, with possible competition from Joe Zawinul, George Shearing, John McLaughlin, his old cohort Stephane Grappelli and a bare handful of others. A free-spirited gypsy, Reinhardt wasn't the most reliable... [+] Read More
Artist: The Sunpilots
Want free Sunpilots music and videos, news and tour updates?Get a Backstage Pass!Press"The Sunpilots could sway stadium crowds if their stagecraft is any match for their strong musical sense of drama and dynamics." The Drummedia, AUS"Poetic rock with the energy of Pearl Jam and the dark undertone of Radiohead..." Soundscape Magazine,... [+] Read More
Artist: Superchunk
Perhaps no band was more emblematic of the true spirit of American indie rock during the 1990s than Superchunk, the pride of Chapel Hill, NC. Following the D.I.Y. ethic to the letter, the group operated solely by their own rules, ignoring all passing trends by sticking to their trademark sound -- typified by the buzzing guitars and high,... [+] Read More
Artist: George Baquet
There was literally a bouquet of musicians from the New Orleans Baquet family, all clarinetists. George Baquet has been considered by musical historians as the earliest player to use the so-called "licorice stick" as a jazz instrument, and was an important influence on the great Sidney Bechet. He was also one of a group of players who... [+] Read More
Artist: The Sherrys
The Sherrys were a short-lived girl group with a rich, soulful sound, built around dance numbers that they performed with extraordinary exuberance, organized by Philadelphia singing star Little Joe Cook. A veteran of gospel and R&B, Cook had led a group called the Thrillers from the mid-'50s until 1961, when he began putting a group together... [+] Read More
Artist: Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon's life and work was virtually an embodiment of the progress of the blues, from an accidental creation of the descendants of freed slaves to a recognized and vital part of America's musical heritage. That Dixon was one of the first professional blues songwriters to benefit in a serious, material way -- and that he had to fight to do... [+] Read More
Artist: Lenny Williams
Although Lenny Williams has had a long solo career, he is still best-known for his three years as the lead singer of Tower of Power, one of the top funk/soul bands of the '70s. But Williams was pursuing a solo career before joining Tower of Power, and he resumed his solo career after leaving that famous Oakland outfit in 1975. Born in Little... [+] Read More
Artist: Hobo Jack Adkins
Hobo Jack Adkins was given his stage name by a radio station manager during an era when radio was closely involved with newly developing strains of old-time, country, and bluegrass music. It places him in the unique category of players whose names connote a rambling lifestyle -- Ramblin' Jack Elliot would be the most famous example -- as if all... [+] Read More
Artist: The Adolescents
One of Southern California's best-loved hardcore bands, the Adolescents helped establish the blueprint for Orange County punk, along with Agent Orange and Social Distortion. Although their music was the most standard-issue of the three, the Adolescents' blazing energy and quintessential teenage snottiness gave them an instant connection with... [+] Read More
Artist: mi6
The quartet that makes up mi6 hails from Lawrence, KS, and infuses its light-hearted punk music with the Midwestern values that come from the open plains. Kenny Peterson, guitar and lead vocals (born Kenny Peterson III, 1971, Milwaukee, WI), started his first band, One Way, while still in high school. After he joined the Army, he found time to... [+] Read More
