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Artist: Tony Gerber
Musician, visual artist, and record-label entrepreneur -- Tony Gerber has proven to be the Renaissance man of Nashville's music underground. Prolifically creative, Gerber has helped broaden Music City's artistic palette. As a member of the trailblazing electronic music band Spacecraft and as the owner of the Internet-based Space for Music record... [+] Read More
Artist: Nina Gerber
A fixture on the West Coast folk and acoustic music scene, Gerber is rarely in the spotlight because she doesn't sing, but those who know her, know her as the pre-eminent accompanist for folk, acoustic, and Americana artists touring California. Gerber's guitar has backed up artists ranging from Jerry Jeff Walker to Ferron to Queen Ida to Barbara... [+] Read More
Artist: Jerry Gerber
Artist: Guy Gerber
Artist: Mich Gerber
Artist: Paul Gerber
Artist: Alan Gerber
Artist: Michael Gerber
Artist: Big Bright Lights
The Big Bright Lights were a short-lived indie rock duo whose sole album, Take Manhattan, was recorded in 1997 but remained unreleased until 2001. The duo consisted of Jeff Gerber and Derek Niedringhaus, both formerly of the Champaign-Urbana emo band Castor. When that band split in 1997, Gerber and Niedringhaus formed the more melodic and less... [+] Read More
Artist: Spacecraft
The improvisational space music trio Spacecraft formed in 1996, when keyboardist/guitarist/artist Tony Gerber and keyboardist/composer John Rose became inspired by image and sound mappings from the space shuttle Voyager. The duo used the data to program new sounds for their synthesizers, and added vocalist/keyboardist Diane Timmons to help... [+] Read More
Artist: Million Yen
The brainchild of Chicago-area "studio geek" Andy Gerber, this quartet began its official discography in 1999 when the group released a 7" single, which received wide praise and acclaim for its power pop sensibilities. The group has opened for numerous bands, including Gigolo Aunts, Goo Goo Dolls, and Cheap Trick. In 2001, the group returned to... [+] Read More
Artist: Karen Almquist
Folk-blues singer/songwriter Karen Almquist is a product of the same Northern California folk scene that spawned the late Kate Wolf, and Almquist collaborates with many of Wolf's musical associates. In fact, Almquist's debut album, 1996's Tracking of Time, was produced by Wolf's longtime musical partner, Nina Gerber. However, Almquist has an... [+] Read More
Artist: Selby Tigers
The band name that the St. Paul, MN, neo-punk quartet the Selby Tigers adopted is an amalgam; a nod to their hometown turf on Selby Avenue, a high-school team mascot, and the aegis of a rebel army. The wildly disparate influences acknowledged in their chosen title are reconciled in their music -- an angst-driven, sociopolitical stew of bratty... [+] Read More
Artist: The Cells
The Chicago band the Cells consists of singer/drummer/guitarist Cory Hance, drummer Randy Payne and guitarist Pat McIntyre. The group's debut, We Can Replace You, emerged in the summer of 2002 and featured revved-up rock and snotty pop-punk topped off by the pre-pubescent-sounding vocals of Hance. The members of the Cells, who are veterans of... [+] Read More
Artist: Giles Reaves
Though his music is of the progressive electronic variety, this keyboardist and percussionist got his start through country music channels. While living in Nashville in the '80s, Reaves hooked up with producer Marshall Montgomery and ended up working as his assistant engineer. Eventually Reaves' own music caught the ear of MCA producer Tony... [+] Read More
Artist: Aashid Himons
Aashid Himons, usually referred to as just "Aashid," has been a part of Nashville's non-country music scene for nearly a quarter-century. A big man with leonine dreadlocks and a large artistic presence, the African-American musical prodigy has asserted an incredible influence on Nashville musicians, working with some of the region's best and... [+] Read More
Artist: Johann Philipp Kirnberger
As a performer and composer Kirnberger can only be described as adequate. He studied the organ with Kellner in Grafenroda, Gerber in Sonderhausen, and J.S. Bach in Leipzig. Harpsichord and violin studies were conducted at home but he later studied the violin with Meil (1738) and thirteen years later he continued his studies of the violin in... [+] Read More
Artist: Studer/Doran
Swiss drummer/percussionist Fredy Studer and Dublin-born and Lucerne, Switzerland-raised electric guitarist Christy Doran have collaborated on a variety of jazz-inspired projects. Initially working together in Om, a jazz fusion group they formed in 1972, they went on to play with Red Twist & Tuned Arrow, a group they shared with electric guitar,... [+] Read More
Artist: Giant Sand
Giant Sand was the primary outlet for the stylistic curveballs and sun-damaged songcraft of Howe Gelb, a Pennsylvania-born singer/guitarist who formed the four-piece Giant Sandworms after relocating to Tucson, Arizona in the mid-'70s. After releasing the EP Will Wallow and Roam After the Ruin in 1980, Gelb fired everyone but bassist Scott Gerber... [+] Read More
Artist: Flock
Forming in late-'60s Chicago, the Flock forever languished in the shadow of the Chicago Transit Authority (later famous as just plain Chicago), whose peculiar approach to art rock -- incorporating horns and other unorthodox instrumentation into rock and jazz forms -- they also pursued. But though they clearly lacked Chicago's smash-hit-penning... [+] Read More
Artist: Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros was a well-planned but poorly executed supergroup whose roots were based in a set of musicians collected by Elektra Records and called Project Supergroup. The record company wanted to mold the highly talented lineup of artists into the next big recording coup of the late '60s. Despite the fact that the band could not live up to the... [+] Read More
Artist: Chris MacCarthy
Chris MacCarthy is a solo artist from Chicago, IL (native of Grand Forks, ND) whose music has received comparison's amongst some of today's top artists such as Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Sufjan Stevens, Nick Cave, Evan Dando (The Lemonheads), and Cat Power. In October 2002 Chris was selected personally by Matt Sweeney (Zwan / Chavez) to perform at... [+] Read More
Artist: Mitzi Gaynor
A popular '50s and '60s singer, actress and dancer, Mitzi Gaynor was recognized for not only her singing and dancing abilities but also her bright-eyed personality and chirpy charm. She brought zest and vivacity to all the Broadway shows and films she starred in. Known for her dancing techniques, she starred with such singing and dancing greats... [+] Read More
Artist: Ertlif
In the spring of 1969, two ex-members of Swiss band Egg & Bacon, lead guitarist Danny Andrey and bassist Teddy Riedo, formed a new band, Ertlif. The name derives from a mysterious magician and alchemist rumored to have been almost successful in turning ordinary stones into gold who lived in the forest of Teutoburg at that time when woodlands... [+] Read More
Artist: Kate Wolf
Although she was a significant presence on the folk scene between the late '70s and mid-'80s, it's difficult to categorize Kate Wolf as a folk performer (though that is ultimately the broad category that suits her best). Although she largely employed acoustic instrumentation, she really owed more to the contemporary singer-songwriting movement... [+] Read More
