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Artist: Rahul Sharma
The mountainous region of Kashmir was where Rahul Sharma's lineage with music evolved. His grandfather, Uma Dutt Sharma, was a master of the santoor, an instrument that is similar to the hammer-dulcimer. The harsh tone of the instrument made it fell out of line with folk music as well as classical music, but Uma Dutt Sharma persisted. His... [+] Read More
Artist: zerobridge
Its not often you hear about a band like zerobridge. Lead singer/guitarist and songwriter Mubashir Din Mohi-ud-Din and drummer Mohsin Mo Mohi-ud-Din are two brothers, whose parents are from the disputed territory of Kashmir, nestled between northern India and Pakistan. Greg The Quota, seasoned NYC bass player, rounds out the trio... [+] Read More
Artist: Shivkumar Sharma
Shivkumar Sharma is one of the truly great visionaries in the Hindustani classical music firmament. His popularity has created a knotty problem for his admirers. Popularity has led to a demand for recordings by him, to a degree that having a Shivkumar Sharma album acts like a kind of validation for a label. Consequently the market is flooded... [+] Read More
Artist: Ben Godwin
Ben Godwin is set to release his full-length debut, SKIN AND BONE for worldwide release on April 17th, which will be accompanied by a US album release tour. A frequent performer in NYC for LIFEbeat's Hearts & Voices program, (which brings live music to people living with HIV, ) Godwin will donate $1 from the sale of each copy of SKIN AND BONE to... [+] Read More
Artist: Waterfront
After Rick Astley's slick blue-eyed soul began to dominate Top 40 radio in England and America in the late '80s, a number of sharply dressed and handsome British bands, such as Johnny Hates Jazz, Curiousity Killed the Cat, and Breathe, started appearing on MTV. Signed to Polydor, Waterfront was among the few who were rewarded with a one-hit... [+] Read More
Artist: Saturna
Well into the twenty-first century, the Pacific northwestern area still produces some of the best music in the country. The early alternative rock movement in the very early 1990s jammed the region's first stake into the soil, claiming the sister cities of Seattle and Portland as fertile grounds for new music. Stepping forward with a fresh foot... [+] Read More
Artist: Coverdale/Page
After all the accusations of David Coverdale ripping off' Led Zeppelin in his group, Whitesnake, skeptics continued to raise their eyebrows when founding Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page united with Coverdale during the early 90s in the super group, Coverdale Page. Although the collaboration was a fleeting one, it did spawn an album (which... [+] Read More
Artist: The Cashmeres
Atlanta R&B outfit the Cashmeres formed in 1949 -- according to Marv Goldberg's profile in the September 2004 issue of Blues & Rhythm, lead Dodd Hicks, tenor William Butts, baritone Ralph Riley, and bass Bobby Arnold founded the group to participate in a talent show at their high school, McNeal Turner. After winning top honors in the contest,... [+] Read More
Artist: Jimmy Page
Unquestionably one of the all-time most influential, important, and versatile guitarists and songwriters in rock history is Jimmy Page. Just about every rock guitarist from the late '60s/early '70s to the present day has been influenced by Page's work with Led Zeppelin -- his monolithic riffs served as a blueprint for what would eventually... [+] Read More
