Showing 251 - 275 of 3317
Artist: Mozelle Alderson
St. Louis blues vocalist Mozelle Alderson recorded under her own name with pianist Judson Brown. Apparently, Alderson was the real name for Jane Lucas, who sings on some Hokum Boys' 1930 recordings. Other recording names that may have possibly been the same person (although it is now impossible to be certain) are: Kansas City Kitty, Hannah May,... [+] Read More
Artist: William Maxwell
William Maxwell started playing bass at the age of 12. He does, however, dabble in playing many instruments from drums to keyboards. He also runs his own recording studio and has a degree in music composition. Maxwell performs regularly as the bassist of Tempest. He has released three solo albums, starting with 1992's Dual Personality all the... [+] Read More
Artist: Neutronic
Neutronic has been knocking around the techno underground since the late '90s, releasing albums, such as 1999's Neutronic Vs. Planet Earth and 2001's The Mutation Engine, through independent labels. Several smaller releases and compilation tracks are also floating around, but despite their relatively high-profile performances they have released... [+] Read More
Artist: Japonize Elephants
The Japonize Elephants from Bloomington, IN, are comprised of a ten-person group led by the Emperqq of Zerlock; the band's eclectic sound borrows from bluegrass, folk, and jazz with plenty of ethnic influences (including Far and Middle Eastern) and silly sound effects. Their first CD, Bob's Bacon Barn, was released by Secret Canadian in February... [+] Read More
Artist: Lance Gibbon
Christian keyboardist/producer Lance Gibbon was born in Seattle in 1968, later studying electronic music at a local community college; a stint at Central Washington University followed, and concurrently he joined the Christian rock band Pathfinder. While teaching music in the public school system, Gibbon spent his weekends and summers recording... [+] Read More
Artist: James Monroe Jones
In Wisconsin, the most famous person named James Monroe Jones would be the fellow who "discovered" and named that states' Jones Island.
The fellow of the same name who toiled as an assistant to the executive producer on an early-'90s effort by multi-instrumentalist Pierre Copeland appears to be totally unrelated. Furthermore, it is quite... [+] Read More
Artist: Gramm
Jan Jelinek's productions as Gramm and Farben are some of the warmest examples of what is usually a very cold style of electronics: the heavily experimental German dub scene. Based in Berlin, Jelinek debuted with three Farben singles released on Klang Electronik during 1998-1999. After signing to David Moufang's Source Records, he recorded his... [+] Read More
Artist: Fantastic!
A sensibility of electronic undertones, shy vocals and a 60's pop of guitar rock resulted in the sound of Fantastic. Along with the combined influences of The Smiths, The High Llamas and The Beatles, Fantastic had the opportunity to play outside of their native Paris following the Siesta Records release of their first EP Montgomery Clift.... [+] Read More
Artist: Duran Duran
Duran Duran personified new wave for much of the mainstream audience. And for good reason, too. Duran Duran's reputation was built through music videos, which accentuated their fashion-model looks and glamorous sense of style. Without music videos, it's likely that the band's pop-funk -- described by the group as the Sex Pistols meets Chic --... [+] Read More
Artist: Static-X
Static-X's roots trace to the Midwest, where vocalist/guitarist Wayne Static grew up in Michigan and drummer Ken Jay in Illinois. They ended up in Chicago separately, but were introduced at the record store where Jay worked by Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan. Static and Jay decided to head west to California and start up a new band.... [+] Read More
Artist: Cat Stevens
Cat Stevens, born Steven Demetre Georgiou, was the son of a Swedish mother and a Greek father who ran a restaurant in London. He became interested in folk music and rock & roll in his teens while attending Hammersmith College and in 1965 began performing under the name Steve Adams. Mike Hurst, a former member of the folk-pop group the... [+] Read More
Artist: Ticklah
Ticklah vs. Axelrod is an epic soundclash between two sides of a musical personality: the studio wizardry and dub experimentation of Ticklah, versus the keyboard prowess and genre restlessness of Victor Axelrod. In this case, the battle rages in the head of one person. Ticklah and Victor Axelrod are one and the same and Ticklah vs. Axelrod is... [+] Read More
Artist: Oumou Sangare
In 1990, Wassoulou singer Sangare became a superstar in West Africa with Moussolou, which sold an astonishing 250,000 copies (many more were likely pirated). She received much of her attention for writing and singing lyrics that specifically addressed concerns of women in modern West African society, such as the conflict between marriage and... [+] Read More
Artist: Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman was the first celebrated bandleader of the Swing Era, dubbed "The King of Swing," his popular emergence marking the beginning of the era. He was an accomplished clarinetist whose distinctive playing gave an identity both to his big band and to the smaller units he led simultaneously. The most popular figure of the first few years... [+] Read More
Artist: Sir John Stainer
As an excellent organist and teacher Stainer came to be the organist at St. Paul's Cathedral in Tenbury and a Professor of music at Oxford. The majority of his compositions were self-admittedly amateurish at best though his anthems and other music for the church service are still used. Noteworthy compositions by Stainer include "The Crucifixion"... [+] Read More
Artist: Nick Cave
After goth pioneers the Birthday Party called it quits in 1983, singer/songwriter Nick Cave assembled the Bad Seeds, a post-punk supergroup featuring former Birthday Party guitarist Mick Harvey on drums, ex-Magazine bassist Barry Adamson, and Einstürzende Neubauten guitarist Blixa Bargeld. With the Bad Seeds, Cave continued to explore his... [+] Read More
Artist: Santana
Santana is the primary exponent of Latin-tinged rock, particularly due to its combination of Latin percussion (congas, timbales, etc.) with bandleader Carlos Santana's distinctive, high-pitched lead guitar playing. The group was the last major act to emerge from the psychedelic San Francisco music scene of the 1960s and it enjoyed massive... [+] Read More
Artist: Olivia Newton-John
Born in Cambridge, England in 1948, the youngest child of Professor Brin Newton-John and Irene, daughter of Nobel Prize winning physicist, Max Born, Olivia moved to Melbourne, Australia with her family when she was five. By the age of fifteen, she had formed an all-girl group called Sol Four. Later that year she won a talent contest on the... [+] Read More
Artist: Aaliyah
A star in the R&B world before she was even out of her teens, Aaliyah's promising career was tragically cut short by her death in a plane crash at age 22. Even with only three albums under her belt, she'd already earned a place as a talented trendsetter among the R&B elite. Following a successful transition to a more mature image, Aaliyah played... [+] Read More
Artist: Ashlee Simpson
She might be the younger sister of superstar Jessica Simpson, but don't confuse their tastes or style when it comes to music. Waco, Texas-born Ashlee Simpson always loved music. At age 11 she was the youngest person ever admitted into the School of American Ballet. At 14 she moved with her parents and older sister to Los Angeles and spent time... [+] Read More
Artist: The Attik
To emcee is to be a master of ceremony and a master of crowds. It is to defy the laws of syntax and to give meaning where there is none. Emceeing is that which turns word into ecstasy. It means to compel creative thinking and an undying movement of thought. It seeks out no ending. Instead it grows, changes, and pushes past wherever it was told... [+] Read More
Artist: short circuit band
With their mixture of exploding guitar sounds, heart-thumping drum beats, vocal harmonies that will capture you and lyrics that tell stories, almost like a personal diary. SHORT CIRCUIT are a “must see” band this year of 2007. This year is a huge year for Short Circuit and they are ready to unleash their music to your ears. With 2... [+] Read More
Artist: Joni Mitchell
When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century. Uncompromising and iconoclastic, Mitchell confounded expectations at every turn; restlessly innovative, her music evolved from deeply personal folk stylings into pop, jazz, avant-garde, and even world music,... [+] Read More
Artist: Steve Green
Gospel singer Steve Green began in the gospel industry during the mid-'70s, singing backup vocals and playing bass with Sandi Patti, White Heart and the Gaither Vocal Band. By the early '80s, he had gained a solo contract with Sparrow Records, and his self-titled debut album appeared in 1984. He averaged more than one album per year during the... [+] Read More
Artist: Madison Park
Downtempo duo Madison Park -- DeAnna and James Cool -- released some of their first tracks on the first two volumes of New Sound Theory, a pair of various-artist compilations released in 2003 on their BasicLUX label. Just after the release of their first album, 2004's Boutique, "My Personal Moon" (originally from New Sound Theory, Vol. 1) was... [+] Read More
