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Artist: Sting
After disbanding the Police at the peak of their popularity in 1984, Sting quickly established himself as a viable solo artist, one obsessed with expanding the boundaries of pop music. Sting incorporated heavy elements of jazz, classical, and worldbeat into his music, writing lyrics that were literate and self-consciously meaningful, and he was... [+] Read More
Artist: Sting
Artist: The Sting Rays
From Long Island, NY, the Sting Rays were one of the poppier mid-'60s garage bands that came to light as the mid-'80s garage reissue scene took archivism to its extremes. It's uncertain whether they ever released anything, but the Cicadelic label found a live tape that it deemed suitable to enshrine on one side of a reissue LP. Consisting mostly... [+] Read More
Artist: The Sting Rays
Artist: Ambassadors of Sting
Artist: Bryan Adams
From the mid-'80s to the mid-'90s, Canadian singer/songwriter and guitarist Bryan Adams was one of the most successful recording artists in popular music worldwide. Usually dressed in blue jeans, sneakers, and white T-shirts, the energetic performer stalked stages around the globe, electric guitar in hand, singing his own up-tempo pop/rock songs... [+] Read More
Artist: Scorpions
Known best for their 1984 anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and the 1990 ballad "Wind of Change," the German rockers the Scorpions have sold over 22-million records, making them one of the most successful rock bands to ever come out of Continental Europe.Originally formed in 1969 by Rudolf Schenker, the original lineup consisted of rhythm... [+] Read More
Artist: Jeff Wofford
Jeff Wofford is a one-man band, writing, performing, and recording songs reminiscent of U2, Sting, Radiohead, and Coldplay. [+] Read More
Artist: Josh Groban
Pop and classical singer Josh Groban made his debut in the seventh grade, but then put music aside for a few years until he enrolled at the Interlochen Arts Program. In late 1998, he hooked up with a friend of his vocal coach, producer/writer/arranger David Foster. Groban worked for Foster as a rehearsal singer on a series of high-profile... [+] Read More
Artist: Joe Sumner
Joe Sumner is the son of Sting, although the former performer has gone out of his way to avoid this connection since doing background vocals on his pop's pop releases such as the mid '80s Dream of the Blue Turtles. Sumner flies with own group, Fiction Plane, and is said to have forbidden the band's public relations team from even... [+] Read More
Artist: The Rolling Stones
By the time the Rolling Stones began calling themselves the World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the late '60s, they had already staked out an impressive claim on the title. As the self-consciously dangerous alternative to the bouncy Merseybeat of the Beatles in the British Invasion, the Stones had pioneered the gritty, hard-driving blues-based... [+] Read More
Artist: Monsoon Season
Monsoon Season plays a soulful brand of rock mixed with R&B and jazz elements. Often described as a cross between Sting, Steely Dan and the gutteral pop rock of Billy Joel, the band emphasizes a powerful groove and strong melodies. [+] Read More
Artist: Andy Davis
Assistant engineer Andy Davis was around some heavy talent -- including Sting and guitarist Stanley Jordan -- on the 2005 Together as One project by Gregg Kofi Brown, a man whose name sounds like part of a deli order. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Diane Zeigler
Folksinger Diane Zeigler started her career in musical theater; she has also appeared as an actress. Her Philo release, Sting of the Honeybee, was produced by Artie Traum and Scott Petito and features musical backing by Tony Trischka, Jerry Marotta, Amy Fradon and Leslie Ritter. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Cheb Mami
The traditional music of Algeria is combined with Spanish, Moroccan, French, and Arabic influences to create the dance-inspiring sounds of "the Prince of Rai," Cheb Mami (born Khelifati Mohamed). Cheb Mami's music was described in a press release from the ARK 21 record label, as "Arabic rock & roll retaining virtues of traditional music but... [+] Read More
Artist: The Sick Lipstick
Toronto's Sick Lipstick fuses no wave, punk, and hints of riot grrrl into a challenging, confrontational sound. The band formed in 2001 after the likeminded Black Cat #13 disbanded; that band's singer, Lindsay Gillard, and keyboardist, Mark McLean, recruited guitarist Allan Graham and drummer Adrian to flesh out their new project's lineup. The... [+] Read More
Artist: The Police
Nominally, the Police were punk rock, but that's only in the loosest sense of the term. The trio's nervous, reggae-injected pop/rock was punky, but it wasn't necessarily punk. All three members were considerably more technically proficient than the average punk or new wave band. Andy Summers had a precise guitar attack that created dense,... [+] Read More
Artist: Paul Thorn
Tupelo, MS's Paul Thorn was a prizefighter and skydiver before becoming a rootsy singer/songwriter. As a boxer, Thorn once fought against Roberto Duran and as a musician, he has toured and collaborated with Sting, Paul Carrack, Joe Diffie, Tanya Tucker, Ronnie Milsap, and Carole King. He released his debut album, Hammer & Nail, in 1997 and... [+] Read More
Artist: Khadja Nin
Singer Khadja Nin was born and raised in the African country of Burundi. Her spoken languages include French, Swahili, and Kirundi. She credits Miriam Makeba as her mentor and sings mainly on humanitarian topics she has witnessed growing up in Africa. On Ya, her debut album released in October of 2000, she collaborated with Sting's guitarist... [+] Read More
Artist: Anders Holst
Soulful Swedish singer/songwriter Anders Holst blends smoky jazz with the adult contemporary melodicism of Sting, Seal, and Leonard Cohen. Recorded in his native Stockholm, as well as New York City, his five-song debut EP, titled simply Five, was released on Unheard of Music in 2004. Introspective, spiritual, and romantic, Five deftly weaves... [+] Read More
Artist: André Ceccarelli
With the release of his solo albums, Ceccarelli in 1978 and Andre Ceccarelli in 1981, André Ceccarelli became one of European jazz's most promising young musicians. Joined by top-ranked jazz and progressive players, including Didier Lockwood, Jannick Top, Christian Escoude, and Francois Jeanneau, and vocalist Alex Ligertwood of the Brian Auger... [+] Read More
Artist: Fiction Plane
Fronted by singer/songwriter Joe Sumner -- who is the adult son of pop/rock superstar and former Police vocalist Sting -- Fiction Plane is a mostly British alternative pop/rock outfit that started to acquire a U.K. following in the early 2000s. The fact that Sumner is Sting's son has inevitably been mentioned quite a bit in the British press,... [+] Read More
Artist: Shaggy
Emerging in the early '90s, Shaggy was the biggest crossover success in dancehall reggae. Not only did he become the genre's most commercially potent artist in the international market, he was also more than just a typical flash in the pan, managing to sustain a career over the course of several highly popular albums. Perhaps in part because he... [+] Read More
Artist: Victor Calderone
Brooklyn native Victor Calderone has been cranking out house tracks and remixes since the mid-'90s, when his 1996 production "Give It Up" became a club favorite around the globe. Since then he has been in demand, remixing tracks for the biggest names in pop music, including Madonna, Garbage, Bette Midler, Gloria Estefan, and the rarely remixed... [+] Read More
Artist: Kenny Kirkland
Closely associated at times with Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland surprisingly only led one CD of his own prior to his premature death. He started playing piano at age six and later studied at the Manhattan School of Music. Among his early jobs were playing with Michal Urbaniak (on electric keyboards) during 1977, Miroslav Vitous... [+] Read More
