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Artist: Ann Savoy
Ann Savoy (born: Ann Allen) knew very little about Cajun music when she met Cajun accordion player and builder Marc Savoy at the National Folk Festival in Washington, D.C., in 1975. Under Savoy's supervision, she learned the intricacies of Cajun guitar playing and singing. Performing together since their marriage in 1976, Ann and Marc Savoy... [+] Read More
Artist: Balfa Toujours
The legacy of late Cajun fiddler Dewey Balfa continues through the music of his daughters, Nelda and Christine, and their band, Balfa Toujours. Performing in the traditional acoustic style of Cajun music, the group combines the bayou sound with enthusiasm and front porch intimacy.
Although the Balfa sisters played guitar as youngsters and often... [+] Read More
Artist: Wild Bill Moore
Texas tenor saxman Wild Bill Moore was a big-toned (somewhat lavish) tenor player. Moore was born William M. Moore on June 13, 1918. While originally an alto player, Moore switched to tenor in the early '40s, influenced by the great Chu Berry. He was first noticed in Chicago in 1944, the year he made his first recording with Christine Chatman... [+] Read More
Artist: Executive Suite
Executive Suite was the Philly group that Daryl Hall contributed vocals to on their first single ("Christine," for Jubilee Records) in 1970. The members were Vincent Unto, Henry Tuten, William Tyler, and Charles Conyers. Their next release, a smooth, Philly ballad named "I'm a Winner Now" from 1972, remains the jewel of their career. Babylon... [+] Read More
Artist: John Gordon
Combining instrumental and engineering skills, John Gordon has piled up a haystack of recording credits, much of the work under the auspices of his own studio. Many listeners will know him as the guitarist on Suzanne Vega's haunting "Luka." Gordon began as a session guitarist and during the late '70s was a member of a power pop band, Tycoon,... [+] Read More
Artist: Paris
Californian Bob Welch, better known for the wistful romanticism of such songs as "Sentimental Lady," with Fleetwood Mac, shattered any stereotyping by composing all of the hard-rocking tunes performed on the debut album by this short-lived power trio. His bandmates were former Jethro Tull bassist Glenn Cornick and former Nazz drummer Thom... [+] Read More
Artist: New Bad Things
What began as a one-off from like-minded coffee shop dwellers in Portland, OR, swelled into one of the Rose City's longest-lasting contributions to the indie rock world. David French, Luke Hollywood, Christine Denkwelter, Matthew Hattie Hein, and Mattiey Gaunt formed in 1992 to do a one-time opening gig for Sebadoh. They soon recorded a... [+] Read More
Artist: Snapper
Noise-rock unit Snapper was led by singer/guitarist Peter Gutteridge, an unsung hero of the New Zealand pop scene whose resumé included stints as a founding member of both the Clean and the Chills. Snapper evolved from the lineup of another Gutteridge-led band, the Dunedin-based Phrones, and the lineup featured on the group's excellent... [+] Read More
Artist: Mark Keefner
Kurt Keefner was born during Camelot, but does not share the bad habits of the era. He grew up in Illinois, attended the University of Chicago and was for many years a bookstore manager in Connecticut. He publishes an irregular online music column called "A Musical Odyssey" which is archived at Monadnock.net. Kurt's "other job" is teaching test... [+] Read More
Artist: Deirdre Flint
Known for her quirky, goofy, humorous songs, Deirdre Flint is an entertaining singer/songwriter who became active on the Philadelphia music scene in the 1990s. Flint, who blends folk, rock and pop, has been compared to the equally humorous Christine Lavin, although she insists that she was writing funny songs before she ever heard of Lavin. Born... [+] Read More
Artist: Sally Fingerett
Sally Fingerett is best known as a member of the Bitchin' Babes, an all-female folk-pop group founded by humorous singer/songwriter Christine Lavin in 1990. A craftsmanlike songwriter and possessor of a emotion-tinged soprano voice, Fingerett has been nearly as effective on her own. Her song "Home Is Where the Heart Is" has been featured during... [+] Read More
Artist: Julie Gold
Julie Gold was working as a secretary for HBO in New York when a telephone call from Nanci Griffith changed her life. An aspiring singer/songwriter, Gold had been waiting for her big break when a tape of her song, "From a Distance," was sent to Griffith by singer/songwriter Christine Lavin. Griffith was so impressed by the song that she called... [+] Read More
Artist: Susan Ashton
Susan Rae Hill was born in Irving, TX, on July 17, 1967. The adult contemporary vocalist's first single -- recorded using her mother's maiden name of Ashton to avoid confusion with Kim Hill -- gained an audience with CCM radio listeners around America in 1991, and made her album Wakened by the Wind the biggest-selling debut in the history of the... [+] Read More
Artist: Alpha & Omega
As the duo, Alpha and Omega, Christine Woodbridge and John Sprosen have created a style of dub, the remixing offshoot of reggae, that is uniquely British. While they were initially influenced by original dub recordings by Lee "Scratch" Perry, King Tubby and Augustus Pablo, Woodbridge and Sprosen have continued to evolve their own sound. "Option"... [+] Read More
Artist: Clive Gregson
Clive Gregson and Christine Collister were the most moving and memorable U.K. folk-rock duo to emerge since Richard and Linda Thompson. Gregson's wry tales of the ins and outs of love, sung in Collister's heartbreaking voice have earned the duo (and subsequent solo work) respect and a devoted following though commercial success and mainstream... [+] Read More
Artist: Erin Bode
Erin Bode (her surname is pronounced as two syllables, each with long vowels) is a singer who is comfortable mixing jazz standards with well-known pop tunes and classics from the Great American Songbook in a typical performance. The daughter of a Lutheran pastor who was raised in a musical household in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, Bode sang in... [+] Read More
Artist: Cecile Kayirebwa
The musical traditions of Rwanda provide the foundation for soulful vocalist and composer Cecile Kayirebwa. A founding member of the Rwanda Song and Dance Circle since 1961, Kayirebwa has continued her musical heritage as a member of Belgium-based African bands Bula Sangome and Arcadia and as a soloist. Kayirebwa's early interests in traditional... [+] Read More
Artist: Semiautomatic
The Brooklyn-based electronic punk group Semiautomatic features vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Akiko Carver and programmer/multi-instrumentalist Rop Vasquez. At one point the band also included Ian Vanek of the Teamsters and the Tight Bro's from Way Back When. Vasquez, a former member of the PeeChees, the Lefties, the Creeps, and Rice, also has... [+] Read More
Artist: Rotoscope
The genre-straddling Norwegian collective Rotoscope was originally formed in the fall of 1999 by composer/multi-instrumentalist Andreas Mjøs, with the goal of combining modern electronica with more experimental approaches to songwriting and production. While initially formed with the specific aim of performing a live show at a music festival in... [+] Read More
Artist: Lucio Battisti
Italian singer/songwriter Lucio Battisti was born on March 5, 1943, in the small town of Poggio Bustone, in Rieti, Italy. His family relocated to Rome in 1950, and by the mid-'60s, Battisti was performing in local bands, one of which was named Campioni. Interested in pursuing a career in music, Battisti relocated to Milan (Italy's musical... [+] Read More
Artist: Robbie Patton
English singer/songwriter Robbie Patton received his break when he toured as a special guest of Fleetwood Mac in 1979 when that act was one of the hottest acts in the music world. The association proved to be even more beneficial when Patton recorded his 1981 release Distant Shores. Not only did Mac keyboardist Christine McVie play keyboards and... [+] Read More
Artist: Frank Christian
Greenwich Village-based Frank Christian is one of contemporary folk music's virtuosic guitar players. His heartfelt melodies have strengthened performances and/or recordings by Nanci Griffith, Christine Lavin, Suzanne Vega, John Gorka, Dave Van Ronk and the Smithereens. Christian is equally skilled as a songwriter and vocalist. His tune "Three... [+] Read More
Artist: Chris While
Lead vocalist and guitarist of the Albion Band from 1993 until 1997, Chris While has continued to make her presence known as one half of a duo she shares with ex-Albion Band bandmate Julie Matthews. Their debut album, Piecework, released in 1998, was followed by the equally impressive Higher Potential a year later. A two-CD set, Stages, recorded... [+] Read More
Artist: Camille West
Camille West is on a roll as one of acoustic music's funniest singer/songwriters. Until recently, West has been relatively unknown outside of the Saratoga Springs, NY region. Although encouraged by the late Lena Spencer of Cafe Lena, West focused most of her attention on raising two sons, Jason and Justin, until performing at her first open mic... [+] Read More
Artist: Sister 2 Sister
Australian sisters Sharon and Christine Muscat sing together in perfect pop harmony. They also write their own music. Sharon plays the piano and guitar, while Chris adds her skills with the piano and drums.
The young gifted duo grew up listening to tunes by distinguished female artists like Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Madonna, Janet Jackson,... [+] Read More
