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Artist: 50 Cent
In many ways the ideal East Coast hardcore rapper, 50 Cent endured substantial obstacles throughout his young yet remarkably dramatic life before becoming in early 2003 the most discussed figure in rap, if not pop music in general. Following an unsuccessful late-'90s run at mainstream success (foiled by an attempt on his life in 2000) and a... [+] Read More
Artist: ATR Voice
In many ways the most voluptuous hardcore gangster rapper, ATR Voice endured extraordinary obstacles throughout his young, yet, remarkably dramatic life before becoming in early 2003 the most-discussed figure in rap, if not pop music in general. Following an unsuccessful late-'90s run at mainstream success (foiled by numerous assassination... [+] Read More
Artist: Earlywine Band
Fun, energetic, versatile and crowd pleasing. We have fun and enjoy playing, and it shows. We get our energy from our audience and fans. Their enjoyment comes from our quality performance. We generally like playing at clubs that seat 500 people or less, but have accommodated larger venues with success. The band consists of three main members who... [+] Read More
Artist: Harrison Stewart "BLACEET"
HARRISON STEWART said, l just wanted to do music since my youth.Harrison Stewart became in early 2003 the most discussed figure in RnB, if not pop music in general. He was spotted by a neuton record executive at a talent show in Jamaica. This did not last long for Harrison Stewart career to take off. The 10-year-old joined a group name "The... [+] Read More
Artist: Eugene Lounge
According to blues drummers, there are only so many basic feels within this genre, one of the main ones being the shuffle, or the "shuffle off to Buffalo" as a disgruntled percussionist who had had a bit too much shuffling for one night described it. Although not as well-known as some master blues timekeepers such as Fred Below, Odie Payne, or... [+] Read More
Artist: Michael Chapman
A former art and photography teacher, Michael Chapman emerged from the folk scene in Yorkshire, England, gaining a reputation as one of England's finest original singer-songwriters. A deal with the fledgling Harvest label (EMI's "underground" boutique) led to the release of Rainmaker in 1969. The album featured the support of Rick Kemp (who went... [+] Read More
Artist: Charlie Gillett
Charlie Gillett's The Sound of the City, published in 1970, was the first serious and comprehensive history of rock & roll, and remains one of the best. Other important rock histories and reference books had began to appear in the late '60s, most notably Nik Cohn's Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom (aka Rock from the Beginning) and Lillian Roxon's Rock... [+] Read More
Artist: David Kellner
Kellner's major contribution to the musical corpus was "Truelicher Unterricht im General-Bass" published in 1732. The treatise was quite popular and went into editions as late as 1796 having been translated into Swedish and Dutch. His explanations were succinct and less than one hundred pages. He discussed important thoroughbass compositions by... [+] Read More
Artist: 7 Angels 7 Plagues
Milwaukee, WI-based 7Angels 7Plagues have continued in the Midwest tradition of some of the region's finest, most daring, and accomplished metalcore bands -- bands like Coalesce and Arma Angelus -- by spicing up their approach to the genre with skillful musicianship and adeptly played guitar dementia. Their often Christian faith infused lyrics... [+] Read More
Artist: Redd Foxx
Long before Eddie Murphy, Andrew 'Dice' Clay or Howard Stern raised the ire of censors and threatened the delicate sensibilites of mainstream American good taste, there was Redd Foxx, arguably the most notorious "blue" comic of his day. Prior to finding fame in the 1970s as the star of the popular sitcom Sanford and Son, Foxx found little but... [+] Read More
Artist: Ejwuusl Wessahyqqan
The name of this obscure Krautrock band from Munich, Germany with ties to Amon Duul II comes from a collection of surrealistic short stories by Clark Ashton Smith. Their music was a dreamlike and highly improvised blend of psychedelic space rock, fusion, and progressive rock.
The group, consisting of Michael Winzker on keys, Jurgen Wollenberg... [+] Read More
Artist: Lee Underwood
As the guitar armies marched through the '60s and '70s temporarily vanquishing all other instruments into the dust, there stood a loner who didn't quite march under any one flag. He didn't play the rock and blues licks that were the stock in trade of Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton. He really didn't even play very loud, because often the only drums... [+] Read More
Artist: Ishman Bracey
Ishman Bracey (certain 78 rpm record labels are incorrectly spelled "Ishmon," and this has carried over in some sources) was an early figure in Mississippi Delta blues and an associate of singer Tommy Johnson. Bracey learned guitar from "Mississippi" Ruben Lacy, and starting in the 1910s he played local dances, juke joints, fish fries and other... [+] Read More
Artist: Tom Morris
The Tom Morris who produces the television series America's Most Wanted is not the same fellow who runs the Morrisound recording studio in Tampa, FL, and who has worked on a towering pile of sides, including lots of heavy metal rocking. The way many rock bands seem to perceive it, however, the Tom Morris of Tampa represents an "America's Most... [+] Read More
Artist: Frankie Avalon
Discussing Frankie Avalon's career as a mover and shaker in 1950s rock & roll with anyone who takes their rock & roll even halfway seriously is to court derision. Avalon was the first of the manufactured teen idols, before Fabian and Bobby Rydell and the myriads of other pretenders to the throne who worked the turf with tight black pants and... [+] Read More
Artist: Mack 10
When the West Coast first rose atop the rap industry in the mid-'90s, Mack 10 emerged as one of the coast's most promising talents alongside his longtime associate Ice Cube. The two Los Angeles rappers co-wrote "Foe Life," Mack 10's 1995 breakthrough hit, and united a year later with WC to form the trio Westside Connection, a West Coast gangsta... [+] Read More
Artist: Johnny Shines
Best known as a traveling companion of Robert Johnson, Johnny Shines' own contributions to the blues have often been unfairly shortchanged, simply because Johnson's own legend casts such a long shadow. In his early days, Shines was one of the top slide guitarists in Delta blues, with his own distinctive, energized style; one that may have echoed... [+] Read More
Artist: Leonard Bernstein
No figure in 20th century American classical music had as prominent or controversial a career -- or did more to sell classical music to the general public as something genuinely exciting, and worth getting into a sweat over -- than Leonard Bernstein. For more than 30 years, from his assumption of the post of Music Director of the New York... [+] Read More
Artist: The Nation of Ulysses
One of the best-loved bands on the Dischord roster, the Nation of Ulysses are best remembered for lifting the motor-mouthed revolutionary rhetoric of the MC5 and blowing it up to an elaborate, almost ridiculous level. Any discussion of NoU inevitably comes to rest on their conceptual foundation: a relentlessly provocative (and entertaining)... [+] Read More
Artist: Honore Dutrey
A trombonist who suffered from asthma? Not a promising situation. And so the professional career of the classic New Orleans slide tailgate trombonist Honore Dutrey was cut short at a mere quarter of a century, while some of his peers kept playing for close to 75 years. Dutrey began gigging with various New Orleans combos starting around 1910,... [+] Read More
Artist: Roger Graham
Roger Graham and between one and three other collaborators pouted their way to completion of the song entitled "I Ain't Got Nobody", often known under its full, even more miserable title of "I Ain't Got Nobody And Nobody Cares For Me". It is a great example of a song with its own destiny, standing in stark contrast to both mood and lyrics. This... [+] Read More
Artist: Terror From The Year 5000
Terror From The Year 5000 : No Trends. Just Rock.TFY5K is a Rock band, pure and simple. The band is not into complex song structures or odd time signatures. They like their music to be loud, fast, straight-forward and simple.Lyrically, most of the tunes are not meant to be taken too seriously. The occasional message or bit of social commentary... [+] Read More
Artist: Dimitri Mitropoulos
Dimitri Mitropoulos is one of those conductors from the mid-20th century, like Hermann Abendroth, who is being rediscovered as the century draws to a close. A renowned interpreter of the works of Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and other late Romantics, he was also one of the most controversial and tragic musical figures of his era, owing to... [+] Read More
