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Artist: The Kelleys
This family band was an institution in Kentucky bluegrass music from the '50s through the '70s, heard regularly on the most popular country music programs; as well as in countless personal appearances throughout that state and in Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, and North Carolina, often in tandem with the wonderful performing horse Stardust. The... [+] Read More
Artist: Josh Kelley
Count Josh Kelley a fan of Napster. The Augusta, Georgia native was writing songs on the side as a student at the University of Mississippi, and in a happy Internet accident some Napstered MP3s of his work made their way to an A&R rep for Hollywood Records. Kelley eventually signed with the label, and his debut album For the Ride Home appeared... [+] Read More
Artist: Kelley Stoltz
Circular Sounds is the fourth LP from San Franciscos home recording auteur Kelley Stoltz. Its 14 songs are a stereophonic advance on the lo-fidelity psych-fuzz of Antique Glow (Beautiful Happiness, 2004) and the mid-fi piano-rock of Below the Branches (Sub Pop, 2006): two modest masterpieces which, by a curious coincidence, both made #24 in... [+] Read More
Artist: Kelley Jean
Kelley Jean is a model and former adult actress turned dance music diva! Her music is written from a female's perspective. She doesn't mind telling men what to do... and the things she says are typically what men wish they heard women say! Her gorgeous looks and hot music have been combined into a fabulous and sexy high-tech stage show utilizing... [+] Read More
Artist: Peck Kelley
For a brief while before the end of the LP era, it was possible for there to be a Peck Kelley section in the jazz section of some record stores. Considering that Kelley avoided leaving Houston throughout his life and went out of his way not to be recorded, it is miraculous that any documentation exists. In the 1920s, Kelley led Peck's Bad Boys... [+] Read More
Artist: Lori Kelley
Artist: Greg Kelley
Trumpeter Greg Kelley in an improviser whose work, both in solo contexts and with his main group nmperign, usually features quiet explorations of the extended technique of his instrument. Often, his playing sounds so alien that it's hard to tell he's playing a trumpet at all. After studying at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Kelley moved... [+] Read More
Artist: Alton Kelley
Both independently and in tandem with longtime collaborator Stanley Mouse, artist Alton Kelley created some of the most distinctive and enduring images in rock music, his sophisticated yet irreverent collages adorning countless album covers and concert posters. A native of Houlton, Maine, he studied industrial design while in college, but later... [+] Read More
Artist: Paula Kelley
Former frontwoman of Boston indie pop bands Drop Nineteens, Boy Wonder, and Hot Rod, not to mention a sometime member of the Bee Gees tribute band the Boy Joys, Paula Kelley is a genuine pure pop auteur who is not in need of bandmates to confirm her considerable talents. In the process, she has emerged as an impressively versatile songwriter,... [+] Read More
Artist: Kevin Kelley
Considering that he played and recorded with one of the top bands of the 1960s and that he also played and recorded with a few other notable folk-rock musicians, relatively little is known about drummer Kevin Kelley. The cousin of the Byrds' Chris Hillman, he became the drummer for one of Los Angeles' first folk-rock bands, the Rising Sons, in... [+] Read More
Artist: Kelley Deal
Artist: Kelley Hunt
Artist: Kelley Polar
Initially known for providing the strings on tracks by Metro Area ("The Art of Hot," "Caught Up," "Miura") and Metro Area's Morgan Geist ("24K"), Kelley Polar (last name first, adjective last) began releasing a series of 12" singles in 2002. Released on Environ and featuring assistance from label head Geist, 2002's Audition, 2003's Recital, and... [+] Read More
Artist: Pat Kelley
Smooth jazz guitarist and composer Pat Kelley began his career as a member of the house band on The Merv Griffin Show; long a sought-after session player, he appeared on some 2000 recording dates during his first two decades in the music business. As a solo artist, he made his debut with 1989's Views of the Future, followed in 1991 by Try to... [+] Read More
Artist: Bryan Kelley
Santa Monica-based singer-songwriter Bryan Kelley began his training in music at a very early age. First picking up the ukelele while living in the Phillepines at the age of four, he would soon switch to playing guitar. Connections to the grunge scene in Seattle (he is has played with Mike McCready and Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam ) didn't provide... [+] Read More
Artist: Irene Kelley
A native of Latrobe, PA, Irene Kelley first started playing music in a Led Zeppelin cover band in high school. She got herself kicked out, however, for suggesting that they might try playing a Dolly Parton song, laying the groundwork for her first steps toward country music. At 19 she got her first guitar, a new Cortez with inlay work that she... [+] Read More
Artist: Kelley Johnson
Not to be confused with British heavy metal/hard rock guitarist Kelly Johnson (who was a member of the all-female headbanger combo Girlschool back in the late-'70s and early-'80s), the Kelley Johnson profiled in this bio is an American jazz vocalist who has been active in Seattle since the late '80s. Kelley Johnson favors a clean, lucid,... [+] Read More
