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Artist: The Nighthawk
There is probably more than one disc jockey who used this moniker, just like there are pluralities on "Mr. Latenight," "Great White Disc Jockey," "Funky Dawn Man," etc. The Nighthawk was into the jazz fusion thing, operated out of a northern California beach town while everyone else except hipsters was asleep, and was the inspiration for the... [+] Read More
Artist: Muzenza
One of the most important samba-reggae Afro blocos, Muzenza uses the colors of the Jamaican flag (green, yellow, and black), follows the rastafari philosophy, and pays tribute to Bob Marley. They won three consecutive times at the annual carnival contest of Salvador BA. "Brilho e Beleza," written by the bloco's composers, was recorded by Gal... [+] Read More
Artist: Chris Connor
Graphic designer Chris Connor, his surname sometimes slightly expanded into a plural Connors, should not be confused with the sultry big-band singer of the same name, whose name also tends to suffer the same fate. Since the '90s, the visual artist Connor has consolidated a hefty series of credits related to world music collections. In 1996 alone... [+] Read More
Artist: Chris Connor
Graphic designer Chris Connor, his surname sometimes slightly expanded into a plural Connors, should not be confused with the sultry big-band singer of the same name, whose name also tends to suffer the same fate. Since the '90s, the visual artist Connor has consolidated a hefty series of credits related to world music collections. In 1996 alone... [+] Read More
Artist: Chris Conner
The drummer Chris Conner began performing with the San Diego band Channing Cope in 2002, and within several years both an EP and CD had been released by the group. Prior to any further description of this group's activities, it is important to present a disclaimer involving inevitable confusion over this name. To begin with, the drummer is not... [+] Read More
Artist: Lo Jai
Lo Jai was formed in Lyon, France in 1980, when three members of the traditionalist band, Le Grand Rouge, joined a fellow-musician to explore regional Limousin music. The members of Lo Jai are all extremely talented musicians; Guy Bertrand plays flute, whistle, three-holed pipe, hurdy gurdy, alto sax, and string tabor; Carlo Rizzo plays frame... [+] Read More
Artist: Caged Heat
Caged Heat emerged in Boston, in 1997, commanded by the guitar, vocal, and harmonica gifting of Jill Kurtz. Playing rousing sounds of punk rock inspired by blues music, Heat suffered plural lineup changes, only maintaining its lead singer and founder. Kurtz, previously a member of Ashera, initially gathered a group including bassist Kate Fred... [+] Read More
Artist: Leo Euller
This artist was part of a pool of vocalists working under the leadership of Joseph "Rocky" Washington in a '50s doo wop group known as the Sparrows. While the name of Leo Euller and Eugene Merriday show up on recording logs involving this group, they do not always sing on the actual sessions: just part of the complications and confusion... [+] Read More
Artist: Jimmy Ford
Never mind the double-size garage addition -- better build a triple or even more to house all the performers by the name of Jimmy Ford whose names have graced the sticky little circles pressing plants used to glue onto the center of records. From the rockabilly side of the garage there was at least one Jimmy Ford, perhaps two, making singles for... [+] Read More
Artist: Raymond Davis
Raymond Davis co-founded the Parliaments, the doo wop group that would later evolve to become the psychedelic funk juggernaut Parliament-Funkadelic, lending his distinctive bass vocals to R&B classics like "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucka)," "One Nation Under a Groove," and "Flashlight." Born March 29, 1940, in Sumter, SC, Davis... [+] Read More
Artist: Leo Gandelman
Leo Gandelman has been singled out for his successful instrumental pop performances on top of brass arrangements and Brazilian percussion, both within Brazil and abroad (he presently lives in the U.S.). Along with his own work as an instrumentalist, he has produced albums such as Gal Costa's Plural and Marina's Virgem. As a composer he also has... [+] Read More
Artist: Dom & Roland
Misleadingly plural, Dom & Roland is actually the one-man attack of Dominic Angus, whose slim but steady stream of EPs released through noted drum'n'bass imprints Moving Shadow, Suburban Base, and Doc Scott's 31 Records have represented the harder, darker, more experimental edge of dancefloor-oriented hardstep. Signed by Moving Shadow to a... [+] Read More
Artist: Danny Bank
He has been credited as both Danny Bank and Danny Banks, but it can be assumed neither singular nor plural financial lending institutions would be in a hurry to get to know the man. His career, that of a freelance jazz horn player, has never been considered a bastion of security. Likewise, jazz listeners may not be that familiar with him, since... [+] Read More
Artist: Ollie Jones
Combined into one oversized threat of a songwriter, some might call it a "du-ollie-ity," Ollie Jones wrote adorable pop songs for Perry Como but years later choked out titles such as "Impaled" and "Murder in Mind," not to mention the dreaded and presumably messy "Bathroom Autopsy." In actuality, the songwriting phenomena of Ollie Jones must be... [+] Read More
Artist: Billy Garcia
Out West, Chicano participation in garage rock in the '60s was so commonplace that it might almost make sense to think of the style as a kind of ethnic music, at least partially. The brothers Billy and Danny Garcia were part of the lineup of the Lyrics, a California-based band of the '60s whose most-remembered record pretty much sums up the... [+] Read More
Artist: Chris Conner
There is only one punishment suitable for the myriad journalists, discographers, editors and what-not who have managed to mangle the names of big band vocalist Chris Connor and jazz bassist Chris Conner beyond any simple sort of corrective solution. They should be shackled and forced to write an extended review of performances in which vocalist... [+] Read More
Artist: Hudson Shower
With a name that sounds like something that might be installed in a bathroom, Little Hudson Shower recorded for several of Chicago's lesser-known indie blues labels in the '50s. His band known as Little Hudson Shower's Red Devil Trio was something of a training ground for hip rhythm section players such as the drummer Willie "Big Eyes" Smith,... [+] Read More
Artist: Orphan
Orphan was the creation of songwriter/singer Eric Lilljequist (born January 1, 1948) who grew up in Massachusetts' Brockton/Avon area, the ensemble emerging in the mid-'60s, a time when few bands in the region performed their own material. Originally calling the group Orphans, they dropped the plural during the first wave of musicians who worked... [+] Read More
Artist: Walker's Corbin Ramblers
If the name Walker's Corbin Ramblers sounds more like some kind of a country militia than an old-time music string band, it can hardly be blamed on the plural noun "ramblers," which is of such common currency as a band name in the Appalachian scene that it is hardly like having a name at all. It always requires some kind of identifying city or... [+] Read More
Artist: Rafael Prado
Rafael Prado Pérez (1975), nace en Minas de Riotinto (Huelva). A los seis años se traslada a Nerva e inicia su formación musical con la profesora Julia Hierro. Estudia en el Conservatorio Superior de Música de Sevilla, donde obtiene los títulos de:-Licenciado en Piano. -Licenciado en Solfeo, Teoría de la música,... [+] Read More
