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Artist: Silver Dollar Band
Coy Castleberry Singer Song writer.The Silver Dollar Band has split up.Coy Castleberry owns all the copyrights and will now issue mechanical License on these songs to interested recording artist. [+] Read More
Artist: Michelle Nixon
While Michelle Nixon has been an active participant in bluegrass circles for years, her career took an upward turn when she and her band, Drive, released It's My Turn on Pinecastle Records in 2003. Like a number of other female singer/songwriters on the bluegrass-country circuit, she has shown herself capable of reaching young listeners while... [+] Read More
Artist: Man of the Year
Man of the Year used to be Lolly, a name that is well-known to Northwest pop rockers; Lolly was voted one of the Northwest's best bands of 1999. The band released their first album under their new name in 2000, entitled The Future Is Not Now. Tony Lash of the Dandy Warhols produced the band's debut album, which has generated two local Portland... [+] Read More
Artist: Crazy Strings
Though the bluegrass band Crazy Strings went through various lineups during their lifetime, they always continued to employ some of the most prolific and talented Canadian musicians around. They made their name performing at Toronto's popular Silver Dollar Room, playing the acclaimed shows "High Lonesome Wednesdays" for many years. Some of the... [+] Read More
Artist: Willis, Sleepy
Born Tasio Golios, the country singer with the tired stage name is a member of the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame but actually didn't get that far North until he was in his mid-twenties. He came to Maine in 1955 to work on television with Ernie and Candy Lindell and the Rhythm Rancho Show, which combined with that state's cold weather might be... [+] Read More
Artist: Juice Newton & Silver Spur
In 1972 Juice Newton, Otha Young, and Tom Kealey formed a trio in the little-known northern California town of Los Gatos. With Newton and Young on Martin guitars and Kealey on Fender bass, the three combined to produce a powerful and unique country sound, quickly becoming one of the hottest draws in the local area. They moved to L.A. after a... [+] Read More
Artist: Downchild Blues Band
Led by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Donnie Mr. Downchild" Walsh, the Downchild Blues Band is the premier blues band in Canada. Their saxophone-driven jump blues provided a major inspiration on Dan Aykroyd and the late John Belushi's Blues Brothers, who included Walsh's tunes, "Everything I Need (Almost)" and "Shotgun Blues", on their 1978... [+] Read More
Artist: Fra Fra Sound
Although not as well known in the United States as they are in parts of Western Europe, Fra Fra Sound is a Dutch jazz institution and has been active in the Netherlands since the early '80s. Fra Fra has also recorded as the Fra Fra Big Band, which is essentially Fra Fra Sound with more musicians and an expanded, more elaborate lineup. But... [+] Read More
Artist: Dave & Sugar Rowland
Dave and Sugar were one of the most popular vocal groups in country music from the mid-'70s through the early '80s. Lead singer Dave Rowland was the group's one constant, while the two females comprising Sugar were subject to frequent change. Rowland was the son of a minister who began his career singing with a dance band. He was drafted in the... [+] Read More
Artist: The Wrens
One of the best bands with the worst luck, New Jersey's the Wrens were establishing themselves as one of the catchiest and most thoughtful indie rock groups of the '90s when label problems prevented them from releasing another album for seven years. The group -- guitarist/vocalist Charles Bissell, guitarist Greg Whelan, bassist/vocalist Kevin... [+] Read More
Artist: Rodney & the Blazers
During the first half of the 1960s, when the Beach Boys and the Beatles were bombarding the American charts and rewriting the rules of rock, Kansans Rodney and the Blazers were crossing the country as rock & roll throwbacks, a raucous, wild combo that was more Little Richard than British Invasion, and more R&B than pop. Although they didn't... [+] Read More
Artist: Amanda Green
Singer, songwriter, pianist, and acoustic guitarist Amanda Green was raised in Miami Beach, FL. She knew from almost the beginning that she wanted to be a rock star. When she was three years old her love for music revealed itself with the help of an old piano that had been acquired by her family when a local hotel was torn down. In 1981, a... [+] Read More
Artist: The Skatalites
More than a band, the Skatalites were and are an institution, an aggregation of top-notch musicians who didn't merely define the sound of Jamaica, they were the sound of Jamaica across the '50s and '60s. Although the group existed in its original incarnation for less than 18 months, members brought their signature styles to hundreds upon... [+] Read More
