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Artist: T. Solomon
Artist: Solomon
Artist: Solomon
Artist: Solomon Linda
Solomon Linda is best remembered as the writer of "Mbube" (translated as "The Lion"), one of the most successful songs to come out of South Africa. Although Linda recorded the first version with his group, The Evening Birds, in 1939, the song became an internationally-recognized classic when it was renamed "Wimoweh" and recorded by Pete Seeger... [+] Read More
Artist: Raaki Solomon
RAAKI SOLOMON, SONGWRITER, POET
Lyrical greatness may be distinguished by a word here, a phrase there, emotion, a feeling.
Enter the realm of, Raaki Solomon.
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He got his poetic license from, Amiri Baraka, Don Lee, Shakespeare, the Griots, Bob Marley and Tupac.
In the dynamic of... [+] Read More
Artist: Abiyou Solomon
As leader of the Abyssinians, Abiy Solomon has brought a modern sensibility to the traditional music of Ethiopia since 1996. Forsaking the horn section usually heard in Ethiopian pop music, Solomon has emphasized the electric guitar and incorporated influences of Zairean soukous. Rather than relying on the Ethiopian pentatonic scale, Solomon... [+] Read More
Artist: Solomon's Wish
Artist: Lenny Solomon
A talented swing violinist from Canada, Lenny Solomon is actually a flexible player able to sound comfortable in several different musical idioms. His father was principal violist of the Toronto Symphony and his sister composed music for film and television. Solomon started playing piano when he was six, picking up the violin two years later. At... [+] Read More
Artist: Solomon Burke
While Solomon Burke never made a major impact upon the pop audience -- he never, in fact, had a Top 20 hit -- he was an important early soul pioneer. On his '60s singles for Atlantic, he brought a country influence into R&B with emotional phrasing and intricately constructed, melodic ballads and mid-tempo songs. At the same time, he was... [+] Read More
Artist: Solomon Cutner
The English born soloist Solomon (the only name he ever used in his professional life) was fortunate in having found success in two separate careers as a pianist. From the age of eight until his early teens, he was one of the most celebrated child prodigies of his era, a national phenomenon in England right up until the time of the First World... [+] Read More
Artist: Solomon Grundy
Solomon Grundy was a one-off side project that was led by Screaming Trees guitarist Van Connor. Screaming Trees used 1990 as a year of reassessment and to take a break from the tour-album-tour grind (throughout their history, friction has always reared its ugly head time and time again), and Connor used the time to record 11 of his original... [+] Read More
Artist: Solomon King
Best remembered for the smash "She Wears My Ring," singer Solomon King was born Allen Levy in Lexington, KY, in 1931. Raised on pop standards and country music, he made his debut stage appearance at the age of ten and began performing professionally at 21. An imposing figure at 6'8", Levy first worked under the stage name Randy Leeds, producing... [+] Read More
