Artists
Southern California’s hottest rising surf/rock/reggae band, The B Foundation draw influence from reggae rhythms, teen angst, and the salty waves of the Pacific Ocean. With three albums under their belt and a growing nationwide fan base, The B Foundation stand to… (Read More)
B-52’s Biography It has been said that the B-52’s are as quintessentially American as the Beach Boys. And twenty-five years and over twenty million albums into a career that began as a low-rent lark in Athens, Georgia, the B-52’s remain the… (Read More)
B-Side Players is a septet led by frontman Karlos Paez, guitarist Giovanni Mejia, bass player Gerry Guevara, saxophonist Regan Branch, percussionists Victor Tapia and Luis Cuenca, and drummer Ryan Moran. The son of a musician, Paez spent a good deal of… (Read More)
His reign as King of the Blues has been as long as that of any monarch on earth. Yet B.B. King continues to wear his crown well. At age 84, he is still light on his feet, singing and playing the… (Read More)
Back Door Slam are teenagers Davy Knowles (guitars, vocal, mandolin, lap steel), Ross Doyle (drums) and Adam Jones (bass), all hailing from the small-but-perfectly-formed Isle of Man*… (*to find the tiny isle, go to Liverpool and look out to sea … (Read More)
ED ANDERSON, vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, percussion; MATT ANDERSON, bass, vocals, percussion; TIM KRAMP, drums, percussion, marimba With: STEVE BERLIN, production, keys, saxophones, percussion, marimba Okay, here’s the skinny: The scheming corporate vampires and piggy-bankers have waddled away in… (Read More)
Hard-house DJ Bad Boy Bill was born and raised in Chicago, and began mixing records at the age of 14. An avid fan of Chicago radio station WBMX’s Hot Mix Five mixing team, Bill landed his big break when none other… (Read More)
“Great rehearsal guys! You guys remind me of the Grateful Dead!” This is how the legendary Daniel Johnston described Denver’s Bad Weather California after their first rehearsal as Daniel’s backing band. The room backstage was stiff and quiet. BWC were all… (Read More)
Who is Bang Camaro? “We are not a retro band,” insists guitarist Bryn Bennett after Bang Camaro’s third show on a short east coast tour, "we are an evolution…. (Read More)
Representing Los Angeles, California, BARE aka Sean Rodela has become one of the most talked about new producers making waves on the worldwide dubstep circuit. The BARE sound is a product of deep roots in west coast hip-hop (as part of… (Read More)
Barrington Levy’s outstanding career as a top-class reggae vocalist began more than two and a half decades ago. Called reggae’s ‘Mellow Canary’ by virtue of his strong, pure vocal style, he’s renowned as the first original singer of the dancehall era… (Read More)
What started back in the mid nineties as an experiment fusing youth culture and social action has turned into a multi-faceted, multi-faced creature called Bassnectar. It is the brainchild of Lorin Ashton, and it exists as an open-sourced musical project that… (Read More)
Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, The Bastard Suns are quickly becoming the unofficial heralds and protectors of southern punk rock. Armed with a ridiculously infectious blend of reggae, punk, folk and ska, this five-piece outfit has released two very successful full-length independent… (Read More)
BEATLEMANIA LIVE has four complete, authentic costume changes to accompany the music from every Beatles era: Ed Sullivan, Shea Stadium, Sgt. Pepper and Abbey Road! Broadway lights and sound, with Multi-Media production, featuring: Rear-image projection, strobe lights and clouds of billowing… (Read More)
Growing like wildfire under the canopy of live electonica and world roots music comes a masterful merge of modern technology, live instrumentation and seductive performance, built of brass bands and glitch, string quartets and dubstep: the musical trio Beats Antique. Since… (Read More)
“Art & Life is about the way an artist paints a picture – but a picture also paints an artist,” explains Beenie Man. “It’s about the inner man and the outer man.” "Since I was a little kid, I’ve been in… (Read More)
For the BellRays, the title of their latest album, Have A Little Faith, is a command, an ultimatum even. “We need more fearlessness!” firebrand singer Lisa Kekaula declared last fall when the Southern California quartet appeared in front of the Washington… (Read More)
Combining funky, groove-laden soul with handcrafted acoustic folk-rock, Ben Harper enjoyed cult status during the course of the ‘90s before gaining wider attention toward the decade’s end. As a young artist, he drew his influences from classic singer/songwriters, blues revivalists, guitar… (Read More)
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
With the March 20th release of his seventh studio album, the double-disc Both Sides of the Gun, Ben Harper offers his signature mix of rock, soul, and folk music, while also venturing into new territory. "I was hoping I could come… (Read More)
Bio By Ben My name is Ben Kweller. I was born in San Francisco, CA on June 16th, 1981. I grew up in Greenville, TX. My whole life I have loved music. My dad taught me how to play the drums… (Read More)
If there is one thing I know to be true about music, it is this: Writing a great, enduring pop song is hard as Chinese arithmetic. You want it to be contemporary, but you want it to last. You want it… (Read More)
For a stalwart young artist who creates different means to an end, Ben Sollee has enjoyed a whirlwind year replete with remarkable success and warm, exciting music to match. Sollee hails from Kentucky, yet sounds nothing like the colloquial music one… (Read More)
Say you’re a gifted young artist – someone like BEN TAYLOR, for instance. You’ve written a pile of great songs. You’ve got a way with melody and a mastery of the understated lyric. You’ve got a voice that lingers in the… (Read More)
Two guys, four hands, kaleidoscopically exploding wall of sound. 15 years of history, 200 shows per annum, famous to the underground – they are Marco Benevento and Joe Russo. Well positioned to explode this year with their ropeadope debut (Read More)
Play Pause Stop, the latest disc by the Benevento/Russo Duo, is as much of an anomaly as the band that created it. Yes, it is a rock album — but there is no guitarist, no bassist, and you can sing along… (Read More)
New York buzz band Benzos take to the road in support of their recently released debut full-length album Morning Stanzas. Benzos’ music is the brainchild of four virtuoso musicians (Read More)
Originally hailing from the Midwest, Nate Berkel moved to Aspen to pursue his love for skiing and has since been submerged in music for over a decade. As the resident DJ for Grimey Gatsby, he is featured all over the country… (Read More)
From Rock Pop, to joyful and melancholic music; to metaphoric and straightforward lyrics, this artist comes back with his new production. Beto Cuevas presents his first solo album as Singer, Composer, Musician and Producer: “Miedo Escénico”, to be released on September… (Read More)
