Artists
Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, he spent the early years of his life trying to avoid death and listening to hip-hop records by artists like Nas & Rakim, sent to him by his father, who was working as a Taxi driver in… (Read More)
Kaki King has never been one for convention. Her third album, ...Until We Felt Red, is certainly no exception. Over the last few years, she has enjoyed well-earned status as the zeit-girl of instrumental acoustic guitar; a gifted young ingenue closing… (Read More)
Kalai is urban vintage. The Hawaiian Born, Alaska raised, 26 year-old, is an old school young buck with do anything, anytime, at any level, musical talent. Besides being a lyrical BIGfoot, instrumentally this guy puts the Z in skillz. His music… (Read More)
Love Mysterious is Kaskade’s third album and will mark his first release with Ultra Records. Those familiar with Kaskade’s preceding albums, It’s You, It’s Me and In The Moment, will feel a sound of greater dimension and big-room proportion in Love… (Read More)
3 years less 3 days ago I put out my last record. The night before I spent 13 hours on a Greyhound bus going from Canada to New York City for an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. As… (Read More)
KCRW, a community service of Santa Monica College, is Southern California’s leading National Public Radio affiliate, featuring an eclectic mix of music, news, information and cultural programming. The station boasts one of the nation’s largest arrays of locally- produced, nationally-distributed talk… (Read More)
KCRW at a Glance KCRW, a community service of Santa Monica College, is Southern California’s leading National Public Radio affiliate, featuring an eclectic mix of music, news, information and cultural programming. The station boasts one of the nation’s largest arrays of… (Read More)
Before embarking on dream, Keller Williams’ newest, most rewarding recording project, he scratched out a wish list of artists he’d like to collaborate with in the studio. Because Williams, a restless troubadour, has been a fan of and tour mate with… (Read More)
These days it’s rare when a blues-based artist shows up with both tradition and true originality on their side. Roots R&B / Americana singer / songwriter / piano player KELLEY HUNT is just such an artist—a woman who has… (Read More)
Like the Black Hills of songwriter Darren Jackson’s native South Dakota, alt-rock duo Kid Dakota is a creature of extremes: Whisper-quiet vocals explode into searing guitar riffs and crushing drumbeats in a single breath. Loneliness and beauty go hand in hand… (Read More)
When Chicago native Jabari Evans began developing his literary gift in elementary school, he’d write short stories, poems, and anything else that would come to mind. By fifteen, he was deep into what would turn out to be his first published… (Read More)
“The Bride” was once part of a group of world class female assassins, until the group leader, “Bill” and the other assassins turn against her. Four years later “The Bride” awakens from the coma the assassins left her in and heads… (Read More)
The Bride woke up after a long coma. The baby that she carried before the coma was gone. The only thing on her mind was to get revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her – a team she was once… (Read More)
Kinetix are Denver’s five-piece rock connoisseurs, playing music that blends strong melodies with soaring guitar work and funk-filled rhythm. The buzz surrounding the band is now being heard thanks to whirlwind national tours and the release of their strong sophomore album… (Read More)
Kool & the Gang is a highly successful American jazz/R&B/soul/funk/disco group. They originally formed in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964. They went through several musical phases in their career. They started out with a purist jazz sound, then became practitioners… (Read More)
The average Kool Keith album is peppered with bizarre, disjointed, even delusional or disassociated themes, concepts, and references. Nearly all of his albums incorporate a satirical dislike for more commercialized strains of hip-hop, as well as major record labels. Thornton’s early… (Read More)
Kris Kristofferson has always identified himself first and foremost as a writer, and true writers know that what works best is giving a piece of themselves to the listener. With his latest album, This Old Road, Kristofferson lays a chunk of… (Read More)
While high-profile pop bands from Sweden were busily grabbing press attention, their countryman Kristoffer Ragnstam was working under the radar screen, making music that refused to fit the Scandinavian stereotype. His sound was different – too different to ignore. Musicians… (Read More)
KRS-One (born Kris Parker) was the leader of Boogie Down Productions, one of the most influential hardcore hip-hop outfits of the ‘80s. At the height of his career, roughly 1987-1990, KRS-One was known for his furiously political and socially conscious raps… (Read More)
“The last three years have changed me as an artist,” says KT Tunstall. “My bar has been raised. I’ve realized what’s possible through making an album, touring behind it with a band, seeing how that album can turn into something else… (Read More)
Ky-Mani is a fitting name for a charismatic artist whose East African name means Adventurous Traveler. The only child of table tennis champion Anita Belnavis and reggae icon Bob Marley, Ky-mani Marley was born in Falmouth, Jamaica. At the age of… (Read More)
