Artists
Aimee Mann songs have a literary quality to them—sharp, spare short stories set to music—so it was probably inevitable that she would one day make a concept album, the musical equivalent of a novella. The Forgotten Arm (SuperEgo), her fifth solo… (Read More)
Reset those clocks. It’s 2008 and much has happened in the past year. Hello there, I’m alexa. I was born in Cherry Hill, NJ though and lived there till I was 11. When I lived in NJ is when my love… (Read More)
Chicago singer/songwriter Alice Peacock was immersed in performing at an early age. Her grandfather Fritz Gnass was an actor in Germany, appearing in many films including Fritz Lang’s M; her grandmother was a cabaret composer; her father acted in repertory theater… (Read More)
Alpha Blondy, the Rasta of Cocody, was born Sedou Kone in Dimbokoro, Cote d’Ivoire, in 1953. Heavily influenced by the music of Bob Marley, Blondy considered himself a Rasta at an early age. So early, in fact, that he recorded six… (Read More)
In his own words AM describes “Soul Variations”: “’Soul Variations’ has more of a political edge. But like many of my songs I don’t think it has to be restricted to that. I try to write songs that can be applied… (Read More)
An Horse used to be about procrastination. An Horse was Kate Cooper’s way of not doing things that she was meant to be doing. Like studying or assignments. But Kate finished university. She got a couple of degrees, then started law… (Read More)
Angie Stevens delivers a time-warped trip through America’s backroads, a melange of rhythms and sounds that tap into populist (as opposed to “pop”) music past and present. For anyone who grew up listening to music in the 50s and 60s… (Read More)
Anita Baker gave birth to “fireside love songs” and such classic gems as, “Giving You The Best That I Got,” “Just Because,” and “Fairy Tales.” Her mantel is filled with Grammy, Soul Train, NAACP Image, Billboard and Rolling Stone Awards and… (Read More)
Black Moth Super Rainbow come from deep within the woods of Western Pennsylvania. An actual, 5-member band not comprised of the expected laptops and sequencers, BMSR is a psyche-pop group in early ‘70s electronic clothing. Sometimes the songs feel like pagan… (Read More)
Born in the Flood originated over a decade ago when Singer Nathaniel D. Rateliff and Bass Player Joseph Pope III began creating music on the south bank of the Missouri River floodplains in Hermann, Missouri. Rateliff and Pope were raised… (Read More)
British singer Boy George combined a strong, soulful singing voice with a provocative sense of fashion, both of which were first brought to the attention of English and American audiences in the group Culture Club, for whom he served as lead… (Read More)
You’ve heard some of these songs before, but you haven’t heard them like this. Intimate, understated, distinguished by the interplay of a handful of virtuoso musicians and the silken voice of one of the classic singers of our time, Fade Into… (Read More)
A great song, says Colbie Caillat, should lift your heart, warm the soul and make you feel good. Taking her own sound advice, “Coco”, the debut album by the 22 year-old Californian singer-songwriter is simply crammed full of them. In an… (Read More)
Ben Bergstrand started indie rock/pop band Cowboy Curse in 2003 as a way to keep little brother Josh (Jet Lucas, The Symptoms) off the streets and out of trouble. Longtime friend and musical collaborator Darin Strachan joined along with a fast-talking… (Read More)
Despite its title, the new Cowboy Junkies album, At the End of Paths Taken, is as much about new beginnings as it is about endings. It is also about human connections, the struggle to sustain those connections over time, and the… (Read More)
De Novo Dahl has been busy earning a name for themselves over the past few years. The band released an ambitious double disc debut, Cats & Kittens in 2005. The album, Cats being filled with traditional pop tunes and Kittens basically… (Read More)
Asbury Park, NJ, deSoL is a brotherhood whose music mixes rock hooks with fiery Latin rhythms sung in English, Spanish & “Spanglish.” The result is a musical stew where the individual styles of the six musicians combine to create a sound… (Read More)
Dianne Reeves is the preeminent jazz vocalist of her generation. Music permeated her childhood, from her trumpet-playing mother to her cousin, the well-known pianist George Duke, to her uncle, Charles Burell, the bassist for the Denver Symphony Orchestra. Thanks to Uncle… (Read More)
His iconic albino looks are unforgettable. His songs are used relentlessly in films and TV commercials, video games and played in music stores everywhere. Just one bar of “Frankenstein” will get fists pumping and heads bobbing. Likewise, “Free Ride” is a… (Read More)
How do you explain on a piece of paper the elements that make a band truly exciting and genuinely unique? Sometimes, a good starting point is simple geography. When Grand Ole Party sets the stage for their live show, the placement… (Read More)
Denver based HOT IQs recently release the “insanely catchy and impossibly fun”(Gorilla vs Bear) Dangling Modifier EP earlier this year. The EP marks the follow-up to An Argument Between the Brain and Feet, their “instant pop classic” (Denver Westword) debut … (Read More)
Once a trailblazing name in the mid-’90s emocore scene, Jimmy Eat World steadily rose to national prominence by embracing a blend of alternative rock and power pop that targeted the heart as well as the head. While the band’s influence widened… (Read More)
Jon McLaughlin’s music stays with you long after he walks off stage. Clearly, his skill as a performer can only be described as “unique”. His combination of song and conversation makes even a large audience seem intimate. As a young pianist… (Read More)
Photo Credit: Steve Janowicz. Jonny Lang has a message for you. Sure, he’s been in touch before, speaking often with his guitar in the language of deep blues and searing rock & roll. But Turn Around is different. The guitar is… (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)
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)
“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)
Grammy Nominated international recording artists Les Nubians have intrigued audiences for almost a decade with their inventive and glamorous Afropean style. This distinctive sound embodies the timeless vibrations of Miriam Makeba, Ella Fitzgerald, Doudou N’diaye Rose, Fela Kuti, Edith Piaf, The… (Read More)
Henry, Jojo, and Ringo Garza are the Los Lonely Boys, sons of ‘70s Texas conjunto player Enrique Garza of The Falcones. The boys sang with their father as kids, and as they grew up, listened to Carlos Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughn… (Read More)
Maceo Parker: his name is synonymous with Funky Music, his pedigree impeccable; his band: the tightest little funk orchestra on earth. Everyone knows by now that he’s played with each and every leader of funk, his start with James Brown… (Read More)
