John Doe (is that your real name?) was dreamed up in Los Angeles in January or February ‘77 after an exhausting trip from Baltimore on Halloween, ’76. He settles in Venice, CA (’cause that’s where the Beats lived), goes to the… (Read More)
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On the roller coaster of his career so far, John Eddie has had enough big breaks, hard luck, new beginnings, false starts, serious adventure and big fun to inspire a boxed set’s worth of country songs. He’s had the sort of… (Read More)
John Hammond’s Wicked Grin! Including: John Hammond—Guitar & Vocal, Augie Meyers-Keyboards, Larry Taylor-Bass, Stephen Hodges- Drums & Percussion & Frank Carillo-Guitar From coffeehouses to concert halls, festivals and beyond, John Hammond has spent more than thirty-five years entertaining blues, folk and… (Read More)
Master of Disaster, John Hiatt’s brilliant new CD, simultaneously celebrates and updates rock ‘n’ roll in a manner that won’t be particularly surprising to any child of the ’50s. Hiatt journeyed to Memphis for this recording, joining forces with the venerable… (Read More)
Whether or not you have kept up with John Kelley’sprogression as a DJ/producer through his participationin the Full Moon Gatherings or through his mixedreleases on Moonshine Music, one will notice anessential characteristic, it’s all about the FUNK!Kelley’s first involvement in the… (Read More)
Whether you call it “fate” or “destiny” or “a calling,” the fact is that some people are born to sing and create music. If you ask any of the “legends” in the music business, chances are you’ll get a variation on… (Read More)
The elder statesman of British blues, it is Mayall’s lot to be more renowned as a bandleader and mentor than as a performer in his own right. Throughout the ’60s, his band, the Bluesbreakers, acted as a finishing school for the… (Read More)
Enthusiasm is contagious and that’s why songwriters with a genuine, obvious passion for their craft can’t help but attract an audience. John Mayer has earned a legion of devoted fans in and around his adopted hometown of Atlanta, where he moved… (Read More)
John Ondrasik (Of Five For Fighting)
This is the story of Five For Fighting, which is, at the moment, an alias — a pen name — for singer, pianist, guitarist, satirist and commentator John Ondrasik. A born-and-raised native of the sprawling San Fernando Valley area of Los… (Read More)
Price is, in the best sense of the word, old-school. He has been performing professionally for nearly five years, playing to packed houses across his North-Texas stomping grounds, regularly selling-out headlining gigs while holding down opening spots for hot shots like… (Read More)
A History of JOHN PRINE "My brother Dave taught me a chord and the first time I held down a chord I didn’t muffle it, well, I just sat there with my ear on the wood even after the sound died… (Read More)
Accidents do happen. Just ask Florida-based singer-songwriter John Ralston. Or better yet, listen to Needle Bed, his debut album for Vagrant Records, and a stark collection of 11 honest, deeply personal songs, that—to hear Ralston tell it—came about almost entirely by… (Read More)
John Scofield Plays The Music Of Ray Charles
JOHN SCOFIELD TRIO (EnRoute) It’s a frigid December night during the coldest winter in recent memory. Entering New York City’s Blue Note jazz club, you pass through the darkened foyer, proceed through the bar and settle at a table in front… (Read More)
Growing up in Florida and Georgia before moving to Potomac, MD, at the age of 11, indie rock innovator John Vanderslice grew up listening to a mix of Led Zeppelin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Kinks, and Southern rock, instilling an eclectic… (Read More)
For Johnny A., the guitar has been a lifelong fascination. Those six strings exert a powerful hold over the man, inspiring moments of ecstatic improvisation, imparting deep contemplation and, occasionally, moments of aching frustration. It’s a stormy affair coupled with a… (Read More)
The following is an excerpt from Johnny’s “official” bio for the Palmhenge release, courtesy ReviewNetMedia. © 2004 ReviewNetMedia. "Hickman is best known for co-founding the band Cracker. His fiery lead guitar sound and spirited co-writing gave flavor to that band’s alternative… (Read More)
Johnny Neel (From The Allman Brothers Band)
Roots Rock, Blues, Southern Delta Boogie, New Orleans Swamp Funk, call it what you want, it’s here, It’s the real deal, it’s me."- Johnny Neel Born in Delaware, Johnny cut his first single at the age of twelve. As an adult… (Read More)
The Johnny O Band is a smokin’ blues band out of Boulder, Colorado. With funky grooves and a high energy take on the blues, their music is both captivating and danceable. The band plays many originals as well as some great… (Read More)
Johnny Sketch And The Dirty Notes
Since it’s inception in 2001, Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes (JSDN) has gained a loyal following in a competitive New Orleans music scene. Their unique FUNK/ROCK style blends guitar, violin and harmonica with a hard driving rhythm section reminiscent of… (Read More)
At the age of 19, New York multi-instrumentalist Kenny Siegal signed as a songwriter to Polygram Music. Eventually his band with drummer and longtime collaborator Brian Geltner, Hunk, signed to Geffen Records. They released a strong self-titled album in 1996, but… (Read More)
Jolie Holland “I don’t like Robert Johnson,” Holland says, "but I’ve got an awesome live recording of [singer-songwriter] Entrance doing “Love In Vain.” His version goes, "When the train left the station, there were two lights on behind/the blue light was… (Read More)
UK’s prestigious Music Magazine ‘Mixmag’, ranked Jon Bishop #4 on the top ten list of whom, according to the magazine’s sources, will be the most successful DJs in the world by the end of the year. America’s ‘Mixer’ Magazine quoted ’Jon… (Read More)
Jonathan Byerley is a singer and a songwriter. His debut solo album is titled “Hymns and Fragments”. Byerley fronted the post-punk/art rock group, Nightmare Fighters. They disbanded in April of 2006. During their tenure as a Denver band, The Nightmare Fighters… (Read More)
Jon Prophet was born in (the City of Sin) Las Vegas Nevada, the bastard son of one renegade reverend with a booming voice and a penchant for proselytizing and a melodic mistress whose prime vocation was that of a voodoo priestess… (Read More)
Raised on Easter Island in the Southern Pacific, his destiny as the next tribal chief was derailed when he was struck on his ample head by an eleven-pound coconut. His three weeks of recovery were characterized by feverish rantings about Santo… (Read More)
When Jonezetta frontman Robert Chisolm bellows out the words, “Wake Up!” on their vivacious song, “Burn it Down,” it’s like an outcry to uninspired music everywhere. Take a note from the exhilarated foursome from Mississippi, whose pulsating grooves of dance beats… (Read More)
