Joining this mortal coil in the week that “I Love Rock And Roll” by Joan Jett was Number One in the hit parade, Jim Noir decided that 80’s music and leg warmers were never going to float his boat. A steady… (Read More)
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Southern Gothic singer/songwriter Jim White grew up in Pensacola, Florida enamored with the sounds of the white gospel music he heard on the Gospel Jubilee television series. After spending his formative years on the outskirts of a deeply Pentecostal community, he… (Read More)
Born on the island of St. Kitts, British singer/songwriter Joan Armatrading was her country’s first Black woman to make commercial inroads into her chosen genre, spicing her take on folk with bits of soul and reggae, and has had a remarkably… (Read More)
JOAN WASSER is a superfoxxx. She also writes songs, sings and plays a lot of instruments. She changed the profile of the violin in rock music and has now extended this innovative voice to singing and song-writing through her new solo… (Read More)
One of the more peculiar solo performers to emerge from the independent music scene during the early 2000s, Joanna Newsom made her entrance into the world in the musically-heady atmosphere of Nevada City, California — a town populated by reknown sonic… (Read More)
With the release of his debut full-length album, “THE WAR OF WOMEN,” acclaimed singer/songwriter Joe Firstman more than delivers on the promise made by his widely praised “WIVES TALES” EP. Where the latter collection explored the more laid-back side of Joe’s… (Read More)
Mason roots his music within a love of country blues styles and his passionate shows weave timeless originals with interpretations of rare songs from America?s past. Songwriter driven Blues. Original-Traditional-Roots My slide guitar playing is inspired by the recordings of Son… (Read More)
John Common sometimes wishes he were a filmmaker or a painter. But due to a run-in with his brother’s record collection at an impressionable age, he ended up with a bad case of the rock and an obsession for making music… (Read More)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
2003. His achingly emotional melodies and thought-provoking lyrics – all sung in perfect, crystalline English – combine in a manner at once familiar (think Nick Drake, Tim Buckley, Will Oldham) and subtly exotic (shades of Brazilian Tropicalia – early Silvio Rodríguez… (Read More)
Singer/songwriter Joseph Arthur was discovered by Peter Gabriel in the mid-’90s and soon signed to his Real World label. His debut, Big City Streets, was released in 1997 and practically went unnoticed. Not discouraged by industry politics, this native of Akron… (Read More)
Thirsty? This 24-year-old singer/songwriter is here to give you All The Acoustic Pop You Can Drink. With the release of Josh Allan’s debut full-length independent release, All The Acoustic Pop You Can Drink, he is hoping for some well-deserved recognition… (Read More)
For The Ride Home — the moving major label debut of singer-songwriter Josh Kelley — has the homespun intimacy and freewheeling grace of a prized road trip tape. Intimate and openhearted, the album promises to be the starting point on a… (Read More)
Josh Ritter’s The Animal Years is the kind of breakthrough effort that will cause listeners new to the 29 year-old singer-songwriter’s work to wonder where this guy has been all their lives – and prompt his passionate fan base to just… (Read More)
There are very specific music memories I have in my repertoire, memories held near and dear to my heart: seeing Beck in a small club in San Jose to comfortable crowd of a 100 people or so, a double bill with… (Read More)
Few singers have the staying power of folk icon Judy Collins. For nearly 45 illustrious years, her dulcet tones have graced our ears, and her poetic lyrics have galvanized a generation. She has released more than 40 albums, has had numerous… (Read More)
When k.d. lang released her first major labe album in 1987, she caused considerable controversy within the traditional world of country music. With her vaguely campy approach, androgynous appearance, and edgy, rock-inflected music, very few observers knew what to make of… (Read More)
