Alt-country combo Jolene was shaped in early 1995 by singer/guitarist John Crooke and lead guitarist Dave Burris, 1st cousins given birth to and raised in small Wingate, NC. Bassist Mike Mitschele and drummer Mike Kenerley finished the initial lineup, which within weeks of forming documented its debut LP Hell’s Fifty …

Katy Sanford (vocals/electric guitar), Christina Wolfe (bass), and Chocolate Blystone (drums) create the bubbly pop audio from the Jolenes. Produced in 1999 after Sanford still left Man of the entire year, the Jolenes rocked around their indigenous Portland, OR, for several years before getting a cope with Last Possibility in …

Best-known because of their ubiquitous hit “THE LENGTH,” Cake epitomized the postmodern, irony-drenched visual of ’90s geek rock. Their audio freely blended and matched up pastiches of broadly varying styles — white-boy funk, hip-hop, nation, new influx pop, jazz, university rock, and electric guitar rock and roll — with a …

Five friends — all involved with separate, outside tasks — wished to play music together. Simply, this desire is exactly what led to the forming of the tiny Willies in 2003. Made up of Lee Alexander (bass), Norah Jones (piano/vocals), Richard Julian (acoustic guitar/vocals), Dan Rieser (drums), and Jim Campilongo …

Grover was the short-lived trio led by ex-Let’s Dynamic guitarist (as well as the past Mrs. Mitch Easter) Angie Carlson, supported with drummer Chris Phillips, and bassist Dave Burris. Their only album, My Crazy Life, premiered by No Hour Information in 1995, but just about disappeared instantly. Phillips returned to …

In the ominous shadows of goth suddenly appeared two girls in polka-dot dresses, flaming red lipstick, and hair ribbons. Searching like the wedding brides of Robert Smith, Strawberry Switchblade produced a short splash over the U.K. graphs and abruptly vanished within the middle-‘80s, departing their supporters with a small number …

Blending big-city cleverness and sophistication using the clear and honest enthusiasm of classic nation and folk performers, Mindy Smith is really a singer who combines the very best of both worlds, and her skills possess earned the youthful performer an evergrowing reputation as an designer to watch, in addition to …

Max Sharam’s profession in gothic, theatrical pop music followed a unique arc, from achievement over the stage in European countries, to some major-label agreement in Australia with a skill show, and back again to the stage in a number of has and one-woman displays. Sharam was created in the tiny …

It’s difficult to acquire a nation performer that has moved from her nation root base to international popularity more successfully than Dolly Parton. Her autobiographical solitary “Coat of several Colors” displays the poverty of we were young among 12 children on the rundown plantation in Locust Ridge, Tennessee. At 12 …

Susanna as well as the Magical Orchestra are in fact the Norwegian duo of singer Susanna Wallumrød and keyboardist Morten Qvenild. The set began performing jointly in Norway in 2000, having a unique mixture of atmospheric jazz, rock and roll, and electronica. Several their tracks made an appearance on Rune …