In lots of ways Michael Hersch can be an artist in the original mould from the composer/performer: like Mozart and Beethoven, Liszt and Brahms, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev, he’s a virtuoso pianist adept at composition not merely for his instrument, but also for the orchestra, aswell. Certainly, and he offers written …

While entertainment innovators like Benjamin Franklin Keith have faded into American entertainment background, and the favorite distraction know as vaudeville is definitely replaced by films and MTV, Keith’s attempts with respect to vaudeville would help to make it a forerunner of the modern pastimes. As the Civil Battle came to …

A drummerless electric powered guitar-and-bass duo supplying a sparse but spirited undertake empowered indie rock and roll, Girlpool’s Cleo Tucker and Tranquility Tividad borrow a lot of attitude from early-’90s trailblazers like Liz Phair, Juliana Hatfield, and Hair shampoo. The duo created in 2013, when Tucker and Tividad had been …

Philadelphia songwriter Kurt Vile had been recording himself in the home by age group 14, soon after his bluegrass-loving dad purchased him a banjo to encourage his youthful imagination. By age group 17, Vile was self-releasing cassettes of his house recordings, which in the initial days were highly influenced with …

The band profiled within this bio shouldn’t be confused with the progressive rock combo that was active in South Africa in the later ’60s and early ’70s or a fresh York-based soul-jazz outfit (that was formed by saxophonist Dana Vlceck in the ’90s and recorded a CD titled Get Another …

Inside a city where mysterious, undiscovered jazz obscurities outnumber even sites claiming to really have the best Chinese barbecued duck, or steak and cheese sandwiches, arranger Robert Henderson’s main difference appears to have been obtaining a credit for laughing. To learn whether this laughter was his, captured by remote control …

You will find two completely different bands which have used “hell” and “Elvis” within their names — one American, the other British. Located in Youngstown, OH, America’s Hellvis is definitely a Midwestern hard rock and roll/heavy metal music group with an extremely Southern-influenced audio and a fondness for redneck stereotypes. …

Percussionist Paul Evans offers spent the majority of his music profession to time in Pa, with some performances on recordings with the River Town Brass Band. Also for his early musical schooling; he graduated from Duquesne College or university using a Bachelor’s level in jazz efficiency, then continued in 1988 …