Made up of guitarists and singer/songwriters Dave Curtiss and Clive Maldoon, the duo, Curtiss Maldoon, produced several ordinary, low-key rock and roll albums in the first ’70s and so are now most appreciated because of their associations with a lot more well-known musicians. Curtiss (on bass) and Maldoon had been …

This Lawrence, KS, band produced among the finer overlooked new wave/power pop/indie albums of the first ’80s, SHOP AROUND. Once referred to as a cross types from the Doors as well as the Jam, their haunting keyboard-based minimal melodies mesh using the simple hurry of mod/power pop to create a …

Denise Sullivan’s rock and roll & roll preferences were shaped by the air: the noises of Best 40 from your past due ’60s, free-form FM from your ’70s, and the faculty radio explosion in the first ’80s. She started her career like a journalist in the ’70s when she fulfilled …

Tracie Teen began her performing career at only 17 years, when she was discovered by Jam head Paul Weller through a paper advertisement for his new Respond label. Teen sang on the ultimate Jam one, “Defeat Surrender,” and on Weller’s first few Design Council singles aswell. Her debut record, DEFINATELY …

While there’s a lot of “rock and roll meets classical” to choose from — Elvis Costello’s ambitious task using the Brodsky Quartet, the steady teen-classical-pop of Il Divo, as well as the gigantic bombast of Trans-Siberian Orchestra to mention just a couple — the East Village Opera Company are most …

Following the dissolution of British pub-rockers the Winkies, leader Philip Rambow embarked on a short solo career that hardly ever quite fulfilled the many observers sensed he possessed. The Canadian-born Rambow acquired previously performed in a fresh York band known as Saturday Evening before emigrating to Britain and developing the …

The group the Cellar took their name from a range in Bob Dylan’s song “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” that ought to give listeners a clue with their influences — the music group puts their greatest focus on their songwriting, and blend up folk, pop, and country sounds having a tuneful, organic …

This Japanese child prodigy and virtuoso guitarist first found prominence after winning a national competition for guitarists at age 14. Resembling a Japanese edition of Elvis Costello, his mastery from the fretboard was quite amazing. After a low-key mini-album of primarily Japanese-style instrumentals, he teamed up with ex-Cream bass participant …

Best known among the leader’s of 1 of the best punk rock and roll bands ever, the Clash, vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Mick Jones was one of the most musically adventurous music artists from the genre, especially evident in his post-Clash clothing, the alt-dance clothing Big Sound Dynamite. Created Micheal Geoffrey Jones on …

Desert Isle Picks 1. Fugazi 13 Tracks 2. U2 Battle 3. Archers of Loaf Icky Mettle 4. Elvis Presley Rock and roll ‘n Move 5. REM Murmur 6. The Beastie Young boys Paul’s Store 7. Duran Duran Duran Duran 8. Husker Du Turn Your Hairpiece 9. Big Superstar #1 Record/Radio …