Bassist Stanley Gaines may be the child of experienced trumpeter Charlie Gaines and appears to be most widely known for completing as an associate of reorganized early R&B organizations, frequently after these combos were previous their perfect, at least commercially. An example is the Pet cats & the Fiddle, a …

Among the many power pop rings to emerge over the American music picture in the later 1970s and early ’80s, Charlottesville, VA’s the offer were perhaps one of the most unlucky of the rings, and until 2003, their music was nearly completely obscure and unheard. THE OFFER produced in 1979 …

Vocalist Clyde Dark brown had a short single profession with Atlantic in the ’70s, but had the achievement of the Drifters to hold him from heading adrift during a lot of his profession voyage. While this vocal group was well-known more than enough to break off into splinters and franchises, …

Originally going beneath the name Short Break Operator, Maps is actually Northampton U.K. sound sculptor Adam Chapman, who combines indie digital noises with atmospheric, sleepy rock and roll that owes as very much to Spiritualized and My Bloody Valentine since it will to Four Tet and Planks of Canada. After …

Tomoko Kawase 1st rose to prominence as the vocalist and lyricist for the cult Japan alternative rock and roll work the Brilliant Green, which she was invited to become listed on in 1995 after impressing the bandmembers with her performing at an novice vocal contest. Following the Excellent Green had …

The greatly popular visual kei music group Ayabie were among the first acts to apply the style that was afterwards to become referred to as oshare kei (“fashionable type”). With pretty, garishly colored clothes and cheerful, summery lyrical designs, their music ranged via an extremely wide selection of designs, from …

On recordings from the Chieftains, De Danaan, and several various other Irish traditional groupings, listeners might often look for a composer’s credit for just one P.J. Kelly or occasionally Dad P.J. Kelly. A musician since his times in primary college, Dad Kelly spent the fantastic element of his lifestyle being …

The serious musical composer may be embarrassed to consider credit for a few from the songs Bob Roberts wrote, while at exactly the same time pleased to deposit the royalty checks. Scribbling single or in a number of songwriting duos, trios, or even quartets or “committee” songwriting, Roberts frequently was …

Though their base of Hagerstown, MD, put them from the map of all media that track actually emerging alternative bands, the Left produced an EP and an LP of near-hardcore punk in the middle-’80s that attracted some critical attention before splitting up. A bit more flexible within their rhythms, affects, …

Tony Asher’s best claim to popularity originates from his lyrical cooperation in 1966 with Brian Wilson around the Seaside Males’ teenage opus Family pet Noises. Before teaming up with Wilson, Asher worked well in the marketing industry. He required only a brief keep of lack to focus on the record. …