A wonderfully prolific musician who brought a fast air of metropolitan sophistication to his frequently spectacular display, John “Peter” Chatman — better referred to as Memphis Slender — assuredly rates with the best blues pianists ever. He was sensible enough to consider Big Costs Broonzy’s early information about creating a …

This group produced a set of marvelous heartache ballads in 1971, but have the unfortunate legacy of experiencing their finest cuts converted into pop hits via covers. Business lead vocalist Douglas Scott, whose nickname properly was “Smokey,” Willie Holland, Wayne Barnes, and Charles Stodghill created in NY in 1969. They …

After working like a backup vocalist for a number of country-rock acts and serving mainly because an associate of Commander Cody’s Shed Planet Airmen for quite some time through the mid-’70s, vocalist Nicolette Larson launched a solo career in the past due ’70s. In the beginning, Larson adopted the audio …

Although they’re most widely known today for his or her lush, lyrically and musically profound (some would say bombastic) psychedelic-era albums, the Moody Blues began among the better R&B-based combos from the British Invasion. The group’s background started in Birmingham, Britain with Ray Thomas (harmonica, vocals) and Mike Pinder (keyboards, …

Raul Seixas was a simple rocker in Brazil. Together with his expressive discography, whose strikes continue being re-recorded by Caetano Veloso, Margareth Menezes, among others, Seixas’ part in continuing the task of establishing the building blocks of Brazilian rock and roll was of 1st importance. Affected by João Gilberto, Luiz …

There is no doubting Neil Christian’s efforts towards the formative times of British rock and roll. His organizations included, at numerous times, Jimmy Web page, Ritchie Blackmore, Nicky Hopkins, Albert Lee, and Mick Abrahams. Like a vocalist and recording designer, though, he was distinctly missing, with a fairly wimpy and …

Emerging from your same late-noughties folk scene as Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons, and Noah as well as the Whale, West Country singer/songwriter Josh Bray’s eclectic appear also includes a mixture of gospel-blues, rootsy Americana, and sunny country-rock. Given birth to in Devon but elevated in Dorset, Bray was originally …

The storyplot of London, England mod revivalists the Purple Hearts begins in 1977 when teenagers Jeff Shadbolt, Simon Stebbing, Bob Manton, and Nicky Lake dubbed themselves the Sockets to sneak their way onto a bill opening for the Buzzcocks, despite the fact that none from the four had the capability …

Internationally speaking, Nana Mouskouri may be the biggest-selling female artist ever. Her fluency in multiple dialects — Greek, French, British, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese — allowed her to attain audiences around European countries, the Americas, and also Asia. Possessed of a unique, angelic soprano — the merchandise of experiencing been given …

Within the span of three brief years, Kanye West went from hip-hop beatmaker to world-wide hitmaker, as his stellar production work with Jay-Z resulted in a major-label documenting contract and, ultimately, a wildly effective solo career. Western world matched his beats with tongue-twisting raps along with a self-assured, flamboyant character. …