Sunlight pop pioneers Parade teamed veteran songwriter and manufacturer Jerry Riopelle (a previous Phil Spector associate who’d played keyboards in sessions headlined with the Ronettes, the Righteous Brothers, and Ike & Tina Turner) with personality stars Murray MacLeod (known for his focus on tv series including Hawaii Five-O and Kung …

By the audio of them, you’ll have thought Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings began making funk-threaded spirit music jointly in the 1960s. Few devotedly vintage acts had been as convincing. Few performers as qualified as Sharon Jones at stuffing records with ache and meaning will be willing to choose sound …

YahZarah broke in to the music market together with Erykah Badu, whom she sang backup for on Mama’s Weapon, and subsequently established herself like a single artist in an identical vein, releasing individual albums through the early 2000s. Created Dana Williams in Washington, D.C., YahZarah (whose name loosely means “Queen …

Based in LA because the 1970s, Steve Ivory is one of the best-known R&B-oriented music journalists over the West Coast. Ivory isn’t from L.A. originally; he was created (Oct. 24, 1955) and elevated in Oklahoma Town, OK, and transferred west as a adult. Ivory began producing a name for himself …

Alec R. Costandinos’ documenting career might have been short-lived, however the Euro-disco manufacturer dominated the disco globe during his past due-’70s reign. After having produced a name for himself after co-writing Cerrone’s “Like in C Small” in 1977, Costandinos agreed upon to the French label Barclay where he released his …

Fake organizations usually result from record label professionals eager to earn money by advertising an “ideal” music group they come up with from scuff. Famous for example the Monkees and Milli Vanilli. Thinkman was such an organization, however the idea originated from bandleader/songwriter/maker Rupert Hine and contains a storyline to …

A diminutive singer with a robust tone of voice and a straight stronger attitude, Ann Peebles was among the performers who defined Willie Mitchell’s legendary Memphis spirit label Hi there Information, along with Al Green and, afterwards, O.V. Wright. Conveniently the best feminine vocalist in the Hello there stable, Peebles …

To be certain, Philadelphia-based vocalist and songwriter Gina Sicilia has come quite a distance in a comparatively small amount of time in the blues globe. This isn’t to state that she’s some brand-new up-and-comer, either, as this girl in her mid-twenties continues to be actively performing the blues and composing …

Probably the most successful band in Brazilian rock, Os Paralamas (or Os Paralamas do Sucesso profited from the first experiences of previous bands, consolidating the prosperity from the genre and in addition opening just how for other groups. With 12 albums released in Brazil and two in Argentina, a few …

The storyplot of Reggie Young’s career is, in lots of ways, a small version from the story of Southern soul music. Elevated in Memphis and inspired with the Delta blues, Young’s musical education emerged as a result of Dewey Phillips’ Crimson Scorching & Blue radio present, where he assimilated the …