Asheville, NEW YORK vocalist/songwriter Pierce Edens emerged in the first 2000s, cultivating a rootsy Americana audio influenced from the regional hill folk he was raised hearing. Edens underwent a stage of obsession with punk and grunge in his teenage years, and eventually made a fiery synthesis by merging the greater …

Eccentric indie rock-band Maps & Atlases feature Erin Elders (guitar), Shiraz Dada (bass), Chris Hainey (drums), and Dave Davison (guitar/vocals). Although they are located in Chicago, the users of Maps & Atlases choose to align themselves with the word they define as “fresh regionalism.” Dada is in fact the only …

Best known like a saving engineer, and having caused everyone from Gregory Isaacs to Lily Allen, Mike Pelanconi in addition has released contemporary dub reggae music beneath the name Prince Fatty. He 1st required the name in 2005 when he previously an urgent gig composing a one-off reggae music, “Nina’s …

Fiery Canadian all-female hard rock outfit Hunter Valentine was shaped in 2004 by guitarist/vocalist Kiyomi McCloskey, bassist Adrienne Lloyd, and drummer Laura Petracca. Sketching on influences just like the Pretenders, Janis Joplin, Loverboy, and Muse, the music group turned mind in Southern Ontario using its 2005 self-financed debut EP, which …

If a very important factor spelled instant popularity in Sweden in the first 2000s it had been an appearance on Swedish Idol, which was certainly the situation for Ola Svensson (aka Ola), who became a superstar in his homeland following his stint around the 2005 release of the display. A …

Kansas City’s Julian Vaughn can be an adept, soulful bassist who makes his own make of gospel-influenced clean jazz and instrumental R&B. Developing in the grandson and child of preachers, Vaughn first became thinking about music while playing in his chapel band. Getting started on drums, Vaughn ultimately discovered his …