Pronounced ‘Loo Ga Roo’, which translates through the Creole term for ‘folkloric werewolves’, this NY, USA centered group mine musical territory in the classic Cajun tradition, up to date through their brutal employment of traditional instruments and contemporary technology: ‘Our music is approximately celebration’, is the way they themselves surmise …

Percussionist, composer, and arranger Roberto Juan Rodriguez, whose exclusive blending of Latin and Jewish music provides essentially created a complete new hybrid, was created in Cuba, the kid of veteran horn participant Roberto Luis Rodriguez. Younger Rodriguez examined violin, piano, and trumpet in Havana, and discovered to try out drums …

The Fabulous Delacardos are an a capella doo-wop group with an album called Smooth Best Hop Doo Wop, which include harmonious renditions of tunes originally by Dion & the Belmonts, the Coasters, Gene Chandler, and Johnny Money, aswell as unique covers of Paul Simon and Ladysmith Dark Mambazo’s “Gemstones on …

With their mixture of influences that range between Johnny Cash, Lenny Kravitz, Paul Simon and Paul McCartney, Freewheel’s sophistication of upbeat folk and pop surfaced following the break-up of their former band The Excuse. Combined with the support of Vibrafon Information, Freewheel debuted this audio on some singles which were …

Bubble is a six-man pop group out of NEW YORK. The band created in 1994 and it is made up of Dave Foster, the band’s songwriter who also contributes vocals and electric guitar; Matt Lindsey on vocals and bass; John Spurney on vocals and electric guitar; drummer Tom DeVito; and …

In the first ’60s, Paul Simon (after that using the pseudonym Jerry Landis for his compositions) cut several singles as “Tico” of Tico as well as the Triumphs. One of these, “Motorbike,” do make amount 99 at the top 100, but generally they’re proof what a lengthy journey he’d have …

As the bass participant for the West Nkosi-directed Makgona Tshole Band, Joseph Makwela provided the building blocks for South Africa’s Mahalathini as well as the Mahotella Queens from 1964 before deaths of deep voiced “groaners” Mahalathini (Simon Nkabinde) and Nkosi in 1999. A indigenous of South Africa, Makwela spent his …

Given birth to in Brooklyn NY in 1955, Janet Rosen’s first memories are the melodies and lyrics from the pop music and doowop of her child years. Utterly without musical skill, she was evidently nonetheless a given birth to prodigy like a lover. Her 1st blues album buy, at age …

The lead singer of 1970s British rockabilly band, Whirlwind, Nigel Dixon was as known for his good lucks for his gutsy vocalizing. In his liner records for Whirlwind’s 1977 record, Blowing Up A Surprise, British isles music journalist Stuart Coleman composed, “(Dixon) ought to know with his sharpened appears and …

This group combines traditional Shangaa sing (a male-female call-and-response style) using a synth-powered disco rhythm. They attained world publicity after showing up on Paul Simon’s Graceland record.