Steve Huey initial joined up with the All Music Guideline staff in the summertime of 1994, while going to Michigan State University or college. In 1997, after completing his B.A. in British having a thesis on Frank Zappa, he approved a full-time placement as an associate editor and personnel article …

Funk bandleader Boobie Knight specialized in much, psychedelic-tinged, guitar-centered make of groove, something such as the proverbial stoned spirit picnic. Dubbing his initial clothing the Soulciety, Knight arrived a cope with RCA and documented the album Spirit Ain’t No New Part of 1972; it included jam-oriented songs like “King of …

Aphasia was the deal with of digital media designer Richard Johnson. Johnson — who was simply given birth to in Abu-Dhabi to Uk parents and later on relocated to the U.K. — started working in digital sonic collages in the middle-’90s. Originally, Aphasia (the medical term for the shortcoming to …

A supergroup/side task involving people of Stereolab, the Great Llamas, and Laika, Europa 51 features Stereolab’s drummer/percussionist Andy Ramsay and bassist Simon Johns (also of Imitation Electric powered Piano), aswell as composer/multi-instrumentalist Steve Russell. Multi-instrumentalist Marcus Holdaway, percussionist Dominic Murcott, and guitarist John Bennett from the Great Llamas and Stereolab’s …

Called after Othello’s wife in Shakespeare’s tragedy, Belgian outfit Dez Mona combine jazz, gospel, classical, and People from france chansons to make a sound which has been set alongside the likes of Nina Simone, Antony & the Johnsons, and Tom Waits. Created in 2003 by vocalist Gregory Frateur and bassist …

b. Nicolle Marcella Burt, 16 Feb 1974, Slot Antonio, Portland, Jamaica, Western Indies. Burt nurtured her vocal abilities in her formative years with age 12 she displayed her school inside a seminary folk group. She also sang in chapel and in her teenagers joined an area music group that performed …