Although formed in Sept 1996, Saliva didn’t hit the mainstream until 2001, once the band’s mixture of angsty hard rock and hip-hop helped earn a double-platinum certification because of its sophomore album, Every 6 Mere seconds. Two of the album’s tracks had already made an appearance on Saliva’s self-released debut, …

Within the swirl of music artists closely from the Beatles — producer George Martin, organist Billy Preston, the people of Badfinger — one name that always stood out was that of Klaus Voormann, not only since it was a decidedly Germanic name, but additionally because of the assorted nature of …

During his prolific job of nearly 70 years, British actor and singer Sir Christopher Lee founded himself in a number of roles, sometimes iconic, frequently villainous, and usually interesting. After an extraordinary military profession during World Battle II, Lee plied his trade in little background assignments for ten years before …

The recipient of several international awards, like the Lili Boulanger Memoria Account Award of Boston (1960), and two awards through the Polish Minister of Tradition in 1967 and 1976, Wojciech Kilar was among Poland’s most well-known and highly respected composers. Seriously influenced from the music of John Cage, Kilar was …

Zmei3 (pronounced zmay-tray) is a Romanian group whose eccentric sound melds together components of Romanian folk, soul, blues, jazz, and avant-garde. Fronted by powerhouse vocalist Paula Turcas, a previous opera vocalist, and offering vibraphonist Oli Bott, guitarist/lyricist Mihai Victor Iliescu, and dual bassist Arnulf Ballhorn, the band’s uncommon name is …

A Czech Republic-based intimate rock and roll balladeer, Petr Kolár was created on June 20, 1967, in the city of Ceske Budejovice. Originally qualified and educated like a percussionist, Kolár shifted to Prague in 1993 and discovered his place like a vocalist in musical theatre, carrying out in Prague in …

Imagine if Johnny Money had been interested in vampires, werewolves, as well as the German expressionistic movie theater than in walking the line? Meet up with the Coffinshakers. Shaped in 1995 in Karlstadt, Sweden, by Rob Coffinshaker (Robert Fjällsby), the Coffinshakers eked out an lifestyle from little printings of 7″ …