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Julia Wolfe is ranked among the greater important composers stylistically associated with post-minimalism. Though her music falls under that wide and somewhat non-descript tag, it really is quite eclectic and nearly defies classification. The listener notices a variety of disparate components in her functions, from rock and roll and minimalist …

Among country’s most historically minded new traditionalists, Marty Stuart was also probably one of the most eclectic, moving between honky tonk, rockabilly, country-rock, traditional nation, and bluegrass. He was also one of the most flamboyant showmen, assisting his party-hearty picture with a closet of rhinestone-laden Nudie fits. Stuart was created …

Philadelphia doo wop group the Del-Knights formed in early 1958. Based on Marv Goldberg’s profile on his R&B Notebooks site, co-founders Eddie Edgehill (an alumnus from the Valentines, which documented some singles for the Rama label) and tenor Arthur Harden had been childhood friends delivered and raised within the South …

By playing 100 % pure and simple rock and roll & move without building an explicit problem of her gender, Joan Jett became a figurehead for many generations of feminine rockers. Jett’s make of rock and roll & roll is normally noisy and stripped-down, however with overpowering hooks — a …

The harp is rarely regarded as a jazz instrument, however in the 1990s Lori Andrews and Deborah Henson-Conant proved that their instrument isn’t limited to producing pretty backgrounds. Lori Andrews graduated from Temple School in 1979, performed frequently in Atlantic Town during 1980-1985, transferred to LA in 1985, and from …