Tag Archives: 1970s – 2000s

The sounds of bluegrass and acoustic country music have already been taken to Eastern Europe by Czechoslovakia-based band, Poutnici. Led by acoustic bass participant and vocalist Jiri Pola, who became a member of the music group in 1981, the group proceeds to mix initial music with Czech translations of tunes …

Tim Might, the flatpicking nation guitarist (never to be puzzled using the jazz guitarist and program player from the same name), was an associate of the group Crucial Smith for 15 years, adding to the band’s albums and concert performances. Following group’s dissolution, he had taken on several tasks, including …

Archivist Tom Munnelly dedicated his lifestyle to preserving the customs of Irish folk music, saving, transcribing and indexing a lot more than 20,000 tracks and starting the professions of singers including John Reilly and Tom Lenihan. Delivered Might 25, 1944, in Dublin, Munnelly started working being a machine operator within …

Led by highlife vocalist Prince Nico Mbarga, Rocafil Jazz was among Nigeria’s most influential sets of the ’70s and early ’80s. Their recording, Sweet Mother, offering the ten-minute, midtempo name track, remains among the biggest-selling recordings in African background. Relating to Nigerian literary critic Chikwenya Ogunyemi, “‘Nice Mother'” is even …

Cathy Barton is a protégé of Roy Acuff, Jimmie Driftwood, and Grandpa Jones. A grasp from the frailing banjo design, she actually is a multiple champion from the Tennessee old-time banjo tournament. She launched the hammered dulcimer towards the Walnut Valley Event at Winfield, and keeps a master’s level in …

Hailing from Sydney, Australia, punk rockers X labored through a quintessential punk existence; prohibited from playing locations, harassed by the authorities, and coping with several lineup adjustments — like the untimely loss of life of guitarist Ian Krahe — they ultimately achieved legendary position after many years of carrying out. …

Architect, painter, and manufacturer Alberto Escobar most importantly was captivated by music, especially songwriting. The musician debuted in 1973 while taking part in a school celebration sponsored by ITESO at Guadalajara, Jalisco, to arrive first place along with his melody “Habrá Amor.” Through the pursuing years, Escobar improved his poetic …

Although active simply because a professional guitarist because the end from the 1970s, Canadian Rainer Wiens has continuously been falling through the splits from the recording industry, leaving hardly any trace of his work in support of since he moved to Montreal in the middle-’90s. Aside from several free improv …

In 1978, the singer released and had great nationwide success with her version for Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Blowing wind,” which propelled the selling of her initial album, Diana Pequeno. Having attempted several different styles, from Northeastern and Latin American rhythms to pop music, she acquired no strikes in …

Australian-born French horn player Robert Johnson continues to be from the greatest traditional ensembles from his indigenous land, like the Sydney Symphony, where he eventually became the main in his instrument. Intervals of study in america and Europe, like a hiatus in the past due ’70s, led to orchestral assignments …