Tag Archives: 1980s – 1990s

Rarely a significant force in carnival celebrations, Trini non-etheless comes through sometimes having a big hit. “Cruising,” from 1988, was pretty solid in the celebrations, but 1987’s “Curry Tabanca” was most likely his pinnacle to day.

Not to end up being confused using the big-band vocalist who was generally credited mainly because Eddy Harris, this background vocalist named Eddie Harris includes a past due-’80s credit on the country album simply by vocalist/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist David Lynn Jones.

Luscious vocal harmonies made Amy Fradon and Leslie Ritter much-demanded session singers in the first 1980s. Their vocals had been noticed on recordings by Orleans, Rick Danko, John Sebastian, the Fantastic Rhinestones and Content & Artie Traum. Independently, the two vocalist/songwriters collaborated on six albums through the nine years that …

This Alabama-born, New Jersey-based songwriter creates wry and insightful songs with an urban but Southern sensibility. He provides three self-produced albums and it is represented in the The Fast Folk Musical Mag.

The California duo of Dave Portillo and Eddie Sierra began rapping in 1985 beneath the name of Deity, later on changing it to 12th Tribe. Affected by spirit and rock, they loved the rap of Kool Moe Dee, Whodini, as well as the Extra fat Boys. They got their name …

This legendary bamboo flutist, songwriter, and performer was an exceptionally creative musician who, on the main one hand, was a keeper from the flame of rural music traditions and who, alternatively, had not been afraid to test out the addition of contemporary sounds. He established the stage onto which afterwards …

John Vocalist is a get good at shakuhachi instructor, performer, recording musician, and former shakuhachi trainer at the School of Hawaii. He continues to be performing upon this Japanese bamboo flute since 1975. He examined for quite some time in Japan beneath the tutelage from the past due shakuhachi Grand …

Created in New Hampshire but (eventually) located in Boston, In person were a fresh wave work that had a strike in 1982 using the solitary “10-9-8.” Vocalist Laurie Sargent, guitarist (and creator) Stuart Kimball, guitarist Angelo Petraglia, bassist John Ryder, and drummer Billy Beard obtained a record offer in 1982 …

Michael Dean’s music profession began in Charlottesville, VA, where he used Baby Opaque in the mid-’80s. In 1986, he relocated to SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA and became a member of Bomb, who he used until 1997. Carrying out a move to LA in 2001, Dean created the music group Kittyfeet …

Brooklyn-born Josh Joffen offers documented often for The Fast Folk Musical Publication (1982 for this). He released an recording with songwriter David Roth (both have one part). Joffen received the Kerrville New Folk Competition in 1987.