Tag Archives: 1980s – 2010s

Keith Perspiration, a Harlem-born R&B singer/songwriter known for his distinctive “whining” vocal design, co-produced 1984/1985 singles by GQ and Roberta Gilliam and issued independent singles of his own (“Lucky Seven” and “My Brain IS COMPOSED”), but he didn’t launch his debut full-length for Elektra, Help to make It Last Forever, …

Tim Simenon, the one-man electronica whiz child behind Bomb the Bass, is a sampledelic Uk hip-hop maker who also co-produced a set of massive international hits: Neneh Cherry’s “Buffalo Position” and Seal’s “Crazy.” Created in Brixton of Malaysian and Scottish parentage, Simenon became thinking about dance creation after studying studio …

Eyebrows were raised in the jazz globe when it had been announced that the relatively obscure and teen Ken Vandermark was to get a 1999 MacArthur Genius offer. Prior MacArthur recipients among jazz music artists consist of Cecil Taylor and Anthony Braxton — near-legendary statistics who, during the period of …

Stephen Darlington is among Britain’s leading organists and choir conductors. In the first ’70s, he examined at Christ Cathedral, Oxford, under Simon Preston. He was associate organist at Canterbury Cathedral for four years, after that was appointed professional from the music at St. Albans Abbey, where he also offered as …

Drummer/percussionist and conductor Bobby Sanabria is definitely section of New York’s radiant Latin jazz membership picture. The multi-talented Sanabria was raised in the hard South Bronx. While participating in a Tito Puente concert when he was 17, he slipped backstage and asked the renowned percussionist if he could sit down …

This NY City-based psychedelic/garage rock combo played a big role in the mostly underground ’60s revival through the 1980s. Led from the enigmatic Rudi Protrudi, the Fuzztones had been among the main “successes” (especially in European countries) from the revival that flourished in 1984 which also boasted the Chesterfield Kings, …

Perhaps one of the most successful and enduring Australian rings from the post-punk period, the Cathedral began their profession with music that paid explicit homage to psychedelia and 1960s folk rock and roll, and with the duration of time they refined their own audio, fusing pop, artwork rock, progressive rock …

The emergence from the Gories heralded a fresh Golden Age of Detroit rock from the past due ’80s; a renaissance of sound and rustbelt rock and roll that lasts to today. Created in 1986 by three Detroit natives — Mick Collins, Peg O’Neill, and Dan Kroha (non-e of whom previously …

Using their origins in Orange County, California, and their current incarnation based out of Nashville, Tennessee, atmospheric alt-rock outfit the Choir have undergone their fair share of changes throughout their long career. Created in 1984 beneath the moniker Youngsters Choir, and constructed around the unique playing of guitarist and vocalist …

After Mick Jones was fired through the Clash in 1983, he formed Big Sound Dynamite (B.A.D.) twelve months later to keep the greater experimental funk components of the Clash’s Fight Rock and roll. The group’s unique incarnation included Jones, video designer and Clash associate Don Letts (results and vocals), Greg …