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An all-star hard rock and roll unit shaped in 2008 by vocalist Serrina Sims and Queens from the Rock Age, AN IDEAL Circle, and Failure guitarist Troy Vehicle Leeuwen, Los Angeles-based Sweethead also features the skills of bassist Eddie Nappi (Attractive) and drummer Norm Stop (Plexi), both of whom also …

They aren’t siblings in the original sense of the term. Nor were the trio delivered using the name Beyman. Therefore, of course, it could stand to cause that Christopher “Doc” Visitor (mandolin, mandocello, clarinet, guitars, lap metal electric guitar), David “Nudgie” Nichtern (acoustic, electrical, and glide guitars), and Jeffrey “C.J.” …

An indie digital outfit that’s attempted new influx revivalism, tribal beats, and Middle Eastern instrumentation, Rainbow Arabia was shaped in 2008 by spouse/wife duo Tiffany and Danny Preston. Both were wedded for 3 years before they began recording together within their Echo Recreation area cellar in early 2008. Simply prior, …

Norman Whitfield was among the architects from the Motown audio, from its early top being a country wide label through its waning times of major graph achievement. A lot more than that, nevertheless, Whitfield and his personal travel became a significant area of the mental dynamic from the label, frequently …

Among the great jazz trumpeters ever, Freddie Hubbard formed his audio from the Clifford Dark brown/Lee Morgan custom, and by the first ’70s was immediately distinctive as well as the pacesetter in jazz. Nevertheless, a string of blatantly industrial albums later on in the 10 years damaged his status and, …

b. Tulla Ellice Finklea, 8 March 1923, Amarillo, Tx, USA. A stylish, long-legged dancer who made an appearance in several excellent film musicals from the 40s and 50s, Finklea required ballet classes from an early on age group, and was signed up for the renowned Fanchon and Marco Dance Studio …

A singer with an incredible four-octave range, Yma Sumac was thought to have already been a descendant of Inca kings, an Incan princess which was among the Golden Virgins. Her offbeat stylings became a sensation of early-’50s pop music. While her record covers took benefit of her unusual outfits and …

Gerald Wiggins was an extremely flexible pianist quite comfortable in golf swing or bop configurations, but he was in his best when executing along with his longtime trio, an organization that also included bassist Andy Simpkins and drummer Paul Humphrey. Wiggins’ swinging and regularly witty design, typically filled up with …

Among the best jazz arranger/composers from the 1950s, Neal Hefti initial wrote graphs in the later ’30s for Nat Towles. He added arrangements towards the Earl Hines big music group; performed trumpet with Charlie Barnet, Horace Heidt, and Charlie Spivak (1942-1943); and toured with Woody Herman’s First Herd (1944-1946), marrying …

Composer Lew Spence remains to be best remembered for his long-running cooperation with husband-and-wife lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman, a link that yielded Frank Sinatra’s vintage “Good ‘n’ Easy.” Created Lewis Sifka in Cedarhurst, NY, on June 29, 1920, he battled asthma throughout adolescence, eventually relocating to Az in order …