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Created in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, Region lent the ethereal dream-pop sound of Britain’s 4AD label while adding their personal distinctively Midwestern details, especially the mild vocals of frontwoman Lynn Canfield. Founded in 1986, the group’s primary included Canfield, guitarist Henry Frayne and multi-instrumentalist Steve Jones; they debuted later on that 12 …

Area’s uncompromising mixture of jazz-rock, cultural folk, experimentation, and political philosophies made them a distinctive existence in Italy through the 1970s. Fronting the band’s musical fusion was vocalist Demetrio Stratos, who embellished his personal operatic technique with yodels and growls. Stratos passed away in 1979, and the rest of the …