Tag Archives: Cherry Poppin’

It’s no real surprise that Britain’s ska-tinged humor rock action 7 Secs of Love may be the creation of Joel Veitch, the web animator at the rear of cult internet site www.rathergood.com and Quizno’s advertisements featuring the infamous Spongmonkeys. After recruiting his sibling Alex Veitch to try out keyboards, Joel …

Another group in the ’90s retro resurrection of mid-century swing/jump-blues music spearheaded by Squirrel Nut Zippers and Royal Crown Revue, Mighty Blue Kings shaped in Chicago during 1994, a septet of fresh but skilled musicians who wished to give clubgoers a particular date 1940s-design. Vocalist Ross Bon, guitarist Gareth Greatest, …

Siberian surf rockers the Crimson Elvises shaped in LA in 1996; founded by vocalist/guitarist Igor Yuzov and vocalist/bassist Oleg Bernov — Russian natives who previously teamed in the cult preferred folk-dance group Limpopo — the group afterwards grew to add balalaika virtuoso Zhenya Kolykhanov and drummer Avi Sills (the lone …

Retro-swingers the Royal Crown Revue comprised vocalist Eddie Nichols, guitarist Wayne Achor, bassist Veikko Lepisto, tenor saxophonist Mando Dorame, baritone saxophonist Expenses Ungerman, trumpeter Scott Steen and drummer Daniel Cup. Debuting in 1991 using the LP Kings of Gangster Bop, the group was nearly the first ever to capture the …

The New Shirt septet the Fins combine a number of different musical styles –R&B, golf swing, jazz, big band, and blues — into its varied and original sound. Produced in the first ’90s, the group instantly started playing live at many fundraisers in the brand new York tri-state region, and …

Like Squirrel Nut Zippers as well as the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Big Poor Voodoo Daddy revived big-band music for the ’90s and beyond. BBVD focused for the swinging times of the ’40s and ’50s, borrowing a number of the Rat Pack lingo as well as the zoot matches that cloaked …

Muchachito, guitarist and vocalist of Muchachito Bombo Infierno, began his music profession in the roads. Passing period playing acoustic guitar for individuals strolling by, Muchachito fulfilled other street music artists from around Spain and beyond, color his strategies and path. His 1st group, Trimelon de Naranjus, was a representation of …

Japanese kitsch-pop, nostalgic mixes of big music group, golf swing, and general quirkiness, was probably best conceived from the Pizzicato Five. Within their footsteps, though, arrived Ego-Wrappin’, several jazz and blues performers formed round the primary duo of guitarist Masaki Mora and vocalist Yoshie Nakano having a sheen of brass …