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Josie Cotton’s 1982 fresh wave strike “Johnny, ARE YOU CURRENTLY Queer?” is obviously in dubious flavor (although its killer chorus is among the more unforgettable of its period), but there’s even more to the underrated vocalist/songwriter than her one shock-value novelty strike. Not merely are Cotton’s two early-’80s albums underrated …

The acidity pop singer/songwriter born Leslie Phillips earned the non-sensical nickname “Sam” as a kid; only once she was documenting her debut recording do she finally hear of the additional, even more renowned Sam Phillips and observe his legacy because the creator of Sun Information, the label which released the …

The supple, ringing guitars of Johnny Marr helped establish the Smiths being among the most acclaimed and enduring rings from the 1980s. Blessed John Maher in Manchester, Britain, on Oct 31, 1963, he performed in such little-known groupings as Sister Ray and Freaky Party before developing the Smiths with vocalist …

United kingdom R&B/punk group, Medication Addix served like a springboard for Surrey-born vocalist, Kristy MacColl, the daughter of English folksinger Ewan MacColl and dancer/choreographer Jean Newlove, who utilized the pseudonym, Mandy Question. Releasing an extraordinary, self-produced, EP, The Medication Addix Make AN ARCHIVE, they were asked to audition for Stiff …

Maker John Leventhal enjoyed his greatest achievement in cooperation with a number of acclaimed modern vocalist/songwriters. He 1st attracted notice dealing with longtime enthusiast Shawn Colvin, co-writing and creating her Grammy-winning 1989 debut LP Steady On; Jim Lauderdale’s World of Love adopted in 1991, along with a yr later on …

After playing in folk clubs in Southern Ontario, singer/songwriter Mae Moore got her first break when she joined the band Foreign Legion. She crafted her elaborate acoustic audio while creating a name for herself through the entire middle-’80s. In 1985, she proceeded to go solo, composing the melody “Heaven inside …

Achieving the national spotlight by the end of 2002, pianist Vienna Teng have been a significant area of the California singer/songwriter scene for a couple years before then. A pianist because the age group of five, Teng had taken piano lessons before shifting to improvisation. Composing feverishly throughout her youngsters, …

Celtic pop singer/songwriter Eleanor McEvoy was created in Dublin about January 20, 1967, starting piano lessons at age 4; she used the violin 2 yrs later, so when a teen became a member of the Junior Irish Youngsters Orchestra. Upon graduating university, McEvoy was tapped for the Country wide Symphony …

Ewan MacColl may have been probably the most influential person within the Uk folk track revival. From his early manhood until his loss of life in 1989, he continued to be passionately focused on folk, though not really specifically; he was also a poet, playwright, organizer, activist, songwriter, spouse, and …

Kirsty MacColl, little girl of folk singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl, began her very own musical profession while even now in her young adults, singing inside a music group called the Addix, and finally authorized to the famous Stiff Information. Her first solitary, the modern young lady group jewel, “THEY DON’T REALLY …