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An oddball NEW YORK quintet based throughout the group of singer/guitarist Renee LoBue and drummer-producer Ray Ketchem, the Melting Hopefuls delivered a occasionally unusual — but generally winningly — melodic make of indie rock and roll with a good stability of folk and sound textures. LoBue and Ketchem produced the …

Produced in Baltimore in 1994 by singer Lisa Matthews and guitarist Mikel Gehl, Like Riot found epitomize the sweet and advanced pop sounds emanating from countless combine format r / c in the 1990s. Both had worked jointly in various rings for at least a decade. Even though the music …

Ken Rockwood and Danielle Brancaccio mildew the folk-rock varieties of Teacher and Maryann, the music outfit that began within their native NY in the first ’90s. Rockwood’s vocalist/songwriter brilliance as well as the angelic vocal beauty of Brancaccio quickly ensemble the duo being a sure achievement. They inked a cope …

Before launching her solo career, Lili Haydn established herself like a violinist to reckon with (a minimum of George Clinton pronounced her “the Jimi Hendrix of violin”) by using the LA Philharmonic, Porno for Pyros, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Hootie & the Blowfish, Victoria Williams, Tom Petty, and Web page …

New York artwork pop trio Elk Town spun faraway from the choice rock-era group the Melting Hopefuls in past due 1997. Both groupings feature drummer Ray Ketchem and vocalist/bassist Renee LoBue, however the addition of vocalist/guitarist Peter Langland-Hassan really makes Elk Town another (and better) group. Certainly, Elk Town (no …

When there is one group that embodies the condition of gay lifestyle today, it is the Flirtations. The Flirtations obtained nationwide prominence in the past due ’80s because the just openly homosexual, positive a cappella group. It helped that that they had remarkable voices and decided outstanding materials. In several …