Tag Archives: Pop/Rock

Influenced by famous brands Tim Berne, Frank Zappa, and contemporary classical composer Charles Wuorinen, Brooklyn-based guitarist Rich Woodson exchanged his desire for hard rock and roll and speed steel for a mixture of creative jazz, avant steel, and contemporary chamber music textures in his Ellipsis quintet. Featuring Woodson along with …

Hailing from Sydney, Australia, punk rockers X labored through a quintessential punk existence; prohibited from playing locations, harassed by the authorities, and coping with several lineup adjustments — like the untimely loss of life of guitarist Ian Krahe — they ultimately achieved legendary position after many years of carrying out. …

NJ based singer/songwriter Rebecca Turner balances wonderful Laurel Canyon folk-rock harmonies with powerful power pop melodies and singalong choruses that hearken back again to vintage AM radio, all sung within a tone of voice that embraces, without contradiction, the special twang of old-fashioned nation as well as the tart attitude …

Guitarist/maker and composer Justin Adams is both among Britain’s great bluesmen and African crossover music’s leading proponents. Initial arriving at prominence in 1990 with Jah Wobble’s Invaders from the Center, Adams laid the foundations of his profession through working being a reputed sideman. His set of credits grew to add …

Kenyon Hopkin is a freelance article writer in NY and has contributed to many publications, like the Long Isle Tone of voice, Newsday, Resonance, as well as the Isle Ear. He is a DJ at WUSB 90.1 FM since 1994 (where he served as music director for just one year) …

The remarkably eclectic world pop band Ulele may be the brainchild of Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist Winston Damon, whose wide-ranging music talents were previously employed by the favorite Celt-rock group the Drovers. Damon was mainly a drummer and percussionist for the Drovers, but Ulele offered him an opportunity to demonstrate the entire …

Acquiring their name from your Drive Like Jehu song, the spastic post-hardcore of southern California’s Bullet Teach to Vegas came into being beneath the direction of vocalist/guitarist Dan Sena, formerly of Adamantium and present Until Eliminated. After his earlier rings disbanded, Sena wished to type something new that could problem …

Sunlight Boy began as a saving task by two “ex – garage area punk fledglings,” Chris Conway and Matt Miceli. Their objective was to fully capture the integrity of a common rings (the Beatles, Oasis, and Sloan) within their music. They truly became the pop group Sunlight Boy in Feb …

Sometimes referred to as “the haggis of jazz fusion rings,” the tiny combo Mind were dynamic in Glasgow in the ’70s. The tempo portion of drummer Billy Kyle and bassist Graham Mince had been consistent elements in the three albums released with the group more than a five-year period, as …

Zen Dog’s Julie Klein sings lead vocals, has bass electric guitar, and makes a nice-looking frontwoman with an excellent body and naturally curly auburn hair. Donna Acierno are available on the key pad aswell as doing back-up vocals for Zen Pet dog; she is extremely pleasing towards the eye. Maintaining …