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b. 1946, Western world Warwick, Rhode Isle, USA, d. 10 Dec 2004, NEW YORK, NY, USA. Hayes started playing trumpet young and later examined on the Berklee University Of Music before settling in NEW YORK, where he continued to be based for a lot of the others of his existence. …

b. Joseph Nelson Goucher, 11 Dec 1895, Woonsocket, Rhode Isle, USA, d. 18 Feb 1976, Smithfield, Rhode Isle, USA. Dowling’s Broadway profession began like a performer and he made an appearance in musicals like the Velvet Woman (1919) and Ziegfeld Follies Of 1919. He wedded Ray Dooley (b. Rachel Grain …

Providence, RI’s the Sibling Kite had their origins in the cooperation between music artists Patrick Boutwell and Jon Downs in 2001, however the group itself didn’t get together before following year by adding bassist Andrea Mason and guitarist Tag Howard. The group released a divide 7″ with Vaguely Starshaped in …

The death of Thomas Chapin from leukemia at age 40 was one particular extremely cruel twists of fate that periodically mark the annals of jazz. Unlike the countless great players to expire of self-abuse before their period — Charlie Parker and Bix Beiderbecke one thinks of — Chapin resided that …

One of the biggest college bands from the ’80s, Throwing Muses was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Kristin Hersh and her half-sister guitarist/vocalist Tanya Donelly having a couple of friends from senior high school. In 1986, the group’s debut recording was released by the exclusive English label 4AD; Throwing Muses …

Happy (if adopted) sons of Fresh York’s Gowanus Canal, Mancino are an indie rock and roll trio whose quirky wit and enthusiastic embrace of a wide selection of pop designs have received them a dedicated East Coastline following. Mancino had been founded by guitarist, bassist, and vocalist Mike Grimes and …

Despite their musical differences, eclectic jam band Zox will forever be nestled next to cult favorite Vancouver indie rockers Zumpano (Carl Newman’s band before the New Pornographers) — not only alphabetically, but also for quirks of nomenclature: both bands are named after their drummer’s surnames. In cases like this, drummer …

b. 23 Sept 1904, Providence, Rhode Isle, USA, d. 4 March 1994, Edgecomb, Maine, USA. Hall produced her initial appearance on Broadway in Three GIRLS (1930), which acquired music and lyrics mainly by Walter Kollo and Harry B. Smith. Among the music sung by Hall had been a trio with …

During the period of their decades-long existence, Roomful of Blues successfully became a franchise unto themselves, built even more on the brand-name collective identity than in the voices from the myriad individual users who kept the band a smoothly humming machine. Explaining Roomful of Blues that method, however, gives brief …

Lightning Bolt surfaced from Providence, Rhode Isle in 1995 like a three-piece artwork school project. Primarily there is Brian Chippendale’s explosive, non-stop drumming, Brian Gibson’s Contortions-like basslines, and Hisham Baroocha’s vocals propelling them in a fury of volatile sound and orgiastic tribalism. The group helped discovered Fort Thunder, a music …