Tag Archives: Soft/Quiet

Formed in the first ’80s in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Mint Condition started as lead vocalist Stokley Williams, guitarist Homer O’Dell, keyboardist Larry Waddell, keyboardist/saxophonist Jeff Allen, keyboardist/guitarist Keri Lewis, and guitarist/bassist Rick Kinchen. The six talented music artists combined a number of affects and encounters to form their personal sound. Williams …

Oscar Pettiford was (along with Charles Mingus) the very best bassist from the 1945-1960 period, as well as the successor towards the later Jimmy Blanton. Furthermore, he was the initial main jazz soloist over the cello. A bop pioneer, it could have been extremely interesting to listen to what Pettiford …

Carmen Rodgers is among countless performers who emerged through the 2000s and deserved to become known by a lot more than serious, deep-digging R&B listeners. Blessed in Mississippi, elevated in Tx, and located in Georgia (particularly Atlanta), Rodgers added a mellow but stimulating showcase, “Ain’t VIRTUALLY NO TIME,” to Hidden …

Dynamic since 1942 (having had twenty years of success in the prestigious Rádio Nacional) and singularized compared to additional vocal sets of enough time for the elaborated plans for 4 or 5 voices, the Operating-system Cariocas became probably the most representative vocal band of bossa nova following their 1957 recording …

Mike Curb has led an extended and varied profession in and away of music. Blessed in 1945, he was a university dropout who were able to discovered his very own record label in his early twenties, sell it for the six-figure amount, and parlay his popularity in the music sector …

If you’re acquainted with the tune “The Tide Is High” you almost certainly know it as a big success for Blondie, but before Deborah Harry and firm got a your hands on it, it had been a 1960s hit for the Paragons. Produced in Kingston, Jamaica, the Paragons had been …

United kingdom vocalist Mick Hucknall got his begin in punk music — a long way off from the soft mixture of pop and blue-eyed soul that could later on catapult his music group, Simply Red, in to the worldwide mainstream. Created in Manchester, Britain, in 1960, Hucknall experienced a musical …

Mexican singer Manuel Mijares had his initial experience in music while taking part in his school chorus at an extremely early age. He produced his professional debut in 1981 in an area festival known as Valores Juveniles. After surviving in Japan and performing in a evening club, Mijares became a …

Folksinger Rainfall Perry earned her first flavor of national achievement with “Yosemite,” a twangy melody that took best honors in the folk group of the 2000 John Lennon Songwriting Competition. “Yosemite” continued to be included in Tom Russell and Nanci Griffith in 2003. On the other hand, Perry continued launching …

Delivered Norman Mervyn Barrington Foote, Norman Foote had to build up a feeling of humor young. That love of life has turned into a hallmark of his music. Foote is well known for his kid’s-eye watch of the globe, and his friendly but directed jabs at anything from pollution to …