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Stardom was handed to him with Something/Anything?, but Todd Rundgren turned down it. He wished to explore brand-new musical territory rather, and his travels led him to create Utopia in 1974. Originally, Utopia was a prog rock and roll septet offering three keyboardists, but as the ’70s advanced, the group …

Popular instrumental pianist Lorie Range began working like a department-store performer, but later on formed her personal Time Range Productions release a her personal albums; from the mid-’90s she became a favorite new age group/light traditional pianist with product sales of over one million albums. Blessed and elevated in Reno, …

A get good at improviser, Jose “Un Canario” Alberto is among Latin music’s most influential youthful vocalists. Since getting international interest as the musical movie director of Tipica ’73 in Oct 1977, Alberto has truly gone to record ten interesting albums of salsa music along with his New York-based music …

Zeitlin has one of the most unusual “time gigs” to get a jazz musician: he’s a psychiatrist. Zeitlin’s parents had been involved with both music and medication. They began him for the piano at age group two; he continuing to study traditional music while in primary school, then started playing …

At the maximum of his success, John Michael Talbot was the best-selling man performer in the annals of Christian music. Created in Oklahoma Town in 1954, he started playing piano and drums at age six, and later on shifted to banjo, acoustic guitar and dobro. In 1963, the family members …

Dancer, acting professional, and vocalist Fred Astaire worked steadily in a variety of entertainment press during nine years from the 20th hundred years. One of the most celebrated dancer in the annals of film, with performances in 31 film musicals between 1933 and 1968 (and a particular Academy Award in …

Using the death of Fabrizio De André from cancer on January 11, 1999, Italy lost among its modern singer/songwriters. Influenced from the songwriting of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, De André’s tunes encompassed Genoese folk tunes, French protest/interpersonal commentary, beatnik “blast of awareness” poetry, as well as the soundtracks of …

It has frequently been said that the best purpose of rock and roll 7 roll, in every of its many mutations, is to annoy one’s parents; in the event that’s accurate, then Barney may be the ultimate rock and roll & roller. Obviously, being a doughy crimson dinosaur aimed straight …

The product from the fertile and prolific Uk producer, mixmaster, and dub genius Adrian Sherwood, Creation Rebel was among Sherwood’s first endeavors like a producer. Originally the support group for the past due reggae great Prince Far-I, Creation Rebel caused Sherwood from 1977-1980, documenting among the better reggae dub music …

Eyebrows were raised in the jazz globe when it had been announced that the relatively obscure and teen Ken Vandermark was to get a 1999 MacArthur Genius offer. Prior MacArthur recipients among jazz music artists consist of Cecil Taylor and Anthony Braxton — near-legendary statistics who, during the period of …