Lexi Valentine vocalsguitar Nadia King drums and French bass compose the girlish punk sounds of Magneta Lane The trio came together in fall 2003 and spent the next year playing shows in and around their native Toronto They craft a brash sassy rock so…

As the son of Stephen Stills Crosby Stills Nash Young Buffalo Springfield and French singersongwriter Veronique Sanson theres no denying that singersongwriter Chris Stills comes from musical roots When Chris was a child his mother taught him how to …

The Seattle group Novatone has roots in the citys 1990s scene long predating their first album in 2005 Singer Ty Willman was in Green Apple Quick Step while Dave Krusen played drums on Pearl Jams Ten Their debut album Time Cant Wait bears traces of t…

Classical and jazz pianist and composer Friedrich Gulda was one of Austrias premiere pianists Born in Vienna 1930 Gulda started piano lessons at the age of seven When he was 12 he enrolled in the Vienna Music Academy and four years later received fir…

Since its premiere in 1969 the television series Sesame Street has remained on the cutting edge of educational childrens entertainment its trademark blend of beloved puppet characters infectious songs and ingenious instructional methods profoundly in…

Rosinha de Valena was at her peak during the 60s when she was performing at the Bottles nightclub in Rio one of the focal points of bossa nova In that decade she was celebrated by important artists like Baden Powell Maria Bethnia Aloysio de Oliveira …

It took a miserable year of soul-searching hostessing and freezing in her tiny apartment to convince Philadelphia-born singersongwriter Birdie Busch to pick up her guitar and make a go at it Since then she and her talented band have been bringing the…