b. Betty Haskin, 1946, Muskegon, Michigan, USA (also known as Betty Lavette). She gained her first professional experience as part of the touring review run by soul singers Don Gardner and Dee Dee Ford in the early 60s. Lavette's passionate vocal sty…

Detroits Holy Fire began in 2003 with a casual mostly acoustic collaboration between drummer Nick Marko and vocalistguitarist Sean Hoen But the band found its true direction in the heightened volume of Hoens electric guitar and the addition of bassis…

Ranked #1 on the NAR top 100 Radio Chart in June and July 2005! This debut release by composer/pianist Brian Kelly is lyrical, flowing, energizing, and relaxing. The album features flute, alto flute, and percussion; and includes 12 piano instrumental…

Saskia is inspired by city lights, love lost and love won, lust, the essence of male and female, despair, and elation. She manages to touch on all of these emotions, yet leaves them digestible enough for the dancefloor. As a songwriter, she is a mis…

Imagine growing up loving the widely varying music of Doc Watson Leo Kottke Jimmy Page and Greg Ginn in a small Minnesota town thats the sociological equivalent of the color brown -- according to the man himself -- and you might understand how singer…

A fan of blues from an early age guitarist Mark Lemhouse was born into a family of musicians Learning to play at the age of 11 Lemhouse became a dedicated follower of the genre taking in whatever he could hear while developing his own sound Alterna…

Five proud Canadians bringing the fast-loud sound to their hometown of Ottawa Million Dollar Marxists were formed in late 2001 by vocalist Luke Nuclear guitarists U Lee Mobile and Steve Salmonella bassist Johnny Genome and drummer Timmy Two-Times Lay…

Carlos Chaouen is one of most interesting songwriter and folk singer in Spain.

British indie rock band the Capes came together in South London at Goldsmiths College where Kris Barratt vocalsguitar began rehearsing with Richard Gladman keyboardsguitar bringing in Rupert Cresswell bass and auditioning various drummers before sett…

Pop rock con toques de latino, blues y funky.

The lo-fi experimental outfit National Eye came together in 2002 while each member attended college in Colorado Jeff Love Doug Kirby Richard Flom and William Baggott were given a four-track recorder by a friend and almost immediately the foursome fou…

The Metal Hearts feature multi-instrumentalists Anar Badalov and Flora Wolpert-Checknoff Once enemies in high school Badalov and Wolpert-Checknoff internalized such animosity for a competitive creative relationship Both started writing songs during c…