Brooklyn-based duo the Honorary Title formed around vocalistlyricistguitarist Jarrod Gorbel and bassistmulti-instrumentalist Aaron Kamstra circa 2002 Taking the soul-baring narrative quality of bands like Dashboard Confessional the two presented it o…

The Wreckers are the country-pop side project for Michelle Branch, along with singing and songwriting partner Jessica Harp. They produce catchy, harmony-laden shuffles, rockers, and ballads that appeal to both traditional country fans and loyal Branc…

Melding elements of rap rock RB and funk into one cohesive and melodic sound upstate New Yorks Gym Class Heroes had diverse appeal based on their impressive musical dexterity Often touring with indie rock and pop-punk bands they didnt fit comfortably…

Singer and songwriter Tyler Hilton started in music early the product of a musical family that kept him curious about playing guitar singing and performing By seventeen he was writing his own songs and had become an open mic fixture in his hometown o…

Mountain music revivalists Old Crow Medicine Show spin traditional folk and bluegrass yarns with a rock roll attitude Critter Fuqua vocalsbanjoresonator guitar Kevin Hayes guitjo Morgan Jahnig upright bass Ketch Secor vocalsfiddleharmonicabanjo and …

The thinking man's bar band, the Hold Steady use a thundering classic-rock template--evoking everything from Boston to the Faces--as a base from which lead singer Craig Finn delivers his epic sung-spoken Springsteen-esque narratives of searching for …

Fullerton CAs Cold War Kids make music with roots that go deep and wide embracing influences as diverse as Bob Dylan Billie Holiday Jeff Buckley and the Velvet Underground Matt Aveiro Matt Maust Jonnie Russell and Nathan Willett began crafting their …

The curiously named Guggenheim Grotto are a folk-pop trio from Dublin Ireland consisting of Kevin May vocals guitar keyboard Mick Lynch vocals guitar bass viola and Shane Power drums keyboard In 2003 May and Lynch began playing together in Dublin and…

Leslie Mills got her start as a singersongwriter with the rootsy pop band To the Moon Alice which was a brief player in the mid-90s HORDE festivalgranola alternative scene Though it managed a promising 1997 EP for AM shifting corporate tectonics forc…

b. Gloria de los Angeles Treviño Ruiz, 15 February 1970, Monterrey, Mexico. Nicknamed La Atrevida (the Daring One), this pop singer was one of the biggest stars of Latin music in the early 90s before her career came crashing down in a series of contr…

Along with Uncle Tupelo, Whiskeytown is in many ways the quintessential alt-country band. Flaunting a boozy aesthetic more suited to CBGBs than the Ryman Auditorium, the band nonetheless produced some of the most heartfelt, twang-laden rock songs of …

The youthful female vocalist known as Fey has sold over a million records in her native Mexico and many indeed throughout the worldwide Latin community most of them produced by Jos Ramn Florez Feys self-titled debut was released in America in 1995 fo…

Born in Eugene OR singersongwriter Mat Kearney began his musical career at California State University Chico where he studied literature and played on the soccer team After completing his junior year Kearney went to Nashville with friend and producer…