Catch the spirit and echoes of such diverse giants as Miles Davis, The Police, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Jimi Hendrix, and you begin to sense the uncommonly broadpool of inspiration from which this artist draws inspiration from.

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Formed originally as the Dreams in 1953, the group's best-known line-up was Lee Andrews (b. Lee Andrew Thompson, 1938, North Carolina, USA; lead), Roy Calhoun (first tenor), Wendell "Breeze" Calhoun (bass), Butch Curry (second tenor) and Ted Weems (b…

Influenced by classic rock and the best of today, The Stack's sound can best be described as somewhere in between The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Radiohead. As melodic, rocking, and creative as anyone out there today, The Stack is going places. <…

Best known in Scandinavia for her 1994 hit Vem Vet Lisa Ekdahl became one of the top Swedish pop singers of the 1990s but also records and performs straightahead jazz Ekdahls pop albums have been in Swedish while her acoustic jazz albums have favore…

Born in Fairbanks AK in 1971 guitaristsingersongwriter Lincoln Brewster was playing drums guitar and mandolin by the age of seven By 12 he was fronting his own band Lincoln and the Missing Links with his mother Cheryl on bass and vocals He moved to C…

Deservedly or not, it seems like every young post-punk British band got at least 15 minutes of fame in the early 2000s. Editors, despite comparisons to bands like Joy Division, Coldplay, and Interpol as well as the din of the hype machine blowing ful…

This mid-80s American hardcore crossover band, originally known as No Labels, was formed in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, in 1982 by Reed Mullin (drums), Woody Weatherman (guitar) and Mike Dean (bass/vocals), and rose to become one of the biggest dra…

The biggest hip-hop impresario of the mid-90s Sean Combs -- known as Puff Daddy both here and in the world of rap until his professional name change to P Diddy then just Diddy -- created a multi-million-dollar industry around Bad Boy Entertainment wi…

The Kooks formed in 2004 while all four members were attending the Brighton Institute for Modern Music, the rock school set up by Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden. Paying homage to their influences, the group displayed an accessible (and bankable) mix …

Joan Armatrading's rich voice, with its island lilt, is a most expressive instrument. Armatrading made her mark with her self-titled 1976 album, which featured everything from lighthearted, literate love songs to intimate confessions of near-religiou…

New Orleans-based singer Aaron Neville has been singing since the late 1950s, working both as a solo artist and as a member of The Neville Brothers. His distinctive voice finally caught the world's full attention through his duets with Linda Ronstadt…

Joe Satriani is one of the foremost "guitar shredders," a guitarist whose lightning speed virtuosity is matched by his vast theoretical knowledge and musical imagination. The New York six-string demon kicked around as a sideman for a long time before…

Scotland's Cocteau Twins were one of the most distinctive bands to emerge within the splintering rock world of the 1980s. Led by producer, guitarist, and knob-twiddler Robin Guthrie and vocalist Elizabeth Fraser, the Twins explored a landscape of fuz…

Emerging from the chilly climes of Iceland, the Sigur Ros sound is characterized by slow, swooping waves of atmospheric guitar and keyboards that move over their epic tone-poems like windstorms over a wintry plain. Hushed vocals are delivered in a p…

AC/DC is generally regarded as a titanic force in the world of heavy rock, occupying a sphere of seminal influence right alongside Kiss. These Australian guitar gods--led by Angus Young, an axe-wielding man-boy in a school uniform--churn out songs la…

Since their inception in 2003 the Welsh quartet Bullet for My Valentine have been taking cues from 80s metal bands and the punk-infused metal of the new millennium to make melodic dark rock with well metal tendencies Coming from Bridgend South Wales …

The Norwegian synth-pop trio A-Ha burst onto the pop scene in 1985 with their debut single "Take On Me" reaching the top of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Equipped with good looks, pop hooks, and a groundbreaking video, A-Ha proved to be i…

b. Moscow, Russia. Piano balladeer Spektor lived in Russia, Austria and Italy prior to moving with her family to the Bronx, New York City, at the age of nine. Her parents' musical training - her mother was employed as a music historian and her father…