With the success of such genre-busting artists as Beck it suddenly became okay to let many musical styles seep into your sound -- rap funk punk folk blues folk and so on 2001 saw the self-titled debut release from Leroy and upon first listen its obvi…

Cuban-American singersongwriter Nil Lara spent most of his childhood in Venezuela where he learned both English and Spanish while attending a local institute called Washington Academy In addition a small guitar known as cuatro became his major inspir…

As the singer guitarist and main songwriter of Australias Men at Work Colin Hay was responsible for penning several of the quirkiest pop hits of the early 80s Although he and his former band will forever be associated with the land down under Hay ori…

The six members of Everything met at Virginias James Madison University They formed the band in 1989 and started touring full-time in 1992 Richard Bradley tenor sax guitar percussion vocals Nathan Brown drums percussion lead vocals Craig Honeycutt gu…

Born on December 10 1972 in Downey CA Donavon Frankenreiter took to surfing at a young age By the age of 13 he had a sponsor -- Billabong -- and the pursuit of a professional career in surfing led to a move to Hawaii a year later He had rented a home…

Though he had always enjoyed singing during his childhood in Cleveland OH Joshua Radin had never intended to be a musician He studied drawing and painting in college and only after stints working in a gallery as an art teacher and as a screenwriter d…