Before he began preaching the Bible Josh White vocals acoustic guitar took a walk on the dark side The leader of the Christian alternative band Telecast was an unfortunate victim of Seattles early post-grunge years the creative lull between the demis…

The brothers Berlin have been rocking and rolling since they were old enough to walk While growing up in the suburbs of St Louis Lillian Eve and Bosh Berlin didnt exactly fit in with their peers in particular Lillian While his schoolmates were wearin…

Daniel Lanois became a producer under the wing of Brian Eno, and is best known for his moody, atmospheric 1980s and '90s work with Bob Dylan, U2, Emmylou Harris, Peter Gabriel, and others. In between production jobs, the multi-talented Canadian has m…

The Exit is a trio of New York City punks that decided to form a band in 1999 Members Ben Brewer and Gunnar had been childhood friends but bassist Tim Shaya was new to both of them when the lineup developed The band released an EP just to get on thei…

b. Andwele Gardner, Detroit, Michigan, USA. That this innovative nu-soul artist's full first name means "God has brought me" in Swahili is frequently cited as fitting for a man considered as an outstanding talent. This may be overstating the case but…

A gifted singer-songwriter whose rich voice and literate storytelling belies her youth she was only 23 when she released her major-label debut Brandi Carlile was born in the small town of Ravensdale Washington an isolated community fifty miles away f…

U.K. pop-rock phenomenon James Blunt was an officer in the British Army (serving four years in Kosovo) before taking the British music world by storm with his 2005 single "You're Beautiful." Blunt's shimmering, piano-based singer-songwriter approach …

Denver-based band the Fray was formed in 2002 by Isaac Slade vocals piano and Joe King guitar vocals when the two former school friends met up again in a local music store They soon began regular two-man jam sessions that led to writing songs and dev…

Knoxville TNs 10 Years formed in 2002 around vocalist Jesse Hasek drummer Brian Vodinh guitarists Matt Wantland and Tater and bassist Lewis Cosby The band released the Killing All That Holds You EP themselves a year later and started to develop a loc…