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…

Cary Brothers best known as of 2005 for Blue Eyes the gorgeously articulate ballad he contributed to the previous years Grammy-winning hip-artist-showcasing Garden State soundtrack is by most accounts every bit as astute a businessman as he is a wry …

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…

London-based Matt Hales aka Aqualung started getting involved in music at a young age while listening to different tracks played at his parents Southampton record store At the age of 16 after achieving a scholarship the enthusiastic young man began a…

Descanso CAs singersongwriter Jeremy Kay meshes folk and soul together in his electricacoustic music His self-titled debut album was released in spring 2000 by Surfdog Records and he also appeared on the Loose Change soundtrack Heather Phares All Mu…

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…

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 Weepies a folk-pop duo comprised of Deb Talan and Steve Tannen two singerguitarists who had already released solo material met at Tannens concert in Boston while he was supporting his debut Big Seorita Mutual admirers they started writing songs t…