Singer/songwriter/guitarist Dave Matthews was born in South Africa, but it was after moving to Charlottesville, Virginia, in the 1980s that he assembled his world-beating band. Adding violin and multiple saxophones to the traditional rock-band instru…

Originating from San Diego, California, USA, and formed during the mid-90s, this Christian rock band was the brainchild of brothers Jonathan Foreman (vocals/guitar) and Tim Foreman (bass/vocals). Like many San Diego teenagers, the Foremans were avid …

Bruce Springsteen came out of New Jersey in the early 1970s sounding like a cross between Bob Dylan and early Tom Waits, backed by the rambunctious E Street Band. After toughening up his sound, Springsteen created his 1975 masterpiece, BORN TO RUN, w…

One of the most successful duos in country music history, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn were put together in the early 1990s by former Arista Nashville label boss Tim DuBois, who thought the two singer-songwriters' styles would complement each other. Th…

From his beginnings as a sensitive singer and pianist through his ascent to superstardom, Elton John has enjoyed one of the longest and most successful careers in rock & roll. With his outrageous costumes and campy theatricality, the man formerly kno…

Melodic rock that is a blend of fringe and mainstream.

Billy Bragg stands with one foot in the American dustbowl of Woody Guthrie and one in the anarchy of British punk. Bragg's early records from the 1980s were a revelation: the power and fury of punk transmitted via the age-old medium of a man alone wi…

The members of Live began playing together as teenagers in their native York, PA, under various band names. After singer Ed Kowalczyk arrived, they were on the fast track to stardom. The moody alternative-rock sound of their 1991 debut album made som…

b. Anastacia Newkirk, 17 September 1973, USA. This Los Angeles, California, USA-based soul diva was raised in Chicago but relocated to New York as a teenager. She enrolled at Manhattan's Professional Children's School at the age of 14, but before too…

Dutch DJ remixer and producer Carlo Resoort aka 4 Strings achieved his first British hit in 1999 with Turn It Around by Alena Formerly known as Taska Topcat Square and Carlos he chose the moniker of 4 Strings before releasing Day Time a clubdance son…

Singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett started out under the moniker A Man Called E, releasing two albums of dark, melodic pop in the early 1990s. After forming Eels and signing to a new label, Everett's work became even darker, and the production bec…

Australian singer-songwriter Sia relocated to the U.K. in the late 1990s and started work on her debut, HEALING IS DIFFICULT. Combining elements of folk, pop, and electronica, the album brought her to the attention of Zero 7--she contributed several …

Steve's award winning voice has been compared to "milk Chocolate. His CDs contain songs ranging from the traditional gospel song and hymn to light conteporary and smooth jazz.

Jennifer's soprano voice rings with a clarity and percision that comes from a background in vocal teaching, performance and now nearly a decade of international concert ministry.

Originating from Santa Barbara, California, USA, Nerf Herder formed in 1994, with a line-up comprising Parry Gripp (guitar, vocals), Steve Sherlock (drums), and Charlie Dennis (bass). Their unusual name was inspired by a line in the sci-fi movie, The…

Starting out in the late 1990s, pop-punk band Yellowcard got together in Jacksonville, FL, but eventually migrated to California, where they built a grass-roots following through their indie releases. One thing in particular that set Yellowcard apart…

Britney Spears proved that the same goldmine that Madonna and Cyndi Lauper mined in the 1980s was again ripe for the picking, and she was immediately followed up the charts by another female teenybop sensation, Christina Aguilera. Closely aligned wit…

Her love of the Cranberries John Mayer and Fiona Apple is easy to hear when one listens to the poignant music of singersongwriter Anna Nalick but its her beloved Blind Melon that had the most impact on her career The California native had been record…

A mainstay of the Chicago punk and hardcore scenes of the 1990s and 2000s, Alkaline Trio play a somewhat darker and more textured--though typically fast and furious--brand of punk that gives sonic representation to the anger and desperation that fue…

In the early 2000s emo rock outfit Taking Back Sunday was steadily gaining popularity among a new generation of punk rock fans due in part to the dynamic songwriting and vocal team of Adam Lazzara and John Nolan However as their powerful debut Tell A…

A Fusion of Elements from Post-Rock, Jazz-Rock, Art-Rock, New Age und World Music. The soulful and inspiring music of Dokapi sets a contemplative mood with the listeners, sparking their imagination and letting their mind wander, some kind of soundtra…

One of the earliest and most important influences on punk rock (not to mention on post-punk female songwriters like PJ Harvey), Patti Smith mated French Symbolist poetry with rock & roll, creating a musical style to match. In the process, she further…

Hilary Duff, along with her one-time rival Lindsay Lohan, is a product of the Disney idol machine and the star of the long-running LIZZIE MCGUIRE television series. Duff's image has gone from squeaky-clean teenybopper to slightly vampy teenybopper si…

The roots of Against Mes rousing punk-folk sound lie in Tom Gabels guitar-and-stool troubadourship around his native Gainesville FL beginning in 1997 The then 17-year-old Gabel performed as a solo act wherever anyone would have him drawing much influ…

The seeds of Rancid were in the influential early-'90s Californian punk-ska outfit Operation Ivy. Two members of Ivy persevered to form a band that more explicitly nodded to their roots in vintage punk. Heavily influenced by the Clash, Rancid took th…

Formed in 1999 Amityville NYs Taking Back Sunday took their version of melodic hardcore from bands like Lifetime Endpoint and Sunny Day Real Estate as well as guitarist Ed Reyes emo band the Movielife The bands first demo a five-song CD was released …

A Great blend of Alternative Rock and Pop from the Northwest.

Inspirational pop!