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When singer-guitarist Doug Martsch first started the indie rock band Built to Spill back in 1992, he initially thought the band would be a studio project and deliver a series of finely tuned recordings with a rotating lineup of...
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Most famous for being a member of the Aussie pop act Men at Work, singer-songwriter Colin Hay embarked on a solo career when the group flamed out after a very short but successful run. Earlier this year, he issued a new solo ef...
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Veteran singer-songwriter Kinky Friedman has lived quite a life. He’s written best-selling novels, released a handful of albums, toured with Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue and recorded with Eric Clapton. His latest studio album ...
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When Saintseneca inked a deal with ANTI- Records, the indie folk band had already started to record what would become its next album, Dark Arc. But with some assistance from the label, the group was able to finish the album wit...
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Folk music icon Arlo Guthrie has reached a milestone, namely the 50th anniversary of the event that inspired “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” his rambling folk ditty about how dumping some garbage got him in a ...
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With her studio album, Liberman, singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton takes a musical departure. The sparse album is a change of pace from the poppy material she’s written and recorded in the past. Fans were given a sneak peak of ...
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When Green Day performed at House of Blues around the Rock Hall inductions earlier this year, the band recruited singer-guitarist Jesse Malin to open the show. He started things off with a 30-minute set that drew mostly from Ne...
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Huntertones’ trumpet player Jon Lampley grew up in the Akron suburb of Tallmadge. He attended the Ohio State University, playing sousaphone in the Best Damn Band in the land. While at OSU, he also joined the jam band O.A.R. and...
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New York performer and record producer Martin Bisi has worked with cutting-edge acts from a variety of musical genres: indie, punk, avant garde, noire/cabaret rock and electronic. At a recording studio he started in 1981 in Bro...
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Formed nearly ten years ago in Tallahassee, punk rockers Mayday Parade have always had a DIY work ethic. The band sold some 50,000 copies of its debut EP, Tales Told by Dead Friends, before inking a deal with Fearless Records (...