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Shawn Colvin & Steve Earle “The approach in the studio was that if you can play and sing, then it’s not rocket science,” laughs Colvin. “We set up in the house together, Steve and I in one room and the rest of the band in another. We’d rehearse a time or two and record it […]

Combining a love for British guitar pop songcraft with crunching power chords and a flair for the absurd, Cheap Trick provided the necessary links between ’60s pop, heavy metal, and punk. Led by guitarist Rick Nielsen, the band’s early albums were filled with highly melodic, well-written songs that drew equally from the crafted pop of […]

Founded in 2011 by Chris Robinson, the Black Crowes frontman, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood came together around guitarist Neal Casal, drummer George Sluppick, bassist Mark Dutton, and Black Crowes keyboard player Adam MacDougall. The group’s studio debut, Big Moon Ritual, arrived in June the following year, with its sequel, The Magic Door, appearing just three […]

Jake Clemons (born February 27, 1980) is a singer-songwriter, an American musician and since 2012 is best known for being the saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Clemons took over the role of saxophonist for the band when his uncle, Clarence Clemons, a founding member of the band, died in 2011. Clemons […]

If you blended the influence of Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Fiona Apple, The Smiths and U2, the result could be the “Cold War Kids.” The quintet met at the Bible Institute in Los Angeles and later jelled as a band while practicing in a local space above a restaurant called Mulberry Street in Fullerton, California. On […]

Sheryl Crow was destined to learn music no matter what. Her mother taught her. Her parents had both performed in swing orchestras, her father on trumpet and her mother as a singer; her mother was also a piano teacher, and ensured that all her daughters learned the instrument starting in grade school. Ms Crow was born […]

Bowling Green, Kentucky, is missing one plumber, a sandwich maker, a building supply clerk and a pet store guy. They all got together and formed a band: Cage The Elephant. In fact, lead singer Matthew Shultz says an enthusiastic fan came up to him after a show and kept repeating “you have to cage the […]

Why does Bruce Cockburn remain an artist from Canada, when so many American classic rock artists originally called Canada their home? Maybe it’s his high quality work spanning each decade since 1970. Cockburn is sometimes called Canada’s best kept secret. His song styles range from folk to jazz-influenced rock and his lyrics cover a broad […]

Counting Crows is a Berkeley, California band formed in 1991 consisting of Adam Duritz (lead vocals, piano), David Bryson (guitar), Charlie Gillingham (keyboards, piano, accordion), Dan Vickrey (lead guitar), David Immerglück (lead guitar, pedal steel, mandolin, bass guitar), Jim Bogios (drums, percussion) and Millard Powers (bass guitar, piano, guitar).  The band has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide and earned an Academy Award nomination for their song “Accidentally […]

Shawn Colvin’s career as a solo recording artist covers nearly 30 years, although she is perhaps best known for her 1997 Grammy-winning song, “Sunny Came Home.” Colvin is the second of four children. She learned to play guitar at the age of 10 and grew up listening to her father’s collection of music, which included […]