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Formed in 1992, when several band members attended a summer program at Boston’s Berklee College of Music as teenagers, Lettuce was founded on a shared love of legendary funk artists like Earth, Wind & Fire and Tower of Power. After returning to Berklee as undergrads in 1994, Lettuce started playing in local clubs and steadily […]

Young Shreveport, Louisiana native Dylan LeBlanc spent his formative years surrounded by some of the region’s finest musicians by way of his father, singer/songwriter/guitarist James LeBlanc,  a longtime Muscle Shoals session player and hit songwriter for modern day country stars like Jason Aldean,  Travis Tritt, Rascall Flatts, and Martina McBride. Dylan began writing his own […]

Lissie Maurus was raised in the riverside town of Rock Island, Illinois, and she drew upon those blue-collar Midwestern origins to create her own form of indie folk music. The granddaughter of an international barbershop quartet champion, she grew up singing in theater productions, eventually picking up the guitar and playing her own songs at […]

  Stewart Lindsey is the new band of Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)  and Thomas Lindsey. Dave Stewart, the songwriter, arranger and guitarist best known as one half of new wave sensations Eurythmics, has formed a new project with a Louisiana singer by the name of Thomas Lindsey. The pair are calling themselves Stewart Lindsey, and their debut […]

Firebrand alt-country singer Lydia Loveless combines the honky tonk sound and style of classic country stars like Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline with the no-quarter attitude and spunk of punk rock divas such as Exene Cervenka and Carla Bozulich. Lydia Loveless was born in Coschocton, Ohio in 1990; she was raised on a farm, but […]

The next generation of musicians often follow in the footsteps of their parents. Lukas Nelson is one of those musicians. Imagine what the young Nelson learned from his father, Willie Nelson, during countless tours! Lukas moved from his home in Hawaii and settled in Los Angeles in 2007. His music history starts in the Venice […]

Steven Van Zandt (born November 22, 1950) is an American musician and actor, who frequently goes by the stage names Little Steven or Miami Steve. He plays guitar and mandolin as a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. Van Zandt is also known for his acting in television dramas such as Silvio Dante on […]

Bettye LaVette has issued nine solo albums (with another on the way), seven songs on five compilation albums and recorded 37 singles between 1962 and 1997. She is best known by many fans for her top 20 R&B song, “Let Me Down Easy.” Once a 1960s Motown artist, LaVette is now signed to the Verve […]

Live is an American rock band from York, Pennsylvania, consisting of Ed Kowalczyk  (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Chad Taylor (lead guitar, backing vocals), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass), and Chad Gracey (drums). The band achieved worldwide success with their 1994 album Throwing Copper, which sold more than eight million copies in America. The band has sold more than 20 […]

Los Lobos is a Grammy Award winning American rock band from East Los Angeles, California.  Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, zydeco, folk, R&B, blues, and brown-eyed soul.  Los Lobos gained international fame in 1987 when their cover version of Richie Valens’ “La Bamba” topped the charts. High school classmates David […]