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Delbert McClinton got an early start in Fort Worth playing wherever and whenever he could. His first instrument was the harmonica and he found plenty of work on the local club scene, where musicians often made their living by playing completely different styles of music on different nights of the week. McClinton’s career was set […]

Laura Beatrice Marling is a British folk singer-songwriter and musician from Eversley, Hampshire. She was born on February 1st, 1990 and she learned guitar in a few years. Her father operated a recording studio which kept her around musicians and music since she began to walk. After completing her pre-college education, she settled in the outskirts of […]

An indie folk band, the Mountain Goats, was formed in 1991, in Claremont, California by singer-songwriter John Darnielle. For many years, the sole member of the Mountain Goats was Darnielle, despite the plural moniker. The band is currently based in Durham, North Carolina. Darnielle has worked with a variety of collaborators. Throughout the 1990s, the Mountain […]

Since June 22, 1985, singer-songwriter John Moreland has been living on Tulsa time; his family moved a lot because his dad changed jobs. Moreland has recently relocated back in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He’s a self-taught guitarist and played his first show in his early teens. During high school he was a member of local punk and […]

Who are The Magpie Salute? Here’s another, related, question. Whatever happened to the Black Crowes? One clue is the fact magpies are birds of the Corvidae (crow) family, considered one of the most intelligent animals in the world. The Black Crowes musical family split up about two years ago for one reason–money. The brothers Robinson […]

Geneviève Alison Jane Moyet aka Alison Moyet (born 1961) is an English singer, songwriter and performer noted for her bluesy contralto voice. She came to prominence as half of the duo Yazoo, but has since mainly worked as a solo artist and has her name on a total of ten albums. After leaving school at […]

Stanton Moore (born July 9, 1972) is a funk, jazz and rock drummer reared in Metairie in Jefferson Parish in suburban New Orleans, Louisiana. Most widely known as a founding member of Galactic, Moore has also pursued a solo recording career (beginning with his 1998 debut All Kooked Out!) and recorded with bands as diverse […]

Though born in San Francisco, little Ronnie Montrose moved with his family back to the gold rush mining town of Golden, Colorado, his mother’s birthplace. Young Montrose spent lots of his younger years in that other Colorado mining town, Denver, until the lure of a music career enticed him to pack it up and run […]

Quite the controversial figure, Steven Patrick Morrissey, (born May 22, 1959), professionally known as Morrissey, is an English singer, songwriter and author. He rose to prominence in the 80s as the co-founder and lead singer of the indie rock band the Smiths. In 1982, the struggling writer and musician teamed up with guitarist Johnny Marr, […]

Few artists have packed their music with more soulful energy than Van Morrison. Maybe it’s his Irish heritage, or a close connection with a Higher Source of inspiration. In 2016, he was knighted for his musical achievements and his services to tourism and charitable causes in Northern Ireland. Morrison started his professional career when, as […]