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The New Basement Tapes is an American/British musical group made up of members Jim James, Elvis Costello, Marcus Mumford, Taylor Goldsmith, and Rhiannon Giddens. The group is best known for Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes, their 2014 album which consists of tracks based on uncovered lyrics handwritten by Bob Dylan in 1967. […]

An anomaly among early-’70s singer/songwriters, Randy Newman may have been slightly influenced by Bob Dylan, but his music owed more to New Orleans R&B and traditional pop than folk. Newman developed an idiosyncratic style that alternated between sweeping, cinematic pop and rolling R&B, which were tied together by his nasty sense of humor. Where his […]

The Vancouver music scene contributed the members which became The New Pornographers. Whether a sly dig at preacher Jimmy Swaggart’s claim that rock and roll was the “new pornography,” or inspired by a Japanese film, singer A. C. Newman’s choice has stood the test of time. The indie rock supergroup has become known for their […]

In an effort to save the planet from utter Y2K destruction, The National formed late in 1999. Their music has had a measurable effect of balancing the earth’s Ph and Yin-Yang metabolism! The founders did it the hard way, starting in Ohio and later moving to the metropolis known as Brooklyn, New York. They started […]

Nine Inch Nails (abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NIИ) is an American industrial rock band founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. The band released two influential albums during the 1990s: The Downward Spiral (1994) and The Fragile (1999), and has record sales exceeding over 20 million copies worldwide with 10 million […]

Nirvana was a band started by singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic who went through a succession of drummers, the longest-lasting being Dave Grohl, who joined in 1990. This band is a generational marker and produced three studio albums in seven years. Cobain’s death certificate stated that his death was a result […]

Johnette Napolitano is an American singer, songwriter and bassist best known as the lead vocalist/songwriter and bassist for the alternative rock group Concrete Blonde. Johnette and guitarist James Mankey got together in Los Angeles in 1982 and began recording and released a single under the name Dreamers. When they signed with I.R.S. Records in 1986, […]

Neko Case is an American singer-songwriter best known for her solo career and as a member of the Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers. Case an Alexandria, Virginia native traveled throughout the country when she was young living in Massachusetts, Vermont, Oregon, and Washington though she considers Tacoma, Washington her hometown.  Case currently resides […]