Cocteau Twins joined the post-punk years in 1979, and by 1982 were signed to 4AD. Their first album, Garlands, issued in 1982 and combined strange words along with a lush…
Jackson Browne doesn’t need much in the way of explaining. His legacy lies in a string of top-selling albums from the ’70s forward (but especially during his ’70s peak period).…
Fleet Foxes, a Seattle-based band garner world-wide attention in 2008 with their best-selling Sub Pop/Bella Union million-selling eponymous debut. Bolstered by the success of “White Winter Hymnal”, the band received…
Al Stewart has a secure and enduring legacy which allows for plenty of touring and for audiences to more easily find him to listen to that legacy. Currently, he tours…
It has been many a long years since Bill Wyman last officially stood the stage as a Rolling Stones member (not counting assorted one-offs). And he keeps his own musical…
X was once a powerhouse of Punk with a strong and unusual lean in to Americana influences. With that, the band released an initial string of popular albums that represent…
Ultravox released their first album in early 1977. But it wasn’t until their Vienna set in 1980 that set them off in the charts. While critics argued that the album…
The psychedelic sounds from Vanilla Fudge were formed with Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Vince Martell, and Mark Stein. Their signature tune was “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”, and, of course,…
Laurie Anderson came to the attention of avant-garde music fans everywhere with the arrival of her brilliant but ever-so-different “O Superman” song – in edited mode. Recorded full length for…
We last heard from Alison Moyet in 2017, when she released her album, Other. It revealed a long term singer, around since the short-lived Yazoo (or Yaz in the US)…
The Alan Parsons Project ran a successful career on ten strong releases that began with Tales Of Mystery And Imagination, and largely concluded with the release of Gaudi. With an…
Throbbing Gristle is a British band that experimented and helped give rise to the Industrial sound. Beginning in the late ’70s, their involvement in doing something different than the status…