Category: Artists

The L.A. pop-punk group Tsar formed in 1998 and soon won favorable reviews for their energetic gigs and anthemic songwriting. The group signed a deal with Hollywood Records and delivered their self-titled debut album in mid-2000.

KT Tunstall is a sparkling new songwriter with Chinese blood, a Scottish heart, great legwarmers and a cool name – “well, it’s got a bit more attitude than Kate which just says farmer’s daughter to me,” she laughs. KT celebrates classic singer-songwriting in the tradition of Rikki Lee Jones, Carol King and Fleetwood Mac with…

New MCA artist Josh Turner will never forget his Grand Ole Opry debut. And neither will the Opry audience on the night of December 21, 2001,ÿwho gave the then-unknown performer two standing ovations. “I sang a song I wrote, called ‘Long Black Train,’” remembers Josh, “I was on cloud nine, standing there singing a song…

HISTORY Trans Am has been recording as such since 1992. PERSONNEL Philip Manley – Electric Guitar, Electric Keyboards, DJ Mixer Nathan Means – Electric Bass Guitar, Electric Keyboards Sebastian Thompson – Acoustic and Electric Drums, Drum Programming EQUIPMENT Trans Am employs a wide variety of budget model keyboards whose demo settings and programmed rhythm patterns…

Trans-Siberian Orchestra was formed in 1996 by Paul O’Neill who immediately approached long time friends and collaborators Robert Kinkel and Jon Oliva to form the core of the writing team. While producing and writing for a number of years with various rock groups Paul was always looking for ways to make the music have greater…

Joey Fingers (vocals) Zack Baldauf (Guitar, Backing Vocals) Andy Carrell (Bass) Kirk Frederickson (Drums) Take one listen to Transmatic’s self-titled debut on Immortal/Virgin Records, and it’s clear that the steady buzz on this rock band is about to get loud. These four talented musicians possess powerful lyrical insight and sharpened musical chops, but most importantly,…

The one-time ‘invisible band’ – Travis – return after an absence of some two years with their fourth LP 12 Memories on October 14th. 12 Memories is Travis at their most powerful, poignant and effecting. It is an album that sees Travis explore lyrically darker themes – the forthcoming single Re- Offender, to be released…

Singer/songwriter Trent Tomlinson is one of those rare performers whose music is as straight-ahead and unpretentious as he is. “My songs,” he says simply, “are real-life situations with kick-ass guitar.” “It’s ‘open a beer, sit in a lawn chair, let’s have a party’ country,” he says of his music. “At the same time, the songs…

Call it R&B with a hip-hop urgency. “We’re just making sure that I’m felt in the streets as much as I’m felt on the soulful level,” says 20-year-old Songbook/ Atlantic recording artist Trey Songz. The Petersburg, Virginia phenom didn’t always have a musical career in mind. As a child, there were no rigorous voice or…

People have always asked me what I really wanted to do in life and I would always tell them the same thing: I want to be in a band with my brother. Up on that stage or in this studio. This is exactly where we’ve always wanted to be.”Jeff Mendelsohn There is nothing more liberating…