Category: Music

“The only way I can work out how to make an album is to just live it and breathe it every day until it’s finished,” says frontman Chris Martin. “For as long as it takes.” For their third album X&Y, the British quartet took 18 months before they were ready for the last-minute creative sprint…

It’s not very often that a band can create a sound, use it, abuse it, set the ball rolling for a new scene and go on to push their way to number one in the UK singles chart. It’s not very often that two ex-students can take their mostly instrumental music to the masses, shifting…

Cher has had three careers that place her indelibly in the public consciousness, and two have been in association with her then-husband, composer/producer/singer Salvatore “Sonny” Bono (February 16, 1935-January 8, 1998). She charted major hit records in the 1960s and 1970s, working in idioms ranging from early ’60s girl group-style ballads to Jackie Deshannon folk-influenced…

Doe-eyed, 19 year-old nightingale, (whose childhood friends warmly dubbed her “Cherie,” a French term of endearment,) is ready to conquer America. Having recently finished school, and ready to meet the world, her forthcoming, self-titled album on Lava Records is choc full of youthful exuberance. For Cherie, each moment of every single day yields a new…

Neneh Cherry was born in Stockholm Sweden in 1964 and grew up in a converted school house three hours drive from the nearest city. She began traveling when she was two years old, accompanying her mother, Moki, a painter, and her stepfather, Don Cherry, the celebrated jazz trumpeter and global music pioneer, on his tours…

Steve Perry – vocals, guitar Jason Moss – guitar Daniel Schmid – bass Tim Donahue – drums Dana Heitman – trumpet Sean Flannery – tenor saxophone Ian Early – baritone & alto saxophones Dustin Lanker – keyboards, piano Flag waving is dangerous. In the course of human history, it’s always been a good way to…

As is abundantly evident from the sense of spiritual connectedness that informs his playing, Cyrus Chestnut’s introduction to the power of music came through the church. “From early on, I was exposed to what the church is all about and the music that brings its message to life,” says Cyrus, who, at age seven, made…

The word Chimaira, pronounced, (kim-ear-uh), is derived from the monster in Ancient Greek mythology, the Chimaera. Comprised of three lethal parts – the head of a lion, the body of a goat and the tail of a dragon – the Chimaera breathed fire and fear into the hearts of many. Chimaira’s music, with it’s multi-layered…

Going on the road with Nelly in 2002 paid tremendous dividends for Chingy, the newest member of Ludacris’ Disturbing Tha Peace family. The St. Louis rapper studied Nelly’s every move and learned the ins and outs of artist promotion. “I watched how everything goes,” Chingy says. “From meet and greets, tour buses and backstage, I…

Margaret Cho was born Dec. 5, 1968 and raised in San Francisco. “It was different than any other place on Earth,” she says. “I grew up and went to grammar school on Haight Street during the ’70s. There were old hippies, ex-druggies, burnouts from the ’60s, drag queens, and Chinese people. To say it was…