Category: Music

Power-pop singer/guitarist Mike Viola was born and raised in Boston, issuing a self-released solo album before teaming with schoolmate Todd Foulsham in the short-lived 80s band Snap! Viola and Foulsham then relocated to New York City and formed the Candy Butchers; Viola also played with local pop bands including Ivy and They Might Be Giants’…

Hip Hop was blessed back in 1974 with the birth of Germaine Williams (commonly known as Canibus). Nostradamus himself couldn’t have predicted the impact this man would have on the Hip Hop community. But before Canibus could “tear down mics and put an Out Of Order sign on em,” he had a long way to…

When the Orlando, Florida quartet called C Note released their debut album, Different Kind Of Love, the music-buying public learned what a growing legion of fans have known for the past year: C Note is simply one of the hottest new vocal groups on the hyper-competitive music scene, bringing a sensual Latin flavor to their…

Since the summer 2004 release of his first E.V.L.A./Atlantic album, TAKE IT ALL AWAY, Ryan Cabrera has quickly earned a reputation as one of the most compelling new voices on the modern pop scene. A gifted songwriter, singer, and musician, Ryan has also emerged as a captivating live performer and charismatic personality, winning over a…

Sweden’s Caesars take a confident step out of the garage on their new album, Paper Tigers a lively, layered rock album informed as much by Lennon/McCartney as the 13th Floor Elevators and Stooges. Hailed by Blender for making music “as hot as a kiln,” their upcoming album Paper Tigers finds the band entering adulthood with…

Spend enough time riding the rails in New York City’s subways and you’ll stumble across scores of guitarists and vocalists, drummers and flutists, violinists and saxophonists. Some better (or much better) than others, they head underground to make their living or just to play – often both. Every once in a great while you catch…

Cake’s founding singer-songwriter John McCrea spent most of the 1980s in Sacramento, playing both solo, and in various bands. (For a brief time he was in Europe, and for one day he was signed to Tina Turner’s management company and got to eat sushi with lawyers.) In the late 1980s he moved to Los Angeles,…

THE ZUTONS are: David McCabe – vox / guitar Abi Harding – saxophone Boyan Chowdhury – guitar Sean Payne – drums Russell Pritchard – bass The Zutons might have officially got together in the spring of 2002, but this is where the story really starts. 2004 will see the release of their spectacular debut album…

Zane has taken time off from the big screen to finish his highly anticipated album – THE BIG ZANE THEORY – the follow up to his 2000 debut Young World: The Future. The transformation from teen star to respected adult performer has been seamless. For someone who has already scored a number of hit singles…

Frank Zappa was a genius. He turned music inside-out, upside-down and back-to-front and yet, all along the way, never forgot the power of a stunning guitar solo, the pointed humor needed to deflate pomposity, the majesty of a umpteen-piece orchestra treading into new territories or the exquisite sound of streetcorner four-part harmony. The first MOTHERS…