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Musicians can't choose the specific gig, song or happenstance that will bring them notoriety or a payday hit. Indeed, ma... Read more

With film and television, as with so many other things, music can completely change the mood of an experience. Music can... Read more

Mara Connor is a delight; she's a young singer/songwriter with the perfect bona fides to match her breezy Southern Calif... Read more

The Teskey Brothers have been grinding it out in the bars and festivals in their hometown near Melbourne, Australia for ... Read more

Syd Straw released her first album, Surprise, in 1989. The record was full of earnest, broken-hearted songs with an impr... Read more

When Davey Meshell recently started a new band, the name choice was obvious; the handpicked members of the TransAtlantic... Read more

Chris Stills' brand-new record, Don't Be Afraid, plays like chronicle of a man who has forged his own identity out of a ... Read more

Chihana acquired her affinity for traditional blues and rock music from her parents' music collection - which would be p... Read more

Jason Scott is a songwriter who has built his growing career in music into a cottage industry, with a full schedule and ... Read more

Musicians make music for all manner of reasons, and Los Angeles' Double Naught Spy Car is what happens when four ace pla... Read more

Suzanne Santo and Ben Jaffe have been making music as HoneyHoney since 2006, and they have three albums and incalculable... Read more

Gerry Spehar's story is unlike many others'. The first part is pretty standard for a young, aspiring musician; he starte... Read more

Soon after modern pop music supplanted jazz and classical styles as the predominant music for the masses, musicians were... Read more

David Luning and his band are earning their accolades in the best way possible - simply by being good at what they do an... Read more

If you want to know what a life well lived in the music business sounds like, give a listen to Tony Gilkyson. Graced wit... Read more

Nellie Clay came to Nashville by way of rural Alaska, where she'd spent the better part of the last decade living more o... Read more

In 2014, composer and pianist Michael Alfera was struggling with life choices and had an epiphany while hiking with a fr... Read more

Simone White comes by her musical talent honestly; her grandmother performed in burlesque shows, her grandfather wrote p... Read more

Drummer and musician Don Heffington’s credit list is so long as to be nearly unprintable. He started out in the early 19... Read more

A lot of kids dream of a career in music, and when they do they often imagine themselves in the spotlight at center stag... Read more