Taste (originally “The Taste”) were formed in Cork, Ireland in August 1966 as a trio consisting of Rory Gallagher on guitars and vocals, Eric Kitteringham on bass, and Norman Damery on drums. In their early years Taste toured in Hamburg and Ireland before becoming regulars at Maritime Hotel, an R&B club in Belfast, Northern Ireland, […]
The Ronettes
The Ronettes were an American girl group from Washington Heights. The group consisted of the lead singer Veronica Bennett (later known as Ronnie Spector), her older sister Estelle Bennett, and their cousin Nedra Talley. They had sung together since they were teenagers, then known as “The Darling Sisters”. In 1957, the group signed up for […]
Dum Dum Girls
Dum Dum Girls was an American rock band, formed in 2008. It began as the bedroom recording project of singer and songwriter Dee Dee (née Kristin Gundred). She is currently based in Los Angeles. The name is a double homage to the Vaselines’ album Dum Dum and the Iggy Pop song “Dum Dum Boys”. The […]
Crazy Rhythm
“Crazy Rhythm” is a thirty-two-bar swing show tune written in 1928 by Irving Caesar with music by Joseph Meyer and Roger Wolfe Kahn for the Broadway musical Here Howe. Crazy Rhythm was first recorded for Victor by Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra in New York City in April 1928 with Franklyn Baur singing the […]
Blu DeTiger
Blu DeTiger is an American singer and bass guitarist based in New York City. She is the daughter of visual artist Jonny DeTiger. Her older brother Rex suggested the name ‘Blu’ when she was born and her parents went along with it. She started playing bass guitar at 7 years old, inspired by her brother […]
Pico Masaki
Pico Masaki is a singer songwriter from Japan, who spent several years travelling the world and is now living and performing in Canada. Playing piano since the age of five, Pico has performed at many music festivals in Japan, Australia and Canada. Her father is also a musician, a Shakuhachi flute master. Since moving to […]
The Muppet Show Theme
“The Muppet Show Theme” was played at the beginning and end of every episode of The Muppet Show. Although it evolved visually over the course of the show’s five seasons, the musical composition remained substantially the same. It is credited to Jim Henson and Samuel Pottle as the composers. Each Muppet Show theme starts with […]
Superstition
“Superstition” is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder. It was released in October 1972, as the lead single from his fifteenth studio album, Talking Book (1972), by Tamla. The lyrics describe popular superstitions and their negative effects. “Superstition” reached number one in the U.S. Billboard in January 1973 and on the soul singles chart. […]
Sigrid
Sigrid Solbakk Raabe, known as Sigrid, is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She was born in Alesund in September 1996. She has two older siblings, a brother, Telief, who is also a musician, and a sister, Johanne. At her first performance, in kindergarten, she had to be pulled off the stage after crying. She began playing the […]
Lawrence
Lawrence are siblings. Clyde and Gracie Lawrence are not your typical pair. Clyde Lawrence and Gracie Lawrence have been writing songs and listening to countless Stevie Wonder, Randy Newman, and Aretha Franklin records in their family’s New York City apartment since they were little kids. After years of playing together, they officially created Lawrence, an […]