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Ben Vaughn
Ben Vaughn wears many hats: A talented television and film composer, instrumental musician, solo artist and producer, he's known for his surf-inspired guitar theme for the hit TV series 3rd Rock from the Sun. A fan of '50s music, Vaughn got hooked on rock & roll after hearing an album by legendary guitarist Duane Eddy. Additional influences included Chuck Berry and… more
From MusicWorld, posted 2.29.00
Amazed
Marv Green compares his relationship with Aimee Mayo and Chris Lindsey, his co-writers on "Amazed," to the close bond that members of a band share. "Once in a blue moon you run into people that you really are comfortable with and share a creative chemistry with," Green says. "Early on I always wanted to be in a band that felt really more
From MusicWorld, posted 2.29.00
Meredith Brooks Using Fame for the Greater Good
Meredith Brooks's new Capitol Records album, Deconstruction, may be the most appropriately titled recording in recent months. Insightful and philosophic, the album deconstructs the tough-girl image Brooks cultivated on her 1997 hit single, "Bitch." New tracks like "Shout," "I Have Everything" and "Nobody's Home" reveal a heretofore unacknowledged side of Brooks' musical character, while her interpretation… more
From MusicWorld, posted 2.29.00
Denise Rich Writes from Her Heart
New York-based Denise Rich is one of America's` most successful and respected tunesmiths, with a singularly impressive song catalog that includes numerous hits in a variety of styles and genres. She's also taken a decidedly unusual route to a successful musical career. The bubbly Rich first came to prominence as a Manhattan socialite and wife of a billionaire commodities trader. She took up songwriting at around… more
From MusicWorld, posted 2.29.00
Pat Metheny Broadening the Boundaries of Jazz
In a remarkably prolific and consistently influential 25-year, 25-album recording career, renowned jazz guitarist/composer Pat Metheny has explored an impressively varied array of compositional approaches and instrumental formats. In the process, he's helped to redraw the boundaries of jazz. Metheny's distinctively warm, lyrical guitar lines and accessibly melodic compositions have won the respect of rock fans as well as jazz loyalists. Though he's most familiar to the… more
From MusicWorld, posted 2.29.00
Susan Tedeschi
Since the release of her breakthrough album Just Won't Burn, Susan Tedeschi has performed as part of Lilith Fair and Farm Aid, and toured with Bob Dylan, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, John Mellencamp and the Allman Brothers Band. She's also won four Boston Music Awards, a pair of W.C. Handy Blues Awards, and a Grammy nomination as Best New Artist.… more
From MusicWorld, posted 2.29.00
Kirk Franklin Divine Inspiration
There's an old cliché about songwriting that claims the occupation is 99 percent perspiration and one percent inspiration. Multi-platinum singer/songwriter Kirk Franklin would likely disagree. A gospel artist whose work has transcended genre boundaries to be embraced by a wide variety of music lovers, Franklin credits his success to divine inspiration. "My interpretation of what it is that I do is going to be totally different than… more
From MusicWorld, posted 2.29.00
Lil Wayne
While contemporary teen phenoms like Britney Spears and Christina Aquilera perform light-hearted dance songs, 17-year-old rapper Lil’ Wayne offers a darker depiction of adolescent life on his Cash Money/Universal Records debut solo album, Tha Block Is Hot. Awash in harsh urban imagery, the album finds Lil’ Wayne delivering boastful rhymes laced with caustic social commentary. With its Jeep-rocking rhythms and gritty imagery, Tha Block Is Hot is… more
From MusicWorld, posted 12.31.99
Ani DiFranco A Truly Righteous Babe
Feisty singer, topical songwriter, impassioned guitarist, upstart record producer, maverick entrepreneur, bisexual feminist, punked-out folk troubadour . . . Ani DiFranco answers to all of these diverse adjectives, which is why she is one of the most intriguing figures in pop music. In recent years she’s landed on the covers of Ms. and Spin. Today, most alternative rock hipsters are well aware of her image and music.… more
From MusicWorld, posted 12.31.99
Travis
Though their acclaimed sophomore album has yet to be released stateside, the Scottish foursome known as Travis is already creating a stir in the U.S. The group’s latest Epic Records album, The Man Who, was certified double-platinum in the U.K., where it has remained in the Top 20 since May. Far removed from the bombast sounds of American alterna-rock, , The Man Whois a soulful, dreamy recording reminiscent of more
From MusicWorld, posted 12.31.99
Juvenile
On the title track of his third album, Tha G-Code, New Orleans-bred rapper Juvenile lays down what he calls "a set of rules to live by . . . a code of conduct for surviving on the streets." Juvenile, nee Terius Gray, picked up his own survival skills growing up in New Orleans' notoriously rough Magnolia projects. His debut indie release "Bounce or the Juvenile" put him… more
From MusicWorld, posted 12.31.99
Basement Jaxx
On their first full-length album, Remedy, the British DJ duo Basement Jaxx unveils a distinctive “punk garage” style that’s rooted in the fundamentals of vintage house music but filtered through the duo’s own adventurously eclectic sensibility. A longstanding institution on the London club scene, the twosome of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe has in recent months gained considerable mainstream attention. Remedy - which more than one critic… more
From MusicWorld, posted 12.31.99
Train
San Francisco’s Train was formed in 1994 with the collective belief that if you write and perform great songs, people will listen. Having gone from playing local venues in Northern California to opening for such bands as the Counting Crows, Blues Traveler, Better Than Ezra and the Dave Matthews Band, and recently selling out The Fillmore in San Francisco, the group has quickly become… more
From MusicWorld, posted 12.31.99
Robi
He was almost 17 when the songwriting bug bit him, recalls eclectic artist/producer/painter Robi “Draco” Rosa. And surely, he thought, his managers would not only let him try his hand at composing, but encourage him in this new endeavor as well. Their response stunned him: No, they told their prized protege - his job was singing pre-fab hits in the Latin pop phenomenon Menudo, nothing more. The message was… more
From MusicWorld, posted 12.31.99
Shelly Peiken
A Grammy-nominated songwriter, Shelly Peiken has proven to be one of the top female songwriters in the pop and rock world. Having written or co-written songs with or for Meredith Brooks, The diVinyls, Christina Aguilera, Brandy, *NSYNC and The Pretenders, Peiken is one of the new players in the pop songwriting world. more
From MusicWorld, posted 12.31.99
R. Kelly Moves In A New Direction
R. Kelly's multi-platinum fourth album, simply titled R., continues the R&B renaissance man's lengthy run of chart success, while taking his music - and his lyrical persona - in some unexpected new directions. The new double-CD, on which Kelly sings, writes, produces, arranges and plays most of the instruments, also features guest appearances from Nas, Foxy Brown, Jay-Z,… more
From MusicWorld, posted 12.31.99
David Bowie Looks to the Future
As 1999 wound to a close, David Bowie found himself being honored multiple times for his substantial contributions to 20th century pop music. In his native England, the readers of the Sun newspaper voted him the biggest music star of the last 100 years. In a Q magazine poll, he was rated the sixth greatest star of… more
From MusicWorld, posted 12.31.99
Method Man
Tical, Johnny Blaze, Johnny Dangerous, or just spell it out - M.E.T.H.O.D. Man - and you are talking about one of hip-hop’s brightest stars. Method Man made his mark with the spotlight single “M.E.T.H.O.D. Man” on Wu-Tang Clan‘s 1993 debut album, Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers. Although still a member of Wu-Tang, Method Man made his solo debut the following year… more
From MusicWorld, posted 11.30.99
Macy Gray
A little bit Billie Holiday, a little bit Marvin Gaye, a little bit Janis Joplin, Macy Gray is a unique and vital new voice in music. Her Epic Records debut, On How Life Is, shows Gray’s writing style of re-telling snippets of her life with a strong yet vulnerable style that crosses genres. Born and raised in Canton, Ohio, she grew up listening to… more
From MusicWorld, posted 11.30.99
Stroke 9
“We never tried to get signed,” says Luke Esterkyn, frontman for up-and-coming San Francisco foursome Stroke 9. “We’ve just stuck together and persevered and kind of let things happen. It’s been very organic.” Stroke 9 - the name is borrowed from T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” - originally formed while its members were high-school classmates. That longstanding rapport is evident on the band’s major-label… more
From MusicWorld, posted 11.30.99
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