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Robert Cooper, Flying High
Robert Cooper knows a thing or two about taking music to higher elevations of success, but to say that he has been flying under the radar would be a bit of an understatement. Continental Airlines recently selected his song “Beautiful” for airplay on their “Hit Factory” onboard radio channel, landing him a first class seat among some of the most influential bands in contemporary popular music. The…
From MusicWorld, posted 11.14.09
Fist Pumps and Heart, Courtesy of Adelitas Way
Unlikely components coalescing to bring a band success is nothing new. But when it comes to Las Vegas-based quintet Adelitas Way, the improbability factor goes to 11: After seeing one of their earliest compositions, “Invincible,” selected as the theme song for villainous World Wrestling Entertainment tag team The Legacy, the group soon signed with Virgin Records, which released its self-titled debut in July. Oh, and then there’s…
From MusicWorld, posted 11.14.09
Saint Motel’s Melody and Melodrama
If anyone is claiming that the music video is dead, it certainly isn’t Saint Motel. Their 6-song EP ForPlay speaks for itself with its swaggering rock and haughty attitude, but if that’s not enough to convince you that the LA-based band means business, they’ve included some visual evidence of their sonic chops to boot on this, their debut record. The quintet, which formed while members A/J Jackson,…
From MusicWorld, posted 11.09.09
NO ID: Godfather of Chicago R&B Still On Top
He possesses what may be the most ironic name in contemporary pop. Over the course of a career spanning nearly 20 years, producer No I.D. has collaborated with some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B, including Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Jamie Foxx and more. Dubbed “The Godfather of Chicago R&B”—a reference to his pioneering early work with…
From MusicWorld, posted 11.09.09
Theory of a Deadman’s Hard-Earned Scars and Souvenirs
“We always try to write music without any boundaries,” says Tyler Connolly, lead singer and guitarist for hard rockers Theory of a Deadman. “And that’s partly because we don’t really have a ‘core demographic.’ We’ve got 40- and 50-year-olds at our shows alongside the 14- and 15-year-olds. What’s great about Theory is that we try to let everything happen naturally.” That seems to include…
From MusicWorld, posted 11.05.09
La Coka Nostra Builds a Brand You Can Trust
Since the rap group La Coka Nostra formed around 2006, it has become one of the most promising supergroups to emerge since the Wu Tang Clan. But even though they’re gaining the respect of critics and delivering knockout performances like those during the 2009 Rock the Bells tour, the whole group is something of an accident—right down to their name. “It started as inside joke,” says Slaine,…
From MusicWorld, posted 11.05.09
Matt Mahaffey: Song of the Chameleon
He invents quirky solo projects, wrote a song for the Shrek soundtrack, plays with artists like Beck and Beyoncé, creates the music for the bi-cultural animated Nickelodeon show Ni Hao, Kai-Lan and records and produces with Jeff Turzo under the moniker of Wired All Wrong. He’s Matt Mahaffey, a Tennessee-bred, Los Angeles-based auteur whose span of sonic endeavors is both baffling and brilliant. Indie zealots first became…
From MusicWorld, posted 4.09.09
Will Dailey Unleashes a Musical ‘Torrent’
A versatile songwriter who has been using emerging technology in ways that document his immense productivity, Will Dailey was born in Malden, Mass. and grew up in the Boston area. Bitten early by the music bug, Dailey was influenced by the classic rock and folk music of the '60s and '70s. He cites Neil Young and the Byrds as artists whose work he admired during his teenage…
From MusicWorld, posted 4.09.09
John Wood: ‘Learning Music’ with Guidance from Guthrie
On the surface, Learning Music may seem about the furthest thing from folk music of the front porch variety. The recording and performing collective is led by founder John Wood, a trained jazz pianist and former backing musician for indie singer-songwriters like Inara George and pop-rocker Kelly Osbourne. He’s certainly no Woody Guthrie, though he does claim the iconic folk singer as an influence.…
From MusicWorld, posted 4.06.09
Wayne Kirkpatrick: Producer, Songwriter, and Believer
At their lowest point, Nashville-based band Little Big Town suffered enough misfortunes to inspire countless sad country songs. One member lost his father; another’s husband died from a heart attack. The other two members split from their spouses. On the business side, their second record label dropped them and nobody seemed to care – with the notable exception of songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick was…
From MusicWorld, posted 3.24.09
Santos Diablito: The Angelically Devilish Alter Ego of Bruno Danzza
As a noted writer, Bruno Danzza has penned more than 100 songs for artists including Jenni Rivera, Banda el Recordo and Edith Marquez, as well as contributed music to a full slate of films and television shows. But as Santos Diablito, he unleashes his own provocative artistry. “Santos Diablito is my front man, the wild performer in me,” he acknowledges. “I mix hip-hop and…
From MusicWorld, posted 3.06.09
Rodolfo Castillo: Turning the Tide with Talent Beach Music
“I like to discover new acts and produce from scratch,” notes Rodolfo Castillo. One of modern Latin music’s most successful producers, songwriters and publishers, the Grammy-award winning Castillo is respected for his ability to find, develop and break emerging artists and talent. His company, Talent Beach Music (formed with partner Gregory Elias) extends across a variety of styles, from nuevo flamenco to Latin rock, salsa to hip-hop.…
From MusicWorld, posted 3.06.09
La Secta Allstar: Music is Feeling
The thousand-mile distance from Miami to San Juan is much closer on the musical map. Formed in Florida and now based in Puerto Rico, La Secta Allstar, consisting of vocalist Gustavo Laureano, bassist Mark Kilpatrick, drummer John Lengel and guitarist Mikey Genao, is a band with a decade and a half history. Their latest release, Fuego, embraces their organic roots. “The record before this…
From MusicWorld, posted 3.06.09
16 Frames: Sonically Fluid Motion
As breakup songs go, 16 Frames’ “Back Again” breezily captures that moment when everything falls apart -- until you realize the guy in the song is actually kinda sorta wishing her well. When this perspective is presented to Steve Sulikowski, the band’s singer and songwriter, he replies, “You’re the only person EVER that’s maybe found the silver lining!” And after a quick laugh, he agrees. “‘Back Again’…
From MusicWorld, posted 3.06.09
Dynamite Walls: Calmly Blowing Up
“You ain’t that special,” deadpans vocalist Tom Pritchard in the bittersweet original track of the same name by his band, Dynamite Walls. It’s an accusatory sentiment that encapsulates the swagger and candor of a band that clearly is special. Hailing from San Diego, CA, Pritchard and his cohorts specialize in smart, insinuating tunes that capture both the hopes and disillusionment of…
From MusicWorld, posted 2.27.09
Guy Moon and Butch Hartman: Sassy Sounds for Quick-Cut Capers
If you have kids -- or perhaps a childlike penchant for animated shows – the zany musicality of composer/musician Guy Moon matched with the maniacal lyrics of wordsmith/animator and director Butch Hartman might already be embedded in your cerebellum. The creator of hit shows for the Nickelodeon network including Danny Phantom and Johnny Bravo, Hartman, producer of The Fairly Oddparents, also creates lyrics as a part of…
From MusicWorld, posted 2.26.09
Jace Everett Reaps Good Fueled by ‘Bad Things’
For one week in 2006, Jace Everett’s “Bad Things” was downloaded for free by about 210,000 iTunes users – and one of them just happened to be Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball. Country radio ignored the single but Ball ultimately resurrected the spooky-but-sexy song to play under the opening credits of his HBO vampire drama, True Blood. “He just fell in love with it,” Everett says.…
From MusicWorld, posted 2.26.09
Neon Trees Generate Killer Buzz
In 2008, Neon Trees was just another band toiling in the clubs around Provo, Utah. Fronted by charismatic singer-songwriter Tyler Glenn, the band carefully crafted a contemporized new wave rock sound, combining the flag-waving fervor of early U2 with the yearning emotionalism of Depeche Mode and The Cure. Utilizing YouTube and their MySpace page (www.myspace.com/neontrees), Neon Trees earned exposure for…
From MusicWorld, posted 2.18.09
Ben Sollee: Strong Enough to Bend
Diverse currents coalesce in the music of singer-songwriter-cellist Ben Sollee: the folk and bluegrass of his native Kentucky, the searching soul music of singers like Sam Cooke, the Western classical tradition he studied in college. But what emerges on his debut album, Learning to Bend, is a wholly personal voice — that of a young man finding his place in the world. At 25, Sollee is already…
From MusicWorld, posted 2.18.09
Camilo Lara: New Flavors in ‘Soy Sauce’
Mexico City is an aural metropolis where everything from punk rock to mariachi merges with the horns of a million aggravated taxi drivers, creating a dizzying soundtrack for the western hemisphere’s most populous capital. The music of Camilo Lara, the artist-producer known as Instituto Mexicano de Sonido -- The Mexican Institute of Sound -- is equally animated, a cut-and-paste tapestry of quirky and peculiar sounds blended into…
From MusicWorld, posted 2.18.09
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