• Sparklehorse

    Weird Sisters Sparklehorse

    Sparklehorse

    Sparklehorse was an American indie rock band formed in 1995 in Richmond, Virginia and led by Mark Linkous (September 9, 1962 - March 6, 2010), a Richmond, Virginia native and last of a long line of southern coalminers. Linkous recorded much of Sparklehorse's material in his home studio, and his Southern Gothic vision guided Sparklehorse. Drummer and multi-instrumentalist Scott Minor was a frequent collaborator. Before his suicide in March 2010, Linkous Read more on Last.fm

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  • Bill Callahan

    Free's Bill Callahan

    Bill Callahan

    Bill Callahan (born 1966), also known as Smog and (Smog), is an American singer-songwriter born in Silver Spring, Maryland. Callahan began working in the lo-fi genre of underground rock, with home-made tape-albums recorded on four track tape recorders. Later he began releasing albums with the label Drag City, to which he remains signed today. Callahan started out as a highly experimental artist, using substandard instruments and recording equipment. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Aretha Franklin

    Baby, Baby, Baby Aretha Franklin

    Aretha Franklin

    Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018) was a Memphis, Tennessee born and Detroit, Michigan reared American iconic gospel, soul, and R&B singer, songwriter and pianist. Many have called her "The Queen Of Soul" and "Lady Soul". She is renowned for her soul and R&B recordings (on many, of which, she accompanied herself on keyboards and piano, a skill she learned at an early age, learning to play by ear, according to lifetime friend Smokey Robinson) but was also adept at jazz, rock, blues, pop, and gospel. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Tom Waits

    Downtown Train Tom Waits

    Tom Waits

    Tom Waits (born Thomas Alan Waits, in Pomona, California, on December 7, 1949) is a prolific American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He started his career in the early 1970s as a singer in spit 'n' sawdust bars. Initially, he was deeply influenced by the beat generation, novelists like Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, and poets like Allen Ginsberg and Charles Bukowski. Waits is often compared to Charles Bukowski, being similar both in content and lifestyle Read more on Last.fm

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  • Violent Femmes

    Gone Daddy Gone Violent Femmes

    Violent Femmes

    Violent Femmes is an American alternative rock band, formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States in 1980. The band originally consisted of Gordon Gano (vocals, guitar), Brian Ritchie (bass), and Victor DeLorenzo (drums), with Guy Hoffman replacing DeLorenzo following his departure starting in 1993 and up until his return in 2002. The band split in early 2009, their last recording being a cover of the Gnarls Barkley song "Crazy", a response to Gnarls Barkley's cover of the Femmes song "Gone Daddy Gone" released the previous year. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Roland Alphonso

    Jack Ruby Roland Alphonso

    Roland Alphonso

    Roland Alphonso (Havana, Cuba, January 12, 1931 - Los Angeles, California, November 20, 1998) aka Rolando Alphonso or The Chief Musician was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist. Alphonso came to Jamaica at the age of two with his Jamaican mother, and started to learn saxophone at the Stony Hill Industrial School. In 1948 he left school to join Eric Deans' orchestra and soon passed through other bands in the hotel circuit and first recorded as a member of Baba Motta's group in 1952. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Roland Alphonso

    Dr. Ring Ding Roland Alphonso

    Roland Alphonso

    Roland Alphonso (Havana, Cuba, January 12, 1931 - Los Angeles, California, November 20, 1998) aka Rolando Alphonso or The Chief Musician was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist. Alphonso came to Jamaica at the age of two with his Jamaican mother, and started to learn saxophone at the Stony Hill Industrial School. In 1948 he left school to join Eric Deans' orchestra and soon passed through other bands in the hotel circuit and first recorded as a member of Baba Motta's group in 1952. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Makaya McCraven

    A Slice Of The Top Makaya McCraven

    Makaya McCraven

    Drummer/producer Makaya McCraven brings together "future-is-now drumming” with his roots in jazz and world music to form his unique and powerful sound. Regarded as “one of Chicago’s most versatile and in demand drummers” (Chicago Reader) and described by Downbeat Magazine as “exceptional on the drums,” Makaya McCraven moves between genres at lightning speed. Makaya has been called “one of the hardest drummers on the live music circuit” (revivalist. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Naran Ratan

    trees etc. Naran Ratan

    Naran Ratan

    Naran Ratan released their first album, Trees etc., under the Tasty Morsels label in 2015. Although little information is available as to the artist(s) behind Naran Ratan, it is speculated to be a collaborative effort between Harry Hunt (of h hunt, water feature) and Rory McCarthy (of Infinite Bisous, Keyboard, r mccarthy). A Senbeï remix of Jam for Bwengo was licensed to Apple for use in a 2020 iPad commercial. The full remix was not released outside of its use in this commercial. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Tony Allen

    Nite Owl Tony Allen

    Tony Allen

    Tony Allen (born Tony Oladipo Allen in Lagos, Nigeria on 12 August 1940; died 30 April 2020 in Paris) was a Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter who lived and worked in Paris, France. Allen was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti's band Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa 70 from 1968 to 1979, and was one of the primary co-founders of the genre of Afrobeat music. Of mixed Nigerian and Ghanaian parentage, Allen taught himself to play drums by listening to records made by the American jazz drummers Art Blakey and Max Roach. Read more on Last.fm

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