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Artist Name |
Artist Bio |
Instruments |
Genres |
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Brian Wilson |
Brian Wilson is one of popular music’s most deeply revered figures, the main creative force behind some of the most cherished recordings in rock history. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to call Brian Wilson one of the most influential composers of the last century.
Wilson’s remarkable journey … Read More_» |
guitar, piano, voice |
alternative, electronic, pop, rock |
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Gabriel Kahane |
Composer and singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane writes string quartets, musicals and pop songs. What unites all of his musical efforts is the desire to communicate honestly and without pretense.
Equally at home as a performer as in the composing studio, the two-time MacDowell Colony Fellow was hailed … Read More_» |
composition, guitar, voice |
classical, folk, rock, singer-songwriter |
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Jeff Beck |
Eight-time Grammy Award-winner Jeff Beck is one of the UK’s leading artists and one of the most influential lead guitarists in rock history. Making music in a place beyond categories and genres, Jeff can coax from his guitar sounds that few others can. Perhaps best known for his contributions to… Read More_» |
guitar |
classical, jazz, r & b, rock |
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Jon Anderson |
British musician Jon Anderson is one of the most recognizable voices in progressive rock as the lead vocalist and creative force behind the band Yes.
In his early career, Anderson joined The Warriors in 1962 and released his first solo singles in 1968 under the pseudonym Hans Christian Anderson, and… Read More_» |
guitar, voice |
alternative, rock |
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Judy Collins |
Judy Collins has thrilled audiences worldwide with her unique blend of interpretative folksongs and contemporary themes for over 50 years. Judy claims that her mother named her after Judy Garland. Her father, Charles “Chuck” Collins was a Seattle-based 1950s American radio presenter whose tastes… Read More_» |
guitar, piano, voice |
folk, pop, rock, singer-songwriter |
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Justin Hayward |
Best known as the vocalist and lead guitarist of the Moody Blues, Justin Hayward has just released a new solo record Spirits of the Western Sky. He has collaborated and performed with rock luminaries around the globe, and, perhaps lesser known, worked with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
From t… Read More_» |
guitar |
rock |
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Natalie Merchant |
Singer-songwriter and pianist Natalie Merchant was born in 1963, in Jamestown, New York. Her father was a jazz musician and her mother, a classical music devotee, was a secretary. She studied the piano, spent free time in the library and dreamed of becoming an artist. Participating in an accelerated… Read More_» |
composition, guitar, piano, voice |
folk, rock, singer-songwriter |
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Paul O’Neill |
This month, Linked Music brings together classical music and heavy metal. Host Peter Cummings interviews Trans-Siberian Orchestra founder Paul O’Neill to talk all about the connections.
O’Neill formed the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) in 1996, and immediately approached long time friends… Read More_» |
composition, guitar, piano |
classical, electronic, jazz, metal, opera, orchestra |
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Sting |
Born in 1951, in Wallsend, north-east England, Gordon Sumner’s life started to change the evening a fellow musician in the Phoenix Jazzmen caught sight of his black and yellow striped sweater and decided to re-christen him Sting.
Sting got his start playing bass with local outfits The Newcastl… Read More_» |
guitar, piano, voice |
classical, jazz, pop, rock, singer-songwriter |
