Author: Linda Giantino

Steve Lacy is a singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist who remained anonymous for a long time. He played gigs and even executively produced an album that was nominated for a Grammy while still in high…

Alicia Augello Cook, better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is more than a singer. She is a New York Times bestselling author and a fifteen-time Grammy Award winner, classically trained in the piano,…

Tom Odell is an English musician who has been active since the early 2010s. Amusingly, he started songwriting before he started singing because of his time in a band that struggled to maintain a lead…

Sam Cooke, commonly referred to as the “King of Soul,” was instrumental in changing the pop and soul scene from the late 1950s until the early 1960s before he passed away. Sam Cooke is famous…

Khalif Malik Ibn Shaman Brown, whose stage name is Swae Lee, has made a fortune in the music industry. His love for music began as a teenager when he partnered with his brother, Aaquil, whose…

She may not have been as prolific a songwriter as Bob Dylan or as commercial as Joni Mitchell, but without Joan Baez, the 21st-century folk scene would be a very, very different place. Without her,…

The The is an English band that has been around since the late 1970s. Matt Johnson is the one constant member, meaning he is the most important contributor by a considerable margin. This band is…

In 1976, Phil Ochs robbed us of his talent when he committed suicide. He had surrendered to the demons that accompanied his bipolar disorder. The folk artist always wanted to be famous and days before…

Pleasure P’s career as a R&B singer-songwriter started in the late 1990s. He was a founding member of Pretty Ricky. Specifically, he was the one who provided the main vocals while the others rapped. By…