Tom Waits isn’t an artist who’s ever courted mainstream success. Which is just as well, as he’d have been bitterly disappointed if he had. With the odd exception, his albums have rarely made the slightest dent in the charts, while his singles have fared similarly poorly. But commercial success isn’t the yardstick by which to…
Jack Johnson is an American celebrity personality. He is a multi-talented singer and songwriter who plays a lot of different musical instruments. The list of his talents goes into record producing, documentary, filmmaking, acting, and even professional surfing for a period. He’s currently best known for his singing and songwriting, although he is still active…
Drummer John Boecklin and lead singer Tommy Vext co-founded Bad Wolves with lead guitarist Doc Coyle, rhythm guitarist Chris Cain, and bassist Kyle Konkiel in 2017. The same year they released their debut single, “Learn to Live.” Two years later, they dropped their sophomore album “N.A.T.I.O.N.” on October 25, 2019, the last album featuring frontman…
Bruce Springsteen gained the nickname “The Boss” because he was the guy who collected the pay and doled it out to members of the E Street Band. The name stuck, and he’s lived up to that reputation by taking center stage as one of the best modern performers of the age. Springsteen has released 22…
The face of country music is changing…and it has tattoos on it. His name is Jelly Roll, and he is taking the genre by storm. Born Jason DeFord in 1984, the Nashville native cut his teeth on the hip-hop circuit before earnestly pursuing the sound synonymous with Music City. The reception from country music has…
Tina Turner is a singer, songwriter, and actress who has earned the nickname of the ‘Queen of Rock.’ She began her career in 1957 and rose to prominence as one half of the duo ‘Ike & Tina Turner’ along with her first husband, Ike Turner. While she was performing with her husband, she also released…
Country music has its next big thing. Literally. He goes by the name of Jelly Roll. The corpulent crooner got his start on the hip-hop circuit. He is an ex-convict, sports multiple face tattoos and is revolutionizing the creative landscape of Music City. Born Jason Bradley DeFord, the thickset singer/songwriter is a weathered soul…
You can’t be a man of everything, but you can be a man of many things like Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington. Besides being one of the best jazz musicians of all time, Duke was a great pianist. Though regardless of having a musical talent from an early age, he wasn’t convinced that he would grow…
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, Dylan would never have left the coffee bars of Greenwich Village. Mitchell, Judy Collins, Emmylou Harris, and countless other female…