Starz is a rock band that formed in the mid-1970s. Since then, it has been active on and off, as shown by how it missed most of the 1980s and 1990s. Starz has never seen…

American folk singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie has been performing since the 1960s, and he shows no signs of slowing down. He has written and recorded many great songs throughout his career, but which ones are the…

Joan Armatrading is a celebrated singer-songwriter. She was born in what was once called Saint Christopher and Nevis. However, she grew up in England with a short interval in Antigua. Armatrading left school at a…

Montana boasts of being one of the eight states in the United States defined by mountainous terrains. It is endowed with natural resources yet remains with a low population. For this reason, the state attracts…

Syleena Johnson is an American singer-songwriter. Her parents are notable in their own right. Johnson’s father was Syl Johnson, a singer-songwriter who was much-sampled but often uncompensated. Meanwhile, her mother is Brenda Thompson, the first…

Laura Pausini is an Italian singer-songwriter who has been active in the music industry since the early nineties. Her genre is pop and Latin pop; she released fourteen studio albums and has remained one of…

Less Than Jake is an American band that started in the early 1990s. Genre-wise, they make a mix of ska, pop, and punk. Amusingly, the origin of the band’s name isn’t 100 percent clear. Supposedly,…

Chaka Khan began her career in the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. In 1978, she released her first solo album, the platinum-selling Chaka. Since then, she’s become one of the…

Parkway Drive is an Australian metal band that has existed since the early 2000s. It took its name from the street where they had their one-time rehearsal space. From there, Parkway Drive built up a…