Gillie Da Kid has been rapping for more than 20 years. Although he has never gained as much commercial success as many of his colleagues, his skills have earned him the respect of some of the biggest names in hip-hop. At one point in time, Gillie Da Kid was even signed to Cash Money Records,…
Musician Johnny Winter passed away in 2014. However, his passing has only served to increase his level of popularity with music lovers of all ages. For the most part, Winter performed in the Blues genre, but not in the traditional sense you might initially think. He had a tendency to fill every song with so…
Before Van Halen exploded onto the scene with their self-titled debut, punk and disco ruled the roost. Rock was dead… or so everyone thought. As it happened, it was just taking a nap. “This is the 1980s!” declared singer David Lee Roth. “And this is the new sound – it’s hyper, it’s energy, it’s urgent.”…
With the possible exception of Sly and the Family Stone, Earth, Wind and Fire did more to popularize funk than any other band. At their peak, they consisted of 10 insanely talented musicians (not to mention the Phoenix Horns section). Their lineup was constantly evolving, but the one permanent fixture was Maurice White, a singer,…
David Foster is a Canadian musician, composer, arranger, and producer who has had an illustrious career in the music industry. He has won 16 Grammys for his work with other artists, and he has been inducted into the elite Songwriter’s Hall of Fame. The following blog post will celebrate David Foster’s best songs from his…
When Celine Dion burst out onto the scene as a 25-year-old French-Canadian singer, many people touted her to be the next Barbra Streisand. Celine Dion had released seven French albums by the time she was 18 before her manager introduced her to English music. She credits her success to her manager, Rene Angelil, who put…
Baby Keem is only 20 years old, but he raps with the poise and confidence of someone who has been in the industry for decades. Like his older cousin, Kendrick Lamar, Baby Keem isn’t going to let anyone put him in a box. His incredible skill level mixed with his endless creativity has made him…
The 1970s may have been the era of the supergroup, but the most super of them all arrived nearly two decades later. Formed by George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty in the late ’80s, the Traveling Wilburys bought together some of the best singers and songwriters of the 20th century….
Rare Earth was a band with one foot planted in rock and another foot planted in R&B. Some have called it the first white band signed by Motown to be successful, which is based on its predecessors never managing to release a hit. Certainly, Rare Earth was successful enough to exist from the late 1960s…