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Chthonic　

One of the few rock bands from Taiwan to gain exposure in North America, Chthonic are a melodic death metal group whose music employs elements of traditional Taiwanese music (including the ..more

Sodom (Metal)　

This German black metal band’s early lineup consisted of Tom Angelripper (bass/vocals), Aggressor (guitar/vocals), and Chris Witchhunter Dudek (drums). They were heavily influenced by thras ..more

Soft Machine　

Soft Machine were never a commercial enterprise and indeed still remain unknown even to many listeners who came of age during the late ’60s and early ’70s, when the group was at its peak. In their ..more

SOIL & PIMP SESSIONS　

Soilwork　

The Swedish metal sextet Soilwork formed in early 1997, fusing the country’s signature ultra-heavy death metal sound with the power-groove riffs of late-’70s, early-’80s British and European metal. ..more

Tae Yang (SOL / BIGBANG)　

Solange　

Solange Knowles, the younger sister of Beyonce Knowles, studied dance and theater as a child and made her singing debut at age five at an amusement park. As her father managed her sister’s emerg ..more

Solomon Burke　

While Solomon Burke never made a major impact upon the pop audience -- he never, in fact, had a Top 20 hit -- he was an important early soul pioneer. On his ’60s singles for Atlantic, he b ..more

Sonar Pocket　

Sonata Arctica　

Finnish prog metal quartet Sonata Arctica specializes in a soaring, orchestral variation on European heavy metal, fusing the sweeping, romantic bombast of bands like Europe with the over-t ..more

Sonic Youth　

Sonic Youth were one of the most unlikely success stories of underground American rock in the ’80s. Where contemporaries R.E.M. and Husker Du were fairly conventional in terms of song stru ..more

Sonny Clark　

Like Fats Navarro and Charlie Parker before him, Sonny Clark’s life was short but it burned with musical intensity. Influenced deeply by Bud Powell, Clark nonetheless developed an intri ..more

Sonny Landreth　

Southwest Louisiana-based guitarist, songwriter, and singer Sonny Landreth is a musician’s musician. The blues slide guitar playing found on his two Zoo Entertainment releases, {^Outward Boun ..more

Sonny Rollins　

Sonny Rollins will go down in history as not only the single most enduring tenor saxophonist of the bebop and hard bop era, but also the greatest contemporary jazz saxophonist of them all. His flui ..more

Sonny Stitt　

Charlie Parker has had many admirers and his influence can be detected in numerous styles, but few have been as avid a disciple as Sonny Sitt. There was almost note-for-note imitation in several ..more

SONOMI　

SOPHIA　

Sophie Milman　

Jazz vocalist Sophie Milman is a sophisticated and torchy singer with a bent toward American popular songbook standards. Born in Russia of Jewish heritage, Milman spent much of her childho ..more

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