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Lynyrd Skynyrd　

Lynyrd Skynyrd was the definitive Southern rock band, fusing the overdriven power of blues-rock with a rebellious Southern image and a hard rock swagger. Skynyrd never relied on the jaz ..more

Lynsey De Paul　

One of the first successful female singer/songwriters in England, Lynsey de Paul (born Lynsey Rubin) has had an illustrious career. Reaching her peak as a vocalist during the 1970s, she score ..more

Lynch Mob　

After Dokken broke up in 1989, George Lynch formed his own band, the Lynch Mob, with Dokken drummer Mick Brown. The band went through several personnel shifts and failed to meet commerc ..more

Lumineers　

The Lumineers, a folk-rock trio out of Denver, Colorado, deliver an acoustic-based Americana sound that touches a lot of stylistic bases, from folk to gospel to heartland rock and the narrative end ..more

Luke Bryan　

Singer and songwriter Luke Bryan comes by his country influences naturally： he grew up in Leesburg, Georgia, a small town 100 miles from the Alabama border where his father grew peanuts and sold ..more

Lowell Fulson　

Lowell Fulson recorded every shade of blues imaginable. Polished urban blues, rustic two-guitar duets with his younger brother Martin, funk-tinged grooves that pierced the mid-’60s char ..more

Low　

Formed in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1993, Low were perhaps the slowest of the so-called slowcore bands -- delicate, austere, and hypnotic, the trio’s music rarely rose above a whisper, divining its d ..more

Lou Reed　

The career of Lou Reed defies capsule summarization. Like David Bowie (whom Reed directly inspired in many ways), he has made over his image many times, mutating from theatrical glam rocke ..more

Lost Society　

Lordi　

With their operatic heavy metal and monster-movie stage persona, Lordi seemed a most unlikely choice to represent their native Finland in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. So just imagine how ..more

Lord　

Local Natives　

Formed in 2008, Local Natives craft their dramatic and eclectic brand of indie rock from their home base in Los Angeles, California. Meeting in their Orange County high school, guitarists Ryan Ha ..more

Little Mix　

Surpassing the achievements of One Direction and JLS by becoming the first group to win The X Factor in the U.K., four-piece girl band Little Mix were one of the few success stories to ..more

Little Feat　

Though they had all the trappings of a Southern-fried blues band, Little Feat were hardly conventional. Led by songwriter/guitarist Lowell George, Little Feat were a wildly eclectic band, ..more

Little Boots　

Little Boots formed in 2007 as a solo vehicle for Victoria Hesketh, the ex-lead singer/keyboardist of English dance-pop outfit Dead Disco. Hesketh’s first single under the new pseudonym ..more

Liquid Tension Experiment　

A sort of instrumental prog-rock/prog-metal supergroup, Liquid Tension Experiment features Dream Theater’s John Petrucci (guitar) and Mike Portnoy (drums), keyboardist Jordan Rudess (wh ..more

Linkin Park　

Although rooted in alternative metal, Linkin Park became one of the most successful acts of the 2000s by welcoming elements of hip-hop, modern rock, and atmospheric electronica into the ..more

Linda Ronstadt　

With roots in the Los Angeles country and folk-rock scenes, Linda Ronstadt became one of the most popular interpretive singers of the ’70s, earning a string of platinum-selling albums and Top ..more

Lightnin' Hopkins　

Sam Hopkins was a Texas country bluesman of the highest caliber whose career began in the 1920s and stretched all the way into the 1980s. Along the way, Hopkins watched the genre change remar ..more

Lifehouse　

Led by singer/songwriter Jason Wade, Lifehouse emerged in the early 2000s with a commercial blend of pop/rock melody and throaty, post-grunge vocals. Wade, who originally tagged the band Bl ..more