Gentle Giant　

Formed at the dawn of the progressive rock era in 1969, Gentle Giant seemed poised for a time in the mid-’70s to break out of its cult-band status, but somehow never made the jump. Somewhat clos ..more

Jun Maeda / Nagi Yanagi　

Billie Holiday　

The first popular jazz singer to move audiences with the intense, personal feeling of classic blues, Billie Holiday changed the art of American pop vocals forever. More than a half-century ..more

NCT JNJM　

SUPER JUNIOR-D & E　

Ziyoou-Vachi　

Nick Drake　

A singular talent who passed almost unnoticed during his brief lifetime, Nick Drake produced several albums of chilling, somber beauty. With hindsight, these have come to be recognized as peak achi ..more

DECO*27　

Katy Perry　

Brandishing a wink, a coo, and cleavage with the aplomb of an assassin, Katy Perry created a distinctly new millennial pop persona： a Disney princess as imagined by Madonna. Flirty and bodacious ..more

John Lennon / Yoko Ono　

Fka Twigs　

Crafting ethereal electronic R＆B that evokes the heyday of Tricky and Massive Attack and the spare 2010s aesthetic of the xx, London’s FKA twigs is the project of Twigs, aka Tahliah B ..more

Red Garland　

Red Garland mixed together the usual influences of his generation (Nat Cole, Bud Powell, and Ahmad Jamal) into his own distinctive approach; Garland’s block chords themselves became inf ..more

Kenji Sawada　

SMAP　

George Benson　

George Benson is simply one of the greatest guitarists in jazz history, but he is also an amazingly versatile musician, and that frustrates to no end critics who would paint him into a narrow {\ ..more

Travis Scott　

Incognito　

An acid jazz project with surprisingly deep roots in the 1970s jazz/funk/fusion world, Incognito were originally formed by Jean-Paul Maunick (aka Bluey) and Paul Tubbs Williams. Both wer ..more

MariMari　

Rikon Densetsu　

Peter Hammill　

Peter Hammill is a prolific songwriter, singer, and co-founder of Van Der Graaf Generator; he has also released dozens of solo recordings on a series of labels and later on his own Fie! Record ..more