Eric Carmen　

Eric Carmen has amassed an impressive amount of hit singles over his long career, whether it be as a member of the influential power pop outfit the Raspberries, as a solo artist, or as a songwri ..more

Warhorse　

Formed in 1970 around ex-Deep Purple bassist Nick Simper, Warhorse were understandably close to early Deep Purple in their blend of keyboard-colored progressive rock and early heavy metal. ..more

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

Blackberry Smoke　

Building on the Lynyrd Skynyrd Southern rock template with a good dose of outlaw honky tonk country and a little bit of bluegrass, gospel, and R＆B mixed in, Blackberry Smoke (singer/guitarist ..more

Greenslade　

Dave Greenslade (keys) and Tony Reeves (bass) formed Greenslade in 1972. The two had previously played together in Colosseum and they recruited Dave Lawson (Episode Six) as vocalist. ..more

Small Faces　

Small Faces were the best English band never to hit it big in America. Outside Europe, all anybody remembers them for is their sole hit, Itchycoo Park, which was hardly representative of their {\ ..more

John Cale　

While John Cale is one of the most famous and, in his own way, influential underground rock musicians, he is also one of the hardest to pin down stylistically. Much has been made of his schooling i ..more

The Prog Collective　

Falco　

Falco was the most internationally successful pop artist ever to come out of Austria, best known for his 1986 chart-topping hit Rock Me Amadeus. Born Johann Holzel in Vienna on February ..more

Maggie Rogers　

First known for her 2016 viral hit Alaska, singer/songwriter Maggie Rogers combines folk, dance, and R＆B into a powerfully emotional yet crowd-pleasing sound. Growing up in rural Maryland, Roge ..more

Lucas Arruda　

Foghat　

Foghat specialized in a simple, hard-rocking blues-rock, releasing a series of best-selling albums in the mid-’70s. While never deviating from their basic boogie, they retained a large audience unt ..more

Joe Satriani　

The 1980s were a golden age for guitar heroes but even six-string slingers need a hero of their own. Enter Joe Satriani. More than a hero, Satriani was a mentor, setting an example of what could ..more

Phil Lynott's Grand Slam　

Kirsty Maccoll　

Kirsty MacColl, daughter of folk singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl, began her own musical career while still in her teens, singing in a band called the Addix, and eventually signed to the ..more

Budgie　

Often thought of as a cross between Black Sabbath (due to their plodding, molten-heavy riffs) and Rush (due to their singer’s high-pitched, Geddy Lee-esque wail), the somewhat obscure {\Briti ..more

Jon & Vangelis　

Yes singer Jon Anderson and Greek synth-composer Vangelis teamed up in the ’80s for a pop-music experiment ~ All Music Guide, Rovi ..more

Freddie Mercury　

Combining theatrics and an outrageously flamboyant stage persona with his fine natural-born talent (he possessed one of the greatest voices in all of music and penned some of pop’s most enduring and i ..more

Aoife O'donovan　

Aoife O’Donovan is an American singer and songwriter based in Brooklyn. While she is best known as the founder and frontwoman of the string band Crooked Still, she is also one-third of the femal ..more

Grand Slam (Hard Rock)