Enrico Pieranunzi　

A superior post-bop pianist influenced by Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner but long possessing his own sound, Enrico Pieranunzi is one of the top jazz pianists living in Italy. He began studying pi ..more

Trouble　

At a time when heavy metal was moving forward faster than ever, thanks to the advent and growing popularity of thrash metal, Chicago’s Trouble embodied a nostalgic throwback to the genre’s ..more

Akira Jimbo　

Junko Ohnishi　

Sweet Thursday　

A short-lived minor-league supergroup of sorts, Sweet Thursday featured supersessionman Nicky Hopkins on keyboards and Jon Mark (of Bluesbreakers fame) on vocals and guitar. Their sole, self- ..more

Mori Calliope　

orange pekoe　

Furio Chirico's The Trip　

White Scorpion　

Steve Morse　

Although Steve Morse enjoyed a healthy following among guitar players, his name was never a household commodity, and he remained a cult figure who earned his greatest success in the readers’ polls ..more

Ska Flames / 西岡大輔 / 春山友志 / 櫻井慎一　

Howlin' Wolf　

In the history of the blues, there has never been anyone quite like the Howlin’ Wolf. Six foot three and close to 300 pounds in his salad days, the Wolf was the primal force of the music spun ..more

Mountain　

The breakup of Cream in late 1968 had consequences that rippled across the rock music world -- in its wake were formed directly such bands as Blind Faith (whose tragedy was they never had a chan ..more

Meghan Trainor　

Scoring her first hit at 20 years old with the dance-friendly paean to body positivity, All About That Bass, American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor topped the charts with a retro-pop sound tha ..more

Umi　

Kogure ''shake'' Takehiko　

Juliana Hatfield　

After Juliana Hatfield disbanded the jangle pop trio the Blake Babies in 1990, she launched a solo career, performing similarly melodic indie guitar pop. Singing in an endearingly thin voice, ..more

Univers Zero　

Formed in 1974, Belgium-based chamber rock band Univers Zero initially featured co-composers drummer Daniel Denis and guitarist Roger Trigaux joined by bassoonist Michel Berckmans, violini ..more

Haircut 100　

Combining light funk with frothy pop, Haircut 100 was one of the cleanest and most accessible new wave groups. Formed in 1980, the British band’s core members were vocalist Nick Heyward ..more

Chez Kane