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

Furio Chirico's The Trip　

Soft Works　

Chez Kane　

existtrace　

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

Black Swan　

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

orange pekoe　

Mori Calliope　

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

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

Hako Yamasaki　

White Scorpion　

PJ Harvey　

During the alternative rock explosion, several female singer/songwriters rose to prominence, but few have proved as distinctive or as widely praised as Polly Jean Harvey. Over the course of her car ..more

Umi　

Kogure ''shake'' Takehiko　

Peter Criss　

Peter Criss rose to fame in the 1970s as the drummer for theatrical heavy metal-ists Kiss. Born Peter George Criscoula on December 20, 1947, in Brooklyn, NY, Criss got his start drumming a ..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