The five members of Reckless Kelly didn't undertake any grand act of musical reconciliation when they went into the studio to record their fifth album, Wicked Twisted Road. But, to hear them tell it, it just sorta worked out that way. "There is a lot of the most country stuff and a lot of the most rock stuff we've ever done on this record," said guitarist and songwriter Willy Braun. "We were trying to make a record that went from country to country-rock and back to country, with maybe som...

Fischerspooner is an art pop performance project created and helmed by Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner that makes music, dance, fashion, film and photography. Their work fuses fine art and pop culture, as in their renowned outsider pop shows bursting with stage effects presented in both art galleries and traditional concert halls. Their full-length albums of music include #1, a punked-up digital party record trussed with conceptual lyrics; and Odyssey, a rich emotional fantasia with a deep, ...

Vega4 are four individuals with wildly different backgrounds. They are Irishmen Johnny McDaid (vocals, guitar) and Gavin Fox (bass), Canadian Bryan McLellan (drums), and New Zealander Bruce Gainsford (guitar). The London-based band started writing and rehearsing in their adopted hometown after meeting through mutual friends, 'clicking' instantly. As with their geographic backgrounds, each member brought with them overtly different musical influences. "It's so hard to describe our sound," ex...

Over the last twenty years, k.d. lang has lent her voice to an astonishing range of material, from Nashville tearjerkers to Tin Pan Alley torch songs, from playful cow-punk tunes to sultry, grown-up pop. With her Nonesuch debut Hymns of the 49th Parallel, the Alberta native brings it all back home, metaphorically speaking, exploring the work of her favorite Canadian songwriters: Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Bruce Cockburn, Ron Sexsmith, and Jane Siberry. She juxtaposes classics f...

The lovechild of submarine sonar and low frequency midnight moans,
Santigold was born somewhere between Bedstuy
and Bushwick, Brooklyn and was placed under the care of enigmatic singer and songwriter Santi White. White's prior musical children have proved more profound than platinum. Songwriter and
executive producer behind an album boasting top Billboard singles, and
driving voice behind two albums from her uncategorizable band Stiffed,
Santi White's familiarity...