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Rock is a broad term that encompasses a variety of genres of popular music that originated as rock and roll in the early 1950s in the United States and evolved into a wide range of different styles in the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Ileana Cabra (iLe as her artistic name) is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who grew up with a family of artists, most of them with music and acting skills, including two of her brothers: Residente and Visitante, musicians famous for their work. Ileana started singing since she was a little girl, also learning to … Read more
French singer, guitarist and composer, with a masterly voice and an undeniable born talent with the guitar, Nina Attal has conquered us since 2009 when she won 5 prizes at the ‘Tremplin National Blues sur Seine’ and started her professional music journey, working with artists like Fred Chapellier, Boney Fields or Lucky Peterson. Learning and … Read more
Vasudeva is an instrumental rock band from New Jersey. Formed out of a lasting high school friendship, the tight-knit trio creates seemingly effortless, beautifully dynamic soundscapes, locked in by a firm backdrop of unrelenting grooves, while drawing on their post-rock, ambient, lo-fi, and electronic forms all in equal measure. Written from late 2014 to late 2015 … Read more
U2 Affected by politics and mortality, U2 set up their own rock ‘n’ roll sanctuary city on Songs of Experience. Kendrick Lamar’s fiery rhymes bridge the motivational “Get Out of Your Own Way” and the post-Charlottesville stomper “American Soul.” “Red Flag Day” invokes refugees’ plight to the sound of the band’s early days—Edge’s slashing riffs, … Read more
The Dead Daisies American rock band the Dead Daisies included some of the biggest veterans in hard rock: Guns N’ Roses rhythm guitarist Richard Fortus was accompanied by bass player Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy), keyboard player Dizzy Reed (Guns N’ Roses), singer Jon Stevens (INXS), and drummer John Tempesta (the Cult), with guitarist Dave Lowy … Read more
Tiwayo is a bohemian singer/songwriter, guitarist and autodidact from Paris, who started his musical education at home, learning to play the guitar at the age of 16. He developed a penchant for the reggae, hip-hop, rock and soul, combining them to create his own musical style. It began to integrate different formations, becoming noticed and … Read more
Steven Wilson Thanks to a prolific work ethic that puts even Damon Albarn’s extensive list of side projects to shame, self-taught producer, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist Steven Wilson has gradually become one of the U.K.’s most critically acclaimed cult artists. Born in Kingston Upon Thames in London in 1967, Wilson was inspired to pursue a career … Read more
Noir Désir French alternative band Noir Désir formed in the mid-’80s, comprised of vocalist/guitarist Bertrand Cantat, guitarist Serge Teyssot-Gay, bassist Frédéric Vidalenc, and drummer Denis Barthe. The group’s first EP, Ou Veux-Tu Que J’Regarde, was released in 1987. Two years later, Noir Désir released their debut full-length, Veuillez Rendre l’Âme (A Qui Elle Appartient). By … Read more
After making his introduction as a sensitive, acoustic-styled songwriter on 2001’s Room for Squares, John Mayer steadily widened his approach over the subsequent years, encompassing everything from blues-rock to adult contemporary in the process. Arriving during the tail-end of teen pop’s heyday, he crafted pop music for a more discerning audience, spiking his songcraft with … Read more
Gary Clark Jr Texas guitarist Gary Clark, Jr. has been compared to guitar icons like Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan, and his playing is a powerful and inspired mix of blues, contemporary soul, and hip-hop, and when he’s rolling at his best, he sounds like nothing so much as a natural hybrid of both … Read more