J Roddy Walston and The Business refuse to play it safe. In this age when mobile phone apps have replaced recording studios and the term “badass” rarely describes modern music, J Roddy furthers the proud legacy of un...
The psychedelic explorations and folk troubadour inclinations of young Californian J Irvin Dally are informed equally by his nomadic trajectory and his introspective clarity. Dally lived in a variety of climates througho...
j.viewz, a multi-genre electronic project brought together under the direction of Brooklyn based producer and songwriter Jonathan Dagan, was named this week’s “NPR World Café: Next” artist. Host David Dye describe...
“McPherson is a singer/songwriter in the truest sense, and his original tunes are a cut above the average retro-rockabilly artist both melodically and lyrically.” “Signs & Signifiers paints a picture of McPherson a...
Presented by: Hip Hop Hope Unity Conference and City Takers Weekend
For nearly a decade, the ministry of Julian “J.Kwest” DeShazier has been an exploration in the relationship between music and faith. As artist, this Chicago native has used his unique rhythm to tell stories of deep m...
J. Pinder has accomplished an extraordinary amount for such a
young artist. He has worked with the cream of Seattle hip hop (Jake
One, Vitamin D, Kuddie Fresh) and he has worked with characters
such as Guilty Simps...
Who is Json? Maybe you’ve heard him on one of Flame’s 4 albums. Maybe you’ve heard him on 13 letters or any of the other Reach Records projects. You may have picked up his debut album The Seasoning, but the questio...
Jack Wilson - BIOGRAPHY -- self-titled album
Austin, TX-based Jack Wilson's self-titled, debut full-length bridges the
gap between the folk-rock of Seattle (where he began his career as a
full-time musician) and the...
From Norman, Oklahoma – the city that birthed crazy bands (and crazier band names) like the Flaming Lips, Starlight Mints, and Evangelicals – comes 23-year-old indie/pop/whatever singer and songwriter Jacob Abello. O...
Jacques Greene hails from Montreal, Canada. His focus is glistening house music with the perfect balance of reverence and idiosyncrasy, and an unashamed devotion to R'n'B. Releases on LuckyMe and NightSlugs have announce...
Jacques Greene hails from Montreal, Canada. His focus is glistening house music with the perfect balance of reverence and idiosyncrasy, and an unashamed devotion to R'n'B. Releases on LuckyMe and NightSlugs have announce...
Jacques Greene hails from Montreal, Canada. His focus is glistening house music with the perfect balance of reverence and idiosyncrasy, and an unashamed devotion to R'n'B. Releases on LuckyMe and NightSlugs have announce...
The Jacuzzi Boys’ practice space is like most any other -- crammed with gear along with one of the guys’ record collections. But their band room happens to be located in a trailer tucked just inside Bill Baggs Cape F...
The Jacuzzi Boys’ practice space is like most any other -- crammed with gear along with one of the guys’ record collections. But their band room happens to be located in a trailer tucked just inside Bill Baggs Cape F...
Jake Newton was raised in the Mountains outside of Yosemite National Park. He grew up playing music with his family, and lived the childhood of a dreamer, surrounded by nature; head in the clouds. There was one stop ligh...
It’s rare for a young musician to earn comparisons to the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis. It’s even harder to find an artist who has entirely redefined an instrument by his early thirties. But Jake Shimabukuro...
The James Arthur's Manhunt LP was a record I wish people would have talked about more, including myself. Great record, great band, great dude. JA always seems to be standing just slightly in the shadows, out of the spotl...
It will not be long before audiences everywhere will be captivated by the distinctive, yet classic sound of Jane Ellen Bryant. Her music reflects the unique feel of her hometown, Austin, TX, but exhibits a delicate twist...
Janka Nabay is the undisputed king of bubu music, a frantically-paced electronic dance music with ancient, magical origins in Sierra Leone (known as Salone by locals). Before Janka, Sierra Leoneans thought of bubu music ...
Japanese Gum is an experimental psychedelic Italian duo originally from Genova born in the spring of 2005.
The band consists now of Davide Cedolin, Paolo Tortora, with some live collaborators and performers.
JG music i...
Japanther is an art project, circa 2001, They've collaborated with a variety of artist including Penny Rimbaud, Dan Graham, Eileen Myles, VEKS, robbinschilds, Dawn Riddle, Claudia Meza, Todd James, Devin Flynn, Ninjasoni...
Japanther is an art project, circa 2001, They've collaborated with a variety of artist including Penny Rimbaud, Dan Graham, Eileen Myles, VEKS, robbinschilds, Dawn Riddle, Claudia Meza, Todd James, Devin Flynn, Ninjasoni...
Mexican roots outfit Jarana Beat fuses elements of Mexico’s African and Amerindian traditions with salsa, cumbia, and other contemporary music in its present-day take on folkloric music.
With contagious charm and g...
Biography
Jasmine Solano is a Brooklyn-based rapper and DJ whose debut single, “That’s Not It” can now be seen on MtvU. Born in Philadelphia, her career began after she took an opportunity to host her own radio ...
Javelin is a band/production duo consisting of cousins George Langford and Tom Van Buskirk.
They started working together in 2004, Providence, RI, and have long since moved operations to Brooklyn, NY.
In 2009 Javel...
To explain why he isn't afraid of naming his second album “ 13 ,” Spanish rocker Javier García brings up something Stevie Wonder used to say, “When you believe in things that you don't understand and you suffer, t...
In his 1970 Playboy Interview, Ray Charles described soul as "people who do things from the heart." In performance and on record, it is undeniable that JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound are 100% soul. With a sound that calls ...
After a few years off, The Jealous Sound have returned true to form with a new album entitled 'A Gentle Reminder' to be released in February 2012. Their previous and debut album, 'Kill Them With Kindness', received rav...
Heart beat of the south, right out of your butt into your fists. Wild youth embodied, savage abandon, convivial glamour. Lounge crunk nuclear pop put the bump in your rump!
Get that ass down there if it wants to shake.....
Montreal-born Jef Barbara's debut LP Contamination stakes his claim as an heir of pop music's golden age. With a wide array of influences, Contamination falls within the tradition of 80s landmarks such as George Michael'...
Austin-based jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader Jeff Lofton
opened TEDX Austin 2012 with Graham Reynolds
jazz trumpeter - Best Jazz Band '10-'11 Austin Music Awards / Austin Chronicle Music Poll- was recently fe...
Producer, DJ and drummer for YACHT possesses his own incredibly engaging and vibrant live set of art-disco. His remix for YACHT's "Utopia" was hand-picked by DFA and can be heard in the clubs and on radio stations acro...
Jen has made strides in becoming one of America's most beloved electronic artists. With her unique style & live vocal performance/DJ Sets she continues to show she’s a step up on the competition. It’s been a few ...
Jennifer Castle has one of those captivating voices that can quiet a room of bawdy drunks. Her mesmerizing art-folk hymns possess both a certain golden-oldies-radio familiarity and a spectral eeriness....- SPIN......
Jennifer O’Connor’s fifth album, I Want What You Want, almost didn’t get made.
After parting ways with Matador Records in the spring of 2009 after two albums (“Over The Mountain, Across The Valley, and Back t...
Jennifer O’Connor’s fifth album, I Want What You Want, almost didn’t get made.
After parting ways with Matador Records in the spring of 2009 after two albums (“Over The Mountain, Across The Valley, and Back t...
Presented by: Hip Hop Hope Unity Conference and City Takers Weekend
At 22 years of age, Jerrell Johnson has God-given wisdom that surpasses that of many of his peers. He has a way with people and with music that could only be credited to God. Jerrell Johnson began writing music at an ear...
Jerrod Carmichael is an LA based standup and performer originally from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He has been crafting his standup for over three years and this year was featured in Variety as being one of the top te...
Jerrod Carmichael is an LA based standup and performer originally from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He has been crafting his standup for over three years and this year was featured in Variety as being one of the top te...
Since its beginnings, Jerusalem has performed highly approachable country-fried psych that goes over well in a variety of venues; still, rather than surrounding itself by similarly styled outfits, the band has consiste...
Growing up in Nova Scotia loving rap above all, Jesse began with lighter fare in 1989, embraced hardcore in the early 90s, and found his calling in the independent rap revolution at century’s end. All the while, he wa...
From his days fronting seminal hardcore trio Heart Attack and infamous glam punks D Generation to nine years on the road as a solo artist and with his band, The St. Marks Social, Malin has cultivated a devout fan base. H...
Jesse Thomas is a redheaded firecracker from Kentucky, whose whiskey soaked soul drips into every song that she sings. She released her first full-length album, War Dancer, on Valentines Day.
In late 2008, with no mon...
Jessi Klein is a comedian who's written for SNL, Michael and Michael Have Issues, and other really mind exploding programming. She's had her own half hour standup special on Comedy Central and has appeared on CNN, VH1 an...
Jessi Klein is a comedian who's written for SNL, Michael and Michael Have Issues, and other really mind exploding programming. She's had her own half hour standup special on Comedy Central and has appeared on CNN, VH1 an...
Jessi Klein is a comedian who's written for SNL, Michael and Michael Have Issues, and other really mind exploding programming. She's had her own half hour standup special on Comedy Central and has appeared on CNN, VH1 an...
Jessie made the New York Times list of bands to catch at SXSW 2012 representing Denton, TX.
"Innocence and old soul. Fiery, then cool. Reluctant and, all at once, beguiling. Frye carries an intense passion and deliver...
The Jessie Rose Trip is a Manchester trio fronted by enigmatic sylph singer song-writer and musician Jessie Rose who, with her stunning soulful pipes and heavy blues guitar riffs, has won rave comparisons with everyone f...
Like the Velvet Underground, their most obvious influence, the chart success of the Jesus and Mary Chain was virtually nonexistent, but their artistic impact was incalculable; quite simply, the British group made the wor...
Curren$y, Trademark and Young Roddy didn’t just climb the ladder of success – they soared above it. The Jet Life movement took off after the success of Curren$y’s seminal album, “Pilot Talk” on which Trademar...
Singer-songwriter Jillian Edwards hails from Texas, but she now calls Nashville home. A graduate of Baylor University, her crystalline, breezy soprano and intelligent, heartfelt songwriting have been steadily attracting ...
Tipped by the NME as one of the 100 bands to check out in 2012 and recently signed to Xtra Mile Recordings (Against Me!, Frank Turner) Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun make their maiden voyage to the States for SXSW 2012.
...
Jim White: The Facts
Jim White’s sixth studio album, Where It Hits You, will be released through Yep Roc Records on February 21, 2012.
Where It Hits You follows Jim's critically lauded 2010 side project, Sounds o...
JIM-E-O, born Enyinna Kalu Ogbaa on July 26, 1984 in Imo State, Nigeria,is the son of Kalu Ogbaa, and Clara Ogbaa. The name Enyinna means, ” father’s friend” in Igbo (a Nigerian language). JIM-E-O embraced his fath...
Jimmy "Duck" Holmes is the owner/proprietor of one of the oldest juke joints in Mississippi, the Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia, MS. He plays in what has been called the "Bentonia School" of the blues, which is characteriz...
They say the world is spinning around
I say the world is upside down
With a legacy stretching back nearly 50 years, the Honourable Jimmy Cliff is still standing as one of the prime movers and continuing shapers of mo...
They say the world is spinning around
I say the world is upside down
With a legacy stretching back nearly 50 years, the Honourable Jimmy Cliff is still standing as one of the prime movers and continuing shapers of mo...
They say the world is spinning around
I say the world is upside down
With a legacy stretching back nearly 50 years, the Honourable Jimmy Cliff is still standing as one of the prime movers and continuing shapers of mo...
Presented by: The GRAMMY Museum's Woody Guthrie Centennial Tribute
Jimmy LaFave
Biography
The attraction of singer/songwriter Jimmy LaFave's music lies in his voice and vision that strikes responsive chords at the heart of folk, blues and American roots rock & roll. His discography ...
The Hipster Orchestra is the ultimate marriage of high and low brow culture. Hipster songs meet high style when they’re combined with intelligent re-works and arranged for a string ensemble. The Jingle Punks Hipster Or...
Raised in Detroit, MI and now a resident of Los Angeles. JMSN wrote, produced and mixed his debut album †Priscilla† which has been released to rave reviews. A journey through the repercussions of a failed relationshi...
France’s Joachim Garraud has seen the future and it has it’s roots in the past.
The highly successful French producer/performer/DJ’s career has long been intertwined with chart-topping global superstar David Gue...
This songwriter can sing like an angel and write convincingly of God, honesty, love and all the good things in life. Her childlike acceptance and faith in people is obvious in her musical language and, as a muralist, her...
In the late summer 1979, Joe "King" Carrasco formed a stripped-down four-piece combo to replace his Chicano big band, El Molino. Dubbed the Crowns, organist/accordionist Kris Cummings, bassist Brad Kizer, and drummer Mig...
In the late summer 1979, Joe "King" Carrasco formed a stripped-down four-piece combo to replace his Chicano big band, El Molino. Dubbed the Crowns, organist/accordionist Kris Cummings, bassist Brad Kizer, and drummer Mig...
The Great Despiser, the new album from celebrated singer-songwriter Joe Pug, will be released April 24 on Lightning Rod Records. This is the follow-up to Pug’s critically acclaimed full-length debut, Messenger (2010), ...
Joe Volume is a singer, songwriter and producer from Mexico City.
He is 24 years old and has 1 EP and 3 LP´s, all of them produced or co-produced by him. Volume has played with the most important Latin American acts an...
Joe Wengert is a comedian living in Los Angeles. As a stand up he has performed in Portland, San Francisco, San Diego, and New York City.
He is a regular performer at the UCB Theater and can be seen in shows such as ...
Presented by: The GRAMMY Museum's Woody Guthrie Centennial Tribute
Joel Rafael first began performing in showcases and small clubs around Los Angeles, San Diego and the Inland Empire in California. He formed a duo with San Diego-based Rosie Flores in 1978, enjoying standing-room-only c...
JD’s notes on KEEPER
why are we so tired
we must’ve slept too long
how could we know how sick we were
when we were both too sick to talk
silence makes the heart grow colder
though we knew it didn’t matter...
John Evans has had a busy year: He landed two songs in Country Strong which starred Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw, one song "Christmas In Texas" in the final episode of Friday Night Lights, two co-writes on Hayes Carll'...
Three years ago John Fullbright burst upon the Southwest music scene with a stellar live album recorded at the famous Blue Door in Oklahoma City. From his home in Okemah, Oklahoma, also the home of Woody Guthrie, John ho...
The John Steel Singers are one of the most well-known alternative acts in Australia. With five members traversing across instruments like explorers, the Brisbane natives bring another dimension to the experimental pop ae...
The John Steel Singers are one of the most well-known alternative acts in Australia. With five members traversing across instruments like explorers, the Brisbane natives bring another dimension to the experimental pop ae...
Normally associated with his peers in techno from Detroit, Europe and elsewhere, John Tejada has embraced electronic music as a personal frontier, expanding on his resume as a techno recording artist as producer, remixer...
Self-proclaimed “trash poet” John Wesley Coleman III incorporates indie rock slack with witty storytelling in his music. Hailing from Irving, TX and living much like a drifter in East Austin, Coleman started engaging...
Johnny Nicholas bio
Texas bluesman Johnny Nicholas’ new album may be entitled Future Blues, but its roots lie in the past, specifically in the venerable traditions of country blues; acoustic music; Texas soul; and ...
“Music is my canvas …
What I feel, I paint.”
Some things are just meant to happen. If not, then we wouldn’t be graced right now by one of the most original and promising singer/songwriters to emerge on the ...
Jon B.
"I am not an artist who can be pinned down to one sound or style. You can't put me in a box that I can't break myself out of. By just making the style of track that I'm vibing to and writing a great song to it...
Jon Blondell was born in Iowa, grew up in Harlingen and studied music at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. While studying there he quickly became a part of the local music scene both as a trombonist and a ba...
Labeled as “The Peoples Rapper”, Jon Connor is third generation musical talent with the triple threat abilities of writing, producing, and performing. Jon Connor’s innovative style of music using unique beats, mer...
Jon Langford is best known for the music he creates with the Mekons and the Waco Brothers, but he’s also gained increasing acclaim for his visual art over the past decade. Nashville Radio, his first book + CD of painti...
Jon Lindsay has been on a pretty incredible tear since emerging on the national indie rock scene in 2010. After going solo in 2009 from prominent roles in several well known bands (most notably Benji Hughes and The Young...
In the evolving world of music, diversity is the key to success. When JON MCXRO came together, their mission was clear: put all of their talents to the forefront and merge them into one unique sound.
JON MCXRO is an a...
Jonathan Wilson
Gentle Spirit
“Gentle Spirit” is not simply the name of the debut solo album by songwriter/musician/producer, Jonathan Wilson, it represents the ethos of the artist himself. Warm, supple mel...
The Jjones Family Singers are a 3 generation family that's played major festivals such as the ACL, SXSW, Houston Ifest, Smithsonian Institute, House of Blues, Hoosier Dome and other venues across America. The group is th...
Jonny Corndawg is an infectious songwriter and burgeoning country star that worships the altar of Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver, and Michael Hurley. Born in Montana, raised in rural Virginia and now residing in Brook...
Jonny Corndawg is an infectious songwriter and burgeoning country star that worships the altar of Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver, and Michael Hurley. Born in Montana, raised in rural Virginia and now residing in Brook...
Presented by: The Agency Group/UK Trade & Investment
Jonquil are, as of 2011, four men from Oxford – Hugo Manuel, Sam Scott, Robin McDiarmid and Dominic Hand – and 'Point Of Go' is their third (and yet, in a way, their first) record; an evolution, a transformation and ...
"When I think of how to write about Jonti's music, I don't feel like writing at all. I feel like drawing a picture, with watercolors and maybe crayon - colorful, abstract, youthfully curious and open to interpretation. M...
"When I think of how to write about Jonti's music, I don't feel like writing at all. I feel like drawing a picture, with watercolors and maybe crayon - colorful, abstract, youthfully curious and open to interpretation. M...
www.youtube.com/jordancookofficial
Canadian born Jordan Cook has electrified audiences all over the world. Cook has been seen showcased at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he was the first Canadian rock artist t...
JOSEPH LEO BWARIE is the not to be missed new artist at SXSW®. Joseph Leo Bwarie will perform with his live band in a first ever showcase performance of his debut solo album "Nothin’ But Love." Bwarie's Capitol Reco...
“Though the sound is bigger than a folk record, the dark lyrics are wrapped in familiar Americana. The instrumentation is meticulous—nothing sounds out-of-place, especially the aching pedal steel, which is used with ...
“Though the sound is bigger than a folk record, the dark lyrics are wrapped in familiar Americana. The instrumentation is meticulous—nothing sounds out-of-place, especially the aching pedal steel, which is used with ...
Some people prefer pop music that behaves like math: once a few familiar variables have been determined—female vocals or male? Acoustic guitar or electric? — the end result should be easy to predict, and always sound...
After cutting his teeth recording a critically-acclaimed album with Chrissie Hynde and fronting UK band Grace, JP Jones has made his debut solo album. As Son of Jack, Cariad (Welsh for ‘love’ or ‘darling’) flouts...
Juan Cirerol is a multi-instrumentalist born in Mexicali, Baja California. He studied classic guitar since he was 13th in the UABC. He left the university in order to find his own personal sound. He already played in dif...
Juan Cirerol is a multi-instrumentalist born in Mexicali, Baja California. He studied classic guitar since he was 13th in the UABC. He left the university in order to find his own personal sound. He already played in dif...
Presented by: Tormenta Tropical vs. Mixpak vs. Body High
Though now splitting her time between Miami and Brooklyn, XLR8R’s “artist to watch” Jubilee will always be Brooklyn’s bass sweetheart. Known for her rambunctious combination of upfront bass music, UK house, and t...
Juicy J is an American rapper and record producer from Memphis, Tennessee and is the co-founder and a member of the duo Three 6 Mafia. He is also the younger brother of Project Pat. His second solo album, Hustle Till I D...
The appeal of a modern, on the rise indie band like Jukebox the Ghost is simple: They write catchy songs. On top of that, they’re dynamic, skilled musicians. The band’s records are carefully structured, yet wildly di...
The appeal of a modern, on the rise indie band like Jukebox the Ghost is simple: They write catchy songs. On top of that, they’re dynamic, skilled musicians. The band’s records are carefully structured, yet wildly di...
With over 49 million views, Julia Nunes is best known for her charming, comical, and downright creative YouTube music videos. From originals that she writes to songs that she likes, the singer-songwriter wins over all sh...
......File under: Garage rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Alternative... JUNEBUG SPADE, a quirky line-up of musicians led by frontman Peter Anthony Seay II, are known more for their off-beat musical sensibilities than for conventi...
The dark rock group Junius released their highly anticipated sophomore full-length, Reports from the Threshold of Death, on October 25 via Prosthetic Records. With their last album, The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist, Juni...
On a rainy Nashville Thursday last October, Justin Townes Earle leapt onstage at the famed Ryman Auditorium to accept the 2011 Americana Music Award for Song of the Year. The triumphant evening capped a turbulent twelve...
On a rainy Nashville Thursday last October, Justin Townes Earle leapt onstage at the famed Ryman Auditorium to accept the 2011 Americana Music Award for Song of the Year. The triumphant evening capped a turbulent twelve...
Julio Mejia aka JWLS is a 20 year old electronic music producer based in Miami, Florida. Known to make many tribal beats that are satisfyingly addicting to music listeners’ ears, JWLS is an upcoming producer in the ele...
