Search results for

Trey Anastasio is best known as the former lead singer of Phish, the legendary jam-rock band with a devout following reminiscent of The Grateful Dead's. A gifted songwriter and talented singer, Anastasio explores a variety of sounds in his solo work, experimenting with heavy bass lines and howling guitar riffs.

Page France began as a project for prolific songwriter Michael Nau, who's spent four years and five albums working with some of his favorite musician friends. For the new ...And the Family Telephone, Page France has finally jelled into a collaborative unit — a real band.

Modeled after classic Afrobeat bands like Fela Kuti's Africa 70, Brooklyn's Antibalas makes intensely rhythmic music that blends jazz, funk, dub and traditional West African drumming with political messages for an intense sound.

Since the breakup of his Brit-rock band Pulp, Cocker has collaborated with the likes of Nancy Sinatra and Marianne Faithfull, and even released an electronic side project called Relaxed Muscle. Still, it was only a matter of time before Cocker embarked on a solo career.

Freely blending funk, jazz and boogaloo, San Diego's Greyboy Allstars specialize in danceable, groove-oriented acid jazz. On the group's first album in nearly a decade (and in this interview and in-studio performance), it sounds fresh and energized.

The English alt-rock band Starsailor has released three albums to widespread hype and critical acclaim, but it's also had a tricky time staying in the spotlight. The new On the Outside finds Starsailor sounding refreshed after a period out of the limelight, while retaining the depth of emotion that attracted it so much attention in the first place.

Northern Ireland-based singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson's third and latest album, If I never know you like this again, draws inspiration from indie bands like Broken Social Scene and Pavement.

After more than 30 years of making music, the band America could easily be flailing away on the county-fair circuit. But the group has reinvented itself in recent years, drawing inspiration from younger generations while still holding on to the gentle pop sound that helped make it famous.

Sting first became known as the lead singer of the immensely popular pop/rock/punk group The Police, but he's maintained success throughout his ever-evolving solo career, which began after the band broke up at the height of its popularity in 1984.

A constantly evolving guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, Mould has been an influential and even iconic musician for more than two decades, having fronted the pop-rock bands Husker Du and Sugar. Hear an interview.