folk rock | Musicosity

folk rock

Peter Case

Peter Case is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Buffalo, New York, April 5, 1954. Case has had a wide-ranging career ranging from new wave music to solo acoustic performance. In 1976, Case teamed up with Jack Lee and Paul Collins, to form early new wave band The Nerves in San Francisco. The Nerves' 1976 single, "Hanging on the Telephone", was eventually recorded by Blondie. After The Nerves disbanded, Case moved to Los Angeles and formed pop-rock band The Plimsouls in 1980. The group found success with the song "A Million Miles Away", but disbanded soon after.

Artist Type: 

Paul Goodwin

Paul Goodwin is regarded as the foremost baroque oboist of his generation, is now firmly established as a conductor. He has made more than 20 solo and concerto recordings and was soloist with many of Europe's finest early music groups. Goodwin's experience as an oboist helps bring lyricism, phrasing, and architecture to his conducting.

Artist Type: 

The Kill Devil Hills

The Kill Devil Hills are a 6 piece country, swampy blues band from Perth, Western Australia. Their 2004 release Heathen Songs was followed in 2006 by The Drought, an album which has been widely praised by local reviews. The multi-award-winning group spent the best part of 2009 completing their third album,

Artist Type: 

Camille Delean

Born in Toronto, Camille was raised in Whitby, Ontario by a mother who played the piano every night and a music encyclopedia for a father. As a child she performed at various events and festivals throughout Ontario and Québec. At age 17, wanting to clear her head of any outside influence while planning her next step she went to Ecuador for a few months on a trip that was to change everything. Suddenly the only thing that mattered was getting on trains and moving.

Artist Type: 

Fit and the Conniptions

Fit and the Conniptions is a combined band / webcomic project by London, UK based singer songwriter Wayne Myers. New comics have been uploaded to the site at conniptions.org more or less three times a week since January 2006. A studio album, Bless Your Heart was released in July 2007, followed by a live acoustic EP, Live At Monkey Chews in November 2008. Both are available online from CDBaby.

Artist Type: 

Here Be Dragons

Here Be Dragons are regarded as one of the foremost folk rock bands emanating from Wales. Their live shows have had crowds dancing and partying in festivals and venues all across Europe and in the USA. Here Be Dragons have supported many of the top names in World/folk music - The Young Dubliners (USA/Ireland), Carlos Nuñes (Spain), The Oysterband (England), Flook (Ireland) and Yo Yo Mundi (Italy). They have appeared on television in Wales, internationally on cable and enjoyed radio support across Europe as well as in Australia and the USA.

Read more about Here Be Dragons on Last.fm.

Artist Type: