Our Lady of Sonic Sound, Penny Ikinger makes original, innovative guitar-drenched music. In November 2010, she released her new album "Penelope". David Fricke from Rolling Stone magazine gave her previous release, Electra, a rave review, but listen for yourself.
Kreg Viesselman was born in Wells, Minnesota and currently lives in Oslo, Norway. Recordings:
"The Pull" Red Kite Records, 2006
"Kreg Viesselman" Self-released, 2003
"Many Rivers" PME Records, 2000 (out of print) Other Appearances:
"Hold Me Up To the Light" (Peter Wilde Tribute), various artists
"This Great Land", PME Records, by David Gilligan
"Remembering Achilles", by David Gilligan
"The Good, The Bad, and the Red Glory Ramblers", by Danny Shafer
Sarah McLeod is the former frontwoman of Aussie rock band The Superjesus. McLeod is one of the best recognised women in the Australian music scene and is known for her enthusiastic and unique stage presence. She already has three ARIA awards and over 300,000 record sales to her name (from her Superjesus days), and has been to referred to as the "iconic aussie rock chic". McLeod, originally from Adelaide in South Australia, started singing in her late teens.
Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner played guitar in the funk band Ohio Players, but left the band in the mid 80s to persue a solo career, which resulted in the LP "Sugar Kiss", a very cool slice of synth-driven, Prince-inspired mutant funk.
Maggie Holland was born and bred in Hampshire (southern England) and first became involved with music through the local folk club scene in the late sixties. Her first professional musical work was as bass guitarist and eventually, singer in the blues/goodtime duo Hot Vultures with Ian A. Anderson. The Vultures toured in Britain, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, covering approximately 30,000 miles per year during 1973-79; Maggie was also the sole driver. The duo expanded into The English Country Blues Band in the late seventies, with Rod Stradling and Sue Harris (later Chris Coe).
Alex Adams (born 08/01/1986) is a Finger style guitarist from Maine. Influences by guitarists like Chet Atkins, Lenny Breau, and Ted Greene. His music varies widely from bebop standards to fingerstyle classics.
On yer Bus!
iTunes fail to get ‘A Little Bit’ right iTunes has been hitting the headlines recently with its announcement that PWiPs (People Without iPods) will be able to buy music from them. And listen to it. Great news indeed, pop pickers. All the more reason then that you would think that one Wyn Williams, an artist just releasing his debut ep on iTunes that features his song “On the Buses”, would have a reason to be cheerful. As well as being Welsh, that is.
Gerry Joe Weise has established himself as a blues rock musician of international acclaim since beginning his career as a soloist in the 1990s. Guitarist, singer and songwriter born in Australia, he has performed throughout the world with such renown and legendary artists as Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Ray Charles, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Albert Collins, Noel Redding and The Yardbirds, among others.
This is an incorrect tag for John Williams. If this non-artist appears in your charts, do yourself and last.fm a favor. Fix your artist tags.
