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Cary Ann Hearst
Mississippi-sown, barrel-aged in Tennessee, and finally cultivated in the marsh of the Carolina low country, 26-year-old songwriter Cary Ann Hearst is pleased to present her first full-length album… CAH: Dust and Bones. Recorded in the basement studio, Rebellion Road, the production of CAH was a collaborative effort between Hearst, bass player Ash Hopkins and drummer Evan Bivins. The songs on Dust and Bones are a collection of…
From MusicWorld, posted 9.18.06
Bill Berry and Adam Gorgoni
FAMILY MOVES TO ITS OWN BEAT ON ABC SERIES “SONS & DAUGHTERS” COURTESY OF SONGWRITERS BILL BERRY AND ADAM GORGONI Merging music with kin, Los Angeles songwriters Bill Berry and Adam Gorgoni have created a unique musical voice for the new ABC series “Sons and Daughters.” Debuting Tuesday, March 7 at 9:00 PM (8:00 CST), the quirky family comedy offers a hybrid of improvisational and scripted humor while…
From MusicWorld, posted 3.03.06
Crisantes
There are two words that describe Héctor Crisantes’ life: earth and music. “At home, conversations were always about agriculture and music, that’s what we ate,” says the Mexican-American singer/songwriter. “And that’s literally speaking.” Héctor was raised between Nogales, Arizona, and Culiacán, Sinaloa (Mexico), with the certainty that his best form of expression lay in the purest Anglo form of pop-rock. And thanks to his experience and direct contact with…
From MusicWorld, posted 10.05.05
Allee Willis Gives Her Regards To Broadway
Allee Willis is a bona fide renaissance woman: not only a Grammy Award-winning songwriter who can boast more than 50,000,000 records sold — her catalogue includes “I’ll Be There For You” (the “Friends” theme), The Pointer Sisters’ “Neutron Dance,” Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September” and “Boogie Wonderland,” and The Pet Shop Boys/Dusty Springfield’s “What Have I Done To Deserve This?” — but also a painter, animation auteur,…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.01.04
Bacilos: Cross-Cultural Hitmakers
Bacilos, literally translated from Spanish, may refer to a disease-causing microorganism, but for this adventurous trio, catchy grooves, witty lyrical innuendo and spirited musical performances are the only symptoms. Puerto Rican-born percussionist, Jose Javier Freire, Jorge Villamizar, a Colombian singer/songwriter/guitarist, and bassist/vocalist André Lopes, a native of Brazil, first met as college students in the mid-'90s at the University of Miami. Originally a…
From MusicWorld, posted 7.21.04
Nappy Roots
For years, hip-hop’s East and West coasts hogged the headlines. But thanks to such gifted street poets as Atlanta’s Outkast and Detroit’s Eminem, the rap world has become a far more geographically diverse place in recent years. Kentucky’s Nappy Roots is currently adding to this diversity by bringing a distinctly rural-Southern flair to its fetching hip-hop sound. The group’s recent CD, Watermelon, Chicken,…
From MusicWorld, posted 1.15.03
The Neptunes are Locked in a Hit-Making Orbit
“Omnipresent” doesn’t even begin to tell the story of The Neptunes, the hot production team from Virginia Beach, VA. The ubiquitous pair has worked with everyone from hip-hop heavy hitters Jay-Z, Noreaga and Mystikal to rockers No Doubt, Marilyn Manson and Garbage, not to mention pop stars Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys and Justin Timberlake. …
From MusicWorld, posted 12.16.02
Lifehouse Finds a Home at the Top
“My world's upside down/And I wouldn't change a thing,” sings 22-year-old Jason Wade on “Spin,” the first single from his band Lifehouse's sophomore album, Stanley Climbfall (DreamWorks), and you'd think he was talking about the group's dizzying trip to the top of the pop heap. After all, the then-threesome — which now includes bassist Sergio Andrade, drummer Rick Woolstenhulme and newest member guitarist Sean Woolstenhulme, Rick's brother…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.16.02
Ryan Adams Finds Room to Breathe
"There's something really sexy about sad," Ryan Adams recently told Elle, and he ought to know. The much-touted 26-year-old troubadour has won reams of acclaim lately by plumbing the depths of hurt, heartbreak and healing to make resonant music that seems likely to win him the commercial breakthrough that was long predicted for his former band, the North Carolina roots-rock combo Whiskeytown. The singer/songwriter/guitarist's first solo effort,…
From MusicWorld, posted 1.09.02
With ‘Songs from the West Coast,’ Elton John Returns to his Roots
The Bitch is back . . . With 34 gold record certifications, 24 platinum albums, and Grammys, Tonys and Oscars to his credit, no one could accuse Elton John of resting on his laurels. But critics and fans agree that Elton's new CD is a phenomenal achievement, even by the singer's own perfectionist standards. Songs from the West Coast is Elton's 27th studio album and his…
From MusicWorld, posted 10.31.01
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