Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson's 1996 solo project Artist, his first, released a self-titled album in 1996. Artist is an odd blend of modern hard rock and swirling, programming-heavy songs. Lifeson's trademark Rush guitar style -- ringing chords and sharp, brief...

Artist is an original band that formed in late 2005. Their music is created from a blend of hardcore, metal, punk, and rock. They have a unique energy-driven sound that's been described as a blend of searing guitar riffs and...

Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson's 1996 solo project Artist, his first, released a self-titled album in 1996. Artist is an odd blend of modern hard rock and swirling, programming-heavy songs. Lifeson's trademark Rush guitar style -- ringing chords and sharp, brief...

Artist is an original band that formed in late 2005. Their music is created from a blend of hardcore, metal, punk, and rock. They have a unique energy-driven sound that's been described as a blend of searing guitar riffs and...

Artist Lopez, known as "Artist", is a native of the Washington Metropolitan area who's musical study began early in elementary school while taking private piano and voice lessons throughout middle and high school. During his high school years, Artist was...

Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson's 1996 solo project Artist, his first, released a self-titled album in 1996. Artist is an odd blend of modern hard rock and swirling, programming-heavy songs. Lifeson's trademark Rush guitar style -- ringing chords and sharp, brief...

Very few groups need to be anthologized less than Tavares. That's not to say that they don't deserve to be anthologized at all; that's to say that they've been anthologized far too much, often in the form of poorly packaged ...

Les Greatest Hits remains the best introduction to Army of Lovers' music; along with the singles "Supernatural," "Crucified," "Obsession" and "Israelism," it also features the new tracks "Give My Life," "Venus and Mars" and "Requiem." ~ Jason Ankeny Les Greatest Hits ...

Additional personnel includes: Ringo (guitar); Vitor Santos (alto saxophone); Pedro Ferreira (keyboards); Lourenco, Ronaldo Barcellos, Marisa Fossa, Ana Lucia (background vocals). Recorded at Pires Studio, Uberlandia, Minas Gerais & Mega Studio, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and Crescent Moon Studios, Miami, Florida. So ...

Recording information: Midilab; Midilab Grabaciones, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Director: Manuel Tejada. Arranger: Manuel Tejada. Personnel: Alex Bueno (vocals); Juan Francisco Ordonez (guitar); Alejandro Vargas (tres); Manuel Tejada (bajo sexto, piano, keyboards, programming, background vocals); Pavlev Vujcic, Félix Castillo, Francisco Hernandez, Zvezdana Radojkovic, ...

Besides a tejano collection of southwestern polkas, rancheras and cumbias led by bajo sexto guitar and Jimenez on accordion, this recording boasts two corridos (narrative ballads). One tells the tale of American student Eseqiuel Hernandez' demise (he was mistaken for ...

Track Listing of songs: Deseo de Ti, El; Triste Bachata; Locos de Amor; Simplemente Te Amo; Dos Locos; Tu Eres Ajena; Regalame Una Noche; Homenaje Al Jibarito (Popurri): Hablame/Eres Todo Para Mi/Entre Espuma; Fue de los Dos; Esa Mujer No Es de ...

Track Listing of songs: Change On Me; Angel That I Found; How Can I Win Your Love; Only You; Why; Naomi; Don't Leave Me Girl; No Way Back; You Left Me In The Dark; Love Is What You Need; Love Is What ...

Jad Fair spent the first years of the new millennium, over a quarter century into his career, working with a variety of younger musicians in a sort of mentor role. Unfortunately, albums with Yo La Tengo and Teenage Fanclub sounded ...

Recording information: Estúdio Quanta, Sao Paulo, Brazil (10/05/2010). Personnel: Paula Fernandes (violao); Márcio Monteiro (dobro, violao, bandolim); André Porto (violao); Delano Macedo (bandolim).

Personnel: Artist, Artist (vocals, maracas); Juan Francisco Ordonez (guitar); Ramon Alnos (bass instrument); Joelito, Luis Mojíca (percussion).

ROMANCE ROSA includes songs from BACHATA ROSA and OJALA QUE LLUEVA CAFE sung in Portuguese. Personnel: Juan De La Cruz (tamboura, bata, timbales); Luisín del Rosario (saxophone); Fermin Crúz, Armando Beltre (trumpet); Roberto Olea (trombone); Elvis Cabrera, Manuel Tejada (piano, synthesizer); ...

DE VUELTA AL BARRIO won the 2001 Latin Grammy Award for Best Merengue Album. Chichi Peralta is from the Dominican Republic, but unlike other Dominican vocalists, he doesn't sing merengue or bachata exclusively. Instead, merengue and bachata are only two weapons in the arsenal of the Latin pop/tropical singer, whose second Caiman album, De Vuelta Al Barrio, incorporates a variety of Latin elements. The charismatic Peralta isn't the least bit predictable, and you never know from one song to the next what Latin styles he's going to draw on. Dominican music (namely merengue and bachata) and Afro-Cuban salsa are perhaps the strongest influences on Peralta's Latin pop, but during this CD, he also incorporates everything from Puerto Rican plena to Colombian vallenato (Columbia's most prominent alternative to the famous cumbia rhythm) to Brazilian samba. One hears traces of Rio de Janeiro-ish Brazilian pop on ...

Additional personnel includes: Frank Stribling (guitar); Chris Smyk (bass); Ticklah (programming). Producers: Ticklah, John Christian Urich, Scribe, Angela Johnson. Personnel: Christian Urich (vocals, keyboards, drums, background vocals); Angela Johnson (vocals, keyboards, drum programming, background vocals); Singh Birdsong, Frank Stribbling, Adam Rafferty (guitar); Artist Axelrod (keyboards, synthesizer, programming, drum programming); Ernesto Abreau (percussion); Scribe (drum programming). Audio Mixers: DJ Kermit; Scribe; Michael Fossenkemper; Artist Axelrod. Editor: Scribe. Cooly's Hot Box: Christian, Angela, Ernesto, Artist.

Hardcore Vanilla is the third release from Hellbent and their first album for Invisible Records. As such, it's peppered with appearances from many of that label's other artists, including Meg Lee Chin, Raymond Watts of Pig, and the ever-present Martin Atkins. This is generally a good thing since it allows for some impressive joint efforts and steers the material away from Hellbent's earlier efforts, which were little more than shameless copies of the band's predecessors, in particular Skinny Puppy. Certain songs are still very dated -- "Jet Boy Machine" would have sounded great in the early '90s -- but on the whole it's a competent and polished album. Hellbent is still lacking the necessary spark to separate from their faceless contemporaries, but this is a step in the right direction. ~ Jim Harper Additional personnel includes: Jared Louche (vocals); Eric Powell (guitar, programming, background vocals); Bryan Black (programming, background vocals); Martin Atkins (drums); Principally recorded at Black Socket, London, England. Personnel: Eric Powell (vocals, guitar, programming); Bryan Black (vocals, programming); Julie Plante, Steve Aylett, Anna Wildsmith (vocals); Raymond Watts (programming). Recording information: Black Socket, London, England; Crush Studios, Hell A, CA. Unknown Contributor Role: Meg Lee Chin. Hellbent: Matt (vocals); Artist (guitar); John (bass); Bryan Black (drums).

Recording information: Duolunna Studio; Viva Estudio. Personnel: Artist, Artist (vocals).

Recording information: JC Estudio, Santo Domingo, Rep.Dominicana (08/1995-10/1995). Arranger: Luisín del Rosario. Personnel: Joel David (keyboards, background vocals); Juan Francisco Ordoñes (guitar); Luisín del Rosario (tenor saxophone, piano, keyboards, programming); Fermin Crúz (trumpet); Johnny Delacruz (congas, bongos, maracas, percussion); Agustin Heredia, Henry Garcia, Evelyn Garcia, Artist, Artist (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Junior Cabrera; Artist, Artist.

Track Listing of songs: Act One: Neighborhood; Act One: Young Blood; Act One: Falling; Act One: Ruby Baby; Act One: Dance With Me; Act One: Neighborhood; Act One: Keep On Rollin'; Act One: Searchin'; Act One: Kansas City; Act One: Trouble; Act One: Love Me / Don't; Act One: Fools Fall In Love; Act One: Poison Ivy; Act One: Don Juan; Act One: Shoppin' For Clothes; Act One: I Keep Forgettin'; Act One: On Broadway; Act One: D.W. Washburn; Act One: Saved; Act Two: Baby, That Is Rock & Roll; Act Two: Yakety Yak; Act Two: Charlie Brown; Act Two: Stay a While; Act Two: Pearl's a Singer; Act Two: Teach Me How To Shimmy; Act Two: You're the Boss; Act Two: Loving You; Act Two: Treat Me Nice; Act Two: Hound Dog; Act Two: Little Egypt; Act Two: I'm a Woman; Act Two: There Goes My Baby; Act Two: Love Potion #9; Act Two: Some Cats Know; Act Two: Jailhouse Rock; Act Two: Fools Fall In Love; Act Two: Spanish Harlem; Act Two: I; Act Two: Neighborhood; Act Two: Stand By Me;

Track Listing of songs: Journey; Words Cannot Express; End Of Your Rope; I Know The One; Give You Our Praise; Holy Fire; I Worship And Adore You; This Is My Prayer; I Need You; Holy Is The Lord;

Track Listing of songs: Nadir; Orange Temple; Un Après Midi; Bossa Nueva; Lounge Party; So Strange; Salsa Slounge; Overdosis; Avanti; Escape From Reality; Ombre Et Le Diable; Come As You Are; Please, Work For Me; Jack The Coon; Everything That Goes Up;

Additional personnel includes: Ringo (guitar); Vitor Santos (alto saxophone); Pedro Ferreira (keyboards); Lourenco, Ronaldo Barcellos, Marisa Fossa, Ana Lucia (background vocals). Recorded at Pires Studio, Uberlandia, Minas Gerais & Mega Studio, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and Crescent Moon Studios, Miami, Florida. So Pra Contrariar: Alexandre Pires (vocals, acoustic guitar, cavaquinho); Hamilton Faria (saxophone); Serginho Salles (keyboards); Luisinho Vital (bass); Fernando Pires (drums); Rogerio Viana (tanta); Luis Fernando (paneiro); Juliano Pires (percussion). Personnel includes: Alcione (vocals). Personnel: Luis Claudio, Regis Danese, Vicente Costa, Lourenco Fernando Pires (vocals); Alexandre Pires, Caio Costa, Edmilson Capeluti (guitar); Alexandres Ramirez, Jorge Salim Filho, Alex Braga Ximenes, Mauricio Takeda, Fabian Figueiredo, Katia Spassova, Flavio Geraldini, Antonio Kimiaki Imasato (violin); Glauco Masahiro Imasato, Akira Terazaki (viola); Jota Moraes (cello, keyboards); Sandra C. Francischetti, Paulo Taccetti (cello); Proverta (flute, steel drums); Serginho Salles (keyboards); Luizinho (bass); Fernando Pires (drums); Gil, Francois, Naor, Artist (steel drums); Luiz Fernando (pandeiro); Alexandre Popo (surdo); Rogerio Vianna (tanta); Calinhos Gonzales (percussion).