In the early ‘60s, most surf bands were big California concert acts. But the Astronauts caught the sun, sand and summer fun from Boulder, Colorado—a remarkable feat in that they were 1,000 miles [...]
With her 2001 album Acoustic Soul, R&B singer India.Arie made one of the most notable debuts in music history, traveling down the trail blazed by like-minded soul sisters Lauryn Hill, [...]
Since making their recorded debut in 1993 with a self-titled EP, the Apples in Stereo forged a career in summer-y, sweetened pop music. Founder Robert Schneider, his wife and drummer Hilarie [...]
New York and Los Angeles had been the traditional headquarters of the music industry, but the business had become decentralized by the late 1990s. In local scenes—Minneapolis, Seattle and Athens, [...]
