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Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971. Their music mixes rock, country rock, soft rock, folk-rock, and classic rock, with polished harmonies and melodic songwriting. The classic early members included Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner; later key members included Don Felder, Joe Walsh, and Timothy B….

Earl Wild was an American classical pianist and composer, born on November 26, 1915, and widely associated with the grand Romantic piano tradition. His official website describes him as “the last of the great Romantic pianists” and a virtuoso pianist-composer who performed internationally for more than eight decades. His most important recordings include Earl Wild…

Edin Karamazov is the kind of musician every serious hi-fi listener should experience at least once, because his playing brings the listener frighteningly close to the physical reality of plucked strings, resonating wood, room air and silence. He is not simply a lute player or classical guitarist; he is a sound sculptor with historical depth,…

Esbjörn Svensson Trio, often abbreviated e.s.t., was a Swedish jazz piano trio formed by Esbjörn Svensson on piano, Dan Berglund on bass, and Magnus Öström on drums. Apple Music lists the trio as formed in 1990 in Västerås, Sweden, with jazz as its main genre. The trio became known for a modern European jazz sound…

For audiophiles, Etta Cameron remains one of those rare vocalists whose recordings feel emotionally physical. Her voice carried the warmth of gospel, the intimacy of jazz clubs, and the controlled dynamics of classic vocal recordings from the golden era of analog production. Audiophile listeners are especially drawn to the natural timbre of her singing: deep,…

With First Aid Kitt, I am talking about the Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit, and for me their identity begins with something very simple: two voices that sound stronger together than either one would on its own. Klara Söderberg, born on 8 January 1993, and her older sister Johanna Söderberg, born on 31 October…

Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band formed in London in 1967. They began as a British blues band led by Peter Green, with Mick Fleetwood and John McVie as core members, before evolving into one of the most successful rock/pop bands of the 1970s and 1980s after Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined the…

Francine Thirteen is an American artist from Dallas, Texas, known for a mystical and theatrical style she calls “ritual pop.” Her music blends pop, experimental R&B, electronic textures, ambient/noise elements, spiritual themes, and performance art. Her Bandcamp biography describes her as a Dallas-based artist who sings “to the cosmos, to plants, to animals,” while SoundCloud…

There are only two musicians in Friend ‘n Follow, but the sound they create is remarkably complete. A deep, soulful female voice and an acoustic guitar are all that German duo Friend ‘n Fellow need to make music that can be intimate, powerful and surprisingly rhythmic. Singer Constanze Friend and guitarist Thomas Fellow have spent…

The first thing I notice with Gillian Welch is how little she needs to make a song feel complete. A voice, two acoustic guitars, David Rawlings beside her, and enough silence for every note to have a purpose. Gillian Howard Welch was born on October 2, 1967, in New York City, was adopted as a…

There is a moment in many Glen Hansard recordings when his voice stops sounding controlled and starts sounding necessary. He can begin almost conversationally, close to the microphone, then push until the grain in his voice becomes part of the rhythm of the song. That contrast is one of the things I value most about…

Hayley Westenra is a New Zealand singer from Christchurch, best known for classical crossover, operatic pop, Celtic-influenced music, folk songs and light classical repertoire. She began performing as a child and released her international breakthrough album Pure when she was still a teenager; Decca Classics describes it as the fastest-selling debut album by a classical…

Hannes Wader is a German singer-songwriter and one of the key figures of the German Liedermacher and political folk tradition. He was born in 1942 in Bethel near Bielefeld and began writing songs in the 1960s after discovering artists such as Georges Brassens. His first album, Hannes Wader singt, appeared in 1969, followed by important…