Just three weeks after the U.S. release of  the Beatles ' swan song,  Abbey Road ,  Creed Taylor  ushered George Benson into the studio ...

Djavan is a Brazilian composer, singer, and the owner of a respectable discography. His international success has taken him to the highest-r...

Argentinean folk-rock band Sui Generis was formed in the early '70s by singer, guitarist, and keyboardist Charly García and singer/instr...

This record was something of an enigma -- apparently it never got distributed very widely even in England, where it was recorded and release...

With just an LP and a single, both issued by Car Juke Box and very rare, this group was surrounded by mystery for many years, even for the a...

This is the fourth solo album from rock and roll wunderkind Al Kooper. He congregates two very distinct bands -- one in London and the other...

Released soon after the live  Roxy & Elsewhere , One Size Fits All contained more of the material premiered during the 1973-1974 tour, b...

Although it features the beautiful recorder of  Leslie Penny  and  the Chieftains '  Paddy Maloney  playing the uilean pipe, Ommadawn di...

German band Andromeda rose out of obscurity to record a single, eponymous album in 1970 before falling right back into obscurity and splitti...

The follow-up to the breakthrough  Headhunters  album was virtually as good as its wildly successful predecessor: an earthy, funky, yet ofte...

The debut album from amalgamated progsters  John Wetton ,  Bill Bruford ,  Eddie Jobson , and  Allan Holdsworth  has the edge over both  Dan...

Joe Tex made the first Southern soul record that also hit on the pop charts ("Hold What You've Got," 1965, number five Billboa...

Three years after the issue of his landmark solo recording,  Highway Call  (and countless inbred brawls and unholy wars among the Allman Bro...

Best remembered for the number one pop hit "Show and Tell," soul singer Al Wilson was born June 19, 1939 in Meridian, Mississippi....

Billy Joe Shaver slipped onto the recording scene very quietly in 1973. He was already heralded a fine songwriter by  Jerry Jeff Walker ,  W...