The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (NGDB) is an American country rock band formed in 1966. The group has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California. Between 1976 and 1981, the band performed and recorded as the Dirt Band.
Brooks & Dunn is an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, both of whom are vocalists and songwriters. The duo was founded in 1990 through the suggestion of songwriter and record producer Tim DuBois. Before their formation, both members were solo recording artists, having charted two solo singles apiece in the 1980s. Brooks also released an album for Capitol Records in 1989 and wrote hit singles for other artists.
Stone Sour was an American rock band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1992. The band performed for five years before disbanding in 1997. They reunited in 2000 and since 2015, the group has consisted of Corey Taylor, Josh Rand (guitar), Christian Martucci (guitar), Johny Chow (bass) and Roy Mayorga (drums). Longtime members Joel Ekman and Shawn Economaki left the band in 2006 and 2011, respectively. Former lead guitarist Jim Root left in 2014. The band has been on an indefinite hiatus since 2020.
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is the ninth studio album by English musician Elton John. The album is an autobiographical account of the early musical careers of Elton John and his long-term lyricist Bernie Taupin. It was released in May 1975 by MCA Records in America and DJM in the UK and was an instant commercial success. The album was certified gold before its release, and reached No. 1 in its first week of release on the US Billboard 200, the first album to achieve both honours. It sold 1.4 million copies within four days of release, and stayed in the top position in the chart for seven weeks.
Beth Hart is an American musician from Los Angeles, California. She rose to fame with the release of her 1999 single "LA Song " from her second album Screamin' for My Supper. The single was a number one hit in New Zealand, as well as reaching the top 5 of the US Adult Contemporary and Top 10 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 charts.
Joseph Leonard Bonamassa is an American blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. He started his career at age twelve, when he opened for B.B. King. Since 2000, Bonamassa has released fifteen solo albums through his independent record label J&R Adventures, of which eleven have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Blues chart.
"Digging in the Dirt" is a song by British musician Peter Gabriel. It was released as the first single taken from his sixth studio album, Us, on 7 September 1992. The song was a minor hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 52, but it topped both the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and Album Rock Tracks charts. The song was moderately successful on the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at number 24, and it reached the top 10 in Canada, Portugal, and Sweden.
The John Hiatt discography covers material that he recorded from 1974 to the present day. He has recorded 24 studio albums, and two live albums.
"The Other Side of Life" is a 1986 single written by Justin Hayward and first released by The Moody Blues in May 1986 as the title track on the album The Other Side of Life. It was released as a single in August 1986, the second single released from the album, the first being "Your Wildest Dreams". After its release, it became a modest success in the United States, making #11 and #18 on the adult contemporary and mainstream rock charts respectively. It also reached #58 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Gary Lee Clark Jr. is an American blues guitarist and singer from Austin, Texas who fuses blues, rock and soul music with elements of hip hop. In 2011, Clark signed with Warner Bros Records and released The Bright Lights EP. It was followed by the albums Blak and Blu (2012) and The Story of Sonny Boy Slim (2015). Throughout his career, Clark has been a prolific live performer, documented by Gary Clark Jr. Live (2014) and Gary Clark Jr Live/North America (2017).
Joanne Shaw Taylor is an English singer and guitarist. She was discovered by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics at the age of 16.
White Sugar is the debut studio album by British blues rock musician Joanne Shaw Taylor. Recorded at Bessie Blue Studios in Counce, Tennessee with producer Jim Gaines, it was released on 23 February 2009 by Ruf Records. The album reached number 36 on the UK Independent Albums Chart and number 13 on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart.
Diamonds in the Dirt is the second studio album by British blues rock musician Joanne Shaw Taylor. Recorded at Bessie Blue Studios in Counce, Tennessee with producer Jim Gaines, it was released on 11 October 2010 by Ruf Records. The album reached number 34 on the UK Independent Albums Chart and number 13 on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart.
Larkin Poe is an American roots rock band led by sisters Rebecca Lovell and Megan Lovell. The band originated in north Georgia and is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. Known for their strong southern harmonies, heavy electric guitar riffs, steel guitar, Larkin Poe often draws comparisons to the style of the Allman Brothers. The Lovell sisters have gained recognition for their energetic performances and musical prowess.
Almost Always Never is the third studio album by British blues rock musician Joanne Shaw Taylor. Recorded at Radio Milk in Austin, Texas with producer Mike McCarthy, it was released on 17 September 2012 by Ruf Records. The album reached number 20 on the UK Independent Albums Chart and was Taylor's first album to top the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart.
Rock Candy Funk Party is an American jazz-funk band from Los Angeles, California. It was formed in 2009 by drummer Tal Bergman and guitarist Ron DeJesus, who had previously released Grooove, Vol. 1 in 2007. After adding guitarist Joe Bonamassa, bassist Mike Merritt and keyboardist Renato Neto, the band released its debut album We Want Groove in 2013, which reached number 5 on the US Billboard Jazz Albums chart and number 6 on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart. Percussionist Daniel Sadownick joined after the album's release, featuring on the band's first live album Rock Candy Funk Party Takes New York: Live at The Iridium in 2014.
The Dirty Truth is the fourth studio album by British blues rock musician Joanne Shaw Taylor. Recorded in May 2014 at Bessie Blue Studios in Counce, Tennessee with producer Jim Gaines, it was released on 21 September 2014 on Axehouse Music. The album was Taylor's first to register on the main UK Albums Chart, reaching number 41, and peaked at number 8 on the UK Independent Albums Chart and number 3 on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart.
Tour de Force: Live in London is a series of videos and live albums by American blues-rock musician Joe Bonamassa. Produced by Kevin Shirley and directed by Philippe Klose, the albums document the guitarist and vocalist's four performances at four venues in London, England in March 2013. Each of the four shows were initially released as videos on October 28, 2013 in Europe by Provogue Records, and the following day in North America by J&R Adventures, with a box set featuring all four shows and a special collector's edition hardback book also issued at the same time. All four shows were issued as live albums on May 19, 2014.
The British Blues Awards were inaugurated in 2010. The prize was awarded in various categories, such as 'Male vocals', 'Female vocals', 'Guitarist', 'Bass player' and 'Keyboard player', 'Blues band', 'Young artist', 'Blues album', 'Blues festival' and 'Lifetime achievement'.
The discography of Joanne Shaw Taylor, a British blues rock musician, consists of nine studio albums, two live albums, two extended plays (EPs), 28 singles, one video album and 15 music videos. Taylor released her first album White Sugar on Ruf Records in 2009, which reached number 36 on the UK Independent Albums Chart and number 13 on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart. The 2010 follow-up Diamonds in the Dirt charted at numbers 34 and 13, respectively, before 2012's Almost Always Never reached the Independent Albums Chart top 20 and topped the Jazz & Blues Albums Chart. After her first live album Songs from the Road in 2013, Taylor released The Dirty Truth on Axehouse Music, which registered on the main UK Albums Chart for the first time in her career, peaking at number 41. Wild, also on Axehouse, gave the musician her first UK top 20 when it peaked at number 19.
