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...last album before rejoining the band in 2005. On The Ritual, Testament began exploring slower, heavier territory for their music while still maintaining their thrash metal roots. The song, "Electric Crown" was featured as Rock Band...

In this article: The Ritual, Testament, Rock Band, Louie Clemente, and Alex Skolnick

...about their influences and the music they grew up on, multi-platinum rockers EVERCLEAR have long been known for saluting the band's roots by recording and performing a dynamic and eclectic array of covers. Now for the first time,...

In this article: Everclear, The Vegas Years, Art Alexakis, Rich Girl, Hall & Oates, EMI, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Brown Eyed Girl, American Girl, and 867-5309

By the beginning of the 1980s, Hillman returned to his bluegrass and country roots, recording two acclaimed, mostly-acoustic albums for Sugar Hill Records with singer-guitarist-banjo player Herb Pedersen, a former member of The Dillards.

In this article: Chris Hillman, Byrds, Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Gram Parsons, Gene Clark, Michael Clarke, The Byrds, Herb Pedersen, and Desert Rose Band

...Zeppelin frontman's performance with angel-voiced songbird Alison Krauss was an elegant, sultry and at times clever celebration of American roots music that also featured noted producer/solo artist T Bone Burnett, who helmed Krauss and...

In this article: Alison Krauss, T Bone Burnett, Derek Trucks, Raising Sand, Aimee Mann, Pat Green, Serena Ryder, Susan Tedeschi, Jakob Dylan, and Broken Social Scene

...recorded in 1972 by CCS ; a country version released by Johnny Cash on his album "Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town" (1987 ); a traditional roots country version released by Corb Lund on the album Modern Pain (1995 ); a slow, jazzy version...

In this article: Sixteen Tons, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Coal, George S. Davis, Merle Travis, Don Draper, Ed Sullivan, Frankie Laine, Paris Hilton, and Bo Diddley

...heavy rock sound Sub Pop coveted at the time, but that by doing so it helped the band acknowledge its previously-underplayed metal roots and subsequently craft its own identity. Here, Cobain displays a preference for single note riffing and...

In this article: Nirvana, Bleach, Kurt Cobain, Sub Pop, Nevermind, Jack Endino, Nirvana, Spank Thru, and About a Girl

...makes something new. In 1990 In A Priest Driven Ambulance took their Acid Punk roots and added the swirl and darkness of the shoegaze movement in england, leading into their guitar dense, melodic noise pop of the 90's. Then again in 1999,...

In this article: The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin, Acid Punk, Itunes, Bardo Pond, Wayne Coyne, Miles Davis, Ronald Jones, and Neil Young

...kind you usually hear when the Bruins and Celtics play here. Metallica is touring behind "Death Magnetic," an album that has returned the band to its leaner, thrashing roots. But fan favorites, not to mention generational anthems, were...

In this article: Metallica, James Hetfield, E-mail, Lars Ulrich, Death Magnetic, Kirk Hammett, Nothing Else Matters, Enter Sandman, Bruins, and Boston.com

The John Butler Trio The John Butler Trio is an eclectic roots /jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler . Two of the band's albums, Three '' (2001) and ''Living 2001-2002 (2003), have gone platinum in Australia and...

In this article: The John Butler Trio, John Butler, Grand National, Three, ARIA, Dave Matthews Band, Better Than, The Groovesmiths, Nicky Bomba, and Searching for Heritage

...Brooklyn-based singer and acoustic guitarist Amber Rubarth, Memphis blues-pop singer Amy LaVere, English troubadour David Ford, and Boston roots band Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles. Though the series emphasizes upcoming artists, Davidson...

In this article: Sun Studio, Grace Potter, Memphis blues, Mystery Train, U2, Angel of Harlem, Norah Jones, and Junior Parker