Maria McKee and Lone Justice came riding in from the West to save the day with their twangy Telecasters blasting and their Americana soul bared - a cool, fresh wind sweeping away the era's contrived, a …

Maria McKee's voice makes an emotional circuit that delivers a powerful jolt to the ears and the heart, and that soul connection sparkles like a roman candle in her live performances. The fog-enshroude …

It's hard to believe the Orb's longtime leader (Alex Paterson) once dragged amps and axes for Killing Joke. After all, he left that roadie gig for the "Land of Oz" chill-out room in Paul Oakenfold's He …

Nothing is what it seems in the unparalleled universe of the Orb. While many electronic musicians treat their remixes as slightly tweaked singles and build their own tracks from scratch with the help o …

Unless some pre-teen hits the Aussie scene with a guitar and a dream sometime soon, Ben Lee - not to be confused with his Ben buddies, Kweller and Folds - will forever be remembered as Australia's penu …

A love of irony isn't the only reason the Bens - Kweller, Lee, and Folds, a trio formed on a first-name basis - works so well. At the end of the day, each artist is an indie rock icon in his own right, …

This section of Roberto Carlos Essentials is a veritable gallery of platinum hits, many of them written by the Brazilian singer himself. "Detalhes" surprises with its subtle moods. "Lady Laura" express …

The effervescent Irishmen of Snow Patrol sparked their career nearly a decade ago, bursting forth from the same label (Jeepster) and country (Scotland) as Belle & Sebastian, yet the glaring similaritie …

You may know her as the tear-prone presence seated between Randy "Dawg" Jackson and Simon "Scowl" Cowell, but Southern California-born Paula Abdul was a dance-pop idol herself in the '80s. So, what wou …