Biography: Antsy McClain, Art Linkletter, Arthur Askey, Artie Trezise, Avo Cantigas, Adam Brodsky, Adam Sandler, Angela Taylor,

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Antsy McClain Biography, Photos, Pictures

Antsy McClain & the Trailer Park Troubadours are based in Nashville, TN, but they’re as far from country’s mainstream as you can get The band’s moniker is a tip-off that everything isn’t exactly serious, but McClain isn’t a novelty act

Art Linkletter Biography, Photos, Pictures

The popular TV/radio host put out a few comedy recordings in the early ’60s, much of it based on his House Party show After the drug-related death of daughter Diane, his recordings turned from comedy to spoken word, generally revolving around the evil of drugs

Arthur Askey Biography, Photos, Pictures

A veteran of the classic British vaudeville scene would no doubt build up pretty thick skin, thus explaining comedian and songwriter Arthur Askey’s courage in taking on as potentially menacing an adversary as the world’s population of bees; accusing the sting-capable creatures of such faults as “building up the honey-comb that looks like tripe” or “stinging all the cows upon the parson’s nose

Artie Trezise Biography, Photos, Pictures

Artie Trezise has played an important role in the preservation of traditional Scottish folk music His 1979 collaboration with his wife, Cilla Fisher of the influential folk singing Fisher family, Cilla And Artie was dubbed Folk Album of the Year by British music magazine Melody Maker, while their albums include 1976’s Balcanqhal, featuring the guitar accompaniment of Archie Fisher, For Foul Day and Fair in 1978, and Reaching Out in 1986

Avo Cantigas Biography, Photos, Pictures

Carlos Alberto Vidal, known to Portuguese music fans both young and old as Avo Cantigas, was born in the Lousa district of Coimbra in 1954 Having sung in public and at parties from the age of seven, Vidal knew early on that he was called to a life in music

Adam Brodsky Biography, Photos, Pictures

Known for his twisted, acerbic and irreverent sense of humor, folk-rocker Adam Brodsky has been called Philadelphia’s equivalent of Lach (the singer/songwriter who led New York’s anti-folk scene in the 1980s and 1990s)

Adam Sandler Biography, Photos, Pictures

Born September 9, 1966, in Brooklyn, Adam Sandler was raised in Manchester, New Hampshire At the age of 17, his brother dared him to take the stage at a Boston comedy club’s amateur night and was surprised at how well Adam performed

Angela Taylor Biography, Photos, Pictures

Alterna-pop-rock singer and songwriter Angela Taylor has seven years of classical conservatory training She composed, recorded, and mixed her debut album Songs for Strong Girls, which was released in early 2001