Biography: Rebecca West, Rebecca's Empire, Rebecka Tornqvist, Rachael Yamagata, Rebel Meets Rebel, Rebel Pebbles, Rebel Spell, Rebels Without Applause, Rebop Kwaku Baah, Receiver,

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Rebecca West Biography, Photos, Pictures

The indie rock trio Rebecca West was formed in Halifax in 1994; the band was named after the famed English novelist/poet Members Lukas Pearse (bass) and Dale Hussey (drums) started the band with singer/songwriter Alison Outhit, and made their name known in Nova Scotia by showcasing Outhit’s punk influences and Pearse’s bass playing with a steak knife

Rebecca's Empire Biography, Photos, Pictures

Forming in Melbourne, Australia in 1994, Rebecca’s Empire brought together a group of talented musicians, all of whom had made an impression on the Australian music industry, mostly as session musicians

Rebecka Tornqvist Biography, Photos, Pictures

Rebecka Törnqvist was probably the most important artist in raising the interest in young female jazz vocalists in Sweden in the ’90s, though her solo albums weren’t pure jazz, but rather pop with heavy jazz influences

Rachael Yamagata Biography, Photos, Pictures

Singer/songwriter Rachael Yamagata grew up listening to Carole King, Roberta Flack, James Taylor, and the like, for music was the one thing in Yamagata’s life that remained consistent

Rebel Meets Rebel Biography, Photos, Pictures

Rebel Meets Rebel is essentially maverick country songwriter and singer David Allan Coe fronting Pantera’s rhythm section (drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott, bassist Rex Brown, and guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott) in a hyper-charged county/metal/hard rock/blues hybrid style that resulted in the release of a one-off album, Rebel Meets Rebel, on Vinnie’s Big Vin Records imprint in 2006

Rebel Pebbles Biography, Photos, Pictures

The all-girl band Rebel Pebbles formed in 1989 when singer Rachel Murray met ex-Pandoras guitarist Karen Blankfield through a newspaper ad Adding drummer Cheryl Bullock and bass player Robin Barnetti, the Los Angeles quartet began gigging and recorded a self-released, three-song EP called Party Time

Argentinean funk-metal band Rebel Spell was formed in 1994, recording its first album, called Old Songs, during May and June of 1997 The album was independently released it that same year

Rebels Without Applause Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of those musicians who simply won’t go away, Chicago vocalist guitarist Greg Fulton followed up his rather unsuccessful turns with ’80s speed metal band Znowhite and then early-’90s thrashers Cyclone Temple by embarking on his third notable band project, Rebels Without Applause

Rebop Kwaku Baah Biography, Photos, Pictures

The rhythms of Nigeria were brought to British rock by percussionist/singer Reebop Kwaku Baah (born Remi Kabaka) A member of Traffic during the early ’70s, Baah became the only non-founding member with the group longer than Dave Mason

Receiver became one of the leading lights of the Los Angeles-based power pop movement in the late ’90s and early 2000s on the strength of their classicist but fresh Big Star and Badfinger-inspired rock & roll