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One of the best Detroit DJs during the late ’80s, Kelli Hand set up her own Acacia Records in 1988 and later began producing albums in earnest during the mid-’90s, recording precise acid stormers as well as a growing number of tracks more on the verge of jazzy progressive house

K Rad make electronica that purposefully defies categorization, constructed quickly by the group in its North Chicago apartment on a variety of computers Group members Mark Hardy, Chris Grabowski, and Joe Hahn built their audience on the Internet (www

Rapper K-Smoove was born and raised in the Rockwell Garden Projects of Chicago’s West Side; he issued his debut LP What They Hittn’ Fo in 1996, followed three years later by Thru Da Eyez of a Playa

As a member of the New York City bands Beekeeper and Ida, bass player Karla Schickele was a valued member of the songwriting process and an indispensable collaborator In 2000, long after the demise of Beekeeper and amidst a dramatic increase in Ida’s popularity, Schickele embarked on her first outing as frontwoman for her simply titled band, k

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Kathy McCarty helped make her former band Glass Eye one of the most interesting, if not successful, bands to come out of the Austin, TX, music scene

KC Bowman’s skewed art pop begs comparisons to XTC, early Talking Heads, R Stevie Moore, Martin Newell, Beck, and other hermetic talents, but the DIY one-man band has an eclectic, spirited take on the history of pop music — seemingly encompassing everything from ABBA to Captain Beefheart — that makes his music refreshingly unique

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One of the last great rural blues stylists in the San Francisco/Oakland area, KC Douglas produced a blues classic when he recorded “Mercury Boogie” in 1949 The tune, which paid homage to the American automobile, was later renamed “Mercury Blues” and covered by Steve Miller and David Lindley

A self-professed former rock & roll enthusiast, KC Douglas (born Linda Hutsell) is one of the top line dance instructors in California The recipient of Dance Instructor of the Year awards from the California Country Music Association in 1998, 2000, 2001, and 2002, she was inducted into the organization’s hall of fame in 1999

When kd lang released her first major-label album in 1987, she caused considerable controversy within the traditional world of country music With her vaguely campy approach, androgynous appearance, and edgy, rock-inflected music, very few observers knew what to make of her or her music, although no one questioned her considerable vocal talents

Despite the popular decline of gangsta rap over the latter portion of the 1990s, the style remained vital in pockets of the West Coast into the 21st century Of course, the environment that influenced gangsta’s original emergence never went away

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