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The first major Russian jazz musician to make an impression in the United States, Valery Ponomarev has always had an attractive tone, a swinging style, and a strong interest in keeping the hard bop legacy of Clifford Brown alive
Valet is comprised of Irish native and singer/songwriter Robin Kyle, Kris Lightner (bass), Paul Fugelsted (keyboards), and ex-Mollycuddle mate Judd Hildreth (drums) When Kyle emigrated to Minneapolis in 1994, he met Hildreth
The solo project of Portland’s Honey Owens — who plays with bands including Jackie O Motherfucker and Nudge — Valet focuses on droning soundscapes dominated by Owens’ vocals and guitars
Valfrido Silva was a famous drummer and composer with many successes He was the first Brazilian popular composer to enjoy an international reputation and was the first drummer to have his name printed on a record label (“Preludiando,” accompanying Carolina Cardoso de Meneses)
Valhalla is a symphonic rock band who recorded one record for United Artists Mark Mangold, now a celebrated AOR figure, played keyboards with this Long Island unit who performed local gigs until management pushed the group to compose original material to ensnare a recording contract
Not to be mistaken for the symphonic rockers of a decade earlier, the ’80s Valhalla generally tormented any listeners who were duped into believing their opportunistic, and wholly erroneous, association to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
According to frontman Valient Himself, Viking cock rock outfit Valient Thorr was birthed on the planet Venus several millennia ago, hopscotching across the space-time continuum before finally arriving on Earth in 1957
In 1996, following the final Screaming Trees album, Dust, bassist Van Conner formed a loud, spaced-out, psychedelic metal band called Valis, with himself on lead vocals and guitar
The nucleus of the modern rock sextet Vallejo is the three brothers AJ Vallejo (vocals, lead guitar), Alejandro Vallejo (drums), and Omar Vallejo (bass) Raised in El Campo, TX and Birmingham, AL, they formed the Vallejo Brothers in 1990, later adding guitarist Bruce Castleberry and changing the band name to Vallejo
Valley of the Giants is a Canadian supergroup featuring members of Broken Social Scene, Do Make Say Think, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Strawberry, and Shalabi Effect The collective released its self-titled debut in February 2004