Biography: Reneé Olstead, Renzo Arbore, Replicantes, Reptile Palace Orchestra, Rev. Dwight Frizzell, Reverend Jim Jones, R. Carlos Nakai, Rachelle Ferrell, Revolutionaries, Rex Champagne,

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Reneé Olstead Biography, Photos, Pictures

By the age of 14, Reneé Olstead had already amassed a list of credits that could prompt an envious reaction from nearly any adult Her appearances in hit films and television programs along with a major-label music debut have practically made her a veteran in the entertainment world

Renzo Arbore Biography, Photos, Pictures

Italian media personality Renzo Arbore was born in Foggia in 1937 After completing his high-school education, Arbore moved to Naples, where he would attain a law degree In his mid-twenties Arbore began working at a radio station as a programmer, winning the Yellow Flag Award in 1965 for his promise as a young media talent

The punk rock band Replicantes, formed in 1983 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul by Wander Wildner (vocals/guitar), Cláudio Heinz (vocals/guitar), Herón Heinz (bass) and Carlos Gerbase (drums), had its first break in the next year, when the Rádio Ipanema FM (from Porto Alegre) aired “Nicotina” and “Princípio do Nada”

Reptile Palace Orchestra Biography, Photos, Pictures

The Reptile Palace Orchestra is an eclectic worldbeat outfit based in Madison, Wisconsin, and consisting of vocalist/trumpeter/percussionist Anna Purnell, guitarist/vocalist Bill Feeny, cellist/vocalist Seth Blair, string player/vocalist Bill Blumfumgagnge, accordionist/woodwind player Doug Code, and drummer/vocalist Siggi Baldursson (formerly of the Sugarcubes)

Rev. Dwight Frizzell Biography, Photos, Pictures

Multi-talented jazz/experimental artist Dwight Frizzell is probably the only person in history to have interviewed freeform jazz legend Sun Ra over a ten-year period and played with former U

Reverend Jim Jones Biography, Photos, Pictures

Unlike Charles Manson, another mass murderer with a discography, Reverend Jim Jones never intended to have a recording career — at least not in punk rock music Like many preachers, he did record his own sermons, creating a series of self-distributed audio tracts for the membership of his People’s Temple, originally founded during 1953 in Indianapolis, IN

R. Carlos Nakai Biography, Photos, Pictures

Tucson-based multi-instrumentalist R Carlos Nakai is a Native-American musician and cultural anthropologist of Navajo-Ute descent Though he received classical training on the trumpet, his numerous recordings consist primarily of resonant solo performances of Native-American flute improvisations with a judicious use of synthesizers, chanting, and nature sounds

Rachelle Ferrell Biography, Photos, Pictures

Composer, lyricist, arranger, musician and vocalist Rachelle Ferrell is a recent arrival on the contemporary jazz scene, but her visibility on the pop/urban contemporary scene has boosted her audience’s interest in her jazz recordings

Revolutionaries Biography, Photos, Pictures

Starting with the Skatalites, Jamaican recordings largely revolved around a select floating pool of the island’s best musicians and the top producers were calling on the Revolutionaries in the mid-’70s

Rex Champagne Biography, Photos, Pictures

The man whose name is a celebration in itself picked up the world’s most portable instrument, the harmonica, at the age of 11 and was turning heads with his music within days