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William Jackson helped establish the group Ossian more than 25 years ago before moving on to a solo career as a composer and recording artist He recorded half-a-dozen solo albums and contributed to another eight as a member of Ossian
A classical piano prodigy, William Joseph was awarded a scholarship at age eight from the Boys Club of America that put him under the tutelage of Russian instructor Stella Saperstein
The elder statesman of literature’s Beat Generation — and, by extension, of the American underground culture — few figures outside of the musical sphere exerted a greater influence over rock and roll than novelist William S
William Shakespeare is the greatest playwright — some would say the greatest writer, period — in the English language His literary accomplishments are too numerous to cover adequately in a reference source devoted to popular music
Evansville, IN, native William Simpson spent the ’60s playing in various rock bands before receiving a law degree and spending 13 years as a civil litigation attorney in Los Angeles
Combining the salsa of Latin America, the calypso of the Caribbean, and the indigenous music — including the French-influenced zouk — of Africa, William Souvenir has created an infectious dance music
All this artist would have to do to be kept apart from a lot of other performers named William Taylor is to pick up one of his instruments — a harp strung from wire known as a clarsach
Percussionist William Winant has performed in all manner of avant- garde lineups He’s toured the US, Canada, Europe, and Japan, with such musicians as Cecil Taylor, Kronos Quartet, Thurston Moore, and Steve Reich
Though they were initially discovered while playing at a small club in Puerto Vallarta, the acoustic duo of Willie Royal and Wolfgang “Lobo” Fink had been influenced by the music of the entire world — Royal, though born in Texas, traveled with his Air Force father to Turkey, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands and France, while Fink, born in Germany, also lived in Spain, Jamaica and Mexico
Would you buy a used car from this man? Yes! Especially if one was a fan of the elusive magic known as French-American music, a lyrical trick for the ear that encompasses Cajun as well as the fiddle music of Quebec and New Brunswick