Gabriella Sofia is a multi-faceted artist, a So Cal singer-songwriter whose ethereal piano pop singing voice and bouncing break beats surf together on the breaking edge of a new sonic wavescape. At age 17, this Carlsbad-born and home-schooled talent combines big beat production with vivid trip-hop textures, an alchemy that defines Gabriella's artsy and introspective pop. Lured to the piano by her father at an early age -- duets of "Heart and Soul" -- Gabby, as she is known in her family, w...

Acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke was born in Athens, Georgia, but left town after a year and a half. Raised in 12 different states, he absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child, flirting with both violin and trombone, before abandoning Stravinsky for the guitar at age 11. After adding a love for the country-blues of Mississippi John Hurt to the music of John Phillip Sousa and Preston Epps, Kottke joined the Navy underage, to be underwater, and eventually lost some hearing shooting a...

Adam Cohen, the son of the legendary Leonard Cohen, will unveil "Like A Man," a "strikingly personal album" of ten intimate songs that is "truly fit to bear the family name" (Sunday Times of London) on April 3, 2012 (Decca). These "elegant poem songs" (MOJO) often recall the late '60s and '70s recordings of his father. "They are songs that bear a family trait, one I'd fought with some gusto to disguise up until now," Cohen says. On his previous three recordings, he admits, "I was doing ...

When people think of environments that foster America's best music imports, they usually think of the UK or perhaps Canada. They most certainly don't think of Australia as a breeding ground for transcendent musical talent, but a closer look reveals that the opposite is indeed true. From the Living End to Kylie Minogue, and INXS to AC/DC, the land down under has actually given America some of its most notable and influential musical acts of the past few decades. And now, with Australia's music...

Dubbed "The Last Leading Man" by the New York Times, Brian Stokes Mitchell has enjoyed a rich and varied career on Broadway, television, film and recordings, along with appearances in the great American concert halls. A true renaissance man, his credits include work as an actor, singer, dancer, voice-over artist, author, arranger, orchestrator, conductor and record producer. CONCERTS Stokes' musical artistry has kept him in demand by some of the country's finest conductors and orchestras....