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Popular Music

Providence

Providence, the state's capital, has a very strong local independent music scene, know especially for its contributions to the noise rock genre, especially the noise rock duo Lightning Bolt and Arab on Radar. The city has also spawned the groups Les Savy Fav and Talking Heads, both of which have gained national prominence. Dicky Barrett, vocalist for ska group Mighty Mighty Bosstones, was born in Providence. Providence may mean: Divine Providence Providence College in Rhode Island, USA Providence, television series Providence, a 1977 film Providence, a 1991 film starring Keanu Reeves Providence, 1970s-era Providence may also refer to: Providence, Rhode Island (in Providence County) Providence, Alabama Providence, Kentucky Providence, New York It is also the... Merzbow Einstürzende Neubauten Sonic Youth Melt Banana Lightning Bolt Moonlander & Moodswinger, Yuri Landman Neptune Noise rock describes one variety of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. ... Lightning Bolt is an experimental noise rock duo from Providence, Rhode Island, presently composed of Brian Chippendale and Brian Gibson. ... Is a band This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Les Savy Fav (pronounced lay SAH vee FAHV) is a New York City band that produces idiosyncratic indie rock. ... The Talking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. ... The Mighty Mighty Bosstones were a ska-core band from Boston, Massachusetts (Bosstones being a play on Boston). They are credited, along with bands such as Operation Ivy and The Suicide Machines, with creating the ska-core genre, a form of ska punk that mixes to various degrees elements of...

College Hill

Rhode Island School of Design has been the alma mater of many popular musicians, such as the aforementioned Talking Heads and Les Savy Fav, both of which left the town for New York City. Lightning Bolt, however, stayed in the city. The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD, pronounced /RIZ-dee/) is one of the premier fine arts institutions in the United States. ...

Notable musicians who graduated Providence's Brown University include Lisa Loeb, OK Go singer Damian Kulash, Will Oldham and Duncan Sheik. Brown University is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ... Lisa Anne Loeb (born 11 March 1968) is an American singer-songwriter and reality television star. ... This article or section may contain too much repetition. ... OK Gos Damian Kulash, standing, with Tim Nordwind, Dan Konopka, and Andy Duncan at Bills Bar in Boston Damian Joseph Kulash Jr. ... Will Oldham, a. ... Duncan Scott Sheik (born November 18, 1969) is an American Grammy-nominated and Tony-winning singer-songwriter and composer. ...

Newport

Newport has a much smaller scene, with Throwing Muses being its first notable addition to the alternative rock scene. The group formed in 1981 and recorded and toured until their hiatus in 1997. The band's lead guitarist and secondary songwriter, Tanya Donnelly also formed Belly, best known for their hit "Feed The Tree", which went to #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart in 1994. Donnelly was also briefly guitarist for The Breeders. Other bands to come out of the city include the legendary punk act Big World, which formed in the early 1980s. Newport recently has gained a large scene of ska groups, with notable groups being the popular Sublime cover band Badfish and Your Mom and the Kerplunx, who were active from 2002 to 2004, with a brief reformation in 2007. Other bands include Due To Prevail, a local hardcore band formed in 2006. The best known act to come from Newport are The Cowsills, best known for a string of Top 40 hits from 1967 to 1969 Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. ... The Breeders are an American rock band, formed in 1977 as a folk rock duo featuring twin sisters Kim and Kelley Deal of Dayton, Ohio which played country covers at truck stops and bars and dissipated in the early 80s, only to be revived as a side project in... Sublime was an American ska-punk band that originated in Long Beach, California. ...

Rest of the State

Other musicians such as Arab On Radar, As the Sun Sets, Blu Cantrell, Combustible Edison, Sage Francis, and Made in Mexico have all also come out of the state. Is a band This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ...

Talking Heads and John Cafferty

The two most famous musical exports of Rhode Island are the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted new wave group Talking Heads (who formed at RISD, but no members were from Rhode Island and the members left for New York City after graduation. The second is John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, a band from Narragansett, Rhode Island who gained hugh popularity with their hit song "On The Dark Side" from the film Eddie and the Cruisers, among other hits. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at sunset. ... The Rhode Island School of Design (commonly abbreviated RISD and pronounced RIZ-dee) is one of the premier fine arts institutions in the United States. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Location of Narragansett, Rhode Island Narragansett is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. ... Eddie and the Cruisers was a movie released in 1983, followed by one sequel, Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives in 1989. ...

Other Music

Cape Verdean Music

Of especial importance is the music of the large Cape Verdean population. Though Cape Verdean music is largely unknown outside of the expatriate community, Rhode Island is the acknowledged center for Cape Verdean morna and other styles in the United States.^[1] Cape Verde is known internationally for morna, a form of folk music usually sung in creole-Portuguese, accompanied by clarinet, accordion, violin, guitar and cavaquinho. ... Morna (Portuguese for mild) is a genre of Cape Verdean music, closely related to the Portuguese fado and Brazilian modinha. ...

State Song

In 1996, the state song of Rhode Island became "Rhode Island's It for Me", which replaced "Rhode Island". "Rhode Island" became the official march of the state. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Each state in the United States (except New Jersey) has a state song, selected by the state legislature as a symbol of the state. ...

Rhode Island Philharmonic

The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the most influential music institutions in the state.

Country Music

In rural Rhode Island there is a country/folk music tradition among the Swamp Yankees. Billy Gilman is a recent country musician from Rhode Island. The term Swamp Yankee has a variety of meanings. ...

Music Festivals

Newport Jazz Festival

The Jazz Festival began in 1954 by George Wein and has been documented on recordings by Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters, Nina Simone, Ray Charles, John Coltrane and Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday. The 1958 festival was documented in the 1960 film Jazz on a Summer's Day. The festival moved to New York City in 1971. In 1985, the festival was revived in Newport as a JVC Jazz Festival. The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every August in Newport, Rhode Island. ... George Wein. ... Miles & Monk at Newport was a combined album of a Miles Davis appearance at Newport with an appearance of Thelonious Monk, from the LP era. ... Ellington at Newport is a 1956 album by the jazz band, Duke Ellington. ... At Newport 1960 is a live album by Muddy Waters recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival. ... Nina Simone at Newport is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone (1933-2003). ... For Ray Charles, the composer and conductor of the Ray Charles Singers, see Ray Charles (composer). ... Coltrane redirects here. ... Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport is a 1958 (see 1958 in music) live album by the great American jazz singers Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday recorded at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival. ... Jazz on a Summers Day is a 1959 documentary film set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. ...

Newport Folk Festival

The Folk Festival began in 1959, co-founded by Jazz Festival founder George Wein. The festival is best known for the July 25, 1965 performance of Bob Dylan, where he performed for the first time with electric instruments. Like the Jazz Festival, the folk festival moved to New York City in 1971, but returned in 1986. Notable performers at the festivals included: Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Buffalo Springfield, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Bonnie Raitt, Alison Krauss, Ry Cooder, Little Feat, Janis Ian, Suzanne Vega, Violent Femmes, String Cheese Incident, Indigo Girls and The Pixies The Newport Folk Festival is an annual folk-oriented music festival founded in 1959 by George Wein, founder of the already-well-established Newport Jazz Festival, and his partner, Albert Grossman. ... is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... The electric Dylan controversy was the incident at the Newport Folk Festival on Sunday July 25, 1965, where folk singer Bob Dylan went electric, by playing with an electric blues band in concert for the first time. ... Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer and songwriter known for her highly individual vocal style. ... Philip David Ochs (December 19, 1940–April 9, 1976) was a U.S. protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer), songwriter, musician and recording artist who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice. ... Buffalo Springfield was a short-lived but influential folk rock group that served as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina and is most famous for the song For What Its Worth. After its formation in April 1966, a series of... Peter Seeger (born May 3, 1919), better known as Pete Seeger, is a folk singer, political activist, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American folk music revival. ... Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer. ... Richie Havens (born January 21, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American folk singer and guitarist. ... Bonnie Raitt, (born November 8, 1949) is an American Blues-R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of Broadway musical star John Raitt. ... Alison Krauss (born July 23, 1971)[1] is an American bluegrass-country singer and fiddle player. ... Ryland Ry Peter Cooder (born 15 March 1947, in Los Angeles, California) is an American guitarist, singer and composer, known for his slide guitar work, his interest in the American roots music and, more recently, for his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries. ... ...and then I met Lowell George. ... Janis Ian (born April 7, 1951[1]) is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, singer, multi-instrumental musician, columnist, and science fiction author. ... Suzanne Vega (born Suzanne Nadine Vega, 11 July 1959, Santa Monica, California) is an American songwriter and singer known for her highly literate lyrics and eclectic folk-inspired music. ... This article is about the band. ... Back: Jason Hann, Michael Travis, Billy Nershi, Kieth Moseley Front: Kyle Hollingsworth, Michael Kang The String Cheese Incident, one of the bands involved in the jam movement of the mid-to-late 1990s, formed in Crested Butte, Colorado in 1993, originally playing local gigs at ski resorts in exchange for... Indigo Girls are an American folk rock duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. ... This article is about the band named Pixies. ...

Sunset Music Festival

The Sunset Music Festival began in 1997 in Newport and has included performances by acts as varied as Saves the Day, Jason Mraz, Paula Cole, moe., Little Feat, Jack's Mannequin, Peter Frampton, Bo Bice, Bruce Hornsby, Guster, Something Corporate, Ben Folds (who has played at several festival), Better Than Ezra, Cheap Trick, Gin Blossoms and Anna Nalick and also local artists like Becky Chace, Zox and Monty Are I. Saves the Day is an indie rock band that was formed in 1997 in Princeton, New Jersey. ... Jason Thomas Mraz (born June 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter, born and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia, a suburb of Richmond. ... Paula Cole (born April 5, 1968 in Rockport, Massachusetts) is an American singer/songwriter. ... moe. ... Jacks Mannequin is a piano rock band from Orange County, California. ... Peter Kenneth Frampton (born April 22, 1950 in Beckenham, Kent) is an English musician, best known today for his solo work in the mid-1970s and as one of the original members of the band Humble Pie. ... Harold Elwin Bo Bice, Jr. ... Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954 in Williamsburg, Virginia) is an American singer, pianist, accordion player, and songwriter. ... Guster is an alternative rock band that is known for its live performances, unique sound, humor, and cult following formed by Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcelin 1991 while attending Tufts University in Boston. ... Something Corporate is a Piano rock band hailing from Orange County, California. ... Benjamin Scott Folds (born September 12, 1966, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina[1] is an American singer-songwriter and the former frontman of the musical group Ben Folds Five. ... Better Than Ezra is an alternative rock trio based in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, that gained popularity in the late 1970s. ... This article is about the band Gin Blossoms; for the medical condition known by the term, see Rosacea. ... Anna Christine Nalick (born March 30, 1984, in Glendora, California), is an American singer-songwriter. ...

List of Popular Musicians/Bands from Rhode Island

Alternative/Rock

• Absence Of Sanity
• Admiral
• Arcadia Landing
• Becky Chace
• Belly
• Big World
• Bob's Day Off
• Can't Face the Falling
• Draco & The Malfoys
• Due to Prevail
• Combustible Edison
• Copper Pocket
• Tanya Donelly
• The Glenn Robinsons
• Immortal Conflict
• Innocent Uprising
• Jungle Dogs
• Kristin Hersh
• Les Savy Fav (re-located to New York City)
• The Lingo
• Lost Tide
• Madball
• M-80
• Mahi Mahi
• Monty Are I
• Paranoids
• Sasquatch and the Sick-A-Billys
• Senior Discount
• The Brother Kite
• The Sleazies
• Someday Providence
• Stereo Birds
• Talent Not Included
• Talking Heads (re-located to New York City)
• Throwing Muses
• Triangle Forest
• Turning Blue
• Unibrows
• Velvet Crush
• Zox

For other uses, see Admiral (disambiguation). ... Belly was a musical band formed in 1991 by former Throwing Muses members Tanya Donelly (also in The Breeders with Kim Deal) and Fred Abong. ... Combustible Edison was a group founded in the early 1990s in Boston, MA, and was one of several lounge music acts that led a brief resurgence of interest in the genre during the mid-1990s. ... Tanya Donelly (born July 14, 1966, in Newport, Rhode Island) is an American Grammy-nominated singer songwriter and guitarist based in New England who co-founded Throwing Muses with her stepsister Kristin Hersh. ... Kristin Hersh (born August 7, 1966) is a prolific American singer/songwriter who performs solo acoustic concerts; she also has performed as lead singer and guitarist for alternative rock group Throwing Muses and currently leads the hardcore punk-influenced power trio 50 Foot Wave. ... Les Savy Fav (pronounced lay SAH vee FAHV) is a New York City band that produces idiosyncratic indie rock. ... Madball is a New York band that originated back in the late 1980s, as a side-project of the legendary NYHC outfit Agnostic Front (Where Agnostic Fronts front man Roger Miret would let his younger brother Freddy Madball Cricien take the microphone on lead vocals during AF shows). ... Monty Are I (formerly known as Montys Fan Club and Monty) is an American post-hardcore band from Cranston, Rhode Island. ... The Talking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. ... An early band formation (left to right): Narcizo, Hersh, Donelly, and Langston. ... Velvet Crush is a power pop band from Rhode Island that achieved prominence in indie-rock circles in the early- and mid-1990s. ... ZOX is a band from Providence, Rhode Island that is self-described as violin-laced reggae rock. ...

Metal

• As the Sun Sets
• Daughters
• One Minute Silence
• Synchole
• Vital Remains
• The Watershed Effect

As The Sun Sets was a metalcore band from Providence, Rhode Island. ... Daughters is a band, formed in 2001 in Providence, Rhode Island after the demise of Providence-based As the Sun Sets. ... One Minute Silence were a four-piece band that combined influences from metal, hardcore punk and rap. ... Vital Remains is a death metal band from Providence, Rhode Island. ...

Jam Bands

• Blew Milk Soap
• Cobalt Opus
• Foxtrot Zulu
• Fungus Amungus
• Green Tea
• Grow
• Harpoon
• Jazz Bastards
• The Loose Change Band
• Love Money
• Orange Jam Conspiracy

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Noise Rock

• Arab on Radar
• Athletic Automaton
• Black Dice (re-located to New York City)
• The Chinese Stars
• Landed
• Lightning Bolt
• Made in Mexico
• Six Finger Satellite
• Smack Factory
• Superkollider

Is a band This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Black Dice is a noise rock/experimental band based in Brooklyn, New York, USA. They formed in Spring 1997 at the Rhode Island School of Design and are currently signed to Paw Tracks. ... The Chinese Stars are a band from Providence, Rhode Island formed from the ashes of Arab on Radar and Six Finger Satellite. ... Landed performing in Allentown, Pennsylvania. ... Lightning Bolt is an experimental noise rock duo from Providence, Rhode Island, presently composed of Brian Chippendale and Brian Gibson. ... Six Finger Satellite were a American electro-punk band formed in Providence, Rhode Island in 1990. ...

Reggae

• Formal Action
• Oversized Sweater

Ska

• The Agents
• Badfish
• Bad Larry
• The Castronauts
• Dicky Barrett
• Lemon Lime Tennis Shoes
• The Pizza Guys
• Your Mom and the Kerplunx

Badfish is a tribute band dedicated to playing the music of Sublime. ... Dicky Barrett (born June 22, 1964 as Richard Michael Barrett) was the frontman of skacore band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. ...

Hip Hop

• Blu Cantrell
• Joey Sparx
• Jon B.
• Sage Francis

Blu Cantrell (born Tiffany Cobb on March 16th, 1976 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a Grammy Award-nominated R&B and soul singer. ... Jon B. Jon B. (born Jonathan David Buck November 11, 1974 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island) is a Grammy nominated American R&B singer and songwriter. ... Paul Sage Francis (born November, 1976 in Miami, Florida) is a hip-hop artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. ...

Folk, Jazz and Blues

• Atwater-Donnelly
• Heather Rose and the Drama
• The Millrats
• Roomful of Blues
• Violin Street

Atwater-Donnelly is a long-time Rhode Island folk music group consisting of Aubrey Atwater, Elwood Donnelly, and occasionally other musicians and dancers. ... Roomful of Blues is musical group that plays Chicago Blues and started in 1967. ...

Other

• John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
• Wendy Carlos
• Bill Conti
• The Cowsills
• Billy Gilman
• Jeffrey Osborne
• Tavares

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band is the name of an American rock band of the 1970s and 1980s, from Narragansett, Rhode Island. ... Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos, November 14, 1939) is an American composer and electronic musician. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Cowsills were a band specializing in what would later be defined as Pop or Bubblegum Rock. ... Billy Gilman (born William Wendell Gilman III May 24, 1988) is a Grammy-nominated country music singer-songwriter. ... Jeffrey Osborne (born March 9, 1948 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American funk and R&B musician, and former lead singer of the band L.T.D. Osborne is the youngest of 12 children and is part of a musical family. ... Tavares may refer to several things: Tavares is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil and other places – especially very common in the Cape Verde islands. ...

Songs by Rhode Island based acts that have Charted

1967: The Cowsills

• "The Rain, The Park and Other Things" (#2 US)

1968: The Cowsills

• "Indian Lake" (#10 US)

1969: The Cowsills

• "Hair" (#2 US)

1975: Tavares

• "Remember What I Told You to Forget" (#25 US)
• "It Only Takes A Minute" (#10 US)

1976: Bill Conti

• "Gonna Fly Now" (#1 US)

Tavares Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky) is the theme song from the movie Rocky, composed by Bill Conti with lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins, and performed by DeEtta Little & Nelson Pigford. ...

• "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" (#15 US, #4 UK)

1977: Tavares

• "More Than a Woman" (#34 US, #7 UK)

Talking Heads

1978: Talking Heads

• "Take Me To the River" (#28 US)

1979: Talking Heads

• "Life During Wartime" (#80 US)

1980: Talking Heads

• "Once in a Lifetime" (#14 UK)

1982: Jeffrey Osborne

• "I Really Don't Need No Light" (#39 US)
• "On the Wings of Love" (#25 US)

1983: John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band

• "On The Dark Side" (#7 US)

Talking Heads

• "Burning Down the House" (#9 US)

Jeffrey Osborne

• "Don't You Get So Mad" (#25 US)
• "Stay With Me Tonight" (#30 US)

1985: Talking Heads

• "And She Was" (#54 US)

Jeffrey Osborne

• "The Borderlines" (#38 US)

1986: John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band

• "Heart's On Fire" (#76 US)

Jeffrey Osborne

• "You Should Be Mine" (#13 US)

Talking Heads

• "Wild Wild Life" (#25 US)

1987: Jeffrey Osborne

• "Love Power" (with Dionne Warwick) (#12 US, #1 US AC)

1989: Throwing Muses

• "Dizzy" (#8 US Modern Rock)

1991: Throwing Muses

• "Counting Backwards" (#11 US Modern Rock)

1993: Belly

• "Slow Dog" (#17 US Modern Rock)
• "Gepetto" (#8 US Modern Rock)
• "Feed the Tree" (#1 US Modern Rock, #95 US)

1995: Belly

• "Super-Connected" (#35 US Modern Rock)
• "Now They'll Sleep" (#17 US Modern Rock)

Throwing Muses

• "Bright Yellow Gun" (#20 US Modern Rock)

Jon B.

• "Someone to Love" (#7 US)
• "Pretty Girl" (#21 US)

1997: Mighty Mighty Bosstones (lead singer, Dicky Barrett, born in Providence)

• "The Impression That I Get" (#1 US Modern Rock)

Jon B.

• "Don't Say" (#34 US)

1998: Jon B.

• "They Don't Know" (#2 US, #32 UK)
• "Are U Still Down" (#9 US)
• "I Do (Whatcha Say Boo)" (#18 US)

2000: Billy Gilman

• "One Voice" (#38 US, #20 US Country, #29 US AC)

2001: Billy Gilman

• "Oklaholma" (#33 US Country)
• "She's My Girl" (#55 US Country)

Blu Cantrell

• "Oops! (Hit 'Em Up Style)" (#2 US, #12 UK, #6 US R&B)

References

• Byron, Janet (1996). Country Music Lover's Guide to the U.S.A., 1st ed., New York: St. Martin's Press, 178. ISBN 0-312-14300-1. 
• Máximo, Susana and David Peterson (2000). "Music of Sweet Sorrow", in Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.): World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East. London: Rough Guides, 448-457. ISBN 1-85828-636-0. 

Notes

External links

• Roots Music in Rhode Island, Eastern Connecticut, and Southeastern Massachusetts
• Rhode Island Philharmonic