{"key":"3924","name":"Andrew Lloyd Webber","bio":"Andrew Lloyd Webber is the composer of The Likes of Us, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, By Jeeves, Evita, Variations and Tell Me on a Sunday later combined asSong & Dance, Cats, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down the Wind, The Beautiful Game, The Woman in White and Love Never Dies. He composed the film scores of Gumshoe and The Odessa File and a setting of the Latin Requiem mass.His awards include seven Tonys, three Grammys including Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Requiem, seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, two International Emmys, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre, a BASCA Fellowship and the Kennedy Center Honor.He currently owns six London theatres, including the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and the London Palladium.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/3924_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"36527","name":"Alan Menken","bio":"Alan Menken (born July 22, 1949 in New Rochelle, New York, United States) is an American musical theatre and film composer, and pianist. Menken has collaborated with several renowned lyricists including Howard Ashman (1950-1991), Tim Rice and Stephen Schwartz. For his work he has won eight Academy Awards as well as ten additional nominations.His best known work includes the Disney animated movies, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, as well as Little Shop of Horrors, Enchanted, Tangled and most recently, Sister Act the Musical.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/36527_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"176465","name":"Anika Noni Rose","bio":"Anika Noni Rose (born September 6, in Bloomfield, Connecticut) is a Tony-Award winning American singer and actress.After studying drama at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, CA, Rose moved to New York without a job. She had been in New York three months when she nabbed the role of Rusty in Broadway's Footloose. Rose's big Broadway break was getting cast as Tonya Pinkins' daughter in Caroline, or Change. In 2004, Rose was awarded the Theatre World Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, for Caroline, or Change. In December 2006, Rose will be seen in the movie adaptation of the Broadway musical Dreamgirls directed by Bill Condon. Rose, Beyonce Knowles and American Idol's Jennifer Hudson portray The Dreams, a 1960s girl group from Chicago that becomes a pop sensation. Rose stars as Lorell Robinson who is in a tragic romance with the aging R&B star James \"Thunder\" Early played by Eddie Murphy.In 2009, she starred alongside singer Jill Scott in the HBO series 'The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency'. She was also the acting and singing voice of Princess Tiana from Disney's Princess and the Frog.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/176465_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"185190","name":"Martin Luther McCoy","bio":"Martin Luther McCoy is an American musician and actor. He collaborated extensively with musicians like The Roots and Cody ChesnuTT and appears as one of the six lead characters in the 2007 Beatles musical Across the Universe in the role of \"JoJo\".McCoy goes by the stage name of \"Martin Luther\" in his music career. For his acting work he is credited under his full name.Martin Luther released his first solo album The Calling in 1999 and followed it with an independent release of his second album Rebel Soul Music in 2004 on his own label Rebel Soul Records; his next release \"Serial Thriller\" is due for release in early 2008.Martin Luther McCoy plays the part of Jojo in the 2007 film \"Across the Universe\".","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/185190_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"185191","name":"Dana Fuchs","bio":"Dana FuchsSongs From The RoadReleased 11\/11\/2014 on Ruf RecordsThe road has led Dana Fuchs everywhere. But when it came to choosing alocation for Songs From The Road, it had to be New York. The singer and thecity have history. Almost two decades have passed since Dana left her homein rural Florida and beat a path to the Big Apple. Stepping onto the meanstreets of the Lower East Side aged 19, she was an unknown singer with avoice and a dream, ready to slug it out on the city\u2019s bearpit jam-circuit.Since then, New York has been the backdrop to Dana\u2019s meteoric rise.There were the early buzz-sets in the city\u2019s late-night sweatboxes. The off-Broadway musical Love, Janis, which saw the multi-talented performer playthe iconic Janis Joplin. Followed by the endless shows and sessions all acrosstown. No wonder, then, that for Songs From The Road, the Highline Ballroomon West 16th Street was the perfect fit \u2013 and the singer was received like alocal hero.Released in 2014 on Ruf Records, Songs From The Road is the latest inthe German label\u2019s famous series of live albums, with Dana following in thehallowed footsteps of legends including Luther Allison, Jeff Healey and theRoyal Southern Brotherhood. As ever, the Songs From The Road concept isn\u2019tabout overdubs, Auto-Tune or opulent production, but the honest bottling ofthe two-way energy that only occurs when great artists go nose-to-nose withtheir fans. It\u2019s hard to imagine a performer who deserves the treatment morethan Dana: a vocalist who means every note, every night.A live show by the Dana Fuchs Band is an assault on all the senses. Assuch, comprised in Songs From The Road\u2019s two-disc pack, you\u2019ll find an audioCD capturing the soul power of that classic set on March 14th, 2014, plus aDVD, directed by Kevin Mackall. Prowling the stage, pouring her heart intothe microphone and owning every song on the setlist, you won\u2019t question thewisdom of the UK\u2019s Classic Rock Magazine, who famously declared Dana\u2019sonce-in-a-generation voice as \u201cjuke-joint dirty and illicit, evoking Janis Joplin,Mick Jagger and a cigarette butt bobbing in a glass of bourbon\u2026\u201dYou won\u2019t take your eyes\/ears off her, but Songs From The Road is farfrom a one-woman show. At the Highline Ballroom, Dana\u2019s performance wastaken to even greater heights by her stellar cast of players. On guitar andbacking vocals, give a big hand to long-time wingman and co-songwriter, JonDiamond: the former session ace who gave the singer an engine-room shortlyafter her arrival in New York. Matt Beck (guitars), Jack Daley (bass), PeteLevin (keys) and Joe Daley (drums) provide the thrilling musical canvass,while the so-called Screaming Sirens (aka. Elaine Caswell, Nicki Richards andBette Sussman) dovetail with Dana\u2019s lead vocal to create a wall of sound thatrattles your speakers.Yet it\u2019s the songs that are the true stars on the night. By this point, threestudio albums into their writing partnership, Dana and Jon have amassed asolid-gold back catalogue, and Songs From The Road mines some of their verybest nuggets. Long-term fans will be delighted to get reacquainted with TellMe I\u2019m Not Drinking and Sad Salvation: formative songs that date back to theDana Fuchs\u2019 Band\u2019s 2003 debut album, Lonely For A Lifetime. Film nuts whocaught Dana\u2019s feted turn as Sadie in Julie Taymor\u2019s highly acclaimed Beatlesmovie, Across The Universe, will adore the closing cover of Don\u2019t Let Me Down.Those who came onboard with 2011\u2019s Love To Beg, meanwhile, will bethrilled to find cuts from that album including Set It On Fire, Summersong anda cover of Otis Redding\u2019s I\u2019ve Been Loving You Too Long. And of course, theHighline setlist had to have a healthy smattering from 2013\u2019s Bliss Avenue: thecareer-best third album that Dana once noted \u201creally purged my soul in astarker, more naked way, both lyrically and musically\u201d. You won\u2019t disputethat after hearing the band\u2019s powerhouse live readings of those classic songs,which include Livin\u2019 On Sunday, Handful Too Many, So Hard To Move andVagabond Wind.Since the noisy birth of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll, New York has hosted hundreds ofwere-you-there concerts by a roll-call of favourite sons, from The Ramones atCBGBs to The Velvet Underground at The Factory. Now, with Songs From TheRoad, Dana Fuchs has chalked up another entry in the NYC annals and stakedher claim as the city\u2019s most exciting adopted daughter. So start spreading thenews. You\u2019ll want to be a part of it\u2026-Henry YatesClassic Rock MagazineExternal Links:http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Dana+Fuchs+Bandhttp:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/The+Dana+Fuchs+Bandhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/danafuchsverifiedhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/allmackhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/DanaFuchsTweetOfficlal Website:http:\/\/www.danafuchs.com\/","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/185191_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"148909","name":"Bruno Pelletier","bio":"Bruno Pelletier was born August 7, 1962 in Charlesbourg, a suburb of Quebec, to Liette and Laurent Pelletier. He was interested in music from an early age; his father gave him his first guitar when he was seven years old. He plays several instruments.In 1983 in Charlesbourg, he and some friends started English-speaking rock groups called Amanite and Sneak Preview. After that, wanting to perform in French, he started a group called P\u00ebll. At 23 years old, he moved to Montr\u00e9al, where he sang in bars. In 1989, he participated in the rock competition Envol, where he was awarded a special mention for the quality of his music. In 1991, he had a role in the musical Vu d'en haut, presented at the Festival of the Montgolfi\u00e8res in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. The following year, he joined the musical spectacle Les fous du rockn'roll, which he performed forty times.In November 1992, he played the role of the teenager in the rock opera La L\u00e9gende de Jimmy, by Luc Plamondon and Michel Shepherd.In October 1992, he released his first, self-titled album. He then played the role of Johnny Rockfort in the rock opera Starmania, also by Luc Plamondon. He performed the role in Paris for more than six months.In the summer of 1994, he was invited to participate in the FrancoFolies de La Rochelle, where he sang songs written by Luc Plamondon.In September 1994, Bruno returned to the Mogador Theater in Paris to resume his role in Starmania until the end of the year. He also recorded his second album, D\u00e9faire l'Amour.The year 1997 proved to be one of the best for Bruno with several concerts with symphonic orchestras and many festivals. In the fall of that year, he became more known with his third studio album, Miserere, which surpassed 200,000 sales. He also won the F\u00e9lix award for male singer of the year. At the same time, he appeared on the Quebec TV series Omert\u00e0 II.Between January and August 1998, Bruno performed more than 100 concerts in Quebec. After that, he went to Paris to play the role of Gringoire in the Luc Plamondon-Richard Cocciante musical Notre-Dame de Paris, which was an international success.In 1999, he released his fourth album, D'autres rives, simultaneously in Europe and Quebec. During this period, he also performed the role of Gringoire in the English-language production of Notre-Dame de Paris in London.In 2001 he released a live album, Sur Sc\u00e8ne.In August 2002 he released his sixth album, Un Monde \u00e0 l'envers.During this period, he worked with the prestigious Symphonic Orchestra of Montr\u00e9al for the series Les Week-ends pop de l'OSM. As the event was a big success, he united with the orchestra a second time in December 2002 to present a Christmas series, recorded as the album Concert de No\u00ebl.Bruno's latest project is the musical Dracula - Entre l'amour et la mort, a modern retelling of the Dracula story, in which he will play the title role starting in February 2006. The cast album has already been released.F\u00c9LIX\/ADISQ:* 2000 Interpr\u00e8te masculin de l'ann\u00e9e (vote populaire)* 2000 Album de l'ann\u00e9e - Pop-Rock (D'autres rives)* 1999 Interpr\u00e8te masculin de l'ann\u00e9e (vote populaire)* 1999 Spectacle de l'ann\u00e9e interpr\u00e8te (Notre-Dame de Paris)* 1999 Album de l'ann\u00e9e Meilleur Vendeur (Notre-Dame de Paris)* 1999 Artiste qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois s'\u00e9tant le plus illustr\u00e9 hors Qu\u00e9bec: Notre-Dame de Paris* 1999 Album de l'ann\u00e9e - Populaire: Notre-Dame de Paris - L'Int\u00e9grale* 1999 Chanson populaire de l'ann\u00e9e: Le temps des cath\u00e9drales - Interpr\u00e8te: Bruno Pelletier* 1998 Album de l'ann\u00e9e Meilleur Vendeur (Miserere)* 1998 Album de l'ann\u00e9e Pop Rock (Miserere)* 1998 Spectacle de l'ann\u00e9e interpr\u00e8te (Miserere, la tourn\u00e9e)* 1998 Album de l'ann\u00e9e Populaire (Notre-Dame de Paris)* 1997 Interpr\u00e8te masculin de l'ann\u00e9e (vote populaire)* 1994 Spectacle de l'ann\u00e9e interpr\u00e8te (Starmania)* 1993 Spectacle de l'ann\u00e9e interpr\u00e8te (La l\u00e9gende de Jimmy)","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/148909_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"24009","name":"Stephen Trask","bio":"He was the music director and house band member at the New York drag club Squeezebox, where he perfomed with stars like Debbie Harry, Lene Lovich and Joey Ramone, as well as various drag queens.Trask composed the music and lyrics for the off-Broadway stage musical and 2001 film Hedwig and the Angry Inch, about a transexual rock star named Hedwig. In the show, Trask's real-life band Cheater performed as Hedwig's band \"The Angry Inch\". He received an Obie Award for the play and a Grammy award nomination for the movie.He has also done two films with filmmaker Paul Weitz. He composed the score for 2004's In Good Company and American Dreamz, for which he also co-wrote the numerous songs the contestants sing. In addition, he scored the 2003 movie Camp: A Comedy about Drama, and The Station Agent.Trask lives in Lexington, KY and is openly gay.http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Trask","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/24009_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"36543","name":"Stephen Schwartz","bio":"Stephen Schwartz was born in New York City on March 6, 1948. He studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School of Music while in high school and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1968 with a B.F.A. in Drama.Upon coming back to live in New York City, he went to work as a producer for RCA Records, but shortly thereafter began to work in the Broadway theatre. His first major credit was the title song for the play Butterflies Are Free; the song was eventually used in the movie version as well.In 1971, he wrote the music and new lyrics for Godspell, for which he won several awards including two Grammys. This was followed by the English texts, in collaboration with Leonard Bernstein, for Bernstein's Mass, which opened the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.The following year, he wrote the music and lyrics for Pippin and two years later, The Magic Show. Next were the music and lyrics for The Baker's Wife, which closed before reaching Broadway after a disastrous out-of-town tryout tour in 1976. However, the cast album went on to attain cult status, leading to several subsequent productions, including a London revival directed by Trevor Nunn in 1988.Mr. Schwartz's next Broadway project was a musical version of Studs Terkel's Working, which he adapted and directed, winning the Drama Desk Award as best director, and contributed four songs to the score. He also co-directed the television production, which was presented as part of the PBS \"American Playhouse\" series.Next came songs for a one-act musical for children, The Trip, and a children's book, The Perfect Peach. He then wrote music for three of the songs of an Off-Broadway revue, Personals, and lyrics to Charles Strouse's music for Rags.In 1991, Mr. Schwartz wrote the music and lyrics for the popular Children of Eden, book by John Caird. He then began working in film, collaborating with composer Alan Menken on the scores for the Disney animated features Pocahontas, for which he received two Academy Awards, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He also provided songs for DreamWorks' first animated feature, The Prince of Egypt, for which he won another Academy Award for the song When You Believe. Mr. Schwartz provided music and lyrics for the original television musical, Geppetto, seen on The Wonderful World of Disney.In 2003, Schwartz returned to Broadway in earnest, as composer and lyricist for Wicked, a musical based on Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which uses L. Frank Baum's Oz characters as a base for a tale of two witches. Schwartz won a Grammy Award for his work as composer\/lyricist and producer of Wicked's cast recording.Ironically, Schwartz has won every major award in his field (3 Oscars, 4 Grammys, 3 Drama Desk Awards and a self-described \"tiny handful of tennis trophies\") except the Tony Award, which his scores have been nominated for numerous times but have never won.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/36543_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"39370","name":"Jeff Wayne","bio":"There are two artists using this name:1. Jeff Wayne is a composer known mostly for his musical version of H.G. Wells' The War Of The Worlds. In the production of The War Of The Worlds he put together all of the music himself and contributed some vocals to the final track of the original 1978 release.He also wrote several advertising jingles in the 1970s which appeared on television in the United Kingdom, notably the Gordon's Gin commercial, which was systematically covered and re-covered by the Human League. Other well-known themes he wrote include Good Morning Britain (TV-am) and LBC radio.2. Jeff Wayne is an Irish singer who, early in his entertainment career, worked with Joseph Locke.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/39370_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}