Cowgirl's Prayer, recorded in 1993, was the last album Emmylou Harris recorded before beginning a long association with producer and songwriter Daniel Lanois, creating her band Spyboy, and recording her exit from Elektra with Wrecking Ball. In other words, it was the last "traditional" Emmylou Harris record…
"It all began with a video of "Thinking Allowed" on - you sitting - MTV! Yes, 1993 you could see a Skyclad-video on MTV and it changed something within me, from this moment on I have been Skyclad-fan. "Jonah's Ark" had been the album, the opener of which "Thinking Allowed" is, the three-and-a-halfth album of the Brits around Martin Walkyier. (…) "Jonah's Ark" had been the turning point of the career of Skyclad, towards the Folk Metal they would grow famous for and every quality-conscious Metalian should at least know this album and band, no protest!" ~metal-observer
Redd Kross is an American alternative rock/punk rock band from Hawthorne, California, who had their roots in 1978 in a punk rock band called the Tourists, which was started by brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald while Steve was still in middle school…
Celtic harpist Lisa Lynne Franco began studying music as a child; initially attracted to folk sounds, she took up the guitar and mandolin, later playing bass in a local rock band. While enrolled at Hollywood's Musician's Institute of Technology, she concurrently enjoyed a thriving career as a session player; upon discovering the harp in 1985, Franco also formed a progressive rock outfit dubbed Bigger Than Blue. After landing a deal with the German label Innovative Communication, however, student visa problems forced the band to dissolve, so Franco instead played all the instruments on 1991's debut LP Bigger Than Blue. Three more efforts for the label - Romantic Dreams, My Way, and Silken Wings - followed while she formed a new group, Celestial Winds, which earned a significant following playing the boardwalk along Venice Beach.
Rodney began his musical journey at the age of eight. He joined many a local band as a trumpet player, which afforded him the opportunity to write songs, perform around town and perfect his craft, center stage.