THE BLACK EYED PEAS’ LEXICON GOES way beyond the expected hip-hop terminology. First of all, this is a band, so live instruments, spontaneity and improvisation are prominent in the BEP vocabulary. Second, the music delivers a message that goes against…

SURE THE SAW DOCTORS COULD SIGN a major label deal and let the suits try to break them in America. But why? The fun- loving Irish band has made its own success in Ireland and England, and will continue to…

WHEN EDDIE MURPHY PEDDLED THE Galactic Prophylactic on an early-‘80s “Sat- urday Night Live” skit, the show’s writers most likely aimed at just generating laughs – not inspiring a group’s moniker, too. “We became a pretty popular band with that…

ELVIS CRESPO IS BEATING THE ODDS. The Grammy-nominated, Billboard Award -winning merengue king speaks limited English, lives in Puerto Rico, is only in his 20s, and is responsible for a wife and 6-year-old son. Despite the challenges, the singer/songwriter has…

THE SIX BROTHERS WHO ARE The Clark Family Experience have played with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, toured as part of the star-studded George Strait Country Music Festival, been all over the U.S. and Canada, appear regularly on TNN and…