SISTERS MARTIE SEIDEL and Emily Erwin began pickin’ and grinnin’ on a Dallas street corner eight and a half years ago. They were about to get summer jobs but after making $375 in the first hour of sharing their roots…

FASTBALL SINGER/SONGWRITER Miles Zuniga has started working on his KISS-inspired “we’re the greatest band in the world” spiel — just in case. While the chips have been down plenty for Zuniga, singer/songwriter Tony Scalzo and drummer Joey Shuffield, the Austin-born…

MOST PEOPLE KNOW CORNERSHOP thanks to the single “Brimful of Asha,” that sunny celebration of Indian cinema songbird Asha Bhosle, and the steadfast comfort of ’45s and solid state radios. With that kind of introduction, one could assume Cornershop comprises…

BOSTON DOESN’T HAVE a thriving recording industry, so when singer/songwriter Dar Williams decided to pursue a career as a musician, she hit the open mic nights at local clubs. Williams popped in at three or four clubs a week and…

IN TODAY’S WORLD of prepackaged authenticity and corporate rock disguised as indie rebellion, Creed is an anomaly. This Tallahassee, Fla., quartet’s success is not a product of a businessman’s finagling; it’s the result of a real grassroots phenomenon. Lead vocalist…