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Banda el Recodo
Banda El Recodo (Banda Sinaloense El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga), "La Madre de Todas las Bandas," is a Mexican banda sinaloense founded in 1938 by clarinetist Cruz Lizárraga in El Recodo, Sinaloa; first performed abroad in Los Angeles in 1962 and is a multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy winner.
Banda music
Banda music (banda sinaloense, tambora sinaloense): a Mexican brass-band genre from Sinaloa with clarinets, trumpets, trombones, sousaphone, and tambora drum; consolidated in the late 19th century, standardized after 1920, globalized via technobanda and the regional Mexican streaming boom.
Bands of America
Bands of America (BOA) is Music for All's national high school marching band circuit, with Regional, Super Regional, and Grand National Championships founded in 1976, scored 60% music and 40% visual under a criteria reference adjudication system.
Bandslam
Bandslam is a 2009 American teen musical comedy-drama directed by Todd Graff. It follows a music-obsessed high school outsider recruited to manage a rock band for a competition.
Barbershop music
Barbershop music, also known as barbershop harmony, is a uniquely American style of unaccompanied four-part close-harmony singing, revived in 1938 with the founding of the Barbershop Harmony Society in Tulsa.
Barbershop quartet
Barbershop quartet: an a cappella, four-voice ensemble (tenor, lead, baritone, bass) singing unaccompanied four-part close harmony, an African-American-rooted American style organized by the 1938-founded Barbershop Harmony Society (SPEBSQSA).
Barclay James Harvest
Barclay James Harvest, English progressive rock band formed in Oldham in 1966 by John Lees, Les Holroyd, Woolly Wolstenholme, and Mel Pritchard; known for orchestral prog, the Harvest label, 1980 and 1987 Berlin concerts, and the 1998 split into two successor bands.
Barenaked Ladies
Barenaked Ladies: Canadian pop rock band formed 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, known as BNL. Hits: "One Week" (Hot 100 No. 1, 1998); albums Gordon and Stunt; 15 million records; Hall of Fame.
Bars and Melody
Bars and Melody (BAM) were a British pop-rap duo of rapper Leondre Devries (Bars) and singer Charlie Lenehan (Melody), Britain's Got Talent 2014 golden-buzzer finalists who placed third and released the UK No. 5 single "Hopeful".
Bass Brothers
Bass Brothers: Detroit production duo Jeff and Mark Bass, aka F.B.T. Productions (Funky Bass Team), who discovered and signed Eminem, produced The Slim Shady LP through 8 Mile, won an Oscar and Grammy for "Lose Yourself," and founded Web Entertainment and F.B.T. Studios in Ferndale, Michigan.
Bastille (ΔSTILLE) (band)
Bastille (BΔSTILLE) are an English indie pop band formed in London in 2010 by Dan Smith, with Kyle Simmons, Will Farquarson, and Chris Wood; known for Bad Blood, Pompeii, three UK number-one albums, and the Marshmello hit Happier.
Battles (band)
Battles is an American experimental rock band formed in New York City in 2002, often tagged math rock; founded by Ian Williams (Don Caballero), Tyondai Braxton, Dave Konopka, and John Stanier (Helmet), releasing Mirrored, Gloss Drop, La Di Da Di, and Juice B Crypts on Warp Records.
Bauhaus (band)
Bauhaus: English post-punk band formed in Northampton in 1978 (Murphy, Ash, David J, Haskins), also known as Bauhaus 1919, whose 1979 single "Bela Lugosi's Dead" launched gothic rock.
Baul (বাউল)
Baul (বাউল) are mystic minstrels of rural Bangladesh and West Bengal, a syncretic devotional sect blending Vaishnava, Buddhist Sahajiya, and Sufi elements, centered on the body as God's seat, with Lalon Shah (1774–1890) as central figure and UNESCO-listed Baul songs.
Bay City Rollers
Bay City Rollers: Scottish pop rock band from Edinburgh, 1970s teen idols behind Rollermania, "Bye Bye Baby" and "Shang-a-Lang"; tartan image, two UK No. 1 singles in 1975, manager Tam Paton disputes, and later lineups led by Stuart Wood.
Bayside (band)
Bayside, American emo/pop-punk band from Queens, New York, formed in 2000 by Anthony Raneri; known for Sirens and Condolences, the 2005 self-titled album, The Walking Wounded, and Cult's Billboard 200 number 24 peak.
BBC Big Band
The BBC Big Band, also known as the BBC Radio Big Band, is a British big band run by the BBC, tracing its lineage to a 1928 dance orchestra.
BBC Singers
BBC Singers: Britain's only full-time professional chamber choir, founded 1924 as the Wireless Chorus, first radio chorus in the world; survived a 2023 closure announcement, centenary and RPS Ensemble Award 2024.
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO): London orchestra founded 1930 as the BBC's principal broadcasting orchestra, resident at the BBC Proms and Barbican; chief conductor Sakari Oramo; also the name of Spitfire Audio's sample library.
Beach House
Beach House is an American dream pop duo from Baltimore, Maryland, formed by Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally, known for hazy, organ- and drum-machine-driven songs since 2006.
Beady Eye
Beady Eye: English rock band (2009-2014) formed by Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer, Andy Bell, and Chris Sharrock after Oasis split; albums Different Gear, Still Speeding (2011) and BE (2013).
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys: New York trio (Mike D, MCA, Ad-Rock), 1981–2012, hardcore punk band turned pioneering hip-hop group; Licensed to Ill was the first rap album to top the Billboard 200, Paul's Boutique a sampling landmark, Rock Hall inductees 2012.
Beat (American band)
BEAT is an American rock supergroup formed in 2024 by ex-King Crimson members Adrian Belew and Tony Levin with Steve Vai and Tool's Danny Carey, performing the 1980s King Crimson albums Discipline, Beat, and Three of a Perfect Pair with Robert Fripp's blessing; Terry Bozzio replaced Carey for the 2026 tour.
Beauty School Dropout (band)
Beauty School Dropout (BSD) is a Los Angeles rock band formed in 2020 by Cole Hutzler, Brent Burdett, and Bardo, blending pop, punk, alt-rock, and hip hop as "Renegade-Pop"; first signing to Mark Hoppus's Verswire label.
Beaux Arts Trio
Beaux Arts Trio: American piano trio (1955–2008) founded by Daniel Guilet, Bernard Greenhouse, and Menahem Pressler; famed for its complete Philips Haydn, Beethoven, and Brahms trio recordings.
Bee Gees
The Bee Gees were the Gibb brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice, a harmony pop and disco group known for Barry's falsetto, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, six straight US number ones, and over 200 million records sold.
Beirut (band)
Beirut is an American indie band formed in 2006 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the solo project of Zach Condon, blending Balkan brass and French chanson; albums include Gulag Orkestar, The Rip Tide, Hadsel, and A Study of Losses.
Bell Biv DeVoe
Bell Biv DeVoe (BBD), the Boston R&B trio of Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe spun off from New Edition in 1988; their 1990 debut album Poison went quadruple platinum and defined new jack swing.
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian, also styled Belle & Sebastian, are a Scottish indie pop band formed in Glasgow in 1996 around Stuart Murdoch, known for Tigermilk, If You're Feeling Sinister, and literate chamber pop.
Belly (band)
Belly is an American alternative rock band formed in 1991 by ex-Throwing Muses and Breeders member Tanya Donelly with Tom and Chris Gorman; the 1993 gold album Star, hit "Feed the Tree", and 1995's King distinguished it from other 1990s alternative acts.