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Griot
Griot (French; local terms jeli/jali, gewel, gawlo) is the West African hereditary verbal artist and historian, a praise-singer and kora-playing musician who preserves genealogies and epics like Sunjata.
Grizzly Bear (band)
Grizzly Bear is a Brooklyn indie rock band formed in 2002 by Ed Droste, later joined by Daniel Rossen, Chris Taylor, and Christopher Bear; albums include Veckatimest (2009, No. 8 Billboard) and Shields, reuniting for a 2025 tour.
Groove metal
Groove metal, also known as post-thrash, neo-thrash, or power groove, is a heavy metal subgenre derived from thrash metal in the late 1980s, played at slower tempos and popularized by Pantera.
Groovie Ghoulies
Groovie Ghoulies: Sacramento, California pop-punk band (late 1980s to 2007) led by Kepi and Roach, known for Ramones-style horror-themed punk on Lookout! Records; albums include Fun in the Dark and Travels With My Amp.
Group 1 Crew
Group 1 Crew is a Christian hip-hop and dance-pop group formed in 2003 in Orlando, Florida, led by Manwell Reyes with Blanca Callahan and Pablo Villatoro; Fervent Records act that won two Dove Awards.
Grouplove
Grouplove (GROUPLOVE) is a Los Angeles indie rock/indie pop band formed in 2009 by members who met in Crete; known for the No. 1 Alternative hit "Tongue Tied" and albums Never Trust a Happy Song (2011) through I Want a Little Bit More (2024).
Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza
Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza (GINC), a Rome-based collective of composers founded by Franco Evangelisti in 1964, pioneers of group free improvisation; members included Ennio Morricone; active to about 1980.
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices: Dayton, Ohio indie rock band led by Robert Pollard, formed 1983. Known for lo-fi classics Bee Thousand (1994) and Alien Lanes (1995), a 2004 breakup, reunion, and prolific recent output.
Guillaume de Machaut
Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300–1377) was a French poet and composer of the ars nova, canon of Reims, who wrote the first complete polyphonic Mass by a single composer.
Guitarist
Guitarist: a musician who plays the guitar, classical, acoustic, or electric. Covers training paths, ensemble programs, repertoire history, competitions like the Francisco Tárrega, and notable players such as Derek Gripper and Tosin Abasi.
Gunhild Carling
Gunhild Carling (born 1975, Gothenburg) is a Swedish jazz multi-instrumentalist, singer, and tap dancer who plays about 20 instruments, famously three trumpets at once, toured with the Carling Family from 1982, placed third on Sweden's Dancing with the Stars, and moved to Cupertino, California in 2018.
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses, the Los Angeles hard rock band formed in 1985 around Axl Rose and Slash, whose 1987 debut Appetite for Destruction topped the Billboard 200 and sold over 30 million copies.
Günther (singer)
Günther, stage name of Swedish musician Mats Söderlund, is a eurodance singer and former model behind the 2004 camp hit "Ding Dong Song" with the Sunshine Girls, later viral on TikTok.
Gus Dapperton
Gus Dapperton, real name Brendan Patrick Rice (born 1997), is an American indie pop and bedroom pop singer-producer from Warwick, New York, known for "Supalonely" with BENEE and the albums Where Polly People Go to Read, Orca, Henge, and 4 Dear Life.
Gustav Holst
Gustav Holst (Gustavus Theodore von Holst, 1874-1934), British composer from Cheltenham, taught at St Paul's Girls' School and Morley College; his astrological seven-movement suite The Planets (1914-16) overshadows his Sanskrit-texted, folk-influenced output.
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), Austrian composer and conductor of ten symphonies and major song cycles; Vienna Court Opera director 1897–1907, New York Philharmonic conductor, posthumous mid-1960s revival led by Leonard Bernstein.
Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel (Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez), Venezuelan conductor born 1981 in Barquisimeto, product of El Sistema; LA Phil music director 2009–2026, Paris Opera 2021–2023, and 27th Music and Artistic Director of the New York Philharmonic from 2026/27.
Gustavo Santaolalla
Gustavo Santaolalla (born 1951) is an Argentine composer, producer, and ronroco player, two-time Oscar winner for Brokeback Mountain and Babel, producer of Café Tacuba and Juanes, and composer of The Last of Us.
Guster
Guster is an American alt-rock band formed in 1991 at Tufts University as Gus, from Massachusetts; founders Ryan Miller, Adam Gardner, and Brian Rosenworcel, plus Luke Reynolds, have released nine albums including Lost and Gone Forever and Ooh La La.
Guthrie Govan
Guthrie Govan (born 1971, England) is a British virtuoso guitarist, winner of Guitarist of the Year 1993, leader of The Aristocrats, and sideman to Steven Wilson and Hans Zimmer, with Suhr and Charvel signature models.
Guy (band)
Guy: American R&B trio formed 1987 in New York by Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall, and Timmy Gatling; first new jack swing group, with the 1988 double-platinum debut Guy and The Future (1990).
Guy Béart
Guy Béart (Guy Béhart-Hasson, 1930-2015), French singer-songwriter born in Cairo, engineer turned chanson author of "L'eau vive" and "Chandernagor", founder of the Temporel label and host of the TV show Bienvenue, father of actress Emmanuelle Béart.
Guy Berryman
Guy Berryman (Guy Rupert Berryman, born 1978, Kirkcaldy, Scotland) is the bassist of Coldplay and Apparatjik, founder of the Amsterdam fashion label Applied Art Forms, creative director of The Road Rat magazine, and a collector of cars and watches.
Guy Chambers
Guy Antony Chambers (born 1963, Hammersmith, London) is an English songwriter and producer, Robbie Williams's co-writer on Angels, Millennium, Feel and Rock DJ, producer of eight UK No.1 Williams albums, and creator of The Selfish Giant and Go Gentle Into the Light.
Guy Clark
Guy Clark (1941–2016), Texas-born singer-songwriter and guitar-maker based in Nashville, wrote "Desperados Waiting for a Train" and "L.A. Freeway," mentored Crowell, Earle, and Lovett, and won a 2014 Grammy for My Favorite Picture of You.
Guy Garvey
Guy Garvey (born 1974, Bury) is the lead singer and lyricist of Elbow, 2008 Mercury Prize winner, BBC 6 Music presenter of Finest Hour, and solo artist of Courting the Squall and The Squall.
Guy Lombardo
Guy Lombardo (Gaetano Alberto Lombardo, 1902–1977), Canadian bandleader of Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, 'the sweetest music this side of heaven,' whose 48 years of New Year's Eve broadcasts made 'Auld Lang Syne' an American midnight tradition; also a Gold Cup hydroplane racer.
Guy Penrod
Guy Penrod (born 1963, Abilene, Texas) is an American gospel and country vocalist, lead singer of the Gaither Vocal Band for 14 years and a 2009 Grammy winner for Lovin' Life, later a solo artist with albums such as Breathe Deep and Hymns.
Guy Pratt
Guy Pratt (born 1962, London) is an English session bassist for Pink Floyd and David Gilmour since 1987, also of Roxy Music, Icehouse, and Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets; played on Madonna's "Like a Prayer" and Michael Jackson's "Earth Song", and wrote My Bass and Other Animals.
Guy Sebastian
Guy Sebastian, Malaysian-born Australian singer (born 1981), first Australian Idol winner 2003; six #1 singles, two #1 albums, Eurovision 2015 fifth place, The Voice coach, AM honoree.