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DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT

DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT, meaning "The Way to Freedom", is a black metal band from Würzburg, Germany, formed in 2009 by guitarist Nikita Kamprad and vocalist Tobias Jaschinsky.

Derek and the Dominos

Derek and the Dominos: short-lived 1970-71 blues-rock band of Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, Jim Gordon, with Duane Allman on their only album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (9 November 1970), which flopped then became a classic through the single Layla.

Derek Jones (musician)

Derek Jones was an American post-hardcore guitarist and founding member of the Las Vegas band Falling in Reverse. He played rhythm guitar until his death in 2020.

Derek Longmuir

Derek Longmuir (born 1951, Edinburgh) is a Scottish drummer who co-founded the Bay City Rollers with brother Alan, played on all nine studio albums, then qualified as a nurse; in 2000 he received 300 hours community service for possessing child pornography.

Derek Paravicini

Derek Paravicini, born 1979, is a British blind, autistic musical savant and pianist who learns entirely by ear, with a repertoire of tens of thousands of pieces.

Derek Sharp

Derek Sharp (born 1965) is a Canadian rock and blues singer-guitarist, lead vocalist and guitarist of The Guess Who from 2008 to 2024, now leading Derek Sharp & The Champagne Jam; distinct from DJ Derek, Elliott Sharp, and the Sabre executive of the same name.

Derek Sherinian

Derek Sherinian (born 1966, Santa Cruz, California) is an American rock and fusion keyboardist, ex-Dream Theater (1994-1999), founder of Planet X, member of Black Country Communion and Sons of Apollo, known for a guitaristic Hammond-and-Moog style and solo albums such as Planet X and The Phoenix.

Derek Trucks

Derek Trucks, Jacksonville-born slide guitarist and nephew of Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks, leads the Tedeschi Trucks Band with Susan Tedeschi and played in the Allman Brothers Band from 1999 to 2014.

Derek Webb

Derek Webb (born 1974, Memphis) is an American singer-songwriter, founding member of Caedmon's Call and co-founder of NoiseTrade, known for provocative solo albums from She Must and Shall Go Free (2003) to Survival Songs (2025) and a self-described agnostic faith journey.

Dermot Kennedy

Dermot Kennedy (born 1991) is an Irish singer-songwriter from Rathcoole, Dublin, who busked on Grafton Street before a Spotify breakthrough with 'An Evening I Will Not Forget' (2015). Albums Without Fear, Sonder, and The Weight of the Woods all reached UK number one.

Derrick Green

Derrick Leon Green, born 1971 in Cleveland, Ohio, is an American vocalist, frontman of Brazilian metal band Sepultura since 1998 after Max Cavalera's exit; also of Maximum Hedrum and Musica Diablo.

Dervişan

Dervişan, whose name means 'dervishes' in Turkish, was a Turkish Anatolian rock group formed in 1974 as Cem Karaca's backing band, best remembered for the protest-era single '1 Mayıs'.

Deryck Whibley

Deryck Whibley (born 1980) is the Canadian singer, songwriter, and producer who founded and fronted pop-punk band Sum 41, known for All Killer No Filler and Fat Lip, his 2013 liver-failure crisis and sobriety, the 2024 farewell album Heaven :x: Hell, and his memoir Walking Disaster.

Des'ree

Des'ree (Desirée Annette Weekes, born 1968) is a British pop and soul singer-songwriter known for "Feel So High", "You Gotta Be", "Life", and "Kissing You" from Romeo + Juliet; Brit and Ivor Novello Award winner who returned in 2019 with A Love Story.

Desaster

Desaster is a German black/thrash metal band from Koblenz, formed in 1988. It is currently fronted by vocalist Sataniac, and released albums such as Kill All Idols (2025).

Descendants 3 (soundtrack)

Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack) is the Walt Disney Records soundtrack album to the 2019 Disney Channel film Descendants 3, released August 2, 2019.

Descendants: The Rise of Red (soundtrack)

Descendants: The Rise of Red (Original Soundtrack) is the Walt Disney Records album for the 2024 Disney+ film, released July 12, 2024 with 13 songs by Kylie Cantrall, Malia Baker, Rita Ora, and Brandy; it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Soundtracks and Kid Albums charts.

Descendants: Wicked Wonderland (soundtrack)

Descendants: Wicked Wonderland (Original Soundtrack) is the Walt Disney Records album for the 2026 fifth Descendants film, released July 17, 2026: 12 tracks, 36 minutes, 11 new songs by the cast plus a Torin Borrowdale score suite.

Descendents

Descendents: Manhattan Beach, California punk band formed by Navetta, Lombardo, and Stevenson; Milo Aukerman joined around 1980. Known for Milo Goes to College (1982), the ALL side project, and as a foundation of pop punk.

DESERT HEARTS TAKEOVER W MIKEY LION + LEE REYNOLDS

Desert Hearts Takeover with Mikey Lion and Lee Reynolds is a club event by the Desert Hearts house and techno collective, founded in San Diego in 2012.

Desert Rose (Sting song)

Desert Rose (Sting song), from Brand New Day (1999), a duet with Algerian raï singer Cheb Mami blending Arabic and Western pop; single January 17, 2000, US Billboard Hot 100 peak 17, Jaguar commercial tie-in.

Desi Hits!

Desi Hits! was a South Asian music and entertainment company founded in the mid-2000s by Anjula Acharia-Bath, which grew from a podcast into a Universal Music label venture.

Desi trap

Desi trap is a sub-scene of desi hip hop fusing American trap's 808 bass and hi-hats with Indian melodic textures and Hindi, Punjabi, and English lyrics.

DESIFEST 2023

DESIFEST 2023 was the 17th edition of DESIFEST, Canada's largest free South Asian music festival, held June 3, 2023 at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto, headlined by Jonita Gandhi.

Desiigner

Desiigner (Sidney Royel Selby III, born 1997, Brooklyn) is the rapper behind "Panda", a 2016 Hot 100 number one, triple platinum, sampled by Kanye West; G.O.O.D. Music 2016–2019, then independent.

Desire (Bob Dylan album)

Desire is Bob Dylan's 1976 Columbia studio album: nine songs, 56 minutes, mostly co-written with Jacques Levy, defined by Scarlet Rivera's violin, with Emmylou Harris vocals, reaching Billboard No. 1 and RIAA Platinum.

Desireless

Desireless (Claudie Fritsch-Mentrop), born 1952 in Paris, is a French pop singer whose 1986 synth-pop hit "Voyage, voyage" topped charts across Europe and sold over 500,000 copies in France.

Desmond Child

Desmond Child (John Charles Barrett, born 1953) is a Cuban-American songwriter and producer behind Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer," KISS's "I Was Made For Lovin' You," and Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca," with 80-plus Billboard Top 40 singles and Songwriters Hall of Fame induction in 2008.

Desmond Dekker

Desmond Dekker (Desmond Adolphus Dacres, 1941-2006), Jamaican ska, rocksteady, and reggae singer with the Aces; "Israelites" was the first reggae UK number one and a US top-ten hit.

Despacio

Despacio is a vinyl-only, high-fidelity disco sound system and DJ project created by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem with David and Stephen Dewaele of Soulwax, first presented in July 2013.