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My Groove
5/3/2011
The '80s was prime time for audio-visual creativity as the video revolution transformed the media landscape, and artists clamored to bring their music to life on-screen. There were so many definitive c …
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Artist Essentials
5/3/2011
The moniker Taj Mahal came to Henry Saint Clair Fredericks in a dream, and now stands proud as shorthand for one of the prime movers on the blues, folk, and roots music scenes. Some of his early stuff, …
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Artist Essentials
5/3/2011
The iconic Johnny Mathis, the son of San Francisco domestic workers, was born the same year as Elvis Presley, and he's still going strong on the tour circuit today. Think about that for a moment. And h …
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Artist Essentials
5/3/2011
Blending rock's raw energy with country's passionate twang, Steve Earle's music has won him a fiercely loyal fan base. In 1986, his acclaimed debut, Guitar Town, had all of Nashville listening. …
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My Groove
5/3/2011
Whether they were striving for a serious tone (the spiritual search of XTC's "Dear God"), offering up a ripe slice of pure entertainment (singer-choreographer Toni Basil's cheerleader extravaganza "Mic …
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My Groove
5/3/2011
Ignited by the 1981 debut of MTV, and powered by an unprecedented union of sound and vision, the explosion of '80s video hits forever changed the way people approach popular music. The new medium sprea …
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Genres & History
5/3/2011
If big band music hadn't withered away due to the natural evolution of artistry, economics would have doomed it, since the costs were soaring and the venues were disappearing. Miles Davis cut a huge sw …
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Genres & History
5/3/2011
Jamaican music came into its prime in the '70s, the music sounding deeper than ever, its familiar pulsing rhythm developing new layers of intensity. And the lyrics focused more and more on issues of co …
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My Groove
5/3/2011
There are songs you've known and loved for years, but you probably never connected them with motherhood before. For instance, Carole King and her then-husband Gerry Goffin originally meant Aretha Frank …
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