Playlist
|
Other Mix
5/21/2009
|
Playlist
|
Other Mix
5/21/2009
|
Playlist
|
Artist Essentials
5/19/2009
Jimmy Cliff helped turn the world on to the good vibes of reggae, thanks to his starring role and music for the film The Harder They Come - one of the biggest-selling reggae albums of all time - …
|
Playlist
|
My Groove
5/19/2009
Whether dropping napalm on Vietnam (as Marlon Brando did with Wagner's "Die Walknre: The Ride of the Valkyries") or leading "the fight for law and order in the early West" (as The Lone Ranger did with …
|
Playlist
|
Artist Essentials
5/19/2009
The golden age of the Spinners spanned their '70s Atlantic output, with soul-deep, genre-defining classics like "Just as Long as We Have Love" making the most of Philippe Wynne's urbane lead vocals, pr …
|
Playlist
|
Artist Essentials
5/19/2009
Back when the Spinners were Detroit high schoolers making doo-wop-tinged R&B, they probably never dreamed that they'd one day be the kings of smooth soul. A brief stint at Motown yielded underrated cro …
|
Playlist
|
Other Mix
5/19/2009
Seventies soul burst its era's levees like the Mississippi, an uncontainable force of nature rolling through the decades. Bill Withers' tear-your-heart-out tale of desertion, "Ain't No Sunshine," has u …
|
Playlist
|
Other Mix
5/19/2009
Going back to slave-era spirituals, black music shrouded its message in code. By the '70s the voice of black pride erupted like lava, burning its way through the thin veneer of concealed rage. In "War, …
|
Playlist
|
Other Mix
5/19/2009
The silken harmonies that bolted from gospel's tent, sneaking into the subway for a smoke during doo-wop's heyday, reinvented themselves in the '70s for a new generation. In "Just My Imagination (Runni …
|
