4/12/2011
More than any other kind of music, hip-hop has always been tied in tightly to the beat of the street, so milestones come and go at a quicker pace. Sometimes even the greatest MCs make it up to the net …
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4/12/2011
If there's one thing the fast-and-furious hip-hop scene has shown, it's that a hit can come from anywhere, even when you least expect it. When the Miami Bass sound was getting off the ground, nobody co …
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4/12/2011
The classic Chicago sound is what most folks hear in their heads when they think blues, whether they know it or not. The Windy City's so synonymous with electric blues it's almost impossible to separat …
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4/12/2011
The stinging guitars and howling harps of Chicago blues stole their share of the spotlight, but where would they have been without the piano men pumping their blood, sweat, and soul into the ivories? M …
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4/12/2011
Intricate as a snowflake's structure, heavier than a neutron star, progressive rock (unlike most other classic rock) was located firmly in the body's upper half. Performed by flaxen-maned keyboard wiza …
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4/12/2011
Renaissance emerged (as did Led Zeppelin) from the ashes of the Yardbirds, and (unlike Zep) was fronted by a female vocalist with a three-octave range. Their marathon-length "Day of the Dreamer" featur …
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4/12/2011
The first thing you need to know about Klezmer is you don't have to be Jewish to dig it. (Klezmer, incidentally, comes from the Hebrew words kley and zemer, meaning musical instrument< …
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4/12/2011
They were songs that enabled the singers to communicate with one another when other ways were silenced, and to forge a bond with the God who held a promise of Heavenly reward for earthly suffering. The …
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4/12/2011
Echoes of a past spent in slavery blend with the promise of deliverance, the positivity of empowerment, and the glory of freedom everlasting in our wide-ranging Deep Cuts set of Gospel Spirituals. So, …
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