6/15/2010
Classics like "Tanga" and "Manteca," from the Bauzß/Gillespie era set an impressive, quick pace, and more contemporary performances from Latin jazz cult hero Jerry Gonzalez and his Fort Apache Band pul …
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6/15/2010
Mystic poet, composer, and new age poster child Hildegard von Bingen's "Symphonia virginum: O dulcissime amator" is based on the fifth-century legend of the 11,000 virgins who were said to have been sl …
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6/15/2010
Although the term urban commonly signposts rap and R&B, you can argue that jazz was the first, and purest, urban musical style in the history of pop. Solidified by the migration of musicians to America …
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6/15/2010
When Bob Dylan plugged in at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, he fired the first shot in a revolution that continues today. Most of the fortresses have been breached: electric guitars coexist with dj …
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6/8/2010
Quintessential boricua crooner Cheo Feliciano fuses salsa flavor with a social conscience on "Los Entierros," an anthem about the funerals of working class people. By including a Puerto Rican
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6/8/2010
From Eddie Palmieri's electrifying "Az·car" to Cheo Feliciano's sinuous "El Rat=n" and RubTn Blades' epic masterpiece "Pedro Navaja," the songs in this section showcase salsa as one of the most sophist …
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6/8/2010
Almost anyone who ever took a piano lesson (or lived in a house with someone who did) has "Clair de Lune" etched on his or her DNA. Chances you (or your sibling) didn't play it quite this well. Plus, y …
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6/8/2010
For all of the groups that tried their hand at doo wop, there were as many interpretations of the music's sound. While Chicago five-piece the Flamingos cast a seductive spell with "I Only Have Eyes for …
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6/8/2010
Like Starbucks coffee and the 747, grunge launched from the rain-slicked city of Seattle into our lives, transforming everything that came in its wake. Caked with the sledgehammer sludge of Sabbath-sty …
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