Children of the 1960s watch in pain as the story of our lifetime is erased
For boomers, the rapid reversal of 1960s-era gains for civil rights, women, LGBTQ, etc., has unraveled the story of our ...
Questlove’s ‘Sly Lives!’ Shows How Black Artists Are Both Geniuses and Everyday People
But Questlove unexpectedly leans heavier on his title’s parenthetical addendum in order to illuminate some deeper truths ...
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While band culture fades, solo artists & collabs dominate music streaming platforms
According to new research, the last 30 years have seen band culture replaced by solo stars and one-time collaborations. The ...
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The Beatles Song Graham Nash Considered “One of the Greatest Songs Ever Written”
After hearing this Beatles song for the first time, Graham Nash concluded it was "one of the greatest songs ever written." ...
Questlove Reveals Why He Looked at André 3000, D’Angelo and Himself for His Sly Stone Doc When the Music Legend Wouldn’t Talk to Him
Sly Stone, founder, frontman and namesake of Sly and the Family Stone, has deserved to be the subject of a documentary since the heyday of his eponymous, chart-topping, mixed-gender, racially ...
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Records & Radio | My country-music roots include familar names and stations
Thus, listening to the radio was your primary source for music. To hear the latest Beatles song on Top 40 radio, you might have to sit through country tunes like Eddy Arnold’s “Make the World Go Away” ...
Barry Goldberg, Blues-Rock Keyboardist Whose Work With Bob Dylan Included Controversial Newport ’65 Concert, Dies at 83
Barry Goldberg, a Paul Butterfield Blues Band member who backed Bog Dylan at Newport '65, and later recorded an album ...
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Heard of The Leverts? A Family of Gifted R&B Artists That Experienced Unspeakable Loss
In the 1960s and 70s, Eddie Levert Sr. was known as one-third of the popular R&B group The O’Jays. His sons Gerald and Sean ...
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The reckless reality of life in the 1960s
The 1960s were a thrilling era to experience. Society was undergoing significant transformations. Social movements and ...
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Great singer Katy Grey dies at 100 years old
The news of the passing of the great singer Katy Grey at the age of 100 has caused sorrow in the artistic world of the ...
David Lynch Produced an Awesome Song for a 1960s Rock Star
David Lynch made a song with a British Invasion star who perfectly aligned with his sensibilities as an artist.
How did pop culture spread MLK's message?
How did Martin Luther King's message get across to America? Partly through pop culture. Music, movies, TV helped spread his message in the '60s ...