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How Music Works Review
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Shakey Jimmy McDonough Maybe more than any artist, over our near two year span, we have heaped piles upon piles of praise on Neil Young, landing on ten of our top ten lists, including the top spot for...
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Mo’ Meta Blues Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Ben Greenman One of the most admirable acts of the last 20 years has to be the Roots, a hip hop band that is really the last of its kind remaining, that...
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The Rest is Noise Of the three major musical categories (classical, jazz, and popular music), classical is easily my biggest musical blind spot. While I know your major works like Beethoven’s 5th and...
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Can’t Stop Won’t Stop Jeff Chang Hip hop culture is often depicted as violent, greedy, and misogynistic, but by understanding its roots and the perspective of those delivering the material; you’ll find...
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I’ll Take You There Greg Kot There are few artists more beloved by the entire music community than gospel legend Mavis Staples. Mavis was celebrated a few months back in Chicago with a tribute concert...
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The History of Rock ‘N’ Roll in Ten Songs Greil Marcus Rock ‘n’ roll music as its evolved has become harder and harder to define. You often hear a couple different approaches to define rock ‘n’ roll:...
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