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Best Albums Of 1979: 69 Records Worth Revisiting
The best albums of the year reflect a varied musical landscape, with punk, R&B, disco, and much more all sitting alongside one another.
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Features20 hours agoBest David Ruffin Songs: 20 Essential Soul Gems
The best David Ruffin songs prove that the Motown singer most remembered for his time with The Temptations recorded some majestic work under his own name.
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Features20 hours ago
Best Jazz Guitarists Of All Time: A Top 50 Countdown
Even the very best jazz guitarists rarely receive the attention of the genre’s horn players, so give it up for the 50 best jazz guitarists ever.
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Features2 days ago
Best Martin Luther King Songs: 10 Moving Tributes
From sorrowful mourning to polemical rage, the best Martin Luther King songs deal with the death of the civil-rights icon in moving, revelatory ways.
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Features2 days agoMotown And Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have A Dream Speech
How the legendary soul imprint worked to make some of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most celebrated and inspiring speeches available on record.
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Features2 days ago
‘Happy Birthday’: Stevie Wonder Helps Create Martin Luther King Day
The song, and Stevie's tireless campaigning, led directly to the enshrinement of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, observed since January 1986.
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Features3 days ago
Nothin’ But A Good Time: When Hair Bands Ruled The Sunset Strip
A word-of-mouth scene generated on the streets of LA, hair metal might have cleaned up its act, but it retains a swagger that has timeless appeal.
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Features3 days ago
Pianist Ahmad Jamal Recalls ‘At The Pershing’
‘At The Pershing: But Not For Me’ became one of the biggest records in the history of Chess Records. Ahmad Jamal recalls how it happened.
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Features4 days ago
The Greatest Prog Rock Singers: A Top 30 Countdown
The prog rock world has no lack of virtuosity, with its guitar heroes, keyboard wizards, and bass and drum monsters but this list salutes the proggers whose instrument was their vocal cords.
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Features4 days ago
Best Gene Krupa Songs: 20 Jazz Essentials
An introduction to one of the most explosive and charismatic drummers in jazz history.
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Features5 days ago
The 25 Greatest One-Hit Wonders Of All Time
No phrase in music riles up passionate fans and chart watchers alike quite like “one-hit wonder...”
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Features5 days ago
Best LL Cool J Songs: 20 Hip-Hop Essentials
LL Cool J is one of hip-hop’s most popular and enduring MCs. These timeless songs are essential listening for hip-hop fans.
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Features5 days ago
The Best Statler Brothers Songs: 20 Pop Country Classics
An introduction to the gospel-tinged and pop-informed country giants.
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Features6 days ago
Best Antonio Carlos Jobim Songs: 20 Brazilian Classics
An introduction to one of the most important songwriters of the 20th century.
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Features6 days ago
Fania Records: How A New York Label Took Salsa To The World
A record label of huge significance, the Fania story takes in the birth of salsa music and the global spread of Latin culture.
