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Dreaming Of The Delta – The Transatlantic Blues Revolution
The Blues played a pivotal role in the creation of what we have come to call rock music. As Muddy Waters famously said, “The Blues had a baby and they named it rock’n’roll.”
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From Haight-Ashbury To Sunset Strip – The Rise And Rise Of Classic Rock
The rise of Classic Rock in the 60s was nurtured with bands travelling across the Atlantic to play for crowds who saw music as something more than just pop.
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Know Your Writes – How Music Writers Inspire Us To Listen
While music journalism can be biased, disposable or sink to self-indulgent waffle, it’s served as a fertile breeding ground for incisive, informed writers.
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Loud For Life: The Headbanging Story Of Heavy Metal
Of all genres of music, Heavy Metal is the black sheep of the family, quietly burning steady, strong & eternally bright, away from the mainstream glare.
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Toasts, Boasts And Coasts: Hip-Hop On The Frontline
Hip-Hop artists have always waged war on conventional music – and each other. Braggadocio is always there, but it got out of control and ended in tragedy.
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The Medium Is The Message – But Music Is Everything
We have LPs, CDs, digital files... but how have they affected the way we listen to music? How has each innovation in technology changed the music we hear?
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Outlaw And Disorder: Country Rebels 1947-2015
These are the real heroes of country music: those who raised merry hell, that didn’t give a damn what anybody thought and spat in the face of authority.
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All Funked Up… And How We Got That Way
What is funk? Some say it’s all about the groove, for others it’s the attitude, the glide in your stride, the dip in yo’ hip. Time to immerse yourself...
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Apple Records – The Story
The Apple Records label, renowned for its eclecticism, produced several household names - Mary Hopkin, Billy Preston, James Taylor and John Tavener.
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Blues Power – The Story Of The Guitar
The Blues are all about the individual; at one with their music & feelings, and no better does a guitarist who feels every nuance of the blues.
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Reggae – Studios And Producers
Jamaica maintains its incredible output with numerous dancehall and roots reggae producers currently plying their trade in Kingston. Long may it continue!
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From East To West: Motown Yesterday, Today, Forever
Motown left Detroit a long time ago, but the record company who gave us Diana, Marvin, Smokey & Stevie continues to exert a huge influence on popular music.
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Reggae – Cultural Roots, Groups And Singers
The superstardom of Bob Marley is a stark contrast to where he came from, but those with enough determination found a way out of the ghetto through music.
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Rhythms Of Brazil
We explore the relationship between Brazilian music & jazz, to find out how the 1960s was such a pivotal moment in the history of the rhythms of Brazil.
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Americana
It's very difficult to define what Americana is but just like jazz it has many different branches, but only the one root system.
