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To some, the Girl Group phenomenon was simply a trend that came and went, but to judge whether or not a fad is truly influential, all you need to do is ...read more
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Some historians would lead you to believe that the girl group sound popped up almost out of nowhere in the year 1960.
While it is true that virtually ...read more
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In the beginning, rock and roll looked like some sort of males only club. Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck, Jerry Lee…I could go on and on. With very few ...read more
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In the ‘How Music Changed” series, we attempt to find the music that had the most profound impact on popular culture and the way that music styles ...read more
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When I started to plan for this series, it felt near impossible to cover the early history of piano with any degree of chronological accuracy.
My ...read more
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This show is exciting because it covers some of the most incredibly innovative playing imaginable. Fats Waller was the perfect showman and an extraordinary ...read more
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The second part of our series dedicated to the development of piano music and its influence on the stylistic development of popular music finds us covering ...read more
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The history of piano music is extraordinarily complex, but the importance of the piano to the development of an American music culture is often ...read more
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This is our last episode in a 24 part series dedicated to the music of the British Invasion, as we cover the last few months of 1969.
To be perfectly ...read more
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This show brings us very near the end of our coverage of the British Invasion (next week will be our final show).
This late in the game, it isn’t ...read more
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