[column size=one_half position=first ]It’s silly to pick seven songs about trains. There are thousands of great ones. Suffice it to say that any list of...
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[column size=one_half position=first ] Nobody has a cooler sound than Mose Allison. Check out “Parchman Farm” and you’ll understand instantly...
[column size=one_half position=first ]When an artist gets extraordinarily famous, he or she becomes their own category. Elvis Presley, Louis Armstrong, Duke...
[column size=one_half position=first ]Three things have surprised me since I started The Daily Music Break: Norah Jones is Ravi Shankar’s daughter, Herb...
[column size=one_half position=first ]One of the fun things about running a site like this is finding unfamiliar artists. I had heard of Red Garland but...
[column size=one_half position=first ] Carl Perkins is one of the pillars of rock and roll. Here is the beginning of his profile at The Rock & Roll Hall...
A good start of a list of American musical geniuses includes Louis Armstrong, George Gershwin, Art Tatum, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Jerry Garcia and...
[column size=one_half position=first ] Here are some Bob Marley links: His official website and entries from Wikipedia, bio.com and last.fm, which has a nice...
There is no one true American music, of course. There are many: Blues, jazz, rock and roll and others. They blend into each other in unpredictable permutations...
Hank Williams, Sr. was a transitional figure in American music in general and country music in particular. AllMusic’s Stephen Thomas Erlewine starts his...
