The videos of the great Aretha Franklin that have been posted at various places since her passing last week tell a fascinating story. The videos are great...
Tag - pop music
American Bandstand, which went national 61 years ago this past Sunday, is probably the most important program in music history. Watching the old...
It’s hard to characterize the size of the contribution a musicians’ collective known as The Wrecking Crew made to popular music. It was everywhere...
h/t: Charlene S Berkman, D.M.D. I am always looking for good music for TDMB. Indeed, a few weeks ago, my dentist mentioned a video that Alex Boyé made for...
Running into music written and performed by an individual — Lorde — who is the same age (to be precise, 15 days older) than my youngest child is an...
The numbers in this single sentence in Wikipedia’s entry about Francesco Stephen Castelluccio — Frankie Valli — are a good illustration of...
Lloyds Pharmacy group released a survey this week that said more than 40 percent of respondents reported that music eased their physical pain. Raw Story...
Amsterdam Klezmer Band: Op een Goppe/A Chassid in Amsterdam Black 47: Funky Céilí The Clancy Brothers: Finnegan’s Wake Juan Luis Guerra: La Guagua/Bachata en...
I became aware of Estelle through the hit American Boy (above) simply because my daughter had the radio tuned to stations that played it. Her part is great...
CNN has an interesting piece about music and the inauguration, which is set for Monday. The show should be pretty good: This year’s festivities include a...
