How The Moog Synthesizers Helped Revolutionize the Sound of Hip Hop
by William Vance When Robert Moog sold his first vacuum-tube theremin kit back in the early 1950s, one would scarcely imagine he envisioned the world-changing i...
Category: History
Japanese Kayōkyoku Women, 1960s-70s
Western influences in Japanese pop music can be found starting 100 years ago. Jazz journeyed back over the Pacific on steamers by citizens traveling abroad, fir...
Punks Not Dead, but Maximum Rocknroll Is: A Farewell Letter to the MRR Zine
At the beginning of this year, Maximum Rocknroll announced that their print publication would be ending its 37 year run. The May issue would be its last. When t...
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes- A Review
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (2018) is a documentary directed by Swedish filmmaker Sophie Huber telling the story of the legendary Blue Note jazz label f...
Bappi Lahiri the Disco King of India
Bappi Lahiri, also known in India as “The Disco King,” was born in Calcutta, West Bengal in 1952, to Bengali classical singers Aparesh Lahiri and Bansari Lahari...
Janet Reno – Miami Bass and African American Advocate
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Who in the World was Benjamin S?
I discovered Benjamin S from receiving his album Kompor Meluduk for Christmas from my partner a couple of years ago. Upon hearing it, our minds were blown from ...
The Prolific Life & Genius of Francis Bebey
Francis Bebey (July 15, 1929-May 28, 2001) was a Cameroonian-born father, musician, artist, filmmaker, author, musicologist, anthropologist and composer. He was...
Love of Music
As I look back into the railroad tunnel of my past, I can not recall ever not loving music. But logic suggests that this must not be true, or at the least of it...
Lost Ladies of Country #1: “Mistress” Mary Afton
Fans of country-rock won’t be strangers to Clarence White’s name. In addition to earning the distinction of second longest-serving member of the Byrds – just af...