Our apologies to Brantley Gilbert, but today’s country music is not as country wide as he claims. It’s actually limited to about 18 states, a half-dozen of which really dominate what we hear on country radio. Put a pin on an American map for the city of origin of every artist with a song on this week’s…
Train is a rock band formed in San Francisco back in 1993. The group scored a hit when their debut (and self-titled) album hit in 1998. The band’s sound has evolved significantly over the past two decades, from groovy alt-rock to country collaborations (“Bruises”) to outright pop and dance tunes. Train’s career has been described as more of a “slow burn” success story, with…
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Black female singers have taken the industry by storm since the inception of the music industry. From the Blues to Jazz to R&B the riffs, scats, octaves and emotion black women have mastered over the decades have without a doubt played an integral part in the music industry it’s rich history. Like “Soul Food” we have, or at least HAD a plethora of Soul Music to choose…
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The Chicago Staff Band is The Salvation Army s principal concert band of the midwest. Its innovative music and quality performances are the result of dedication and effort of its band members who volunteer their many hours of service without remuneration. Of the band s members, approximately one-third are laymen of various occupations and students and two-thirds are Salvation…
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If you’re a fan of Relient K, Jennifer Knapp, GRITS, Sonicflood or The Katinas, then you owe Out of Eden more than a simple thank you card. Each of these artists were catapulted to success by Toby McKeehan’s own Gotee Records—the label he launched solely to promote Out of Eden’s music. And if you enjoy hearing the hip-hop savvy pop of artists such as Stacie Orrico, Mary Mary…
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Way back in the mid-1980s, when the disco gods appeared over the Chicago skyline and proclaimed, “Let there be house, ” his acolytes responded, “And let it be deep.” And it was good. Slower, moodier, and more sensual than most other club-music forms — heir to disco at its most mirrorball-blissful — deep house has survived for nearly three decades, staying mostly out of the…
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List Criteria: Vote up and add all of your favorite country rappers. Blending the two seemingly opposite genres of country music and hip hop, country rap music has taken the music world by storm. Known also as hick-hop or rural rap, country-rap, which rose to prominence in the early 2s, has continued to rise and grow in popularity. The best country-rap artists - or country…
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The origins and ownership of the term house music have been hotly debated since, well, always. House music is a lot things to a lot of people. It s disco s revenge. It s a feeling. It s controllable desire you can own. While house can still be a little elusive, it s like the Supreme Court s definition of pornography: You ll know it when you hear it. House was born in Chicago…
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