U2 have consistently put their Christian faith and Biblical themes at the center of their music over the past three decades, but have never sold themselves as a Christian band. This has worked out pretty well for them given that they are one of the most popular rock acts of all time. Most U2 songs have…
If the recent passing of music legend Earl Scruggs left you wanting to know more about bluegrass, then you’re in for a treat. Anna Schwaber and Chris Cloyd, the filmmakers behind, an exciting new documentary that traces the evolution of the sound, have kindly offered to walk us through some of their favorite artists in the genre. “What the film discovers is that the community…
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The Stray Birds released one of the finest debuts of the year. Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the artist The Stray Birds released one of the finest debuts of the year. Courtesy of the artist More than any year in recent memory, the folk and roots music of 2012 was focused on collective roots, elements of ancestry, the stories and events which…
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In the last few years a new crop of young French dance music producers has emerged with a tough, lean sound that has as much in common with Angolan kuduro or South African kwaito as the more familiar sounds of French house and techno. If your idea of French dance music has been synonymous with the pomp and circumstance of Daft Punk and Justice, the stripped down drum machine…
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118, 010 votes 10, 308 voters 805, 045 views 245 items tags List Criteria: Pop stars, artists, and groups popular during the 1980s The 1980s was a huge decade in terms of breaking pop stars. 80s artists benefited from the rising popularity of cable television and MTV in its own right was a cultural phenomenon that became a kingmaker in terms of helping create larger than life…
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Nearly 2% of Israel’s population is of Ethiopian descent – about 125, people comprising a rich, unique culture. But prior to the 1970s, there were very few Ethiopian emigrants living in Israel. What led to the surge in the Ethio-Israeli population? Three main factors: famine, fear, and faith. FAMINE During the early-to-mid 1980s, drought and famine forced thousands of Ethiopians…
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John Newman, Banks, Ella Eyre, Rich Homie Quan They re not household names. . . yet, but these 14 music makers - including pop stars in the making, soulful UK upstarts, an up and coming rapper, and a few hot groups - are primed to do big things this year. John Newman, @JohnNewmanMusic Genre: Soul After the British soul singer topped the U.K. singles chart in 2012 as the featured…
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It would be a gross oversimplification of terms to call ‘rock music’ a genre. If rock music is a genre, what defines it? A few guitars? A powerful drummer? An ostentatious drug habit? Well, sometimes yes. But we’ve been throwing the word ‘rock’ around pretty loosely for the last 50 years. After more than half a century of experimentation, commoditization, integration, deconstruction…
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