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The Story Behind The Song: Dusty Springfield’s classic track ‘Son of a Preacher Man’
faroutmagazine.co.uk - Atreyi Banerji
Before the rising genre of psychedelia became the sine qua non of the 1960s music industry, there was soul music. One such talent was a female singer …
Mar 2
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Bunny Wailer, Reggae Pioneer With the Wailers, Dies at 73
The New York Times - Ben Sisario
Bunny Wailer, the last surviving original member of the Wailers, the Jamaican trio that helped establish and popularize reggae music — its other founders were Bob Marley and Peter Tosh — died on Tuesday...
Mar 2
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Questlove to Direct Sly Stone Documentary
Pitchfork - Allison Hussey
Questlove is set to direct a forthcoming documentary about funk titan Sly Stone, MRC Non-Fiction today has announced. Common will serve as an executive producer on the film. The project does not yet have...
Feb 19
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Bootsy Collins on the Genius of Fela Kuti: 'What He Brought Was Just So Powerful'
Rolling Stone - Kory Grow
In “Viva Nigeria,” one of Fela Kuti’s earliest 45s, the Afrobeat pioneer proclaims, “Men are born, kings are made.” Kuti, who was born a man in 1938 …
Feb 17
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Music at Home: Behind the British Invasion
Rolling Stone - Angie Martoccio
When the British Invasion arrived in America in the mid-1960s, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and other bands introduced songs like “Little Red …
Feb 19