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And the salsa beat goes on: salsa is dead. Gone. Kaput. Forget about it. A comatose genre swallowed alive by other styles of Latin music: rock en espanol
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Fifty years ago, a 19-year-old truck driver walked into a Memphis recording studio and changed the world. There are, inevitably, furious arguments over ......(Continue Reading)A most unlikely mogul: few people have had greater impact on a music genre than this mild-mannered former English teacher and his wife, honored by the
When people think of music moguls, names such as Clive Davis, Jimmy Bowen, or even Sean "P. Diddy" Combs come to mind. But one of the most successful ......(Continue Reading)Mixing up the world's beat: a new generation of border-crossing, genre-fusing musicians are remaking the soundtrack for our globalized world - global music
TWENTY YEARS AGO, the Tuvan musician Albert Kuvezin had little experience with rock music: His knowledge came from a few heavy-metal reel-to-reels that ......(Continue Reading)Gospel greats strum the soul: compilation, Cash release give gospel genre its due as country music's muse
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and New Haven Records have compiled what they believe are the 20 best country gospel tunes. This compilation, ......(Continue Reading)
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