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'Bang': Guns, rap, and silence - violence in rap music
A lot of people were interested in the Sean "Puffy" Combs trial: fans of rap music; celebrity-watchers; connoisseurs of popular culture. But one group ......(Continue Reading) 100 Best Songs By Black Composers
WITHOUT them, there would be no Broadway, no Grammy, no jazz, no rock n' roll--no American music. The blues of America, the gospel of America, the jazz ......(Continue Reading)Sacred words, profane music? The Free Monks as a musical phenomenon in contemporary Greek Orthodoxy
The Free Monks (Eleftheroi) are a Greek Orthodox rock band of black-robed monks. Being the first of its kind in Greece, the group has produced popular ......(Continue Reading)Heating up `Nellyville': rap superstar Nelly talks about lighting up the charts and chillin' at home in St. Louis - Entertainment
ANYONE who knows anything about hip-hop artist Nelly knows that he reigns from St. Louis. He raps and sings about the city, with songs on his debut, ......(Continue Reading)Talkin' about a revolution: hungry for politically charged music? Listen up to a new generation of protest songs
It was really two songs that got me started thinking about the power of peace music. First was the plaintive wail of Bob Dylan in his 1964 classic, "The Times They Are A-Changin'." The se...(Continue Reading)
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