Since it arose from the block parties of 1970s the Bronx, hip-hop music has steadily made itself an everyday fixture all across the globe. From television...
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While it’s anchored by common-denominator elements (like beats and rhymes), hip-hop comes in all different shapes and sizes. Here is a sampling of the genre’s many-splendored...
From “Cheeba Cheeba” to “Kush,” rap’s always had love for the leaf With the roots of hip-hop set firmly into the bedrock of the blues, it’s...
The universally hailed “Godfather of Heavy Metal,” John Michael Osbourne, has been screaming up the rock stage for over 40 years. As frontman for Black Sabbath...
As the first truly counter-culture musical to ever be produced, Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical opened on Broadway in 1968, breaking down moral majority bigotries...
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CD REVIEW Prefuse 73/Jaytram/Epstein Asthmatic Kitty A funny thing happened when Yeasayer drummer Jaytram and Prefuse 73 crossed paths to plunder the catalogue of Epstein, the...
By Hans Fink Avant-garde rock pioneer and visual artist Don Van Vliet, a.k.a. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, passed away at the age of 69. He expired due to...
This 4CD+DVD collection of previously unreleased music (45 tracks!) captures the essence of the international superstar. ($69.98) www.legacyrecordings.com.