Clap to this: The First (and very eclectic) Rap Singles Chart turns 30!
(February 16, 2019) It’s a long way from “Self Destruction” to “Thotiana.” And what was once considered “dope” is now just “lit.” Billboard magazine, the industry’s oldest trade publication, has…
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Year of the Woman? In this year’s ‘woke’ Grammys, women “stepped up.” But this much?
(February 11, 2019) Last year, Grammy President Neil Portnow stepped in it when he addressed the media with a tone-deaf explanation for why he believed women were glaringly under represented…
R.I.P. Lonnie Simmons – A tribute to the music pioneer behind the Gap Band who put the “Fun” in Funk
For those of us who grew up listening to the Gap Band in the 1980s, there was usually one name we’d see on all of their records. Lonnie Simmons, a…
Quick reaction: Maroon 5’s Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show
(February 3, 2019) I’ll cut to the chase. There’s only one word for this year’s Super Bowl halftime show in Atlanta. It was the worst! Okay, that was four words.…
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40 Years Later: Chic’s ‘gimmick’ song still reigns as one of music’s greatest technical achievements.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Nile Rodgers has often explained the inspiration for and the basic elements of disco’s greatest jam – “Le Freak” – and what went…