Tracy Chapman’s unique place in music history goes well beyond Luke Combs’ current success with ‘Fast Car’
(July 9, 2023). This past week, Tracy Chapman became the first Black woman to solely pen a No. 1 country song when Luke Combs’ cover of her 1988 hit “Fast…
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‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ – Fall Out Boy’s update of Billy Joel’s hit causes stir, but the original wasn’t so perfect…
(June 30, 2023). A lot can happen in 34 years, so much so that Fall Out Boy—the popular rock group out of the burbs of Chicago—decided to release an update…
This once-popular sub-genre of hip-hop isn’t included in 50th anniversary celebrations. Why it isn’t (but should be)…
(June 27, 2023). In watching Sunday’s BET Awards (June 25) and its nearly 4-hour celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, it became immediately apparent that the network known for its Black…
Country music: the cicada of the pop charts?
(June 19, 2023). It’s that time again…for country music to infiltrate the top of the pop charts as it has at the beginnings of every other decade—or vicennially—for the past…
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‘Oh, oh, oh, Ozempic!’ Kids, that Ozempic®️ song will be 50 next year!
(June 17, 2023). Whether you’re getting “down with Rybelsus” or lowering your A1C with Jardiance, the “little pill with a big story to tell” (and a happy-go-lucky musical style commercial…