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Iconic moments in music history.

The Tri-State Connector: Why DJ Drewski's New Hot 97 Slot Matters Beyond Radio by NWO Sparrow
Known for spotlighting unsigned artists and hometown talent, Drewski now takes his mission to one of radio's most powerful daytime stages. by NWO Sparrow
By NWO SPARROW4 months ago in Beat
10 Years of Gawk. Top Story - June 2026.
10 Years of Gawk The Album 2025 saw big milestones for the Vundaboys; not only did they drop arguably their best record to date, Surgery and Pleasure, but it saw the ten year anniversary of the album that’s home to some of the most infectious music on Earth: Gawk.
By Zack Graham4 months ago in Beat
Black Music Month Celebrates: Michael Jackson
I honestly have no idea how to begin writing an article that is a tribute to the greatest star to ever walk the face the earth. So I guess I’ll keep it simple and cliche. Happy Black Music Month to the one, the only, Michael Jackson.
By Joe Patterson4 months ago in Beat
Telstar - The Mad Genius Of Joe Meek
Joe Meek Introduction Apparently, the first song that I ever liked according to my uncle Trevor was "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley, I was three at the time and a picture was taken of me with curly blonde hair but I have not been able to track it down, though my sister Yvonne has all our old photographs which I have scanned, but that one is sadly missing.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 months ago in Beat
Michael Jackson Biopic Is Rewriting Box Office History And It's Not Done Yet. AI-Generated.
Three weeks in, and Michael is still moonwalking all over the record books. The Antoine Fuqua-directed biopic, starring Michael Jackson's real-life nephew Jaafar Jackson in his acting debut, has now crossed $589 million worldwide as of May 14, 2026 making it the second highest-grossing music biopic of all time, behind only Bohemian Rhapsody's $903.6 million. And crucially, it's still running.
By Mark Lim 5 months ago in Beat
"That's Stupid, Punk Rock!"
"That's stupid punk rock. I just think of it as rock 'n' roll, 'cause that's what it is. [...] I like that it's like something new and it's just like, reviving old rock 'n' roll style. And it's raw, and it's for real. And it's fun." "Eugene" "The air in utopia is poisoned. The final joke." Brendan Mullen, owner of The Masque.
By Tom Baker5 months ago in Beat
Art, Mastery and History in Dance
On May 2, 2026 I finally had a chance to see Beka and Nika Nozadze's live performance. It blew off all my expectations. I've been following Beka's Facebook page ever since I arrived in Tbilisi and was eagerly awaiting to see a dance program rather than the amazing shorts he puts out on social media.
By Lana V Lynx5 months ago in Beat
Fifty Years to "Take Me Home"
At 16 I started writing songs. It was 1976, and I had just bought my first Panasonic portable tape recorder with money I earned from odd jobs—hanging advertisements for a local realtor and tutoring a dyslexic kid after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
By Rick Henry Christopher 5 months ago in Beat
Soulja Boy Doesn’t Need To Evolve—He Adapts, and "Drip" Proves It By NWO Sparrow
Soulja Boy "Drip" Rapid Review Beats - 10/10 Lyrics - 7/10 Concepts- 6/10 Roll-out- 8/10 Replay Value- 8/10 Vibe Check - 10/10
By NWO SPARROW5 months ago in Beat
Box Office Stunner: 'Michael' Rocketing to an Other-Worldly $100 Million U.S. Debut. AI-Generated.
In a history-making moonwalk, Antoine Fuqua's Michael Jackson biopic is launching light-years ahead of expectations at the domestic box office, with a projected $94 million to $100 million domestic opening and a global launch north of $200 million .
By Mark Lim 5 months ago in Beat
Charlie Musselwhite and the Long Memory of the Blues
By Brian D'Ambrosio In Clarksdale, Mississippi, where the Delta air hangs thick and the ghosts don’t bother hiding, Charlie Musselwhite sits easy and watches it all come back around.
By Brian D'Ambrosio 5 months ago in Beat
The Architecture of Dissonance: A Hymn to the Locrian Mode. AI-Generated.
The Outcast of the Octave In the clean, well-lit world of music theory, the Locrian mode is the pariah. It is the shadow under the stairs, the cold draft in an empty hallway, and the unresolved question that lingers long after the lights go out. While Ionian basks in its major-key sunlight and Dorian hums with the cool confidence of a midnight jazz club, Locrian sits alone, shrouded in a mist of its own making.
By Nathan McAllister6 months ago in Beat