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Songs About Immigrants and Refugees
In another piece on songs about roots, I concluded with a number that disparaged the very concept of roots, a song about following your dreams and searching for freedom. "People have the ability to lay down their own roots, wherever and whenever they want," I noted. "Maybe part of growing up is not accepting the roots you came with but setting down your own roots in a place and with people of your own choosing."
Marco den OudenPublished 3 days ago in Beat
"Jazz Is My Story:" A Historical Analysis of Jazz and twentieth Century African-American Literature
The time span from the Bebop time frame to the present—mid-1940s onwards—has been a period of inconceivable social progression in the United States, and in a few get-togethers more so than the African American social class. A variable particularly basic in this outing, and one with which jazz music has been eagerly tied over the earlier century, is African American composition. This class, even more nonchalantly called dim composition, has quite recently been a legitimate thought since the Harlem Renaissance (from around 1919 to 1939), during which observable dim pioneers attempted to lift dim culture and status by making workmanship, driving political turns of events, and pushing the fight for social freedoms. Anyway, jazz music had at this point thrived in American culture as a convincing music style, it was irrelevantly alluded to in dim composition during this period.
Cheikh CissePublished 4 days ago in Beat
The Story of Justin & Kelly
This is the story of the beginning of American Idol, how we met Texas native Kelly Clarkson and Georgia native Justin Guarini both compete on the first season of American Idol. The first winner and the first runner up of American Idol who later made a film debut until the film became a huge flop. After their flop film, Clarkson has recorded several songs that has made her a huge phenomenal star while Guarini made his way to the screen and stage.
Gladys W. MuturiPublished 5 days ago in BeatFrom Altamont to Astroworld
Rock Festivals My first experience at a live music crowd-chaos moment was in 1969. The venue was the Denver Pop Festival at the Mile High Stadium in Denver, CO. The band Three Dog Night started into their hit "One is the Loneliest Number." The 76,000 capacity stadium was full. The event came with gate-crashers. They tried their best for 3 days. The police drew a hard line.
Arlo HenningsPublished 7 days ago in BeatRaspberry Beret
Saturday night. I finished my last limo run. Which was a carload of senior high school girls trying to be Janet Jackson's backup singers. One girl asked me in an uppity tone, "So what else have you done besides drive a limo?"
Arlo HenningsPublished 17 days ago in Beat
How Koffi olomide received recognition and respect from Diamond Platnumz and all parties involved in "Waah" music video.
Antonine Christophe Agbepa Mumba, known professionally as Koffi Olomide is a Congolese Soukus singer, a dancer, a producer, and a songwriter. He is also known as Grand Mopao. He has had several successful music records in his musical career. He is the founder of the Quartier Latin International orchestra with many notable artists, including Fally Ipupa and Ferré Gola.
JESEREMI A MWIKWABEPublished 21 days ago in Beat
Examples of cultural sharing in modern music
Modern popular western music owes a lot to black folks. Blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock and roll and now Hip Hop, from W. C. Handy to Little Richard to Miles Davis to Biggie. It would be very hard to find a musical historian denying the fact that black musicians have been at the forefront of popular music for more than a while now.
Why I ONLY Listen to Lo-Fi Music & You SHOULD Too!
I fell in love with lo-fi music the second I heard it. It was perfect, almost like if it was created perfectly for me. I work 14-hour days and struggle to concentrate and lo-fi music helps me get SO MUCH done. I can literally work for hours and hours and don’t even realize that I have been sitting in my office chair for such a long time.
TrendingModelsPublished 25 days ago in Beat
My Second Favourite Album: El Dorado by The Electric Light Orchestra
The genesis of the Electric Light Orchestra was a band that would take over from the Beatles at the fade outs to “Strawberry Fields Forever” and ”I Am The Walrus” , bothe heavy on strings but still steeped in rock. The Beatles had not been scared of orchestral arrangements and “Eleanor Rigby” contained only Paul McCartney on vocals , the music being provided double string quartet arranged by George Martin..
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 30 days ago in Beat
Wifed Up Sister (WAP Wedding Remix) - Lil Spoon
I said certified speech The bride is gonna freak Wifed up sister On that bridal game, PREACH! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ali KlebousPublished 2 months ago in Beat
7 Songs for Spooky Season
It's finally October, so 'tis the season. And by that, I mean Spooky Season when pumpkin spice and sweater weather meets decorations and wicked costumes. Why wait until the 31st to get in the spirit of things?
Emma LaurensPublished 2 months ago in BeatHalloween Playlist
To call Indian Cinema Bollywood would be a disservice. This moniker leaves behind an implicit misunderstanding it is a knock-off of western Hollywood.
