As pioneers of the American folk revival, The Kingston Trio played a pivotal role in popularizing the genre and paving the way for future pop folk artists. Their lively performances, irresistible harmonies, and timeless tunes like "Tom Dooley" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gon...
American folk songs: 10 of the best Bobby Shafto Robert Shafto - an 18th British politician who served as MP for County Durham between 1760 and 1790 - is probably the subject of this North East English song. He doesn't come out of it altogether well. We learn how he broke the heart ...
It's no wonder that there are so many great country songs about Tennessee. After all, Nashville is considered the country music capitol of the world. A number of memorable,iconic country songscelebrate this unique American region. These country Tennessee songs capture the spirit of...
“Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2),” incidentally, is one of the most-played rock songs on American radio over the past nearly 40 years; this intro is played with it about half the time, making it played on the radio more than all but a few classics from bands like the Beatles ...
The story follows four African-American Vietnam veterans who reunite in Ho Chi Minh to retrieve the remains of their fallen squad leader Stormin' Norman (the late Chadwick Boseman). All of them — Eddie (Norm Lewis) Melvin (Isiah Whitlock Jr.), Otis (Clarke Peters) and Paul (Delroy ...
(Cohen ripped the poem for a second use because he was short of material for his forthcoming album.) The song played off the intimacy of American folk stars likeBob Dylanand Stephen Stills, but with a Canadian twang and a delicacy that vibrates off of his plucked guitar notes. “Suzanne...
A little over a decade since getting her start with a DIY trip-hop tape, Kali Uchis has blossomed into a consummate Latin torch diva.Red Moon in Venus, the Colombian-American singer’s third album of sultry, bad-bitch anthems and emotive reflections on growth, sees her vamp, whistle-tone...
Actually, of course, it’s about a number of things: the improbable love affair between a British pilot forced to bale out of his plane and the American girl who takes his mayday call; the long-tricky ‘special relationship’ between Britain and the US, strained during the later years of...
Blondie: Call Me (American Gigolo, 1980) What better way to open a movie in which Richard Gere plays a high-class male escort than with Debbie Harry’s alternately sultry and predatory vocals on “Call Me”? A masterclass in Blondie’s new wave-pop crossover, the song also helped give...