As one of the first major soloists in jazz, Bechet paved the way for future generations of saxophonists, forging his own distinctive path during a turbulent time in American music history. Sidney Bechet's innovative approach to the saxophone and his enduring influence on the genr...
With his induction into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he stands as an enduring icon whose impact on American music is immeasurable. Also ranks #10 on The Greatest Entertainers Of All Time Also ranks #13 on The 125+ Best Solo Artists Who...
Everyone loves it, which is why he’s the wealthiest American musician and the first rap billionaire. He’s in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, has 22 Grammy Awards, and has sold over 50 million albums and 75 million singles. Everyone knows who he is, whether you’re into rap or not. Tr...
Within a year “Old Town Road” was the longest-running Number One song of all time, seeming to sum up eons of American cross-cultural love and theft in just one minute and 53 seconds.489 The Breeders, ‘Cannonball’ 1993 Writer(s):Kim DealPowered byPlay the Full Song Notified by fax...
Songwriting Trivia: Ironically, Carole King is the Queen of the American female songwriters! Songwriting Trivia: Joni Mitchell, who famously wrote "Woodstock," infamously did not bother to attend, opting instead to appear onThe Dick Cavett Show!
The protean trio poured everything into this double epic, working psych, hardcore, avant-rock and noisy pop into a loose concept about a young man’s first year of freedom. Bob Mould and Grant Hart both emerge as first-class songwriters, and the band as a formidable power trio. It was ...
Nevertheless, things came together - literally - for both principle songwriters, while George Harrison contributed two of his best-ever songs in the shape of Something and Here Comes The Sun. It stands, against all the odds, as a brilliantly cohesive piece of work. Key Track: Come Together...
Searching For Sugar Man is a 2012 film about the American musician Sixto Rodriguez. Rodriguez became extremely famous and popular in South Africa but never achieved a modicum of success in America, and two fans from Cape Town attempt to find out what ever happened to their all-time favorite....
The American Dream has a lot of back alleys, and he was showing those things, and I felt like, here's a guy trying to talk to me about something I had seen firsthand. I think the artist's primary responsibility is to reflect what life was like in their time. Talking Heads did ...
” It’s nearly 2023 and 03 Greedo is still stuck inside a Texas jail on a non-violent drug charge, unable to hug his daughter or prove to the masses why he’s one of the greatest songwriters of his generation. Arguably, the wave he should be riding has been invaded by other artists...