Throughout the years, the band has consistently pushed boundaries by embracing traditional English folk music and blending it with elements of rock and electric instrumentation. With a wide-ranging and evolving lineup that has included iconic artists such as Richard Thompson and Sandy Denny, Fairpor...
This traditional gospel song from 1873 is thought to have its roots in English folk music. It has proved popular with country music singers – Dolly Parton, Crystal Gayle, and Charlie Rich have covered it – but perhaps the pick is a vibrant version by Etta James. Van Morrison: Just a Cl...
Baez's unique fusion of traditional folk, protest songs, and pop melodies showcases the versatility and depth of the genre. As a seminal figure in the history of pop folk, Joan Baez's impact on the world of music is nothing short of monumental. Rock Out To Some Of The M...
Long before rap songs were used as fodder for aspiring dance choreographers, South African artist Miriam Makeba took the traditional “Pata Pata” dance and used it for her own song. The song’s title, “Pata Pata,” means “touch touch” in the Xhosa language, in which the song was ori...
We must say that Asake is a musician who knows the power hooks can hold in a track. His albumMr. Money With the Vibedoes not miss that aspect as the listener is following the Afropop and South African Amapiano elements in his take on traditional fuji music. We haven’t heard something...
Droning zurna melodies and tumbling dhol drums vie clamorously for our attention, but Tchaparian’s mastery of more traditional tactics—rising bass, cleansing releases, and a sample looped to sound like an alarm—make the track a gem of contemporary techno, whittling down the Four Tet ...
Dive into the stories of centuries-old Traditional songs and migrants who carried their musical heritage here, and uncover the lives of pioneers and integral musicians who created and shaped styles such as Bluegrass, Ragtime, Jazz and Swing, Country, Gospel, Blues, Old-Time, and the Folk music...
The sole new song on the Joanna Newsom & the Ys Street Band EP, "Colleen" is, on the surface, one of the iconoclastic singer's more straightforward yarns, owing a larger-than-usual debt to traditional British folk structures. With a brilliant unspooling melody-- its chorus punctuated by ...
The Oompah music starts at 10 a.m. on weekends (1 hour after opening) or Noon on weekdays (2 hours after opening). Throughout the day, it will be traditional-style music heavy on German and Austrian classics, but they will start doing more covers of modern songs by the brass bands....
Less a traditional guitar solo than a sonic orgy, which is of course appropriate to the lyric.The Velvet Undergroundwas never a band for guitar heroics, but Lou Reed rises to the occasion about seven minutes in, with a solo that crosses an Eastern raga feel with punkish anarchy. ...