Gritty Songs of the South; Hard-Rocking Band Also Has a Compassionate, Even Sweet, SideByline: JEFF VRABEL Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers has written his share of songs,...Vrabel, Jeff
Country music is the most popular music genre in the United States. Its roots came from the early 20th century from the rural south, which reflected times of hardship, political turmoil, and love. The country songs of the 2000s either harkened back to more classic sounds ...
From Miami to Memphis, Atlanta to Houston, these are the songs that turned the South into the center of hip-hop.
“Woo-hoo!” Blur were one of the top Brit-pop bands of the ‘90s, but livened things up considerably with their hard-driving stadium anthem “Song 2,” which was featured on their self-titled 1997 album. Ironically, the song was recorded as a joke by the band, figuring their label ...
(2009), Shakira adopted an electro-pop sound. The following year she scored another international hit with “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa),” a collaboration withSouth Africanband Freshlyground, after the song was chosen as the official anthem of the 2010World Cup. The track also appears ...
After the release of the funk-flavoured Surtension (1982), Dibango worked with an international lineup of jazz luminaries, such as American pianist Herbie Hancock in Electric Africa (1985) and South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela in Afrijazzy (1986). Dibango’s jazz blends of the 1990s and ...
Written for frontman Rivers Cuomo’s girlfriend, the poppy ode to nerdy romance was almost left off the band’s self-titled debut, also known as the Blue Album, due to Cuomo and now-ex-member Matt Sharp’s reticence. “We had the sense that it could be taken as a novelty song, and...