“John Brown” makes a fitting Memorial Day song, one to come after we sweep up from the parades and put away the speakers’ microphones, to remind of us of the deeply personal sacrifice made when our young go off to fight. And a song to make us think before asking one more soldier ...
When Allen was 18 months old, his father died, and the young Allen moved to Chicago to live with his mother’s family. He became a radio actor while in high school and studied journalism at two colleges before becoming a radio announcer in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1942. In 1948 he scored ...
Noteworthy artists such as Drake and Lil Wayne have shaped modern hip-hop culture in remarkable ways. Their tunes have established them as leading figures in today's rap landscape. Moving on to Social Commentary in Rap Music Today, we will explore how identity politics are influencing lyrics and...
Although West claimed that Swift had approved the lyrics ahead of time and thought it was funny, Swift took a major dig at him during her acceptance speech for Album of the Year at the 2016 GRAMMYs. "I want to say to all the young women out there, there are going to be people along...
"It ended up being this song about doing your own thing even though haters are gonna hate, and you just have to dance to your own beat," she wrote. "We all went home and I wrote the first and second verses and brought them in the next day. We wrote this chanty cheerleade...