Stevie mentioned over the microphone that he had written a song for Vino. WOW! We cannot make this stuff up… This is an amazing dream come true for Vino Alan.We love Extra TV and this clip!!Stevie Wonder was performing Christmas songs at The Grove and while performing Chestnuts Roasting ...
A marked distaste for any kind of genre “crossover” That 1979-1985 was a bad era for music in general, particularly for artists who sought to “update” the sound that made them famous for the mirage of “New Wave” (in some cases, my reaction to these records was so violent that ...
While rap music is a largely male-dominated genre, women have continued to evolve the sound since the beginnings of hip-hop. It's no surprise, then, that female rappers have also made GRAMMY history throughout the decades. With the release of her debut album, Lyte As A Rock, i...
A bona fide precursor to the burgeoning rock 'n' roll genre, this naughty number from Billy Ward boasts of his bedroom exploits. Thanks to its double entendre and risque lyrics (for the time), the novelty song was banned on certain radio stations. Country duo Hardrock Gunter and Roberta Lee...
A bona fide precursor to the burgeoning rock 'n' roll genre, this naughty number from Billy Ward boasts of his bedroom exploits. Thanks to its double entendre and risque lyrics (for the time), the novelty song was banned on certain radio stations. Country duo Hardrock Gunter and Roberta Lee...
Learn about the musical genre rhythm and blues . Also learn about the r&b meaning, blues history, origin of the genre's name, r&b artists and their...
In the late 1990s,Lil KimandFoxy Brownredefined the image of a female rapper. In a genre where male artists constantly were degrading women and bragging about sexual prowess, Lil Kim and Foxy Brown turned the tables and put women on top of the power dynamic in their music. They’ve influe...
is Country Music. Decades ago, I heard a Country Music singer say, “The Country in Country Music, is America.” While admittedly, not a fan of the genre, then or now, I must admit, the moment I heard the guy say that I thought it was profound. I still believe that to be true....
Funk, rhythm-driven musical genre popular in the 1970s and early 1980s that linked soul to later African-American musical styles. Like many words emanating from the African-American oral tradition, funk defies literal definition, for its usage varies with circumstance. As a slang term, funky i...
This is not Stevie Wonder’s first self-produced album he did his last,Signed. Sealed and Delivered.as tight and soul-satisfying as any to have come out of Motown but clearlyWhere I’m Coming Fromis an attempt to establish a more completely personal, idiosyncratic style and project it on h...