What is bebop? Bebop, as the revolutionary new style and sound eventually came to be known (the origin of the word “bebop” partly stems from a nonsensical word used in improvised scat singing) grew as both an offshoot of and reaction tobig band swing music, which was dominated by prop...
s voice. Ella was 38 years old when she recorded her first song book and her voice was honed to perfection. Whether she is singing a straightforward ballad or love song or something with more than a hint of jazz about it she purrs and swings. There can be no one who has heard these...
In most metal circles, blind imitation is frowned upon. When it comes to doom, the goal is to imitate Black Sabbath as closely as possible and no guitarist has come as close to matching Tony Iommi’s riffing might than Matt Pike as part of Sleep. Between tone, attack and the feeling i...
that ain’t hip-hop… We thought it was going to ruin our careers. Our thing was, …‘All the people that like hip-hop is going to be mad at us.’ We had no idea that everybody … would say, ‘Yo, that’s the coolest thing. We didn’t know that the black people was ...
would claim it. “Freak on a Leash,” from the band’s massive third studio albumFollow the Leader,is the perfect gateway song to introduce someone to the essence of nu-metal — though not every vocalist that fell under the umbrella was capable of scatting the way Jonathan Davis did. —...
Swanky is her nameShe's got the best of himAnd he's got the best of her in the palm of their hands And they could care less what's coming upSometimes the future doesn't have much luckThis wigged-out thing called loveIt may get kinda roughAnd they don't really mindThey're on ...
Swanky is her nameShe's got the best of himAnd he's got the best of her in the palm of their hands And they could care less what's coming upSometimes the future doesn't have much luckThis wigged-out thing called loveIt may get kinda roughAnd they don't really mindThey're on the...
Swanky is her nameShe's got the best of himAnd he's got the best of her in the palm of their hands And they could care less what's coming upSometimes the future doesn't have much luckThis wigged-out thing called loveIt may get kinda roughAnd they don't really mindThey're on t...
I just love the Yiddish singing of the Shvester Sisters. The song below is sad but so beautiful. They sing old Yiddish songs my grandmother sang so it brings lovely memories. But even without my memories, these songs have so much feeling. ...
"Even though my music is categorized into 'guitar music,' I really don't even see it that way, actually, but the listeners do. I view myself as singing through the guitar. There's always a vocal element to the music that I play, but it's done with guitar so naturally there's a...