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Documenting releases across eras, this guide outlines some of De La Soul’s most significant tracks. Review 15 of the group’s ...
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When I was attempting to come up with a name for this column, “The Beat Goes On” by Sonny and Cher was ringing in my mind. I’ve always been fascinated by a variety of genres and eras of music. I was ...
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Zeshan Bagewadi's new album, Vetted, sounds a lot like classic American funk and soul from the 1960s and '70s. The difference? He sometimes sings in Punjabi. Bagewadi was born in Chicago to parents ...
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A generation of Northern Soul fanatics have been dusting off their dancing shoes to breathe new life into the North’s clubs. The great British subculture had its beginnings in the dimly lit dance ...
Is it that he was born in the Netherlands while his dad was touring in Europe? Is it that he’s worked with the likes of Syd, Ty Dolla $ign, Playboi Carti and Smino ...
Zeshan Bagewadi's new album, Vetted, sounds a lot like classic American funk and soul from the 1960s and '70s. The difference? He sometimes sings in Punjabi. Bagewadi was born in Chicago to parents ...