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Pop Remembrance Soul World 

Jamaica Farewell: Harry Belafonte Gone at 96

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 j. poet 0 Comments Banana Boat Song (Day-O), Calypso, Harry Belafonte, Hugh Masakela, Jamaica, Jump In The Line, Miriam Makeba, RIP

Remembering the Calypso titan who graced both stage and screen

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Electronic Techno House Jungle Etc. World 

Acid Arab: Destroying the Barriers Between East and West 

March 14, 2023 j. poet 0 Comments 2023, ٣ (Trois), Acid Arab, Algerian, Crammed Discs, Electronics, France, Moodymann, Paris

Talking ٣ (Trois) with the Parisian electronic outfit

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Classical Festivals Films World 

DakhaBrakha Brings Ukraine to New York’s Niagara County

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2022, Artpark, DakhaBrakha, Lewiston, New York, Russia, Ukraine, Ukranian

Performance by Ukrainian ensemble at Artpark near Niagara Falls made a momentous occasion even more monumental

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Dance Soul World 

In Praise of the Topical Dance Music of Belgian Duo Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul 

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments Art of Noise, Barboza, Blondie, Bolis Pupul, Charlotte Adigéry, Dead Milkmen, Seattle, Stereo Total, Talking Heads, Topical Dancer

The two European composers of one of the year’s best pop albums take Seattle

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Dance Electronic World 

A Sweet Lullaby: Deep Forest At 30

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 Joseph Kyle 0 Comments 1992, Deep Forest, Sony 550 Records

By blending African and Polynesian sounds with Western New Age melodies, the French duo crafted an album that defied genre expectations

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Blues Festivals Funk Gospel jazz Soul World 

“Are You Ready, Black People?”: Summer Of Soul Takes Us Higher

July 6, 2021March 28, 2022 James Porter 3 Comments Chuck Jackson, David Ruffin, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Harlem Cultural Festival, Questlove, Sly & the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Summer of Soul, The Chambers Brothers, The Fifth Dimension, The Roots

In his directorial debut, Roots drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson celebrates the great lost music festival of 1969

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Pop Records World 

France Gall – A Chic Habit Worth Picking Up

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 Eric Davidson 0 Comments Baby Pop, Bridgette Bardot, France, France Gall, Francoise Hardy, Jack White, Third Man Records, Ye Ye Pop

Third Man Records reissues three seminal mid-60s albums from the ye-ye pop legend

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Blues Folk Hard Rock jazz World 

LISTEN: Physical Graffiti @ 45: A Rock & Roll Globe Playlist

February 24, 2020February 23, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1975, 45th Anniversary, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Kashmir, Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti, Robert Plant

We dance and sing in celebration for Led Zeppelin’s greatest album by jumbling it all up

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Hard Rock World 

WATCH THIS: Israeli Rock Star Ninet Tayeb Delivers Fiery Rendition of Joni’s ‘Woodstock’

August 15, 2019August 16, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bethel Woods, Israel, Joni Mitchell, Netflix, Ninet Tayeb, Pat Benatar, PJ Harvey, Rough Trade, The Zombies, When Heroes Fly, Woodstock

Catch the rising singer/actress on tour with The Zombies this month

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African Blues Funk jazz Latin Rock Soul World 

Santana Speaks

July 16, 2019July 17, 2019 Bill Kopp 1 Comment 1999, Carlos Santana, Concord Records, Rick Rubin, Santana, Supernatural, Woodstock 1969

A conversation with the celebrated guitarist and bandleader on the occasion of some momentous anniversaries

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jazz World 

Heart Still Beating Strong: Jazz Master Chick Corea’s New ‘Antidote’

June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Chick Corea, Chick Corea The Spanish Heart Band Antidote Heart Band Antidote, Concord Records, Fusion, Return To Forever, Ruben Blades

An exclusive chat with the fusion icon about his roots in Latin Jazz

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Blues Electronic Experimental Folk Funk Gospel Hip Hop jazz North Americana Soul World 

All That Jazz…and More: Summer Brings Musical Magic To Montreal

June 24, 2019June 25, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment Jazz, Montreal, Music Festivals

RNRG’s exclusive preview of what’s ahead at this year’s wildly diverse Montreal International Festival on its 40th anniversary

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Disco Funk Rock Soul World 

Kid Creole & The Coconuts: From Paris With Love

May 27, 2019May 27, 2019 j. poet 1 Comment 1985, August Darnell, Kid Creole, Kid Creole & The Coconuts

Swinging World Music Superstar, August Darnell, Looks Back on 1985

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Electronics Soul World 

Guess We Found A Way

April 4, 2019April 12, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Africa, Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine

Ibibio Sound Machine is the modern sound of Urban Africa

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Electronic Experimental Folk Progressive Rock World 

Anti-War Psychedelia

January 15, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Drag City, ESP-DISK, Pearls Before Swine, Tom Rapp

A new reissue on Drag City shines a light on Pearls Before Swine’s freak classic

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