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Black Sabbath and the Birth of Heavy Metal: Masters of Reality

Black Sabbath is a seminal band in the history of rock music. The band played a brand of hard rock that would tragically spawn much of the…

Nov 7, 2022

Black Sabbath and the Birth of Heavy Metal: Masters of Reality

Nov 7, 2022

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Bob Dylan: Jokerman-Biography and Album Guide

Bob Dylan is generally regarded as the greatest songwriter in the history of pop/rock music. As an influence on the development of pop…

Nov 2, 2022

Bob Dylan: Jokerman-Biography and Album Guide

Nov 2, 2022

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Skip James Life and Music: I’m So Glad

Nehemiah Curtis James was born near Yazoo City, Mississippi, in 1902. James was raised just south of the Mississippi Delta near Bentonia…

Oct 27, 2022

Skip James Life and Music: I’m So Glad

Oct 27, 2022

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Mary Lou Williams Piano Jazz: Night Life

Mary Lou Williams is probably the most important female African-American jazz pianist. Williams was also a fine songwriter and arranger…

Oct 11, 2022

Mary Lou Williams Piano Jazz: Night Life

Oct 11, 2022

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Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell: How Long, How Long Blues

Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell comprised one of the most influential musical partnerships in the history of the blues.

Oct 10, 2022

Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell: How Long, How Long Blues

Oct 10, 2022

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Joni Mitchell Albums and Songs: Court and Spark and Others

Among the ranks of female singer/songwriters, no woman has equaled the artistry or output of Joni Mitchell. Mitchell’s catalogue includes a…

Sep 30, 2022

Joni Mitchell Albums and Songs: Court and Spark and Others

Sep 30, 2022

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Ella Fitzgerald: Scat Singer/Jazz Singer

Ella Fitzgerald is among the finest female singers in the history of jazz music. She was the first female singer to make use of scat…

Sep 29, 2022

Ella Fitzgerald: Scat Singer/Jazz Singer

Sep 29, 2022

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Ali Farka Toure: Bluesman of Africa

Ali “Farka” Toure is among only a handful of African folk musicians who have found an audience for their music beyond the borders of the…

Sep 12, 2022

Ali Farka Toure: Bluesman of Africa

Sep 12, 2022

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James P. Johnson: The Charleston and Other Jazz Piano Classics

James Price Johnson was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1894. He was a ragtime-turned stride pianist whose composition, “The…

Sep 8, 2022

Sep 8, 2022

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Booker T and the M.G.’s Time is Tight-History and Music

Booker T and the M.G.’s was the house band for Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, and as such, they appeared on virtually every single…

Sep 6, 2022

Booker T and the M.G.’s Time is Tight-History and Music

Sep 6, 2022

Brian Westland

Brian Westland

I’m new to Medium. I’m a pop music blogger and writer on music, film and hockey. I’ve won awards… tshirts…for eating chicken wings and poutine.

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