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Timeless Music
marquee noun
mar·quee | \ mär-ˈkē
: a sign usually over the entrance of a theater or arena that displays the names of featured attractions and principal performers.
Timeless Music spotlights on the principle musicians and recording artists that helped build modern music.
Names on the Marquee: Bob James’s “Nautilus”
Oliver Wang remembers one of the most sampled and interpolated songs in history, and points out why…
Names on the Marquee: Ahmad Jamal Trio – “Darn That Dream”
Genius and the Intimate Intensity of an After Hours Lounge.
The beatmaking community (and culture)…
Names on the Marquee: Rhetta Hughes’s “You’re Doing With Her — When It Should Be…
Spotting new details in a classic Rhetta Hughes number.
It can be a fool’s errand to try to…
The Soul of Curtis Mayfield
In the discussion of music, numerous names are tossed around. Sure, there are many recording artists who…
Marquee Names: Led Zeppelin’s Approach to the Blues, A Lesson for Beatmakers
In the discussion of music, numerous names are tossed around. Sure, there are many recording artists who…
Marquee Names: Stevie Wonder – “Black Man”
In the discussion of music, numerous names are tossed around. Sure, there are many recording artists who…
Marquee Names: James Brown – “I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing”
In the discussion of music, numerous names are tossed around. Sure, there are many recording artists who…
BeatTips MusicStudy: Jimi Hendrix – “Hey Joe”
A Blues Man Was Arguably The Greatest Rock 'n'Roll Guitarist In History
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
As broad as…
BeatTips MusicStudy: Gamble & Huff
Music Producers Worthy of Serious Study
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
Soul music historians can say what they…
BeatTips MusicStudy: New Birth – “I Can Understand It”
One Of The Most Formidable Funk Bands Of All Time Cover's Bobby Womack Classic And Makes It Their Own
By…