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5 Aug 2021 6 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
With a sweet voice that's easy to love and an unmistakable sense of style, Nancy Sinatra became a pop icon in the 1960s with a number of chart hits and film appearances that have come to define the look and sound of the era in our collective memory i...
3 Aug 2021 6 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
Rap has produced many distinct-sounding voices over the years, and many distinct writers, but none who rank so highly in both categories as Christopher Wallace, The Notorious B.I.G., who told his story like no one else could behind the mic. Tragicall...
1 Aug 2021 6 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
A true entertainer in every sense of the word, Louis Prima was a singer, trumpet player, and band leader who had an unmistakable style that leaned into his Italian roots, opening the door for performers to embrace their background over concealing it....
30 Jul 2021 4 minute read 2 comments jozefkrichards
Americana was the first album I owned growing up and The Offspring were one of the first bands I thought was cool. Punk rockers with a decidedly 90s flavor, they were one of the first groups I remembered hearing described as "alternative" as well, wh...
29 Jul 2021 8 minute read 1 comment jozefkrichards
An era-defining rock band that amassed an impressive number of gigantic hits throughout the 70s and 80s before lead singer Freddie Mercury's death in 1991. Few vocalists could match him, and all four band members were excellent songwriters, making th...
27 Jul 2021 6 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
An exceptional musician, performer, and artist, David Bowie wasn't just one-of-a-kind, he was 10-or-20-of-a-kind-in-one. Ziggy Stardust, The Thin White Duke, Aladdin Sane... David Bowie was always turning a corner, reinventing himself, and experiment...
26 Jul 2021 6 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
His songs came to be known as the "standards" because they were so popular, and permeated culture to such a degree, for so long, that his music came to be the default thing people thought of when they thought of music. I don't believe there's another...
25 Jul 2021 3 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
The deep, gravelly voice of Barry White is unmistakable and "soul" is a more than appropriate genre label for what he could do behind the microphone. He was a force, of an intimidating size, but a gentle giant and a crooner when it came to his music,...
23 Jul 2021 5 minute read 1 comment jozefkrichards
In 2009, North Carolina native Stuart McLamb took the novel approach of releasing an album first and forming a band second and the result has been a decade-and-counting of top tier indie rock. The Love Language is my favorite band from what I conside...
21 Jul 2021 5 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
Public Enemy is an enemy only to ignorance. Their music is more than something enjoyable to listen to, it's an education, and the themes and ideas presented on their albums take excellent mixes and killer deliveries and elevate them to legendary stat...
