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The Revolution Was Televised (Only We Didn't Know It)

Jerry Waxman | Posted 06.20.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: American Bandstand, Dick Clark, Dick Clark American Bandstand, Music History, Dick Clark Died, Dick Clark Dead, Rock and Roll History, Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll Music, Entertainment News
Jerry Waxman

If Benny Goodman made big band swing jazz acceptable, then Dick Clark is the man who civilized rock and roll. He was the face of the new generation and we were all part of it.

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"Imagine" Finding a Song That Moves You

Ellen Siminoff | Posted 12.06.2011 | Home
Read More: Learning Through Music, Shmoop, Music, Music History, Home News
Ellen Siminoff

How many of you survived junior high school with a Walkman, Simon and Garfunkel, Rod Stewart, and the Eagles? When Johnny and/or Suzy broke up with you, where did you turn?

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Dennis Diken: The Roots of Jersey Rock

Ruth Gerson | Posted 10.05.2011 | Arts
Read More: Rock Music, New Jersey, Dave Amels, The Smithereens, Music History, Music Reviews, Singer-Songwriter, Dennis Diken, Morris Museum, Jersey Music, Drums, Drummer, Arts News
Ruth Gerson

Dennis Diken is the drummer and a founding member of New Jersey's rock 'n' roll band The Smithereens. He is a mensch, a fountain of knowledge, a supreme musician, and a great story teller.

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Photos Of Beatles 1st US Concert To Be Auctioned

AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 09.19.2011 | Arts
Read More: The Beatles, History, Art, Christie's Auction House, Music History, Art Auctions, Auction, Beatles, Christie's, Music, Arts News

NEW YORK — In 1964, an enterprising 18-year-old snapped pictures of the Beatles' momentous first U.S. concert in Washington, D.C. On Wednesday,...

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Praying Through Music: The History Of Sacred Notation

Lorenzo Candelaria | Posted 06.17.2011 | Religion
Read More: Religion and Music, Sacred Music, St. Augustine, Sulfage Scale, Catholic Church, Music History, Musicology, Music, Benedict XVI, Lady GaGa, Sound of Music, Religious Music, Church Music, Classical Music, Music and Religion, Religion News
Lorenzo Candelaria

The Catholic Church first truly cultivated the art of music as we know it. In the service of praising God, it fostered a number of innovations that inform the ways we create and transmit music even today.

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Outside the Fences

Jon Foreman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Youth, Switchfoot, Music, Music History, Individualism, Impact News
Jon Foreman

Outside the fences of convention lies an untamed wilderness awaiting the reckless souls who have the nerve to cut their own path. Are you daring enough to defy the dictatorship of the critics?

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Meet the Old Boss: Springsteen Revisits Darkness

Peter Birkenhead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Peter Birkenhead

Darkness on the Edge of Town is a record of American reckoning, an accounting of the steep, dreadful costs of unconsciousness and the fulsome, liberating rewards of opening our eyes.

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Patti Smith In Chicago: Music Legend Discusses Her New Book, Robert Mapplethorpe

HuffPost Eyes&Ears Local | Marilyn Soltis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Harold Washington Library, Patti Smith in Chicago, Just Kids, Chicago Public Library, Patti Smith, Music History, Robert Mapplethorpe, Eyes and Ears, Slideshow, Chicago News

Chicago native and "grandmother of punk rock" Patti Smith spoke at the Harold Washington Library Sunday about her new book "Just Kids," a memoir of he...

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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Lauri Lyons

When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

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