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This EP helped solidify Patsy Cline's sound, thanks to her legendary run of top-selling hits from the previous year.

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Judy Collins, Mandy Patinkin, Renée Fleming, Michael R. Jackson, Melissa Errico, Tony Kushner, Sherman Irby and New York ...

Celia Craig, an oboist and record-label founder, shares her experience of chromesthesia I can remember the first moment I realised I had synaesthesia, a brain phenomenon experienced by 2% to 4% of the ...

There have been a lot of words to describe good funk music. Dirty. Gritty. Grimy. When done right, funk should make your face scrunch up, your head nod and your body move in ways even you might not ...

This article originally appeared in Issue 7 of Crawdaddy in December, 1966. A major source of innovation in any art is external influences, influences derived from widespread, eclectic origins outside ...

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Evoking the sheer prowess of an iconic rock band like AC/DC and their landmark record “Back in Black” is a tall task, but the Black Jacket Symphony is up to the task. Back in 2009, the group’s founder ...

As “Spooky Season” descends upon us, I’d be remiss not to mention the most seasonal of delights coming to stages near you. Starting off the month, I highly recommend experiencing the sonic immersion ...