The 1960s was a period of enormous social change, and music played a pivotal role in these transformations. Pop music, with its broad appeal, became a platform for expressing new ideas about ...
We’ve been in the 2000s for a quarter century now. That’s a long time, and over these past 25 years, the world has changed a lot. So, too, has the music that helps give it color. With the speed of the ...
In 1960, country music singer Tennessee Ernie Ford had a ... melody as well as their words that they are covered purely as instrumental tunes. In 1963, for the iconic Blue Note label, guitar ...
The American folk music legend died Monday ... Overcome" Seeger didn't write the 1960s Civil Rights Movement anthem "We Shall Overcome," but he played an instrumental part in adapting the old ...
"Hide Away" or "Hideaway" is a blues guitar instrumental that has become "a standard for countless blues and rock musicians performing today". First recorded in 1960 by Freddie King, the song became a ...