When the mainstream popularity of rap music elevated in the late 1980s, it often did so with the help of inventive sampling. While many samples came from the R&B funk world, clever hip-hop artists and ...

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It's easy to feel lost in a nation that has lost its bearings. But Nikki Giovanni's life and works will comfort us as we confront this latest unknown. “i hope ...

Americans celebrating New Year’s on January 1, 1925, were just as excited about their futures as we are today, 100 years later. What was in store a century ago for the year ahead? Find out with this ...

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Pioneering '60s rock icons the Flamin' Groovies play the Chapel in San Francisco's Mission District this Saturday with a special reunion of late '80s club favorite the Jackson Saints and all-female ...

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Our list of the Top 20 Hard Rock and Metal Albums of 1985 shows just how diverse the year was, running the gamut from proto-extreme metal to esoteric synth-rock.

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Influential bassist Tony Levin speaks with NPR's Eric Deggans about Levin's work with the experimental rock band King Crimson.

As the holiday season brings festive tunes to the iconic street, we look back at the journey of live music in the Kolkata neighbourhood ...