In 1969, Sly and the Family Stone released their fourth studio album, “Stand!” It dropped at a moment of intense cultural...
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Each year, the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress chooses 25 recordings to be preserved for all time....
In 1974 Linda Ronstadt had released four solo albums to moderate acclaim. Her albumDon’t Cry Now had peaked at #45 on...
In 1974, Latin music in the US was about to get a kick in the pants. The audience for the...
The 1963 Grammy award for Album of the Year didn’t go to Tony Bennett, Stan Getz, or Ray Charles, all...
Each year, the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress chooses 25 recordings to be preserved for all time....
Buck Owens may best be remembered for Hee Haw, the TV variety show he hosted from 1969 to 1986. But...
Mississippi in the 1920s produced some of our country’s greatest blues artists. It also produced one of our greatest operatic...
In 2013, the Library of Congress placed 25 new works into its National Recording Registry, a collection of historic music,...
Before there was Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, even before Lennie Bruce, there was Will Rogers, America’s first political comic....
