Magnetic Fields: The Charm Of The Highway Strip (Merge, 1994) · VanDyke Parks: Song Cycle (WB, 1968) · Love: Forever Changes (1967) · Bats: Law Of Things (Flying ...

A brief history of Popular Music before Rock Music. Blues, Country, Cabaret, Ragtime, Film Music, Soul, European, Latin, Jamaican, African, Arab, Indian.

Pop music was born in Napoli, Italy, in 1679, when Alessandro Scarlatti composed his first opera, or even earlier, when Francesco Provenzale coined the musical ...

Traditionally played with tres (guitar), contrabass, bongos and claves (wooden sticks that set the circular rhythm) the son of Cuba was popularized by the likes ...

The Pop Group was the quintessential experimental (and agit-prop) combo, integrating elements of jazz, funk, rock, dub and classical music.

Pop music came largely from Tin Pan Alley's publishing houses. Tin Pan Alley thrived on the opera, ragtime, cakewalk, foxtrot and show tunes.

He started in the 1930s conducting his small orchestra (with vocalist) in hotel halls. By the 1950s, he had refined his style of "cascading strings", that led ...

The first Jamaican recording studio opened in 1951 and recorded “mento” music, a fusion of European and African folk dance music.

Best dream-pop albums of all time · Cocteau Twins Treasure (4AD, 1984) · Bel Canto: White-Out Conditions (Crammed Disc, 1987) · Hugo Largo: Drum (Relativity, 1987) ...

The Man I Used To Be · That Is Why · The King Is Half-Undressed · I Wanna Stay Home · She Still Loves Him · All I Want Is Everything · Now She Knows She's Wrong.