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Today In Music History - The Current
Oct 30, 2024. George Michael released 'Faith''; Jam Master Jay was killed; Roy Orbison's 'Oh, Pretty Woman' went Gold; Pink Floyd released 'Meddle' in the U.S.; Australia's Men at Work had their first U.S. No. 1 hit; and Black Sabbath performed on Late Night with David Letterman, their first TV appearance after a 22-year gap, Today in Music ...
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A timeline of history-making Black music - The Current
1912. Trumpeter W.C. Handy — who earned the sobriquet "Father of the Blues" — publishes the sheet music for "Memphis Blues, " which he called a "southern rag"; two years later he penned the classic "Saint Louis Blues." In 1969, Handy was the first black performer to be honored on a United States postage stamp. Subsequent honorees include …
Radio Heartland® - The Current
Oct 27, 2024 · Sundays from 7 to 8 a.m. Central, Mike Pengra starts your day with an hour of folk, roots, Americana and acoustic music, informed and inspired by the playlist on Radio Heartland, The Current's 24/7 stream dedicated to roots music.
Playlist - The Current
Kiss the Tiger. There You Are (Beautiful) (Single) 12:23 am. All You Children Feat. The Avalanches. Jamie xx. In Waves. 12:19 am.
Radio Heartland | Playlist - The Current
Can't Blame Nobody But Myself. Marcia Ball. The Tattoed Lady And The Alligator Man. 2:52 pm. Flower of the Everglades feat. Charles Wesley Godwin. Joe Stamm Band. Allegheny. 2:48 pm.
Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 - The Current
November 14, 2022. In the run-up to The Current’s Winter Warmup with the 1975 on Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the Armory in Minneapolis, The Current’s Jill Riley connected with the 1975’s Matty Healy, the frontman and principal songwriter of the band. Healy provides vital insight into his process as a songwriter and music producer, describing ...
St. Vincent describes new album, "All Born Screaming," debuts …
Feb 29, 2024 · Annie Clark, best known by her artistic moniker St. Vincent, has a new album, All Born Screaming, coming April 26.All Born Screaming is St. Vincent’s seventh studio full-length, and it follows her acclaimed 2021 release Daddy’s Home, which hit No. 1 in Billboard’s Independent Albums chart that year, and it also landed on the year-end lists of best albums from such publications as Rolling ...
Hip-hop at 50: Early rap pioneers from '79-'84 - The Current
Aug 8, 2023 · In 1973, that same year a Bronx house party is first credited with birthing hip-hop, Jalal Mansur Nuriddin of the Last Poets released a story told in rhyme over funk and jazz under the name Lightnin' Rod called Hustlers Convention.His sharp storytelling took the cool elements of proto-rap like Moore and Blowfly, but gave it a thoughtful, poignant angle.