Ever since The Beach Boys had a Top 20 US hit with their second single, “Surfin’ Safari,” the group were under pressure to deliver. Their
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When 27-year-old Julian “Cannonball” Adderley went up to New York from his native Florida in the summer of 1955, he blew the Big Apple jazz
Jhené Aiko didn’t break out as much as she seeped in. Her path to stardom began with her maiden mixtape in 2011, Sailing Souls. The
Virginia Hensley, born in Winchester, Virginia on September 8, 1932, came to be loved around the world as Patsy Cline. Patsy’s mainstream career, in what
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Dubbed the “Steel City” and renowned as an important industrial metropolis in 20th century America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was also a thriving hotbed of jazz talent.
Seven albums and 16 years into their career, and Risk proved to be as much of a gamble in its nature as it was in
Fender guitars are iconic. They have a look, an aura of sleek refinement that says “Play me, play me loud, play me subtly and play
The roots of Little Big Town‘s signature soaring harmonies run decades deep – more decades, in fact, than encompass the band’s many years recording on
First issued in August 1972, “Virginia Plain” provided Roxy Music with an all-important breakthrough hit that peaked at No. 4 on the U.K. Singles chart.