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Why Country Music is So Scared of Black People

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(FREE SHOW) Dr. Guy Performs with Ursula Rucker this Thursday, March 14, at World Café

Hide/Melt/Ghost’s Harlem Debut is a Major Moment for Black Music Scholarship & Performance

The Time Stevie Wonder Taught White Surfers how to Dance

Music Lives with MusiQology Events in Virginia and Philadelphia

The 2019 GRAMMYs: Streaks Broken, Questions Unanswered

The 2019 MusiQology GRAMMYs Preview

Ursula Rucker Talks Womanhood and Courage in Art

I Remember Roy: Remembering Roy Hargrove

The #BLACKBOYJOY of Smino

Save the Date!: Dr. Guy brings Hide/Melt/Ghost to Harlem Stage on March 9!

Happy Holidays from MusiQology!

Happy Talk (for Nancy Wilson)

Bridget Ramsey’s “Save Your Love for Me” is Assertive Artistry (and a Fitting Tribute to Nancy Wilson)

The Encouraging 2019 GRAMMY Nominations are Just One Step in a Long Process

Home Archive by category Pop Music (Page 5)

The One Hit Wonder: The Wonder Of Hits

In the world of recorded music, the 1960s was a time of dramatic change, as for the first time, the music industry came to equate success with the concept of the “hit”. The ideas of “hits” and “singles” gained prominence in the 1960s through bands and artists such as The Beatles, The Rolling...

By Dr. Guthrie /  December 23, 2009
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Kenny G: Jazz Meets Pop With Some “Rhythm & Romance”

Kenneth Bruce Gorelick, known to the general public as the curly-haired, loveable, saxophone playing Kenny G, definitely knows how to make jazz ‘‘work’’, and his global album sales totaling more than 75 million prove this point.  But how does he do it? First of all Kenny G takes classic jazz...

By Dr. Guthrie /  December 4, 2009
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Lady Gaga: Down With Improvisation?

Many artists willingly accept improvisation in the music-making process. They strive to create unique performances that shy away from homogeneity and offer their audience alternative interpretations of their work. That is, unless you’re Lady Gaga, aka Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. This international...

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 30, 2009
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Wannabe Live: Live Music, Improvisation, and The Spice Girls

To me, and to probably most other people, musical improvisation is something that is always best performed and experienced in a live setting. Going to live concerts, jam sessions and recitals not only allow us to appreciate the sound of music, but, more importantly, to participate in the conversation...

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 21, 2009
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Beatlemania and the Boy Band Revolution – From the Beatles to the Jonas Brothers

Beatlemania: “a term that originated during the 1960s to describe the intense fan frenzy directed towards The Beatles during the early years of their success, particularly by teenage girls”. Beatlemania was especially characterized by intense levels of hysteria from adoring fans at both concerts...

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 19, 2009
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The Protest Song Movement: From Marvin Gaye to Kanye

The 1960s was a decade of monumental change in sociopolitical, technological, and musical spheres.  The United States was in the midst of an unpopular war and for the first time the American people were brought to the front lines.  Each night families would sit in front of their television screens...

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 11, 2009
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Pon De Replay to Disturbia – Rihanna: The Transformation of An Artist

The castle- ready sand, the pleasurably warm temperature and the pure infinite blue oceans forging a stunning view of the horizon can only be a prototype for the Caribbean.  With breath taking natural beauty of the land can only have inhabitants who are equally as breath-taking, with cool brown skin...

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 5, 2009
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Part Two: This Is It – Michael Jackson, From the Beginnings to the End

A Message From Dr. Guy The recent release of the film This Is It documenting rehearsals leading up to a series of ill-fated concerts—his first in ten years—brings into sharp relief all of the things that his fans want to remember.  In a word: the dude was bad.  One of the most amazing aspects of […]

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 3, 2009
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Part One: This Is It – Michael Jackson, The Musician

 A Message From Dr. Guy With the unbelievable news that nova-star Michael Jackson had died of a cardiac arrest at the untimely age of fifty, a stunning array of issues from American music history exploded across the global media.  As a historian of African American music culture I spend more time than...

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 2, 2009
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Authenticity & Live Music: Live Looping, Improvisations, and Recorded Music

Howie Day – Ghost In 2002, at a Penn State concert, Howie Day performed his song “Ghost”.  During the introduction to this performance, Howie starts improvising rhythms by banging his guitar to create multiple percussive effects.  His technical crew records his sounds and loops it.  The recorded...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 30, 2009
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