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‘Lady T’: Teena Marie’s Statement Of Self-Possession Motown wasted no time getting Teena Marie back in the studio on the heels of her 1979 Rick James-produced debut, Wild & Peaceful. Her sophomore...
Queen Love Songs: 10 Glorious, Heartfelt Tunes There are 15 Queen songs with “love” in the title, and it was a word that lead singer Freddie Mercury used all the time in...
Night Fever: How Disco Brought Salvation To The Dancefloor In many of its manifestations, dance music has often been derided and dismissed, from “disco sucks” to “heck no to techno,” but few genres have...
‘Let England Shake’: PJ Harvey’s Mercury Prize Winning Classic PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake makes for difficult listening. That’s nothing new for an artist whose work has always veered toward the dark and the...
‘The Fightin’ Side Of Me’: Merle Haggard Comes Out Fighting In Philly Merle Haggard was on a roll when he and his band the Strangers took to the stage of the Civic Center in Philadelphia on February...