Dawes Rolls

The sound of an 808 beat courses through the speakers as a fiddle can be heard strumming along with an acoustic guitar while the bass lays down a tempo. As the instrumental goes on a heavily accented voice rings on top of the song in a syncopated fashion. I immediately recognize it to be Keep it Redneck by The Lacs. This genre of music is not typically played on the radio but it contains a huge base of underground fans. It combined two genres creating a hybrid of music most would assume never to…

great selection of music, artist and genres. These many genres included new ones like rock and roll to classics like country. The fifties had great artists such as the King of pop, Elvis Presley, and Patti Page. This decade also had many popular song that were listened to such as “Tennessee Waltz.” The fifties had many different genres of music. It ranged from rock and roll to folk music. Rock and roll was a genre of music people listened to. Originating in the fifties, this style of music…

essay I will write about her early life, her career, and her achievements/accomplishments. Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania. One fun fact is that she was named after James Taylor, an artist known for rock and roll. James Taylor also had songs in other genres such as country, pop, soft rock and blues. At the early age of only 9 years old, Taylor Swift became interested musical theater and also traveled to Broadway for vocal and acting lessons. Like many…

on Saturday afternoons. They were doing so well that the television network, KMID, gave them their own thirty-minute show on Friday nights. The band moved in together and renamed themselves “The Teen Kings” after playing a wide variety of Rock and Roll tunes. A local entrepreneur, Weldon Rodgers, soon approached Orbison. He was impressed with the band and wanted to schedule a recording session. The band agreed and the session was scheduled for March, 4, 1956. At the Norman Petty Studio in Clovis…

Unorthodox Jukebox is an album composed by Bruno Mars in 2012 that is unique in its own way by having multiple genres instead of one. For example, “Locked out of Heaven,” the hit single in this album is a mix of reggae and funk, also it carries many 80s influences especially from the ‘Oh, Yeah, Yeah!’ that are throughout the song, whereas the song “Moonshine” is considered an R&B song with a lot of 80s influences throughout the whole song. Apart from having reggae and R&B, Mars also had included…

In the mood for an album that soars past the expectations of the rock music world? The Shadow Side released by Andy Black in June of 2016 is a great option that combines three great characteristics. This album is crafted in a way that climbs charts, includes an elaborate arrangement, and hosts one of the most powerful voices in modern rock music. We Don’t Have To Dance is the most recognizable track off this album. As a wonderful choice for a single, the song includes many great lyrics that…

Dark wave is a remarkable music genre that started gaining popularity in the late 1970s in Germany and. This genre of music was brought to the forefront in the early 1980s and it owed its success to the new generation of artists who dared to experiment with post-punk and new wave music. Dark wave music got bigger over that decade and remains as relevant even till this day. Over the 50 years there were numerous solo Dark Wave solo artists and bands that boosted the Dark wave and brought it to the…

I. Motown Records and its impact on the Music Industry A. Berry Gordy created one of the biggest labels in Michigan which shaped to be the sound of Michigan. This came shortly after working with Brunswick Records and his sisters label Anna Records 1. Artists produced out of Motown Records include Marvin Gaye, The Miracles, Jackson Five and The Supremes to name a few. 2. Berry Gordy expanded his Motown empire with subsidiary labels such as Gordy Records, and Tamla-Motown Records. Some of these…

Bytt til norskAvslutt fullskjerm Johnny Cash on stage, ca. 1960. 20th Century Fox. limited American singer, guitarist and composer, raised 1935 in Dyess, Arkansas. Johnny Cash made his first recordings for Sun Records in 1955 (the single Hey Porter / Cry, Cry, Cry), and soon became a leading name in country music. Several of his songs have become classics of the genre, for example. Folsom Prison Blues (1956), I Walk The Line (1956), Ring Of Fire (1963) and A Boy Named Sue. The latter is a…

Joni Mitchell’s Blue (1971) is the fourth album she recorded and is regarded as one of the greatest albums ever made. The brutally honest and emotionally laced songs received all positive reviews. One of those music pieces is “A Case of You” and features “James Taylor on acoustic guitar, Russ Kunkel on drums, and Joni on Appalachian dulcimer” (Beviglia 1). Being one of her best-known songs, “A Case of You” have been covered by over two hundred music artists. There are, however, only rumors and…