Photo by Scott Legato/Getty Images The Black Keys are set to release their fourteenth record titled "Peaches!", a cover album of blues classics.... read more
When "Theme From Shaft" won an Oscar in 1972, Isaac Hayes became the first African American to win in the Best Song category.
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"The subject that I write about is love, is communication, is how people interact with each other," said the British singer-songwriter. She's filtered this subject through pop, rock, folk rock, and blues since her debut, "Love And Affection," first hit the UK's Top 10 in 1976.
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Soul music legend Bill Withers on how life experience and the company you keep leads to classic songs like "Lean On Me."
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This song starts in Boston with a tea party and takes us to the other end of the American Revolution.
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Do their first three albums have French titles? Is "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" really meaningless? See if you can tell in this Fact or Fiction.
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This is one of most heartfelt, genuine and moving songs that I have heard. I used to get emotionally overwhelmed listening to the anguish and angst expressed by Brett when describing how unfair life seems and how he questions God to explain to him how some people have it so bad while others so good. It is spot on when it talks about how the so-called spiritual healers take advantage, how wars leave deep emotional scars on a soldier, how difficult it becomes to cope with the pain of losing someone you care about. Ultimately, it shakes your inner core and makes you wonder why is there so much misery, poverty, and pain in life. Why is it that only a mile away there are people who can afford to drink from the golden cup while others literally h...