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| | Rhythm Nation 1814 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (commonly titled simply Rhythm Nation or Rhythm Nation 1814) is the fourth studio album by American R and B artist Janet Jackson. | | | Rhythm Nation 1814, Jackson's 6x Platinum follow up to her 1986 hit album, Control, was an unprecedented success, with seven hit singles all from the same album. | | | Rhythm Nation 1814 is a concept album addressing social ills, alternating with more typical love-song/dance song fare. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Popular Music |
| | Types of popular music include jazz, music from motion pictures and musical comedies, country-and-western music, rhythm-and-blues music (R&B), rock music, and rap (or hip-hop). | | | The music industry also became interested in other types of music during this period, most importantly “race records” and “hillbilly” music, the precursors of rhythm-and-blues and country-and-western music. | | | The most popular songs in America during the late 18th century, as judged by reported sales of printed music, were written by professional English composers for performance in London parks (known as pleasure gardens) or for performance in English ballad and comic opera. |
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| | The History of Rock and Roll |
| | The use of rock, roll, rock and roll, etc., with reference to sexual intercourse, is traditional in blues, a form of popular music that evolved in the 1950's from rhythm and blues, characterized by the use of electric guitars, a strong rhythm with an accent on the offbeat, and youth-oriented lyrics. | | | first so used (1951) by Alan Freed, Cleveland disc jockey, taken from the song "My Baby Rocks Me with a Steady Roll". | | | Rock-it Radio -- 1950s Rock and Roll Online |
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| | Feel the beat: Rumba |
| | Rumba is considered a slow dance, but if you dance American style the music can actually be considered pretty brisk. | | | Another characteristic of rumba music is the bass part, which plays a single note on the first two beats of each bar, followed by one note on the third and fourth beat, that is, a Slow Quick Quick rhythm. | | | The rhythm is a continuous flow of eighth notes on the conga, alternating high and low, and open and closed hits. |
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| | Rhythm and blues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Today, the acronym "RandB" is almost always used instead of "rhythm and blues", and defines the modern version of the soul and funk influenced African-American pop music that originated with the demise of disco in 1980. | | | Rhythm and blues (or RandB) was coined as a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Jerry Wexler at Billboard magazine, used to designate upbeat popular music performed by African American artists that combined jazz and blues. | | | The first rock and roll consisted of rhythm and blues songs like "Rocket 88" and "Shake, Rattle and Roll" making an appearance on the popular music charts as well as the RandB charts. |
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| | selrec90.txt |
| | Presents the music of six unaccompanied gospel quartets recorded between 1931 and 1942 in a stylistic cross-section that encompasses the raw, bluesy, "hard" gospel of the Heavenly Gospel Singers, the sophistication of the famous Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, and the rhythm and blues-presaging lead lines and harmonies of the Southern Sons. | | | Soundtrack recording for the Les Blank, Chris Strachwitz, and Maureen Gosling film that comprehensively documents the historical development of Cajun and zydeco music through the early recording, string band, post-World War II revival, and contemporary periods. | | | Each year a panel of specialists in American traditional music meets to select a group of outstanding recordings from the approximately two hundred phonograph records, audiocassettes, and compact discs submitted by producers and manufacturers or suggested by various interested parties. |
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| | The Rhythm and Blues Music Primer - The R&B History File |
| | Rhythm and Blues was and still is a term used for a number of post-war American popular music forms. | | | One of the critical external factors which moved the blues form forward was the economic migration from the American South to the cities of the North by millions of black southern workers. | | | The themes of blues songs understandably became more urban, the solo bluesman was joined by a number of other musicians and the blues combo was born. |
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| | NA Music |
| | Play the recording of the first Native American music and have the students select which rhythm pattern (of the three that they clapped to earlier) is being used in this recording. | | | After listening to the recording, have the students write a reaction to the recording on question 1 of the worksheet Native American Music: Traditional and Modern. | | | Through the lesson, students will discuss the geographical factors leading to the creation of the instruments, listen to recordings of Native American music (both traditional and modern), discuss similarities and/or differences between traditional and modern Native American music, create their own instrument, and play their instrument along with the recording. |
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http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/Lessons/PNW/PNWmusic.html
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| | Jazz Piano Made Easy - Learn to play I Got Rhythm |
| | Even though the song was recorded as a jazz piece by Ethel Waters in 1930, the origin of “I Got Rhythm” as a | | | George Gershwin is with out a doubt one of the finest American musical composers. | | | His chord changes to songs like “I Got Rhythm” are synonymous with many great jazz compositions. |
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| | Space Junk Review: Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American |
| | Bleed American could definitely be the album that thrusts Jimmy Eat World into the mainstream. | | | The more I listen to Bleed American, the more I get sucked in by the pop hooks and crunchy guitars. | | | Other highlights include the song "Sweetness", with its swirling "whoa-oa-oa"s and alternating stop/start guitar attacks, the duelling guitar riffs in "Get It Faster", as well as the slow and dreamy "Cautioners", which is driven by a strangely addictive offbeat rhythm. |
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| | Amazing Rhythm Aces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Amazing Rhythm Aces is an American country rock group. | | | The Aces came together in Memphis in 1972, first with bassist Jeff Davis and drummer Butch McDade, who had recorded and toured with singer/songwriter Jesse Winchester. | | | Stacked Deck, their debut album, released in 1975 resulted in two crossover (rock and country) hits, "Third Rate Romance" and "Amazing Grace (Used to Be Her Favorite Song)," the group's lone Top 10 country single. |
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| | St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Race Music |
| | Prior to the emergence of rhythm and blues as a musical genre in the 1940s, "race music" and "race records" were terms used to categorize practically all types of African-American music. | | | Race music and records, therefore, were also the primary medium for African-American musical expression during the 1920s and 1930s; an estimated 15,000 titles were released on race records--approximately 10,000 blues, 3,250 jazz&; and 1,750 gospel songs were produced during those years. | | | Race records are significant historical documents of early-twentieth-century African American music and have been and remain influential to artists, audiences, and scholars alike. |
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| | Amazon.com: American Idol: Computer & Video Games |
| | Complete with a computer generated Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell, with trademark insults, American Idol is a music-based, rhythm-action game that will allow you to style a contestant for the competition. | | | compiticion is where you compete to be crowned american idol, rehersal is where you can practice unlocked songs, and endurence is where you practice every song on the list until you are voted off. | | | Complete recreation of the American Idol series including set, logo, theme music and glittering grand finale. |
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| | Zona Latina: Latin American Music |
| | Rites of Rhythm: The Music of Cuba. | | | The Latin Tinge: The Impact of Latin American Music on the United States. | | | Pop Music Reggae Rock Music Sertaneja Salsa/ Merengue Samba Tango Tejano Vallenato |
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| | Rock Chick's Favourite Bands quiz -- free game |
| | This American band, formed in 1981, released their self-titled and self-produced EP on their own record label, 206, before finally signing a deal with EMI. | | | A British band formed in 1988 whose frontman (his ex-wife was the British MTV Headbangers Ball presenter, Vanessa) played rhythm guitar for New Model Army on a world tour in 1987. | | | A German band formed in 1987 in Karlsruhe. |
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| | "MANHATTAN RHYTHM KINGS", Montgomery County News |
| | The MANHATTAN RHYTHM KINGS are known for their polished performances of American popular music from the '20s, '30s and '40s, the Manhattan Rhythm Kings have gained a large and enthusiastic following across the country. | | | The Rhythm Kings have made numerous appearances on television, most notably "Evening at Pops" with John Williams, Tommy Tune and the Boston Pops, as well as the Emmy Award winning "Celebrating Gershwin" with conductor, Michael TilsonThomas. | | | The King's are favorites at symphony pops concerts and have performed with over 70 orchestras including the Boston Pops, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and the orchestras of Baltimore, Detroit, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Atlanta among other prestigious symphony orchestras throughout the United States. |
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| | - The GUITAR Site |
| | As a testament to fingerstyle's rich history, early sounds can be heard in the music of Spanish and Italian guitarists of the 19th century who had long been developing right hand techniques that explored the independence of the thumb and fingers to create a rhythm and melody. | | | Fingerstyle guitar has come to influence players in many genres of music such as jazz, ragtime, country, folk, classical, flamenco, blues, bluegrass, gospel, rock, and more. | | | Fingerstyle is largely associated with the steelstring guitar. |
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| | Crumb,George |
| | The focus is United States music traditions and the formations of strictly American compositions. | | | Crumb's music is listed for its contributions to color, rhythm, texture, and effects in notation. | | | America's Music: From the Pilgrims to the Present. |
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| | Alexander Street Press African American Music Reference |
| | African American Music Reference offers the first comprehensive coverage of blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression—and it is the only electronic access to this information. | | | African American Music Reference is the first reference database to chronicle the rich history of this music through 1970. | | | For subscribers to the Alexander Street music listening services (e.g., African American Song), many of the reference citations link to the actual musical tracks and performances—users click and then listen to the music. |
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| | Buyer's Guide :: DanceVision.com |
| | American Rhythm Syllabus Advanced II (Gold) East Coast Swing | | | American Style Rhythm Syllabus Advanced I (Silver) Rumba | | | It is a derivation of the Mambo through its Latin music, and it is also a stepchild of the Swing, as it is danced to a 1-2-3 step rhythm. |
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| | Rhythm Nation - Features |
| | While Dick Clark was busy licking the beaters of various American dance crazes, one man struggled to save rock music's integrity and deliver it from the hands of white, corporate pimps of the rebuffed recording industry. | | | He was a lover of rhythm and blues and a visionary who saw the magnanimous, youthful spirit of rock music as a force naturally generated by the human soul. | | | Almost single-handedly, Alan Freed, the zealous disc jockey and concert promoter from Cleveland, who originally coined the term "rock n' roll," would, for a short few years, play Atlas to the crumbling world of pop music. |
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| | Aaliyah awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | 2003 Won an American Music Award for Favorite Female Artist - Hip-Hop / RandB. | | | This is a list of awards for which American RandB singer Aaliyah was nominated during her career. | | | 1999 Nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards: Rhythm and Blues Video of the Year ("Are You That Somebody?"), Best Video from a Film ("Are You That Somebody"). |
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| | Reviews |
| | AMERICAN evangelist and blues singer Jimmie Bratcher, who was recently in the UK speaking at a marriage conference and being interviewed for Cross Rhythms radio, has the first number one on the new inaugurated Christian Blues chart. | | | The chart, compiled from radio stations and internet play from various music hosting sites, is available on www.christianblues.net. | | | Blues singing evangelist Jimmie Bratcher makes number one on Christian Blues chart. |
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| | the cross |
| | The American Red Cross helps prepare communities for emergencies and keep people safe every day thanks to caring people who support our work. | | | Pictures of this awesome site have been put together in a beautiful photo album and are available in the Cross gift shop. | | | Welcome to the Canadian Red Cross PRESS RELEASES 07/12/05 Obesity Rates Rise, but Red Cross Fights Back More» Food Crisis in the Sahel Region of Africa: helping the most vulnerable Statement by Dr. Pierre... |
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| | rhythm and blues -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | also called rhythm and blues or RandB term used for several types of postwar African-American popular music, as well as for some white rock music derived from it. | | | The song, which became a rhythm and blues standard, was also a huge hit for Peggy Lee in 1958 and was later sung by such diverse artists as Rita Coolidge, Madonna, and the Cramps. | | | Formed in the 1950s by gospel-singing family members, Gladys Knight and the Pips were one of the most prominent rhythm and blues groups in the United States from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. |
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| | >> Rhythm Science by Paul D. Miller << |
| | An African-American cultural theorist-cum-musician, his Rhythm Science (Mediaworks) is a sharp, sweetly designed little number, a manifesto for his way of looking at the world. | | | In this brilliant and beautiful book, Paul Miller gives us the rhythm of sampled culture -- culture created by those who can remix, and by technologies that enable anyone to remix. | | | Rhythm Science makes the UK Guardian Observer's list of Books of the Year! |
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