Why This Classic Rock Hit Was the Only Instrumental Ever Banned From the Radio

As Far Out magazine reported, the first time Wray and his band played "Rumble" was in 1957 at a dance in Fredericksburg, ...
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Why Silva Bumpa created his own R&B instrumental just to remix it into the garage-inspired Feel Da Same

Sampling and remixing is at the very core of dance music culture. Genres like house, garage and jungle owe many of their stylistic traits to the way pioneering producers reworked sampled sounds such ...

10 Black pop artists who made the genre their own

From Destin Conrad and Baby Storme to Shygirl and UMI, these Black pop artists have redefined pop on their own terms. Peep their star power here.
American Songwriter

7 R&B Groups That Ruled the 1970s

Before crossing over into the more commercial “contemporary” sound of keyboards, synths, and the bass-and-drum pop of the 1980s with the likes of Stephanie Mills, Debarge, and Al B. Sure, 1970s R&B ...
The New York Times

Redd Holt, Drummer on ’60s Instrumental Pop Hits, Dies at 91

He was a member of the Ramsey Lewis Trio when it reached the Top 10 with “The ‘In’ Crowd,” and he later had a hit as a co-leader with the funky “Soulful Strut.” By Alex Traub Redd Holt, a drummer who ...
Hindustan Times

Music Review: Cautious Clay's dreamy R&B-pop 'The Hours: Morning' is an exploration in time

Across eight tracks each representing an hour from 5 a.m. to 12 p.m., Clay documents the clarity, optimism and sometimes sinking reality of the start of each day through soulful, funk-pop beats. “The ...