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David Byrne
David Byrne's work constitutes a Postmodern, apocalyptic mixture of music, lyrics, film, and photography. He is best known as the former songwriter and lead vocalist for the Talking Heads, a band he cofounded in 1975 with fellow classmates from the Rhode Island School of Design. Byrne's lyrics, whic
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Ornette Coleman
There are two mutually exclusive opinions regarding jazz musician Ornette Coleman. By some he is considered a visionary genius, representing the "third spur" of the Modernist revolution -- "a shift in approach to melody and rhythm to match Coltrane's skyscraping harmonics and Cecil Taylor's introduct
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Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus was one of the most distinguished and colorful personalities in jazz. He is a virtuoso of the bass who is credited with expanding the instrument's melodic function. When New Orleans jazz moved indoors, the bass replaced the tuba and helped hold down the rhythm of a musical piece. In a
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Hank Williams, Sr.
They say that if you play a country record backwards the singer will get a job, get married, find his dog, and quit drinking. The man who perfected the expression of intense, personal emotions and drama in country music is the inimitable Hank Williams, arguably the most influential figure in the hist
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