Tag: rock
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Will the Oasis reunion usher in a Britpop summer – or is it just a marketing ploy?
Glenn Fosbraey, University of Winchester The trend for naming summers has become something of a cultural phenomenon. Think for example of 2019, which was branded a “hot girl summer”, inspired by rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s song. In 2021 there was the much-ridiculed “white boy summer” (named after a song of the same name by Tom…
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Four records that embody the joy of the double album – from the Beatles to Outkast
Glenn Fosbraey, University of Winchester In the summer of 1966, a race was on between two very different opponents. On one side was Bob Dylan, the established and bestselling folk artist. On the other was new act The Mothers of Invention, a genre- (and mind-) bending band led by avant garde composer Frank Zappa. The…
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Who Believes in Angels? by Elton John and Brandi Carlile shows the power of true collaboration
Glenn Fosbraey, University of Winchester Having collaborated with the likes of (deep breath) John Lennon, Aretha Franklin, George Michael, Rod Stewart, Little Richard, Luciano Pavarotti, Eminem and Leonard Cohen, it’s fair to say that Elton John likes to work with other artists. The news, then, that he has embarked on another joint musical project, this…
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Six covers of Bob Dylan songs that were better than the originals
Glenn Fosbraey, University of Winchester He may never have strayed far from the minds of many music fans, but with his biopic A Complete Unknown hitting UK cinemas on January 17 and heartthrob Timothée Chalamet in the lead role, Bob Dylan may be about to gain an entirely new audience. Considered by many to be…
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