10 Disco and Funk Pioneers Who Ruled the 70s
Ten groove architects, from the downbeat of funk to the pulse of the discothèque, who turned the 1970s into one long dance floor.
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Latest10 Jazz Legends of the Swing and Bebop Era
Ten musicians who took jazz from the dance floor to the concert hall and then blew it wide open, from the swing bands of the 1930s to the bebop revolution of the 1940s and 1950s.
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10 Icons of French Chanson’s Golden Age
Ten poets with microphones who turned the French popular song into an art form, from the music halls of the 1930s to the concept albums of the 1970s.
10 Haitian Music Legends from Konpa to Racine
Ten voices, bandleaders, and troubadours who turned a small Caribbean republic into one of the most influential musical nations of the 20th century.
10 African Music Legends of the Independence Era
From highlife dance floors in Accra to Ethio-jazz nightclubs in Addis Ababa, ten musicians who turned a continent's liberation into sound.
10 Latin Music Legends and Their Genres
Ten voices from ten corners of Latin America, the singers, composers, and bandleaders who turned a continent's songbook into the sound of the twentieth century.
10 Composers Who Defined the Romantic Era
Ten composers, from Schubert's parlor songs to Tchaikovsky's ballets, who turned the 1800s into music's most emotional century.