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Tag: Music History
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Puerto Rican Reggaeton’s First-Ever Digital Archive
The musical genre of reggaeton (oftentimes diminished as misogynistic and repetitive) has a history and impact that’s largely remained unexplored, until recently. In 2019, Patricia Velázquez created the Hasta ‘Bajo Project, the …
Sound and Sorrow: Nite Jewel Discusses Her Upcoming Album, “No Sun”
The singer-songwriter, musician, producer and scholar on laments, loss and the lack of hierarchy in her new music
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10 Pioneering Women Who Helped Shape Jazz
“These jazz women were pioneers, and huge proponents in disseminating jazz and making it a global art form,” Hannah Grantham (musicologist at the National Museum of African American History and Culture) tells …
Hotel Chelsea: Living in the Last Bohemian Haven
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A photographic tour of one of NYC’s most storied residences, Hotel Chelsea: Living in the Last Bohemian Haven bridges past to present and myth to reality through deeply textured images by Colin …
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Disco’s Revenge: House Music
What legendary DJ Frankie Knuckles called “Disco’s Revenge,” house music gathered steam months after Chicago’s “Disco Demolition” in 1979—in which 55,000 fans attended a White Sox baseball game in order to destroy …