Word: hops
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they became the South's answer to Pearl Jam. "I remember seeing Hootie play when only about 40 fans showed up," he recalls. Farley, who frequently reviews music for TIME, journeyed to Columbia, South Carolina, to investigate the roots of Hootie's sound--an assignment that entailed some bar hopping with the band. "It's regional music with a national appeal," says Farley. Music was an inspiration to Farley in his first novel, My Favorite War, to be published this summer by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. "It's not about music," he says, "but the words move to the rhythms...
...visitor to Harvard yesterday could have seen a Shakespearean comedy, watched a hip-hop dance group, or played word games with Louisa May Alcott without ever stepping foot indoors...
...stage was not limited to Harvard groups, however. As part of a community outreach program, Holyoke Center also sponsored Project Concern, a group of African-American youths aged 9 to 19 who performed choreographed hip-hop dance numbers...
...propelled by Ima's churning, mid-tempo guitar rock (Lennon's guitar work was blunt and unobtrusive). Ono's best moments came on Will I--a mournfully pretty spoken-word piece--and on Rising's anthemic title song. For the latter, she was joined by the Japanese-American hip-hop duo Cibo Matto, who added some energy and emotional focus (the pair also appear on an enhanced CD of Rising featuring remixes of Ono's songs as well as graphics that can be accessed via a CD-ROM drive). As the music swelled, Ono sang, "Listen to your heart/ Respect...
Jones is widely regarded as a master of musical hybrids, having combined over the course of his long career pop, soul, hip-hop, jazz, classical, African and Brazilian music...