Word: melodicism
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After his inauspicious introduction, Vaughan rips into the Freddie King standard “Hide Away,” a somewhat safe shuffle opening that rolls over into the guitarist’s own “Rude Mood,” a thundering stampede of a follow-up. Such...
Segal begins with an etymological analysis of the word “comedy.” After offering three definitions derived from different Greek roots, Segal combines them, finally suggesting that comedy is “a dreamsong of a revel in the country.” From there, Segal...
With the release of Rooty, their long-awaited follow-up to 1999’s instant-classic debut Remedy, Simon Ratcliffe and Felix Buxton have firmly planted themselves in the realm of contemporary pop music. And with good reason—within the context of house music’s...
In Beautiful Garbage, the band seems conscious of an obvious problem of any established act; the need to evolve while still maintaining a distinctive sound. While Garbage less-than-coyly critique the current pop music landscape with lyrics such as, “Let’s bomb all the...
Henry Pleasants, in his ear-opening book "The Great American Popular Singers" (a 1974 work that deserves to be back in print), gets to the heart of Charles? vocal achievement: "Sinatra, and Bing Crosby before him, had been a master of words. Ray Charles is a master of sounds. His...