A late-night programming decision created demand for a specific kind of record, and artists supplied it. Quiet Storm began as...
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Specific machines produced specific eras. The limitations did as much shaping as the features. You can date a great deal...
A marketing term that happened to name something real: live playing, loose timing, and a deliberate turn away from the...
Melisma, call and response, and the build to a climax are church techniques doing secular work. Most of what people...