Annie Nightingale in 1976.
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What is remarkable about Annie Nightingale is that she renewed her specialism with each new musical scene.
Confidence is a critical component of hip-hop culture.
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The same boldness that enabled hip-hop to endure can benefit teachers in the classroom, a hip-hop scholar writes.
Vinyl sales have been surging in the last few years, driven by a wide-age range of consumers.
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In an era when all sorts of music seems to be at our fingertips through streaming services for under $10 a month, who is spending their hard-earned cash on vinyl?
DJ Black Coffee.
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Boycotting academic, cultural and sports activities in Israel is an essential part, but total avoidance may not be the most useful political strategy.
Superstar rapper, Kanye West.
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Hip-hop may benefit from a return to the crew and collective mentality, where the DJ once again is valued and plays a central creative role.
Bootlegs - across formats - have experienced buoyancy within the music marketplace for the last 40 years or so.
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Bootlegs will continue to be manufactured.
The future of the bootleg might just reinvent the official release.
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When the classroom is your dance floor.
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry.
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One of popular music’s most influential artists, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, turned 80 this year. It is a good time to acknowledge his work as irreducibly complex, deeply layered, subtle and nuanced.