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Strange Fruit: the first great protest song

5139 days ago
Guardian Music — Billie Holiday's 1939 song about racist lynchings stunned audiences and redefined popular music. In an extract from 33 Revolutions Per Minute, his history of protest songs, Dorian Lynskey explores the chilling power of Strange FruitIt is a clear, fre... more info
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Nina Simone :: Save Me (Aretha Franklin)

5147 days ago
Aquarium Drunkard — This shit just works on so many levels. Like most everything Nina Simone chose to cover throughout her career, this, her incredibly funky take of Aretha Franklin’s “Save Me,” adds a muscularity to Aretha’s already powerful performance. No one... more info
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Anna Calvi's orchestral manoeuvres

5173 days ago
Guardian Music — How hypnosis, Debussy and Edith Piaf influenced one of 2011's great hopesHyptnotised by the new goth"I developed as a guitarist by trying to make my guitar sound like other instruments," says Anna Calvi, the gothically inclined singer-songwriter who ... more info
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George Pickow obituary

5173 days ago
Guardian Music — US photographer and film-maker who chronicled the heyday of folk and jazzGeorge Pickow, who has died aged 88, was a photographer and film-maker whose images were used on many album covers in the US – jazz, folk and pop – and who made a significa... more info
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wednesday evening updates

5181 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — W said... THE TEMPTATIONS - A Cappella (1965-1972) Never released on CD. 15 classic tracks, stripped of all instrumentation, so all you hear are the voives of The Temps. Listen Before You Download * REDUX http://ngootbredux.blogspot.com Thanks Fuzzy ... more info
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Readers recommend: songs about change – the results

5194 days ago
Guardian Music — In the last RR top appear in the paper, we return to the subject of the first column – changeSo here we are: the last ever Readers Recommend newspaper column. In tribute to the move over RR's new home at Guardian.co.uk/music, this week we have revi... more info
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Our album of 2010: Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid

5201 days ago
Guardian Music — Was it cerebral hip-hop? Freaked-out funk? Or an updated Innervisions? There is no point trying to pigeonhole the Guardian's favourite album of 2010 – just sit back and enjoySome years the most celebrated albums are perfect jewels whose brilliance ... more info
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Usher Kicked In Nose By Fan; Marisa Miller Goes Nude For Skin Cancer Research; David Batista’s Daughter Leaks Sex Tape & Other Evening Crunch Crumbs

5203 days ago
Pop Crunch — -Stalkers, stampedes, and broken noses: All in the price of being a sex symbol. Just ask Usher.. -Thora Birch is out of a job… -”Biblically-correct” former beauty queen Carrie Prejean is having a baby boy…. -Mary J. Blige is learning French f... more info
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Jason Solomons's Trailer Trash

5206 days ago
Guardian Music — A tough crowd at the Bifas, why Airplane II should have been an entirely different movie, and avoiding the wrath of Nina SimoneCheer up, it's an awards ceremonyMartin Freeman hops off to New Zealand in January to play Bilbo Baggins. He was at the Bi... more info
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Audio advent calendar: Villagers playlist

5208 days ago
Guardian Music — 9 December: Our musical Christmas countdown continues as Conor from Villagers talks us through his Spotify playlistDomino artist Villagers has pulled out all the stops for his advent calendar entry with a detailed run through every song on his playli... more info
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