1949-Blowing the Fuse: 27 R&B Classics That Rocked - 27 R&B Classics That Rocked The Jukebox 1949The annual committee of the German record review awards has awarded the CD series Nowadays, when journalists talk about '50 years of pop music' they are ignoring the fact that popular music existed prior to 1955. Pop music did not appear from nowhere but has a rich 'pre' history. Keywords like Big Band Sound, Gospel, Jump Blues, Vocal Groups and Boogie Woogie characterize this period. The first eleven compact discs in the 'Blowing The Fuse' series are

klezmer sounds simultaneously like laughing and weeping

is a very wonderful ritual for him

We're Not on the Same Trip

the Replacements etc) and includes collaborations with Brittany Howard

and gifted newbies such as GHOST

Because no matter how badly they want to win

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and intellectual ingenuity is unparalleled by any other solo instrument's repertoire

Livin' Legend Lausane 16

with the intimacy of a bedroom pop singer/songwriter" - BrooklynVegan "Debut EP Crush

the singer of the electro band Tsduneba ('temptation' in Georgian) which he founded with his friends

It's a fine showcase for one of the genre's most enduring stars