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The Sites That Built the Sounds: The Brill Building

The Sites That Built the Sounds: The Brill Buil...

Mike Rock

Completed in 1930, the Brill Building became a hub for music publishers and songwriters, especially during the Great Depression. By the 1950s, it housed over 160 music businesses, operating much...

The Sites That Built the Sounds: The Brill Buil...

Mike Rock

Completed in 1930, the Brill Building became a hub for music publishers and songwriters, especially during the Great Depression. By the 1950s, it housed over 160 music businesses, operating much...

Legend's Spotlight: Buddy Rich

Legend's Spotlight: Buddy Rich

Mike Rock

Buddy Rich burned through life with the intensity, skill, drive, extraordinary talent, and outspoken personality you’d expect to find in a fictional character. If his life could be read like...

Legend's Spotlight: Buddy Rich

Mike Rock

Buddy Rich burned through life with the intensity, skill, drive, extraordinary talent, and outspoken personality you’d expect to find in a fictional character. If his life could be read like...

Blast From The Past: Bringing It All Back Home

Blast From The Past: Bringing It All Back Home

Mike Rock

Either directly or through second-hand influence, every music lover can’t help but be familiar with Bob Dylan’s “Bringing It All Back Home.” It was transformative not only for Dylan’s sound...

Blast From The Past: Bringing It All Back Home

Mike Rock

Either directly or through second-hand influence, every music lover can’t help but be familiar with Bob Dylan’s “Bringing It All Back Home.” It was transformative not only for Dylan’s sound...

Legend's Spotlight: Les Paul & Mary Ford

Legend's Spotlight: Les Paul & Mary Ford

Mike Rock

Alto Music presents the Legends Behind the Gear: Les Paul and Mary Ford. The birth of the most influential partnerships in modern popular music.  

Legend's Spotlight: Les Paul & Mary Ford

Mike Rock

Alto Music presents the Legends Behind the Gear: Les Paul and Mary Ford. The birth of the most influential partnerships in modern popular music.  

Essential Album Era Milestones: 30 years with “Dreaming of You”

Essential Album Era Milestones: 30 years with “...

Mike Rock

She opened the doors and paved the way for a long list of artists, including Emilio Navaira, Los Palominos, Ricky Martin, Shakira, and more. Her musical and visual style are...

Essential Album Era Milestones: 30 years with “...

Mike Rock

She opened the doors and paved the way for a long list of artists, including Emilio Navaira, Los Palominos, Ricky Martin, Shakira, and more. Her musical and visual style are...

Blast From The Past: 60 Years of Rubber Soul

Blast From The Past: 60 Years of Rubber Soul

Michael Rock

Rubber Soul completely differs from anything Beatles fans (or otherwise) expected. The songs are an eclectic mix of American Soul (hence the tongue-in-cheek title), Country, Folk, Blues, and some Classical...

Blast From The Past: 60 Years of Rubber Soul

Michael Rock

Rubber Soul completely differs from anything Beatles fans (or otherwise) expected. The songs are an eclectic mix of American Soul (hence the tongue-in-cheek title), Country, Folk, Blues, and some Classical...

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