Having emerged from colonial rule under Kenneth Kaunda in the early ‘70s, the first president insisted that 95% of music on local radio must be of Zambian origin. This turbocharged the country ...
As the 70s became the 80s, commercial Black music in the US was ruled by one style: disco. Funk, reggae and soul sat in the background, but the dancefloor’s most basic beat ruled. One record ...
The 25-year-old host of YouTube's "Vinyl Monday," co-host of the "Unveiling The Legends ... For those who bought Beatles albums upon release, she's the witty, intelligent and endearing young woman who ...
Modest and understated, he was all about the music, passing his infectious passion ... Walker will be replaced on Sounds of the 70s by his friend, “Whispering” Bob Harris.
Yet, at the time, contemporary music fans simply experienced the decade as fertile ground for innovative musicians. Those 10 years gave birth to distinctly '70s genres like disco and subgenres ...
The ’70s did something very different. If you consider the ‘60s the decade when the music industry well and truly found its feet, the ‘70s was when it started running. Bands were encouraged to ...