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	Gay singers, musicians, composers : Gay music Archives
		Gay British pop singer produces documentary of his life: his fears and his triumphs.
		British pop star sues magazine for saying he is a gay man with male lovers.
		Androgynous pop singer recalls the voices of Nina Simone, Otis Redding, Marc Almond of Soft Cell and Donny Hathaway.
	www.gaypopculture.com /archives/gay_music (211 words)

	Musical genre
		John Zorn, for example, a musician whose work has covered a wide range of genres, wrote in Arcana: musicians on music that genres are tools used to "commodify and commercialize an artist's complex personal vision", implying that oftentimes, genres represent efforts at marketing rather than actual musical distinctions.
		In the 1980s, reggae influences resulted in a fusion called ska punk, while another group of party bands became known as oi.
		In the early to mid-1970s, singer-songwriters and pop musicians dominated the charts, though punk rock and krautrock[?] also developed, and some success was achieved by southern rock and roots rock[?] performers, which fused modern techniques with a more traditionalist sound.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mu/Musical_genre.html (2037 words)

	Pop Art
		Pop generally involves the use of existing imagery from mass culture already processed into two dimensions, preferably borrowed from advertising, photography, comic strips and other mass media sources.
		Pop artists, especially in America, have a preference for centralized composition and for flat areas of unmodulated and unmixed color bound by hard edges.
		Pop concentrates on the contemporary subject-matter integral to the ready-made sources the artists have used.
	www.cosmopolis.ch /english/cosmo12/popart.htm (1194 words)

	Band Biographies
		Soon, several British groups had developed individual distinctive styles: The Beatles combined the guitar-based rock and roll of Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly with the artistry of the Tin Pan Alley style; the Animals blended blues and RandB influences; and the Rolling Stones joined aspects of Chicago blues to their intense, forceful music.
		Perhaps the most significant rock-music development of the 1980s was the rise of rap, a genre in which vocalists perform rhythmic speech, usually accompanied by music snippets, or samples, from prerecorded material or from music created by synthesizers.
		During the 1990s, trends that had been established during the 1980s continued, including growth in the popularity of genres such as rap, heavy metal, and worldbeat and the introduction of new technologies for the digital generation, transmission, and reproduction of sound.
	www.bandbiographies.com (3106 words)

	British Bands
		British pop star Lily Allen has blamed her Brit Awards snub last night on music industry politics.
		Although primarily intended for traditional British style brass bands throughout the world, other brass ensembles, wind, military, marching or concert bands are welcome as also are sites covering other aspects of brass playing and banding.
		It is a registered charity dedicated to working for the improvement of british music education relating the philosophy and practice of Zoltan Kodaly to british musical heritage.
	folks.mab-x-music.com /british-bands.html (1013 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Main Page
		Major-General John Jack Hill (died 22 June 1735) was a British army officer and courtier during the reign of Queen Anne.
		The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces.
		The Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance was a member of the British Board of Ordnance and the deputy of the Master-General of the Ordnance.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia (3273 words)

	Reggae - MSN Encarta
		In the 1950s Jamaican musicians began to experiment with drum and bass patterns, inspired by the R&B broadcast by radio stations in the United States.
		The Jamaican singer, songwriter, and guitarist combined soulful melodies with strident lyrics that were informed by the Biblical mysticism and Afro-Caribbean awareness of the Rastafarian religion.
		Many other popular artists have been or continue to be influenced by the rhythms of reggae, including British musicians the Beatles, Eric Clapton, and the Police (see Sting), and American musicians Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761585597/Reggae.html (876 words)

	Iggy Pop
		The poster child of physical extremes and self-abuse in rock music, Iggy Pop was one of the primary performers of the late 60s to set the stage for the emergence of the punk rock movement during the following decade.
		As the frontman for The Stooges, Pop directed his energies against the audience rather than attempting to encourage its support, while snarling out lyrics that revelled in the baser aspects of the human condition -- in distinct constrast to the paens to peace and love that were the prevailing trend at the time.
		With guitarist Williamson in tow, Pop met with Bowie in London to begin work on a new album; a satisfactory band could not be found amongst the British musicians available, however, and the Asheton brothers were brought over to serve as the rhythm section.
	www.nndb.com /people/520/000024448 (1527 words)

	BBC News \| Talking Point \| Has British pop lost its way? Your reaction
		British musicians were always avant garde...now we hear very little coming out.
		British pop has never had a way, this is just one of the many reasons why it outclasses any other form of pop music or, indeed, pop culture.
		British pop is dead and will never be revived unless some messiah comes along and rediscovers it's roots - in the heart of ordinary people with musical talent who have something passionate to express.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/talking_point/299586.stm (4256 words)

	British Blues Downloads - Download British Blues Music - Download British Blues MP3s
		At their debut at the British Jazz and Blues Festival in August, Bob Brunning was playing bass in the group, since McVie was still under contract to Mayall.
		The elder statesman of British blues, it is Mayall's lot to be more renowned as a bandleader and mentor than as a performer in his own right.
		Ten Years After is a British blues-rock quartet consisting of Alvin Lee (born December 19, 1944), guitar and vocals; Chick Churchill (born January 2, 1949), keyboards; Leo Lyons (born November 30, 1944) bass; and Ric Lee (born October 20, 1945), drums.
	www.mp3.com /british-blues/genre/476/subgenre.html (6647 words)

	Music of the United Kingdom (1980s) at AllExperts
		In the early 1980s, the death of Sid Vicious (of the Sex Pistols) and the alleged selling-out of bands like The Clash and The Jam led to still-frequent cries that punk is dead.
		Perhaps the most characteristic quality of British soul is its influence from reggae and other Caribbean influences, a result of the large Jamaican population in the UK that was never present in the States.
		The band XTC was unusual among British alternative rock bands in that they found far more fame in the United States than in their homeland, where the lush, psychedelic soundscapes of their later albums, such as 1987's Skylarking, inspired the next decades indie rock and power pop.
	en.allexperts.com /e/m/mu/music_of_the_united_kingdom_(1980s).htm (1762 words)

	The Pop Machine Recording Studios - Indianapolis, IN
		Musicians built The Pop Machine for other musicians; its equipment purchases, recording philosophies, and studio design are built for the specific purpose of making stellar recordings.
		The Pop Machine's tracking room is as equally proficient at cutting loud drums, brass, and screaming guitars as it is at recording the subtleties of voices, strings, and woodwinds.
		The Pop Machine's vision of the future includes a strong Internet presence that will include live web casts from the artists recording at The Pop Machine, streaming video and audio from recording sessions, as well as mp3 files posted on the website as soon as they are mixed in our control room.
	www.wonderdrug.net /thepopmachine/bio.html (3994 words)

	Pop Music in British Cinema Journal of Popular Film and Television - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pop Music in British Cinema functions as a reference guide to enthusiasts of British popular culture trivia and traces the development of the music-film correlation.
		Pop Music in British Cinema serves audiences seeking an index of films by decade from the 1950s through the 1990s.
		Absolute Beginners was an astonishing attempt to reinvent British pop music culture through bypassing the dominant popular cultural heritage of the 1960s and The Beatles.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0412/is_3_33/ai_n15944891 (872 words)

	The History of Rock Music - The Eighties
		The most celebrated (and possibly over-rated) musician to emerge from this generation was Elvis Costello (2).
		Another British peculiarity was the favor accorded to ska and reggae, thanks to the large Jamaican community in Britain.
		Commercially speaking, the 1980s were dominated by the Irish band U2 (2), the most sensational phenomenon to hit the British isles since the Beatles.
	www.scaruffi.com /history/cpt45.html (1529 words)

	ECHO VII/1: Yubakar and Greene, page 1
		Nepali pop cannot be defined as the most popular or the best-selling music in Nepal at the close of the 20th century (notably, aadhunik geet outsold Nepali pop as of 2000).
		Not incorporated into Nepali pop were the sounds of gospel, soul, country and western, country rock, beach music, Motown, psychedelic rock, and vocal pop groups (such as New Kids on the Block and Boys II Men), although all these sounds could all be heard on MTV and Nepali FM radio.
		This means that Western pop styles such as heavy metal and rap, which have their origins in American and British working-class communities, were, paradoxically, heard in Nepal as upper- and middle-class sounds, particularly from 1985 to 2000.
	www.echo.ucla.edu /volume7-issue1/yubakar_greene/yubakar_greene1.html (2862 words)

	British Culture, British Customs and British Traditions - British pop music
		Pop music is an important part of British culture, not just as an expression of Englishness, but as a indicator of the multi-cultural nature of Britain today.
		Glam rock was a peculiarly British phenomenon, a style of rock music popularised in the 1970s, which approached music with a get dressed up and be freaky attitude, distinguished by the wild costumes and otherworldly stage acts of the performers rather than any particular aspect of their music.
		She was born in London on Christmas day in 1971, and what a lovely present for British Pop Music she has proved to be.
	www.learnenglish.de /culture/britishmusic.htm (2491 words)

	Ghana: Afropop Country -- West Africa, highlife, palm wine
		The British, ostensibly out to normalize the local economy and move it away from slavery, began fighting with the Asante early in century.
		The British were more interested in mining the country's riches than in settling or developing it.
		In the late '60s, the band Osibisa took their "Afro-rock" pop/highlife fusion to a warm reception in England, a harbinger of the world music phenomenon that would explode there a decade later.
	www.afropop.org /explore/country_info/ID/16/Ghana (593 words)

	The Blues . Blues Road Trip . Louisiana and Texas \| PBS
		Black musicians played at high society functions as well as the honkytonks, bordellos, and bars of the city.
		In the early 1900s, groups of musicians began to play together in what would be the first blues and later jazz, bands.
		As the recording industry began to consolidate further north and on the coasts in the 1960s, the musicians followed, reducing Texas from a major blues center to a stop on the RandB road.
	www.pbs.org /theblues/roadtrip/loui-texhist.html (711 words)

	British Pop -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Most of the top pop musicians of the 1980s were heard on Laser 558.
		During World War II the British Isles became exposed to popular music from the AFN (American Forces Network) transmissions aimed at the GIs who were based in the UK.
		By 1938 on Sundays, it was estimated that the BBC had lost up to 80% of its listening audience to such stations as Radio Normandy and Radio Luxembourg.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/23/british-pop.html (880 words)

	glbtq >> Special Features >> Rock Music Part 2
		The Pet Shop Boys is a British pop duo whose recordings may be seen as a reaction to events that stirred the British gay community in the last two decades of the twentieth century.
		1950) is a British rocker and activist who was embraced by the gay rights movement when he sang "Glad to Be Gay" in the late 1970s. He became the subject of controversy in the 1990s when he chose to live with a woman and become a father.
		Dusty Springfield (1939-1999), a British rock star of the 1960s, has long been a gay and lesbian icon and is recognized as one of the most prominent white soul singers ever.
	www.glbtq.com /sfeatures/rockmusic2.html (566 words)

	The Ultimate J-Pop Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		One of few successful musicians to leave any legacy to future generations was Kyu Sakamoto with "Ue wo muite arukou" (lit.
		In the 1970s to mid 1980s, instead of simple songs usually accompanied with only a guitar, emphasis on more complex musical arrangements became more wide spread and these songs were called New Music.
		The late 1980s saw the emergence of one of Japan's most famous rock groups in history, Chage & Aska.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/J-Pop (1165 words)

	Warner Bros. Publications (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Popular music or "pop" music is produced and recorded to appeal to an extensive audience.
		American pop music traces its roots to 18th-century England, where songs were written for performances by English balladeers and for comic operas.
		During the 1980s and early 1990s, we saw glam rock and punk rock come and go, while an entire generation of teens embraced the street lyrics of rap music.
	www.businesswire.com /supportfiles/warnerbros/history_pop.htm (439 words)

	Louisiana's Legendary Musicians: A Select List
		Swamp pop is a South Louisiana hybrid of rhythm and blues and early rock with Cajun music and zydeco.
		He was the first zydeco musician to sign to a major record label, establish his own record label, perform on national television; and release a children's album—amongst many other accolades.
		In the 1980s he formed the Savoy-Doucet Band with his wife, Ann - a renowned musician, author and producer in her own right - on guitar and vocals, and Michael Doucet on fiddle.
	www.louisianafolklife.org /Resources/LALegendaryMusiciansList.html (5211 words)

	GBV SPECIAL
		This assertion bears out when you consider that it has been estimated that more than 40 musicians have wandered through the band at one time or another.
		Isolation Drills, lie in Pollard's predilection for classic rock, cramming the timeless pop and rock of the 60s and 70s with the alternative college rock sensibility of the 80s to produce a uncompromising, idiosyncratic but ultimately pleasing result.
		Not many modern-day musicians would be brave enough to admit an obsession with Peter Gabriel era Genesis but Pollard, never ashamed to be true to himself, has managed to put progressive rock touches into the GBV scheme of things.
	powerofpop.tripod.com /gbv_special.htm (1257 words)

	The Face – 1980s style bible - magazine - central - British Council - LearnEnglish
		In fact, the best pop stars of the 1980s were people whose main talent was exactly that.
		They weren’t great musicians or singers and they weren’t especially good looking, but they had a certain eccentricity and a nice way with clever phrases.
		Not least because it incorporates the musical aspect, of which I am deeply in love as well, irrespective of genre, but the formulae used by some individuals in becoming what they wanted to be.
	www.britishcouncil.org /learnenglish-central-magazine-style-bible.htm (769 words)

	british postage stamps - 3rd stamp (Site not responding. Last check: )
		No British postage stamps were issued for the 1911 coronation.
		Submissions of poetry should be accompanied by a SAE, SASE (with British postage stamps affixed), or a Â£1 dollar bill, or sufficient International Reply Coupons for return of manuscripts or a reply...
		If you are unable to purchase British postage stamps please enclose two International Reply Coupons with your self addressed envelope.
	stamp.gundack.info /dir2/british-postage-stamps.html (603 words)

	Local musicians walk tall in star-studded Texas - Music - Entertainment
		He was at Stubbs the next day to play with one of the bands of the festival, Scottish pop trio the Fratellis.
		Iggy Pop and the Stooges drew a big crowd Saturday night but disappointed with a limited set of new songs.
		On the same bill, British rockers the Horrors caused a kerfuffle when they dumped a rubbish bin's contents on the front row.
	www.theage.com.au /news/music/local-musicians-walk-tall-in-starstudded-texas/2007/03/19/1174152962742.html (666 words)

	Gang of Four Shrinkwraps Entertainment.
		If pop music is viewed as contested terrain, musicians can play with the spaces between production and consumption, words and meaning, and the individual and social.
		For many musicians, however, identifying the enemy, creating awareness about issues, and having fun for a cause were not signals of interest in vanguard party building or a democratic-centralist program.
		The vast majority of musicians don't actually get paid; they in fact have day jobs and they don't do it professionally, or perhaps only on a semiprofessional basis." King's conception of himself is in contrast to the myth that portrays pop musicians as eccentric individuals.
	webhome.idirect.com /~boweevil/gofint.html (5378 words)

	andPOP \| Celebrity Profiles \| Courtney Love (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Her first rock musician boyfriend was Julian Cope, then a member of The Teardrop Explodes.
		In her early twenties she lived in Portland, Oregon and briefly worked as a stripper, a job that she would turn to at several points in her life before attaining fame.
		Viewed by some as a social climber, she befriended many musicians who would later become alternative rock icons, among them Michael Stipe of R.E.M. and Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins.
	www.andpop.com /celebrity/courtney-love/3 (1282 words)

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