By Kevin Whitehead, eMusic ContributorIn the later 1930s, when swing bands ruled American pop, Woody Herman — born May 16, 1913 — ran a distant third to his rival bandleading clarinetists, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw. But in the… more »
By Dan Epstein, eMusic ContributorOf all the popular music styles and sub-genres of the late '60s and early '70s, "horn rock" is perhaps the only one that hasn't been revived and revered by subsequent generations. A perhaps inevitable offshoot of… more »
By Michael Azerrad, eMusic ContributorWhen you're a kid, you don't have much of a frame of reference - whatever happens, you just think, well, this must be the way the world is. So I didn't give too much thought… more »