Midterm Vaudeville blues empowered African American women in ways that previously had been unheard of. These women were brought to the top because they had a skill to sing the blues. But also, they were very successful because in their lyrics, they were able to connect to people. In the movie t...

Music plays an important role in today's culture. Whether you're driving in your car, watching a movie, or are at a sporting event, music is all around you. It pleases your emotions, soothes your soul and takes away all the worries in the world. But it's not just one type of music ...

Can you honestly recall watching a television commercial without a catchy jingle or song playing in the background? If you have, these commercials are probably few and far between one another. Music is everywhere nowadays, and is divided into a multitude of musical genres. Heavy metal and rap, more ...

Heavy Metal's popularity is and has been on the rise due to its many bands and increased guitar technology. Since the mid-1960's, when heavy metal spread to the U.S. from England, it has grown in popularity. Many of the first bands that came from Europe came with two intentions; to spread heavy me...

As in most generations, the youth engages in some type of new and rebellious activity against the mores of their parent's previous generation. One type of rebellion that turned up in the music of the youth and becoming widely popular in the 1980s, however having origins from years before, is heavy ...

Jimi Hendrix- Are you Experienced? On his first album in 1967, Jimi Hendrix showed the world what an electric guitar can really do. Taking new and radical elements of the guitar such as feedback and distortion to newer and more radical heights, Hendrix was breaking some serious ground. He discov...