The Evolution of Rap Music All one has to do is simply observe their surroundings to realize the huge impact of rap music on today\'s society. The way people dress, talk, and act have all been influenced by the cultural phenomenon known as rap music. Almost every aspect of American culture has b...

From the year 800 A.D, music has evolved and developed in many different ways over 6 main musical periods. These different stages in music's history all have their own distinguishing features such as the type of instruments used, the texture of the music and the sound that is created through di...

Flowers in the Dustbin The sixties were turbulent times in American culture. With war, racism, and a changing society, the nation needed a way to channel their thoughts and emotions. Music became this channel. Some of the best music in the history of the America came from this time of social i...

Rock n' Roll WarFan blades of a Huey rotating slowly above a troubled dreamer, Jim Morrison'svoice singing "The End"... Young soldiers on their way to Vietnam in the summer ofWoodstock, marching onboard their plane at Ft. Dix singing "Fixing to Die"... Cassetterock n'roll in one ear and door-gun f...

"The Weary Blues" (1926) At first glance, the poem "The Weary Blues" seems a poem with no associations with the notion of the American Dream. It appears to be a sad poem, filled with despair. But this poem also has a sense of hope, a sense that life might no...

Perhaps more than any other form of music, jazz music means America.Jazz music, like America itself, is a melting pot of ideas, emotions, andtraditions. According to Joachim Berendt, jazz is a form of music thatemerged in the United States as a combination of African American andEuropean music. ...

Amazing Grace: The Journey of an Unforgettable Hymn"Henry BraithwaiteMusic 2053/27/00How does a hymn become so universal? Where does it gain its ability to be transformed into almost every style of music known to man? The hymn "Amazing Grace" is such a hymn. Its existence has been marked by evolu...

The Greatest Guitarist of All TimeChris Van DuermEnglish February 13, 2001Van Duerm 11Anxious young fans swayed under open skies and heavy rains, reveling in themusic and sustaining a mood of hope and renewal that would define their generation.Only some 80,000 people remained from an overwhelming 40...

The Importance of Being Leadbelly"Women and Liquor, that was his problem. My father got him to marry his girl, Martha, and that settled him for a while, a week or two. He called himself 'the twelve-string champion guitar player of the world,' and I guess he was. I never heard anybody who could pl...