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Local author recalls radio career, man who built early gospel audience
By SELWYN H. HARRIS PVT The work of one man likely gave gospel music the popular following it enjoys today. His name is Joe Bostic and he sought to bring the rhythmic spiritual music rooted in the deep South to African Americans in the early to mid 1900s. Bostic was a man of many firsts;[…]
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20 questions: Sean Parker
As a teenager, Sean Parker co-founded song-swapping service Napster before a legal onslaught shut it down. Then he co-founded online business Plaxo, before joining Facebook in its infancy. His role as …
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It’s all a very long way from Abbey Road
The studio where Noah and the Whale recorded their new album isn’t your typical recording space. A converted Methodist chapel in Bethnal Green, its warm atmosphere and favourable acoustics have also led to its hosting Guillemots, Mystery Jets and Arctic Monkeys.
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John Dwyer, Tim Cohen and Sonny Smith Forge Musical Success
Three Bay Area musicians who have plied their trade for years — John Dwyer, Tim Cohen and Sonny Smith — have created three of the hottest indie bands in the country.
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