DJ Cummerbund: Wish of Confusion

The master of mashups, DJ Cummerbund continues blow our minds with another amazing track. This time he's using Stevie Wonder, Disturbed, Styx, Will Smith,...

The Periodic Table of David Bowie

By creating false taxonomies and subjective maps of relationships between ideas and people of note, Paul Robertson creates the illusion of scientific relationships. Periodic...

Photo Gallery: Dashboard Confessional with The Elwins and Gabrielle Shonk at Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall

All photos by Mini's Memories. You can contact her at minismemories@hotmail.com

Watch: Jazz drummer Max Roach remembers how he got his start in music

Max Roach was one of the first drummers to play in the bebop style, and performed in bands led by Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker,...

How Ornette Coleman changed the face of jazz

How Ornette Coleman changed the direction of Jazz in 1959. Essential. https://youtu.be/izLkXaGbxuY

Music Doc: The birth of synth music in England

Brilliant documentary about the birth of electronic music in Britain. The documentary enjoyed screenings at several film festivals around Australia and on ABC TV. https://youtu.be/8KkW8Ul7Q1I

Doo-Wop And Soul Group The Impressions discuss music and race

Formed in 1958 with members from Chicago and Chattanooga, The Impressions performed music ranging from doo-wop and soul to gospel and rhythm and blues....

Roland Kirk plays three horns at once

Multiinstrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk plays Pedal Up on the 1975 Down Beat Readers Awards show with McCoy Tyner on piano, Stanley Clarke on bass...

Duke Ellington shares how he got the nickname “Duke”

At the age of seven, Edward Ellington began taking piano lessons from Marietta Clinkscales. Daisy surrounded her son with dignified women to reinforce his...

Herbie Hancock Once Beat Miles Davis In A Car Drag Race

What was Miles Davis like to work with? Was he competitive with you guys? Herbie Hancock: When “Watermelon Man” was a hit, under my publishing...

Watch Sesame Street Characters Debut The Classic Song ‘MANAMANA’ In 1969

MANAMANA or Mah Nà Mah Nà was written by Piero Umiliani, an Italian composer of film scores. It originally appeared in the Italian film...

That Time Jodie Foster Had A Pop Music Record At The Age Of 15

Jodie Foster began her professional career as a child model when she was three years old in 1965, and two years later she moved...

Neil deGrasse Tyson Not A Fan Of Pink Floyd Over ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’

To say a lot of people bought - and continue to buy - Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon is an understatement....

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Photo Gallery: Our Lady Peace with Matthew Good and Ascot Royals at Hamilton’s FirstOntario Concert Hall

All photos by Mini's Memories. You can contact her at minismemories@hotmail.com

Get It Now: “Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music” By Ann...

In this sweeping history of popular music in the United States, NPR’s acclaimed music critic examines how popular music shapes fundamental American ideas and...