Here are some additional tracks to accompany the reading in the December 2016 issue. Tracks 1 and 2 were selected for Bob Dylan and Reba McEntire’s appearances in the news section. Tracks 3-8 illustrate different examples of background singing in popular music, beginning with the soul and R&B of Gladys Knight & the Pips, Ray Charles, and Al Green. “He’s …
Extended Play: November 2016
Check out the playlist below for additional listening related to the November 2016 issue. Track 1 is listed for its inclusion on the Carl Sagan Voyager Golden Record, mentioned in this month’s Music Notes. Tracks 2-8 walk us through moments in the history of the music video, as mentioned in “Songs on Screen: The History of Music Videos.” Elton John’s …
Extended Play: October 2016
Here’s some additional music to go along with the content from the October 2016 issue. The track listed here above the playlist is a sampler from London-based multi-instrumentalist and composer Jacob Collier, the subject of this month’s Who’s News. On the playlist, Tracks 1-7 relate back to “The Art of the Lyric”: Each is from one of the artists pictured …