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Why We Love The Bee Gees
By Helen Pridmore/The Conversation
In this dreary COVID-19 winter, there are some high points - and high notes - available to people cooped up at home.
The documentary The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, which premiered on HBO in December, explores the musical significance of the group and is interwoven with performance footage. At the Super Bowl on Feb. 7, the halftime performer will be Canada's The Weeknd.
What kind of sound do these singers share? And what on Earth do they have in common with the Monty Python comedians in sketches where they portray women?
All these artists use the falsetto voice, a specialized sound that features amazing high notes. Falsetto is associated particularly with the male voice singing in the range normally used by women and children.
Posted on February 6, 2021
A Musical Soul Food LibraryBy Don JacobsonBoinng! My music dork-o-meter just buried the needle!Continue reading "A Musical Soul Food Library" » Posted on March 1, 2010 |
Chicago In Song: Hobo HubBy Don JacobsonIf you go by popular song lyrics, there is no one in Chicago who is not a drunken, miserable wreck.Continue reading "Chicago In Song: Hobo Hub" » Posted on February 1, 2010 |
Tunes To Remedy Any Existential CrisisBy E.K. MamHave a pity party, then get ahold of yourself.Continue reading "Tunes To Remedy Any Existential Crisis" » Posted on June 24, 2020 |
Dave Dudley: LonelyvilleBy Don JacobsonWhere the Nashville Sound met a broken heart and Tom T. Hall.Continue reading "Dave Dudley: Lonelyville" » Posted on January 20, 2010 |
Why We Love The Bee Gees
By Helen Pridmore/The Conversation
The music's great, but in the end it's all about the falsetto.Posted on February 6, 2021
Chicago Music Poster History
By Art Design Chicago
Local printmakers discussed the art of music poster-making in Chicago, followed by a workshop with Jay Ryan and Steve Albini.Posted on December 4, 2020
The 26th Annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza Goes Virtual!
By The Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza
It's the largest and longest-running mariachi music festival in the United States, yo.Posted on November 30, 2020
The Ventures: Stars On Guitars
By Vision Films
Witness the rise and influence of the electric guitar and the relevance of the band in pop culture still today while rocking out to the soundtrack.Posted on November 23, 2020
No Border Blues
By The Chicago Blues Network
Each No Border Blues episode shines a light on the unique ways Chicago blues can be seen through different cultural lenses, and how people from very different countries and backgrounds adopt the Blues as their own.Posted on November 11, 2020
Remembering King Von
Bigger Than The Chicago Drill
"A Chicago native, Von had moved to the city to further his career - Atlanta being, in some ways, the new capital of the hip-hop industry - and to avoid the harassment he said he faced in his home city from the Chicago police department and from personal enemies he accumulated over the years."Posted on November 9, 2020
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