Saturday, October 1st, 2011
Sylvia Robinson, 75, a singer who performed rhythm-and-blues hits in the 1950s and later found resounding success as a producer who nurtured the birth of a new musical genre — hip-hop — with Sugarhill Gang’s 1979 song “Rapper’s Delight,” died Sept. 29 at a hospital in Secaucus, N.J. The Associated Press reported that she had congestive heart failure. Read full article > >
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Sylvia Robinson, producer of Sugarhill Gang’s ‘Rapper’s Delight,’ dies at 75
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Radio 4′s Shipping Forecast has long been a vital source of information for sailors, but now it has also provided the inspiration for a new musical work.
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VIDEO: Music inspired by Shipping Forecast
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Friday, March 25th, 2011
Soon-to-be Daily Beast blogger Andrew Sullivan attended opening night of Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s new musical, The Book of Mormon, and called it “a loving celebration of religious faith” despite its being heralded as the most obscene musical ever…
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Andrew Sullivan: Book of Mormon a ‘Triumph’
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