For our third and final chapter, we are looking at five singers who faced a different landscape. For these women, born between 1950 and 1970 (OK – 1971, actually), the walls had already been ...
Coming out of the depths of Stalinist influence, the decade’s music featured state-backed songs – quite exotic from today’s perspective – carrying communist messages about work, as well as rebellious ...
Known as The Genius, Charles combined blues, rhythm and blues, and gospel to contribute to the founding of soul music in the 1950s. He had a profound influence on a number of highly successful ...