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  SONGWRITER

  Yo No Te Pido la Luna: origins and meaning of Daniela Romo's best hit

  Italy, Mexico, Latin, Popular Song,

  1980s
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  Music Theory

  Lost for Words: Pink Floyd's only Lydian song

  England, Progressive Rock,

  1980s

  , 1990s
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  Music Theory

  6 songs combining harmonic minor and Aeolian mode

  England, Germany, Puerto Rico, USA, Latin, Popular Song, Rock, 1960s,

  1980s

  , 1990s
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  SONGWRITER

  Cali Pachanguero: meaning behind essential Colombian salsa by Jairo Varela

  Colombia, Flamenco, Latin, Popular Song,

  1980s
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  FILM

  Gabriel's Oboe: soulful Morricone tune that soothes the Iguazu Falls

  England, Italy, Film Score,

  1980s
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  SONGWRITER

  La Bamba: meaning and tragedy behind the best-known son jarocho

  Mexico, USA, Folk, Latin, Popular Song, 1960s,

  1980s
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  Music Theory

  6 songs to unpack Ionian mode and the major scale

  England, USA, Blues, Folk, Popular Song, Rock, 1930s, 1960s, 1970s,

  1980s
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  Music Theory

  8 songs to introduce Aeolian mode and natural minor scale

  England, Scotland, USA, Folk, Popular Song, Rock, 1960s, 1970s,

  1980s

  , 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
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  Music Theory

  Plagal cadence exemplified by 9 songs in all diatonic modes

  England, USA, Rock, 1960s, 1970s,

  1980s

  , 1990s, 2000s 2 comments
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  Music Theory

  7 songs featuring Mixolydian mode

  England, USA, Rock, 1960s, 1970s,

  1980s

  1 comment
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  Music Theory

  5 songs featuring Dorian mode

  Canada, England, France, USA, Ballade, Folk, Popular Song, Rock, Work Song, World Music, 1960s, 1970s,

  1980s

  , 1990s
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  Music Theory

  Popular songs using Lydian mode

  Canada, England, USA, Popular Song, Progressive Rock, Rock, 1970s,

  1980s

  , 1990s 2 comments
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  SYNTHESIZER

  Plainsong: The Cure's psychedelic liturgy on the edge of the world

  England, New Wave, Popular Song, Rock,

  1980s
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  Music Theory

  Deceptive cadence: chord progressions and song examples

  England, New Wave, Rock, 1960s,

  1980s
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  SONGWRITER

  Twist in My Sobriety: rare oboe solo in Tanita Tikaram's best song

  England, Folk, Popular Song,

  1980s
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  Music Theory

  Mixolydian mode: famous examples in classical and pop music

  England, Germany, Italy, USA, Concerto, Fugue, Motet, Popular Song, Raga, Renaissance, Baroque, 20st Century Classical, 1960s, 1970s,

  1980s

  , Indian Classical 13 comments
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  Album

  Swordfishtrombones: groundbreaking instrumentation catches Tom Waits' signature sound

  USA, Experimental Rock, Rock,

  1980s
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  ELECTRIC GUITAR

  Adrian Belew's spellbinding guitar tricks saturate prog music with the sounds of space

  USA, Art Rock, New Wave, Progressive Rock, 1970s,

  1980s

  , 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
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  SONGWRITER

  The morna: essential music of the Cape Verde archipelago reached mainland thanks to Cesária Évora's voice

  Cape Verde, Morna, 1960s, 1970s,

  1980s

  , 1990s, 2000s
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  ORCHESTRA

  Mozart and Tom Waits wrote music for the glass armonica which was rumored to cause mental health damage

  Austria, England, Germany, Ireland, USA, Adagio, Rock, Baroque, Classical,

  1980s

  1 comment
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  SONGWRITER

  The resonance of African tribal heritage in Ali Farka Touré's guitar

  Mali, Folk, World Music, 1970s,

  1980s

  , 1990s, 2000s
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  SYNTHESIZER

  The analog synthesizers of Isao Tomita programming fresh sound for all-time classics

  Japan, Ambient, Concerto, Suite, 20st Century Classical, 1960s, 1970s,

  1980s

  , 1990s, 2000s
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  Band

  The low-end sound of Morphine trio cut short by Mark Sandman's tragic death while on a stage

  USA, Alternative Rock,

  1980s

  , 1990s
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  Band

  Tinariwen: 40 years of nomadic desert music driven by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib's guitar

  Algeria, Mali, Folk, Raï, World Music, 1970s,

  1980s

  , 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
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  Band

  Emotion over meaning: the enigmatic lyrics of Cocteau Twins in the languages of glossolalia

  Scotland, New Wave, 1970s,

  1980s

  , 1990s 2 comments
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  Collaboration

  Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox: the prog family who proclaimed Sunday All Over the World

  England, Progressive Rock,

  1980s

  , 1990s
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  PIANO

  Zawinul incited his electric piano to report the jazz weather

  Austria, Jazz, 1970s,

  1980s

  , 1990s, 2000s
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  FILM

  The necessity of undramatic humanity in Coffee and Cigarettes by Jim Jarmusch

  Italy, Japan, USA, Soundtrack, 1970s,

  1980s

  , 1990s, 2000s
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  SONGWRITER

  The smoky alto of Chabuca Granda elevated the Creole waltz to the international level

  Peru, Popular Song, 1960s, 1970s,

  1980s
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  SONGWRITER

  Voice of Wassoulou preserves the ancient roots of West Africa

  Mali, Folk, Popular Song, World Music,

  1980s

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