1990s

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SONGWRITER

Bailamos: meaning and flamenco roots of Enrique Iglesias' first hit

Bailamos remains one of Enrique Iglesias' best-known songs originally recorded for his 1998 album Cosas del Amor but...
SONGWRITER

Oye Mi Amor: the catchy harmony of Maná's most covered song

Oye Mi Amor is one of the most influential tracks of the Mexican rock band Maná released on their 1992 album ¿Dónde...
Music Theory

Lost for Words: Pink Floyd's only Lydian song

Of all 138 songs and instrumental tracks released by Pink Floyd on their 14 studio albums, Lost for Words is the only...
SONGWRITER

La Gota Fría: vallenato music masterpiece refashioned by Carlos Vives

La Gota Fría is one of the best-known examples of the vallenato genre that originated in the early 19th century in the...
SONGWRITER

Burbujas de Amor: playful and saucy lyrics by Juan Luis Guerra

Burbujas de Amor is one of the best-known songs by Juan Luis Guerra, a Dominican pop singer and accomplished songwriter...
SONGWRITER

Dos Gardenias: romantic lyrics of the famous Cuban bolero

Dos Gardenias is a well-known Cuban song with soulful and gentle lyrics composed in the form of bolero—a vocal style...
SONGWRITER

Suavemente: meaning of Elvis Crespo's best song

Suavemente is one of the best-known songs in the merengue genre—a dance style that originated in the Dominican Republic...
Music Theory

6 songs combining harmonic minor and Aeolian mode

The polyphonic structure of Western classical music distinguishes it from other musical traditions such as Indian...
SONGWRITER

Livin' la Vida Loca: why is Ricky Martin's best song so catchy?

Livin' la Vida Loca is likely one of the best-known tracks in the entire repertoire of the Puerto Rican...
Music Theory

8 songs to introduce Aeolian mode and natural minor scale

Over the past centuries, the composition of polyphonic music has been primarily focused on seven diatonic scales...
Music Theory

Plagal cadence exemplified by 9 songs in all diatonic modes

In musical theory, the term cadence is applied to the chord progressions that create a sense of resolution at the end of... 2 comments
Music Theory

5 songs featuring Dorian mode

Out of all seven diatonic scales, the major and minor scales have been the two most prevalent in Western music...
Music Theory

Popular songs using Lydian mode

In Western music, the vast majority of classical compositions and popular songs are written using only two diatonic... 2 comments
SONGWRITER

Traditions of Malian music spread worldwide through Afel Bocoum and Damon Albarn collaboration

The famous Malian songwriter Afel Bocoum began his musical career in the 1960s at the age of thirteen when he joined the...
CHOIR

Traditional music of Gourara archipelago of oases features the poetry of endangered languages

Located in southwest Algeria, Gourara is one of the most picturesque areas of the Sahara desert. This unique region is...
GUITAR

Ry Cooder & Vishwa Mohan Bhatt: the unlikely fusion of two guitar greats

A Meeting by the River—is one of the most striking cross-cultural works of the 1990s which brought Grammy Awards for...
ELECTRIC GUITAR

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

American multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Adrian Belew managed to extract entirely extraordinary sounds from his...
SONGWRITER

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

With roots in the 18th-century Cape Verde, the morna music is a vital and culturally definitive genre of the archipelago...
PIANO

Songs for Drella: the minimalistic tribute to Andy Warhol that united his beloved artists for the first time since 1960s

As an absolutely iconic figure in the visual art movement known as pop art, Andy Warhol had a profound influence on the...
SONGWRITER

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

Ali Farka Touré was one of the first Malian songwriters to arrange African folk music for acoustic and electric guitar,...
SYNTHESIZER

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

Japanese composer Isao Tomita was one of the first to explore analog synthesizers in search for new sounds that would...
Band

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

Twenty years have passed since Mark Sandman’s tragic passing of a heart attack during a 1999 live performance with the...
Band

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

Formed by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib in the late 1970s, the African band Tinariwen always had a clear mission to preserve the...
Band

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

Having first appeared in religious practices, the term glossolalia referred to the ability of a believer to... 2 comments
Collaboration

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

One of the brightest collaborations of the late 1980s arose after the wedding of postpunk singer Toyah Willcox and...
PIANO

Zawinul incited his electric piano to report the jazz weather

European jazz pianist Joe Zawinul is best known for his founding the iconic band Weather Report which is highly...
FILM

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

A set of 11 short stories collected in the film Coffee and Cigarettes depicts the nostalgic era every older smoker might...
ELECTRIC GUITAR

Monnette Sudler: the first lady of jazz guitar

Grammy-nominated jazz guitarist Monnette Sudler is known as the “First Lady of Jazz Guitar,” among other titles. Her...
SONGWRITER

La Mer poem became an international hit after years of searching for a melody

Charles Trenet was one of the most influential popular French songwriters in the mid-20th century. A performer of...
PIANO

Abdullah Ibrahim created his African music of peace in exile

The works of South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, born Adolph Johannes Brand, fuse the melodic sounds of his homeland...

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