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The “Blue Notes” of Blue Note: 8 Lesser-Known Samples from the Blue Note...
There are a multitude of classic, well-known hip-hop tracks that have sampled from the Blue Note Records catalog. Numerous examples can be found in the music of A Tribe Called Quest, Madlib’s Blue...
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Karriem Riggins Pays Homage to Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner
Legendary frontman of the Ohio Players Leroy Bonner died last week at the age of 69. “Sugarfoot” sang and played guitar with the group that dominated the charts in the ’70s with their thick-bottomed...
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Kris Bowers Covers Kendrick Lamar’s “Rigamortus”
Pianist Kris Bowers’ version of Kendrick Lamar’s “Rigamortus” may have some hip hop heads spinning. And almost like a game of Clue, it was Kris Bowers in the studio with a piano, a set of keys, a...
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Kendrick Lamar: ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’– Meet the Musicians Who Made the Album...
Last night felt like a replay of December when D’Angelo suddenly dropped Black Messiah. While Kendrick Lamar didn’t quite release To Pimp A Butterfly out of the blue, it was a week earlier than most of...
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Billboard: How Kendrick Lamar Transformed into ‘The John Coltrane of Hip-Hop’...
I’m not one to call anything an instant classic. Sure, maybe as a joke on social media accounts– but on this site? Rarely. It’s difficult to truly digest a piece of art in a culture where so many...
View Article6 in 6: Best Albums of 2015 (So Far)
2015 has been one of the best years for music in recent memory. This isn’t to say that the previous years didn’t produce killing music, because it definitely has (check out this list from this time...
View ArticleAudiences Consciously Demand Sophistication
We, in an era of depleted harmonic angles and reused melodic motifs, have underwent a recent revitalization of musical brilliance in mainstream genres across the board. From the utilization of...
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Real Music on the Rise: 2016 Grammy Nominations Announced
Grammy season is upon us! The complete list of this year’s nominees was released earlier this morning, and REVIVE is happy to see artists who push the boundaries of styles such as jazz, instrumental...
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08.30: James Francies’ KINETIC at Jazz Standard
It was just last week that pianist James Francies thrilled the thousands that gathered in Central Park to take part in Igmar Thomas‘s A Journey Through the Legacy of Black Culture. At only 21 years...
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