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1 day ago · Rock. Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. [3] It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from ...
1 day ago · Harry Belafonte. Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte's career breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist.
1 day ago · From Thursday (July 4) until Sunday (July 7), the site near Kirklington, boasted over 60 international artists performing across four stages and sold more tickets than ever before. The charity festival, which reinvests the money each year to organise a bigger and better festival specialises in Americana roots and acoustic folk music.
1 day ago · The FolkWorks Calendar is a comprehensive listings of folk/roots/trad related events. The listing includes both live and virtual concerts, dances, festivals, and more. The events are entered by contributors: musicians, event producers and publicists.
