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Music of the 1930s
5 OffStereo shows from the 1930s. Among them: Joshua Tree's American Tapestry, Emahoy's Piano: Exile and Grace.
Joshua Tree's American Tapestry
U2's The Joshua Tree found its spiritual quest and desert sound in the raw yearning of Robert Johnson, the prophetic voice of Bob Dylan, and the gospel power of Mahalia Jackson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Answers: What American roots artists influenced U2's The Joshua Tree?
Emahoy's Piano: Exile and Grace
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou's piano, blending Ethiopian scales and Western classical, gently channels a lifetime of exile and spiritual devotion from 1930s Ethiopia to Jerusalem.
Answers: What challenges did Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou face in her early life?
Echoes: From Jazz to Disco
From Al Bowlly's 1932 "My Woman" to White Town's 1997 "Your Woman" and Dua Lipa's 2020 "Love Again," a single trumpet motif redefines itself across decades and genres.
Answers: How did White Town's "Your Woman" become a hit?
Asnaketch Worku: Krar's Enduring Voice
Asnaketch Worku's pioneering krar work, from 1974's "Mela Mela" to 1995's "Ende Jerusalem," forged a defiant sound that still shapes Krar Collective's Ethiopian traditional music.
Answers: What instrument did Asnaketch Worku play?
Piraeus Blues: Underground Echoes
Markos Vamvakaris and the Piraeus Quartet forge rebetiko's raw sound from 1930s Piraeus, a defiant voice for hardship and migration that endures Metaxas-era censorship.
Answers: Who was Markos Vamvakaris?