The 19th Century’s Highest-Paid Piano Player Was A Blind Slave
This post was originally published on this siteWith Beethoven-like precision, even while blind, Tom Wiggins was able to master a piece of music after hearing […]
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20 Ridiculously Bad Vintage Album Covers From the Netherlands
This post was originally published on this siteRock on to the worst in funny, creepy bad album cover art from the Netherlands. Dutch singles are […]
Svenska Dansband: 43 Vintage Portraits of Swedish Dance Bands of the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteDansband (“dance band”) is a Swedish term for a band that plays dansbandsmusik (“dance band music”). Dansbandsmusik is […]
Iggy Pop Explains Why He Hates the Term “Punk Rock” in This 1977 CBC Interview
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1977, Iggy Pop and David Bowie were supposed to perform on Peter Gzowski’s 90 Minutes Live in […]
This Week In History News, Jan. 7 – 13
This post was originally published on this siteResearchers find Thomas Jefferson’s kitchen, an ancient Roman board game, and a 1,700-year-old musical instrument that still works. […]
21 Of The Best Netflix Documentaries You Can Watch In 2018
This post was originally published on this siteFrom commentary on animal activism to stories of war heroes that rescued thousands, the documentaries on this list […]
38 Amazing Portrait Photos of Celebrated Female Jazz Artists Taken by William P. Gottlieb
This post was originally published on this siteWilliam Paul Gottlieb (1917-2006) was an American photographer and newspaper columnist who is best known for his classic […]
23 Creepy and Bizarre Vintage Children’s Album Covers
This post was originally published on this siteIt’s true that the world looks more innocent through a child’s eyes. But album covers, even those made […]
Amazing Photos of Queen Live at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on December 26, 1979
This post was originally published on this siteCrazy Tour was a short tour by Queen during November and December 1979. After the release of the […]
The Bee Gees, Kitarō, and Led Zeppelin Could Not Perform in Singapore in the 1970s Because of a Hair Campaign
This post was originally published on this siteA ban on long hair once existed in Singapore. In the 1960s, a Singapore government policy forbidding any […]
Elvis Presley Signing an Autograph for a 12-Year Old Madonna in 1970
This post was originally published on this siteIt’s being discussed on internet, the picture below has surfaced on some Elvis fan sites and it’s been […]
Unexplainable Photos of Freddie Mercury Riding on Superman’s Shoulders in Queen Concerts in 1979
This post was originally published on this siteFreddie is being carried by “The Man of Steel” Superman while performing “We Will Rock You” in Queen […]
Hungarian Youth: Black and White Photographs Capture Punk Culture in Hungary From the Early 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn in 1945 in Szatmárnémeti, Romania, Tamás Urbán received his high school diploma in Debrecen in 1964, then […]
The Beatles Interviewed Outside Abbey Road Studios Around Christmas 1966
This post was originally published on this siteOn the evening of December 20th 1966, each of the Beatles arrived separately for the group’s scheduled recording […]
Famous Classic Album Covers Mashed Up With Star Wars Characters
This post was originally published on this siteSteve Lear is a London-based, digital artist with a self-proclaimed, “unhealthy obsession for movies, music and Photoshop.” And […]
Anomalies on The Beatles Album Covers That Boosted the “Paul Is Dead” Phenomenon
This post was originally published on this siteHere are the clues that Beatles fans “found” in the band’s album covers to convince themselves that Paul […]
Turns Out The “Ice Cream Song” From Our Childhood Is Incredibly Racist
This post was originally published on this siteThe tune’s popularity in America and its association with ice cream trucks are the result of decades of […]
16 Bizarre Classic Christmas Album Covers
This post was originally published on this siteEvery year, a handful of new artists try their hand at a Christmas album. It works for some, […]
The Kitten Covers: 19 Classic Album Covers Recreated With Cats
This post was originally published on this siteThe Kitten Covers is a single topic blog featuring album covers from classic records with cats photoshopped into […]
Vintage Photographs of Hippies and Teds Gathered at Wembley Stadium for a Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival Show in 1972
This post was originally published on this siteThe London Rock and Roll Show was a concert held at Wembley Stadium, London, on 5 August 1972. […]
A Collection of 22 ‘He Touched Me’-Themed Album Covers
This post was originally published on this siteSinger and songwriter of southern gospel music Bill Gaither had written more than fifty songs, none of which […]
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Photographed by Michael Levine in 1992
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1963 in San Francisco, New York City-based portrait photographer Michael Lavine grew up in Denver, and graduated […]
The 1973 Milano Pop Festival – Looking Back to the Italian Youth Music Festival Nearly 45 Years Ago
This post was originally published on this siteThese fascinating photos from Children of God that capture young Italian people enjoying music in the Milano Pop Festival in […]
Untypical Girls: Early Photographs of Women in Punk From Between the Late 1970s and Early 1990s
This post was originally published on this siteThese rarely seen, personal photographs, taken from Sam Knee’s forthcoming book, Untypical Girls: Styles and Sounds of the […]
These Awkward Christian Music Album Covers Will Make You Think That You’ve Died and Went to Hell!
This post was originally published on this siteChristian music grew very much in popularity in the late 1960s and early ’70s, when Christian music bands […]