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Songs Where the Backing Vocals Change the Whole Picture
Songs Where the Backing Vocals Change the Whole Picture
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Listen past the lead and you’ll hear a train whistle, a plea answered by a choir, and a rhythm played by voices alone. These recordings give the backing singers something distinct to do. Each...
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First-Dance Songs Beyond the Most Repeated Wedding Choices
First-Dance Songs Beyond the Most Repeated Wedding Choices
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Pick a first dance that feels right for the two of you. There’s a close slow dance, a country two-step, and a Brazilian love song about finding a best friend in your partner. Each entry tells you...
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Antique Phonographs and Gramophones
Antique Phonographs and Gramophones
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Before anyone owned a record player, there were wind-up machines. This gallery follows the phonographs and gramophones that carried recorded sound from Edison's workbench into parlors, trenches...
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Songs That Do More by Leaving Space between the Notes
Songs That Do More by Leaving Space between the Notes
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Listen to what happens just after a guitar stops, a voice trails away, or a beat leaves you waiting. These tracks give those gaps a job. Sometimes the space sets up the next hit, gives a voice...
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Songs That Use a Sample in a Musically Revealing Way
Songs That Use a Sample in a Musically Revealing Way
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A piano figure that lasts two bars on one record can become the sound you wait for throughout another. A little whistling can answer a singer. These tracks give you one sample to listen for and...
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Storytelling Karaoke Songs That Don't Need a Big Voice
Storytelling Karaoke Songs That Don't Need a Big Voice
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For the person who wants the microphone but not the high note. Every song here wins the room through character, timing and a tale worth following: half-spoken verses, comic twists, duets with a...
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Soul Albums That Show How Much a Voice Can Say
Soul Albums That Show How Much a Voice Can Say
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A great soul singer does not need vocal gymnastics or sheer volume to make you feel something. The impact lives in the details: a pause before a confession, a catch in the throat, a sudden...
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Pop Ballads That Earn Their Big Finish
Pop Ballads That Earn Their Big Finish
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A great pop ballad does not start at full volume. These songs let a quiet piano, a conversational vocal or a sparse guitar lay the groundwork, so when the climax breaks it feels earned by the...
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Songs Where Falsetto Adds More Than a High Note
Songs Where Falsetto Adds More Than a High Note
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Listen to what happens when the voice changes texture. Here a falsetto can turn a casual verse into a confession, jump out of a busy dance track, or carry a phrase long enough to make the silence...
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Songs with Two Released Versions Worth Keeping Side by Side
Songs with Two Released Versions Worth Keeping Side by Side
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A new vocal can change the meaning of a line. An acoustic performance can take a familiar song at a pace you didn’t expect. These pairs give you two released recordings to compare and one detail...
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Heavy Songs with Clean Vocals and Plenty of Weight
Heavy Songs with Clean Vocals and Plenty of Weight
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For many listeners the real barrier to heavy music is harsh or growled vocals. These songs earned their place because they deliver real weight, through riffs, drums and dynamics, while the singing...
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Songs Where the Piano Is More Than Accompaniment
Songs Where the Piano Is More Than Accompaniment
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Listen to what the piano does when the singer takes a breath or the rest of the band comes in. On some records it supplies the riff or sets up a rhythm you can follow through the whole song. On...
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Softly Sung Songs for Turning the Volume of the Day Down
Softly Sung Songs for Turning the Volume of the Day Down
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These songs keep a voice close without asking it to fill the room. Some have only a guitar behind them. Others have a steady bass line, a small jazz group, or layers that blur around the singer...
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Songs That Make an Unusual Time Signature Feel Natural
Songs That Make an Unusual Time Signature Feel Natural
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Put on a song you already know and follow the part that keeps bringing you back to the start. It could be a bass riff, a little harpsichord turn, or the same chords twice in a row. These...
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