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Parent topics
- Music [r]: The art of structuring time by combining sound and silence into rhythm and harmonies. [e]
- Popular music [r]: Music that is accessible to the general public and disseminated by one or more of the mass media. [e]
- Rock music [r]: A form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody, accompanied by guitar, drums, and bass. Rock music usually has a strong back beat, which evolved from earlier rock and roll and rockabilly music. [e]
- Band (musical ensemble) [r]: A group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music. [e]
Subtopics
- Beck [r]: An American singer-songwriter. [e]
- Rex Bell [r]: Texas singer-songwriter, bass player for Townes Van Zandt, Lightnin' Hopkins and Lucinda Williams [e]
- Deborah Bonham [r]: (b. 7 February 1962) English blues and rock singer-songwriter, and younger sister of John Bonham. [e]
- Bob Dylan [r]: American folk music singer-songwriter in the 1960's and 70's and later a member of the Travelling Wilburys. [e]
- Eliza Gilkyson [r]: A singer-songwriter and daughter of songwriter Terry Gilkyson. [e]
- Lightnin' Hopkins [r]: was a Texas country blues guitar player [e]
- Sarah McLachlan [r]: A Grammy Award winning Canadian singer-songwriter. [e]
- Nico [r]: (16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988) German singer-songwriter, fashion model, actress, born Christa Päffgen. [e]
- Scott Nolan [r]: A singer-songwriter based out of Winnepeg, Canada. [e]
- Robert Plant [r]: (b. 20 August 1948), English rock singer and songwriter, famous for his membership in the rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, as well as for his successful solo career. [e]
- P. J. Proby [r]: (b. James Marcus Smith, 6 November 1938), American singer, composer, and actor, best known for his string of Top 10 hits in the 1960s and musical theatre productions. [e]
- Screaming Lord Sutch [r]: (10 November 1940 - 16 June 1999), English singer and politician, leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party. [e]
- Townes Van Zandt [r]: Country folk singer-songwriter best known for his songwriting prowess [e]
- Lucinda Williams [r]: A three-time Grammy Award-winning Texas folk singer-songwriter. [e]
Other related topics
- Blues [r]: A music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions (I-IV-V) and blue notes. [e]
- Classic rock [r]: A radio format usually encompassing the mid-1960s to early 1980s years with an emphasis on guitar based bands such as Led Zeppelin or Bad Company. Since the 1980s, classic rock has also been used to loosely describe a genre of music redolent of the radio format. [e]
- Classic Rock (magazine) [r]: A magazine dedicated to the radio format and genre of classic rock, first published by Future Publishing in 1998. It is one of the highest circulating music publications in the world. [e]
- Cover band [r]: A band that only plays (or "covers") the songs of other artists, rather than playing original material. [e]
- Bass guitar [r]: Musical instrument used to fill in the bottom end of music in many bands. [e]
- Film [r]: A visual medium involving the recording and display of images in motion over time, generally by photographic means. [e]
- Guitar [r]: A stringed musical instrument consisting of three main types; the electric guitar, the classical guitar, and the acoustic guitar. [e]
- Heavy metal (music) [r]: Heavy metal (often referred to simply as metal) is a popular genre of rock music that evolved in the late 1960s and early 1970s, from heavy blues and psychedelic rock. [e]
- Musical instrument [r]: An object constructed or used for the purpose of making music. [e]
- Popular culture [r]: Commercialised folk culture that exists for the masses; opposite of high culture. [e]
- Rock band [r]: A musical group with plays rock and roll, rock and pop music. [e]
- Rock 'n' roll [r]: A form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, from rhythm and blues, country, and folk. [e]
- VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs [r]: A 2008 program on VH1 Classic, which counted down the top 100 greatest hard rock songs of all time. [e]
- Waltz [r]: A melody played with three beats per bar, usually in 3/4 or 3/8 time. [e]
