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Joni Mitchell will forever be associated with the Laurel Canyon folk music scene of the late Sixties and early Seventies. The scene was a cornerstone of California’s predominantly white, beatnik ...

Female bootleggers were often far more ... was just one of many women who would influence jazz music from the 1920s on. The New York Times reported that Hardin helped her future husband Louis ...

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supported tours to Colombia and Togo and Benin in West Africa. She was also selected as one of five female jazz pianists invited to participate in the inaugural Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz ...

India's music industry is home to some of the most talented and successful female singers who have mesmerized audiences with their soulful voices. From Shreya Ghoshal to Neha Kakkar, let’s take ...

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