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The Beat Beat: 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet'

Linda East Brady Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 4:51pm

This week’s edition of The Beat Beat audio blog examines a piece of splendid literary fiction that updates a Greek myth in an alternative history of rock 'n' roll — “The Ground Beneath Her Feet” by Salman Rushdie.

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The Beat Beat: Pinetop Perkins

Linda East Brady Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, April 8, 2011 - 10:03am

In this edition of The Beat Beat audio blog, Standard-Examiner music writer Linda East Brady looks at the life of blues piano legend Pinetop Perkins.

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The Beat Beat: Spade Cooley

Linda East Brady Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, April 8, 2011 - 9:51am

In this week’s Beat Beat audio blog, music writer Linda East Brady looks at the life of Spade Cooley. He was a colorful West Coast musician who coined the term “Western Swing,” but who met with a dark end.

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The Beat Beat: Mardi Gras

Linda East Brady Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, April 8, 2011 - 9:53am

Laissez les bon temps rouler! Mardi Gras happens this week, and The Beat Beat audio blog celebrates the party by delving into the history of the song “Iko Iko.”

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The Beat Beat: Thin Lizzy

Linda East Brady Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 9:20pm

In this week’s edition of The Beat Beat audio blog, music writer Linda East Brady remembers guitarist Gary Moore and singer/songwriter Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy. As a girl, she secretly relished their unique brand of romantic metal-tinged rock 'n' roll.

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The Beat Beat: Gladys Horton

Linda East Brady Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 8:02pm

In this week’s Beat Beat audio blog, music writer Linda East Brady pays homage to The Marvelettes’ founder, Gladys Horton, who passed away in January. She put Motown Records on the map by delivering the label’s first No. 1 record, “Please Mister Postman.”

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The Beat Beat: Charlie Louvin

Linda East Brady Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 7:05pm

Linda East Brady remembers the influence of the late country star Charlie Louvin. When she was growing up, the music he made with his brother Ira, in The Louvin Brothers, was used to keep Southern children scared straight.

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The Beat Beat: Don Kirshner

Linda East Brady Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 7:26pm

In this week’s edition of The Beat Beat audio blog, music writer Linda East Brady looks at the career of “The Man With the Golden Ear,” Don Kirshner.

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The Beat Beat: Remembering Tucson

Linda East Brady Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 7:27pm

In this week’s edition of the Beat Beat audio blog, music writer Linda East Brady remembers the Tucson of her college years — a melting pot of cultural diversity that helped shape noteworthy singers, songwriters and musicians.

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The Beat Beat: Unsettling singers

Linda East Brady Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 9:01pm

In this week’s edition of The Beat Beat audio blog, music writer Linda East Brady tells of a few very popular singers who somehow give her the willies.

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The Beat Beat: New Year's Eve

Linda East Brady Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 6:42pm

This week on the Beat Beat audio blog, music writer Linda East Brady talks about songs celebrating the turning of the new year.

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The Beat Beat: Sam Cooke

Linda East Brady Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 6:39pm

Soul music can trace its roots back to a single talent — Sam Cooke. This week in the Beat Beat audio blog, music writer Linda East Brady looks at Cooke’s tragically short career and his lasting influence on popular music.

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The Beat Beat: Choirs and carolers

Linda East Brady Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, December 10, 2010 - 12:24pm

This week in The Beat Beat audio blog, music writer Linda East Brady talks of caroling and choirs, and the unconventional use of the latter in a number of pop tunes.

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The Beat Beat: The Doors for Christmas

Linda East Brady Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, December 3, 2010 - 10:05am

On this week’s edition of The Beat Beat audio blog, music writer Linda East Brady tells the story of the first gift she ever bought — The Doors’ timeless debut album.

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The Beat Beat: Solo artists with band names

Linda East Brady

Last updated Friday, November 26, 2010 - 12:40am

What do the acts Iron and Wine, The Almost, and Dashboard Confessional have in common? They at least started out as solo artists, despite their band-name style handles. Join music writer Linda East Brady on The Beat Beat audio blog as she examines the origins of a few band/solo musician nicknames.

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