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Daily Bookmark: Hungry for some music history? Ian King is serving it up

August 9, 2019August 16, 2019 BrooklynBookBeat

Since rock ‘n’ roll took America’s radio waves and bandstands by storm over sixty years ago, the genre has spawned more than 200 sub-genres. But

Art Featured Memoir Music

See rare photographs, drawings in illustrated version of Patti Smith’s ‘Just Kids’

October 31, 2018August 9, 2019 BrooklynBookBeat

First published in 2010, “Just Kids” by Patti Smith became an instant classic. The iconic book, winner of the National Book Award and number four

Music

‘Appetite for Definition’ serves as ultimate guide to rock ‘n’ roll

October 26, 2018 BrooklynBookBeat

In the six decades since rock ‘n’ roll stormed onto the American music scene, the single genre has produced more than 200 sub-genres. Now from

Events Memoir Music

Iron Maiden Front Man Gives A Rare Backstage Glimpse In New Memoir

October 23, 2017October 23, 2017 BrooklynBookBeat

Heavy metal pioneers since their formation in 1975, Iron Maiden have sold over 90 million albums and played over 2000 shows in 63 countries, making

Children's Events Music

Greenlight Hosts Musical Story Time For Hip-Hop’s Youngest Fans

October 6, 2017October 6, 2017 BrooklynBookBeat

From it’s underground roots in the Boogie Down Bronx to it’s chart-topping, mainstream success today, hip-hop has a rich and colorful history. In the follow-up to

BAM Events Music

BAM Presents ‘Poetry 2014: Birth of a Hip-Hop Nation’

May 1, 2014May 20, 2014 Andriana Zacharakos

Article by Hillel Italie, Associated Press Paying homage to the roots and political relevance of the South Bronx-born hip-hop movement, BAM will present a one-night-only

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