popular music
Britishnoun
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“Rock ’N’ Roll,” which he dedicated to Vaclav Havel, explores the rebellious, Dionysian force of popular music, an eternal source of inspiration for him, in a play set partly in Prague during the Communist era.
From Los Angeles Times
Paton was no stranger to the rooms where the Beatles changed the course of popular music: His 1970s pop-rock band Pilot recorded two albums there.
From New York Times
The billboard reads “Catch more than vibes?” and features a photo of the popular music and arts festival Coachella, held annually in Indio.
From Los Angeles Times
Perhaps because enduring a drizzly day is such a universal experience, popular music is full of rain songs.
From New York Times
An endless scroll of homemade productions, many of them shot in small towns or farms and set to popular music, helped while away the hours across the world’s cheapest and fastest-growing mobile-data network.
From New York Times
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