The visionary arranger thought of himself as a storyteller, not just a sound engineer.
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Some viewers seem to want Abela’s voice to be a carbon copy of Winehouse’s. But the art of vocal impersonation isn’t about perfect replication.
The legendary singer has died at 83. Her performance practice exemplified fierce hard work.
Clyde Stubblefield’s drumming has been sampled or imitated more than 1,000 times since it was recorded in 1970.
The sounds and sights of Brazilian feminist funk.
