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The archetypal big-toned Texas tenor of Don Wilkerson was unfortunately not documented on record just as much because the quality of his music deserved; he was a fantastic, earthy soul-jazz saxophonist with the capacity of playing blues, ballads, bop, golf swing, and gospel-tinged R&B. Wilkerson was created in Moreauville, LA, …

La Mafia has become the versatile Latino rings. Hailing from Houston, they’re largely in charge of the resurgence from the “norteño audio,” which includes some basis in nation and traditional western music. The group was founded by Oscar and Leonard Gonzalez, both of whom had been raised within the north …

Although controversial subject material of gangsta rap wasn’t a lot of a barrier to well-known success through the ’90s, the Geto Boys’ recordings demonstrated almost too extreme for widespread exposure. Obstructed from distributing their 1990 major-label debut by Geffen — who insisted a track coping with necrophilia in addition to …

A singer, songwriter, and maker, Solange Knowles debuted in the first 2000s with pop-oriented modern R&B materials and grew into one of the most adventurous, expectation-defying performers of the past due 2000s and 2010s. Younger sister of Beyoncé Knowles, she analyzed dance and theatre as a kid and produced her …

Early in his career, Texas dancer, choreographer, and singer Brian Puspos established himself within the hip-hop dance group SoReal Cru, which finished in second put on America’s Finest Dance Crew’s second season in 2008. The Houston-born Filipino-American began dancing at a age, encircled by a family group that also leaned …