So What's All the Fuss About 'Keeping It Real'?

Mark Kemp

Article by MTV music development vice president Mark Kemp on issue of authenticity as it applies to contemporary popular music; focuses on country-folk singer-songwriter Gillian Welch, who grew up in Hollywood; CA.

Addded Aug 31, 2023

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

Jonathan Bernstein, Pat Blashill, Jon Blistein, Nathan Brackett, David Browne, Anthony DeCurtis, Matt Diehl, Jon Dolan, Chuck Eddy, Ben Edmonds, Gavin Edwards, Jenny Eliscu, Brenna Ehrlich, Suzy Exposito, David Fricke, Elisa Gardner, Holly George-Warren, Andy Greene, Kory Grow, Will Hermes, Brian Hiatt, Christian Hoard, Charles Holmes, Mark Kemp, Greg Kot, Elias Leight, Joe Levy, Angie Martoccio, David McGee, Chris Molanphy, Tom Moon, Jason Newman, Rob O'Connor, Park Puterbaugh, Jody Rosen, Austin Scaggs, Karen Schoemer, Bud Scoppa, Claire Shaffer, Rob Sheffield, Hank Shteamer, Brittany Spanos, Rob Tannenbaum, David Thigpen, Simon Vozick-Levinson, Barry Walters & Jonah Weiner

The classics are still the classics, but the canon keeps getting bigger and better.

Addded Sep 22, 2020

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Creative Loafing Charlotte

A Gypsy Music Primer

Mark Kemp

Roma rocks!

Addded Mar 28, 2018

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Creative Loafing Charlotte

Artist Vice Creates Stadium-Ready Rock for the Soundtrack of Your Youth

Mark Kemp

Artist Vice is your quintessential alt-rock band of the current millennium. Drawing inspiration from later-period alternative-rock acts like the Killers, Muse, Jimmy Eat World and Foo Fighters, the trio is a far cry from such late-'80s and early-'90s outfits as the Pixies, Breeders, Nirvana or even Green Day.

Addded Jan 3, 2018

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Creative Loafing Charlotte

How Erykah Badu Inspired Ali Steele's Musical Journey

Mark Kemp

Ankhs for the memories

Addded Oct 25, 2017

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Creative Loafing Charlotte

A Secret History of Hipsters on the Links

Mark Kemp

Everybody knows true jocks love football and basketball. Stoners and artists prefer to hike or camp or surf or skateboard. And we all like baseball. But what about golf?

Addded Aug 9, 2017

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Creative Loafing Charlotte

Bunny Gregory Opened Her Home to Rappers and Forever Changed the Charlotte Music Scene

Mark Kemp

Bunny Gregory was the "weird" kid in her school. For one thing, it was the '70s and '80s and she was a black artist in Charlotte who liked poetry and listened to everything from country to R&B, jazz and even crooners like Frank Sinatra.

Addded Jul 16, 2017

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