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Bauhaus's first single became a spooky-sexy Goth anthem, but the song is built on music from some of the sunniest places imaginable. Plus: 7+ hour…
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Loretta Lynn won fans as her songs were banned by radio, singing the truths she knew.
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September 2022

The 50th anniversary of David Bowie's endeavor to save one of his favorite bands.
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Smooth, suave, and seductive, Roxy Music's swan song captures how romance is both a beginning and an end. [Summer of '82, pt. 6]
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August 2022

He left Depeche Mode after writing their hits. She left school to sing in pubs with R&B bands and didn't even like synth pop. Of course they made…
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The Wilson Brothers took Greenwood, Archer and Pine Streets (and Tulsa's dark history) all over the world. [Summer of '82 pt. 4]
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The idiosyncratic Celtic Soul of a contrarian one hit wonder, [Summer of '82 pt. 3]
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The song that took Hip-Hop beyond the party. [Summer of '82, pt. 2]
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July 2022

Plexiglass bikinis, a drummer's band, and Frank Zappa. [Summer of '82 pt. 1]
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Stranger Things put a 37 year-old song on the pop charts, which is fitting: Kate Bush's music always did seem out of time.
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June 2022

For the first official week of summer: The Isley Brothers make something hot and funky from Seals and Crofts' '70s soft rock exemplar, "Summer Breeze."
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For June 8th: The titular Turk who inspired one of Brubeck's more invigorating time signature experiments was a musician named June Eighth
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