Monthly Archives: January 2017
Deepening in the roots
Ugly, vicious, destructive “- such epithets awarded white America a new musical style – rock and roll. But subsequent decades have shown that this trend, rooted deep in history, is not a passing fashion, but the musical culture of several generations.
The rock and roll style, which absorbed elements of both European and African culture, could appear only in America. Immigrants from different countries of Europe, who poured into the New World in the XVII-XVIII centuries, brought with them not only their music, but also their instruments. Slaves imported from Africa retained their musical traditions, but in view of the ban on playing national instruments, they had to be content with singing and dancing. Continue reading
Rock history
In general, the history of rock music has its roots in the distant past. The term “rock music” is a generic name for the many directions of modern rock. Also called “rock” is the lifestyle of fans of this musical style. Rock music combines numerous trends – from the dance style of rock and roll to hard metal. The content of the songs is rich in a variety of topics from light laid-back to gloomy, philosophical texts.
The history of rock music originates in the twentieth century. It was the 1950s of the last century that the first progenitors of today’s rock appeared. A peculiar point of the report in the history of rock was the appearance of the notable “Liverpool four” of the Beatles group, which created a furor throughout the world and contributed to the opening of a completely new era – the era of rock and roll. Continue reading
