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Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1990s, I listened to soul singer-turned-R&B sex symbol Teddy Pendergrass and other artists who defined the Sound of Philadelphia. Now, as a professor of ethnic ...

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A huge, gloriously silly and brutally effective amalgam of abandoned styles ripe for reinvigorating — rap-metal, dream-prog, ...

Every Thursday, the Paste staff and contributors will choose their five favorite songs of the week, awarding one entry a ...

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where ...