... the Meditereneanean. Music designed to preserve the human spirit was first developed in the Aegean region about two and a half thousand years ago. Sezen Aksu is descended from this long tradition. One of the most unique aspects of her voice and musical interpretation is her ability to convey conflicting emotions, one within the other. She has all the passion of ten ... even love is a consumer product, so it may be necessary to delve a little deeper into Sezen's voice to get in touch with those feelings that are part of the great oral tradition of the lands where she belongs. Sezen's voi...

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... Tin Pan Alley's sentimental ballads, rock "n" roll was a liberating revolutionary escape into a kin fog purely physical music(2139). Rock "n" roll revolutionized the music industry. Because it was music in the oral tradition, one or two hearings were enough to learn it, sheet music sales plummeted as record sales soared. Tin Pan Alley was in trouble. To survive Tin Pan Alley kept the ... ...

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