An early encounter with Dizzy Gillespie's Afro-Cuban music persuaded Acuna that she could find original common ground between the Latin music of her youth and the modern jazz idiom.
Peel teamed up with Walters to broadcast some of the most ground-breaking music of an era.
Mr. Jones and the rest of the band Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith broke new ground in pop music because instead of coming up through the music world, they were the vision of producers.
The record industry has long viewed college campuses as fertile ground for introducing new music.
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Mr. FORSTER: Well, I actually do play music into the ground.
Of the other three albums in "Quatro, " "Cuban Carnival" (1956) was Puente's first album for a major mainstream label and broke new ground in showing that Cuban dance music could sustain audience attention, whether moving or sitting for a full 36 minutes in fact, any longer than that would test a dancer's endurance.
He helped get a small label, Saddle Creek Records, off the ground and his dedication to making independent music from his hometown is unwavering.
Facebook Inc. and others have had by creating a breeding ground for products in news, games and music.
Inhabiting the middle ground are dozens of "not free" phones, including music and camera phones.
Pandora shares are losing some ground this morning after Microsoft detailed plans to enter the streaming music business.
"I'm proud to stand with him as he breaks new ground in philanthropy like he's done countless times in music, " Longoria said.
As for the music, her latest CD is not breaking any new ground, but it does remind everyone who owns the ground Gaga, Rihanna, Beyonce and others are walking on.
Videogame music has received comparatively little recognition, although the genre is gaining ground, thanks to categories in such award ceremonies as the Spike Video Game Awards.
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It featured tributes to the British countryside and the Industrial Revolution (complete with smokestacks emerging from the ground), showcased the "Chariots of Fire" soundtrack as well as pop music staples from the Beatles to Amy Winehouse, and even comedy bits featuring Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson), actor Daniel Craig and even Queen Elizabeth II herself.
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Bessie Smith's version of St Louis Blues was even filmed in a kind of predecessor of today's music videos - she acts out the part of a woman knocked to the ground by a two-timing boyfriend, and then moves to a bar to sing the blues.
This punk bar is a major testing ground for local bands, and a great place to enjoy live rock, punk and ska music, as well as cheap drinks.
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