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The Strangest Hit Songwriter in History
He wrote one of my favorite songs, but was so much more than a composer.
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Ted Gioia
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The Honest Broker
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June 12, 2024
How an IBM Computer Learned to Sing
The IBM 7094 anticipated the future of music—and also sounded like the Auto-Tuned pop stars of today.
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Ted Gioia
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The Honest Broker
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March 26, 2023
Did the Blues Originate in New Orleans?
Something unusual happened in New Orleans music around 1895. Was it the birth of the blues?
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Ted Gioia
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The Honest Broker
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April 18, 2022
The First Music Streaming Service
In the 1930s, a Seattle entrepreneur created a successful analog streaming platform—and ran it out of a drugstore.
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Ted Gioia
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The Honest Broker
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April 4, 2022
The Discovery of Buck Hammer
A remarkable blues musician emerged from obscurity in 1959, but something about him just didn’t seem right.
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Ted Gioia
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The Honest Broker
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January 17, 2022
