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Matthew Allen

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Award-winning Music Journalist | TV Producer | Director | Founder of The Moving Shrine Substack
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Remembering Seán Ó Sé: A Life in Song and Story

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By Matthew Allen, Na Piobairi Uilleann
| The Journal of Music
I first encountered Seán Ó Sé’s music in 2002 in Cork, where I was living with my wife and daughters for a term teaching at UCC on a Fulbright grant. While previously living in Philadelphia, I had been exposed to a smattering of Irish music and had begun to fall in love with the great innovating groups of the day, especially Planxty, the Bothy Band, Clannad, and, a little later, Altan. This fabulous music was my total frame of reference upon arriving in Cork.
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The 20 Best D'Angelo Songs of All Time, Ranked

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By Dimas Sanfiorenzo, Matthew Allen, Kia Turner Verified, Mark Braboy Verified
| buff.ly
D’Angelo’s genius was undeniable. Though he released only three albums, the singer, who died at 51, left behind a remarkable catalogue of music. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images When Michael Eugene Archer was three years old, his older brother Luther came home to find him almost perfectly playing a Prince song on the piano. As Luther later told Okayplayer: "It was the first time I ever saw him play the piano. It was a full song that he played.
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Clipse Talks Drugs, Beef, and Grief on Comeback Album, ‘Let God Sort Em Out’

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By Matthew Allen
| Black Love
One of the criticisms that Virginia Beach rap duo Clipse has faced over the years is that they only rhyme about dealing cocaine/crack and the luxury that comes with it. Well, that’s not completely true. Ever since Clipse’s 2002 debut album, Lord Willin’, brothers Terrance “Pusha T” Thornton and Gene “(No) Malice” Thornton Jr. have dabbled in subjects that deal with sex, women, relationships, and rap beef.
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