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Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell tell the tale of Philly soul. Leon Huff, Thom Bell and Kenneth Gamble (from left) in Philadelphia in 1973. Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. From scorching message songs to sexy ballads, laidback steppers to boogie joints, the catalog of Philadelphia International Records (PIR) is both unmistakably bold and warmly enticing. Spearheaded by the influential songwriting and production partnership of Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, along with invaluabl...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—It all started with the keys. "Music is my life. It still is and it was when I was a kid," says Bertha Barbee-McNeal, co-founder of legendary Motown group The Velvelettes. At 9 years old, she remembers, "I would sit on my curb (in Flint, Michigan), and I would listen to this gal play the piano. My parents let me take lessons, and I would walk four of five blocks every day … I dont think I missed a lesson until I was 22." That passion for piano is what led Barbee-McNeal to ...

Apocalypso Now by Walter Egan Known as the  “Athens of the South”, Nashville is a musical magnet attracting songwriters and musicians to head on down to this “Music City” to philosophise in song and verse. So it’s no surprise that a songwriter and musician of Walter Egan’s calibre found himself gravitating there following the life-changing events of his father’s death and his marriage heading for the skids. Nevertheless, out of destruction comes creation and, with Nashville being...

Overview Hydrogen has over the last century enjoyed repeated bouts of interest as a fuel source. Though these have repeatedly fallen flat, hydrogen-based production has recently enjoyed a renaissance, due to a trifecta of improving political, economic, and technological conditions. Importantly, hydrogen presents an answer to a major problem in the energy transition debate: decarbonizing fuel sources while maintaining energy security and reliability. While electrification has a first-mover advan...

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