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Disappearances, of one kind or another, have become the backbeat of Chinese public life under Xi Jinping.
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Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
But the result is something special, a danceable backbeat with vibes that are through the roof, which should find a home on plenty of dance floors even as the weather gets colder.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2023
Some people hear the birth of rock and roll in the nasty backbeat on records that Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Junior Wells, and Little Walter, among others, made in Chicago for Chess Records, the storied indie label, in the nineteen-fifties.
—John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
The other half of the rhythm is the backbeat and kick relationship, or the downbeat and the backbeat.
—Vulture, 16 Mar. 2022
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Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
But the result is something special, a danceable backbeat with vibes that are through the roof, which should find a home on plenty of dance floors even as the weather gets colder.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2023
Some people hear the birth of rock and roll in the nasty backbeat on records that Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Junior Wells, and Little Walter, among others, made in Chicago for Chess Records, the storied indie label, in the nineteen-fifties.
—John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
The other half of the rhythm is the backbeat and kick relationship, or the downbeat and the backbeat.
—Vulture, 16 Mar. 2022
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“Backbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backbeat. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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