Genre-A-Day

Learn about a new music genre every day

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#OnThisDay in 1912, after returning from work at the Insurance Institute, Franz Kafka wrote The Judgement overnight in 8 hours. #GenreOfTheDay: Czech Experimental https://t.co/4A3B1y3GEn

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#OnThisDay in 1979, Sony introduced the Walkman. #GenreOfTheDay: Techno Kayō https://t.co/C4JIdq39mZ

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#OnThisDay in 1965, the first commercial telephone conversation over a satellite took place over Early Bird I between America and Europe. #GenreOfTheDay: Spacewave https://t.co/4C4uNxx1Im

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American composer and theorist Harry Partch was born #OnThisDay in 1901. #GenreOfTheDay: Xenharmonic https://t.co/zwaYyUh49F

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#OnThisDay in 930, world's oldest parliament, the Alþingi, was established in Iceland. #GenreOfTheDay: Icelandic Classical https://t.co/s9aFaS823C

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#OnThisDay in 1978, Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy. #GenreOfTheDay: Funeral Doom https://t.co/wc7zzvDryr

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#OnThisDay in 2009, Greenland assumed self-rule. #GenreOfTheDay: Greenlandic Pop https://t.co/OAQhMg0Aoz

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Happy 80th birthday Brian Wilson. #GenreOfTheDay: Sunshine Pop https://t.co/MxErTvxoE3

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#OnThisDay in 1944, Iceland declared independence from Denmark and became a republic. ##GenreOfTheDay: Icelandic Traditional https://t.co/J1nSJjt9m1

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Happy #Bloomsday100. #GenreOfTheDay: Irish Contemporary Classical https://t.co/PEwGtbbfYT

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#OnThisDay in 1300, the city of Bilbao was founded. #GenreOfTheDay: Trikiti https://t.co/RWShMyg3Va

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Russian mathematician Andrey Markov was born #OnThisDay in 1856. #GenreOfTheDay: Chain Punk https://t.co/Vv7vPdZo6Y

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#OnThisDay in 1983, Pioneer 10 became the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passed beyond the orbit of Neptune. #GenreOfTheDay: Spacegrunge https://t.co/RvIyou00YL

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#GenreOfTheDay: Åländsk Musik https://t.co/DnuovxNp4n

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Åland will celebrate its 100th anniversary of autonomy on 9 June 2022. 🇫🇮 🇦��

Every year the 9 June marks the celebration of Åland’s Autonomy Day. This year the festivities won't only take place in Åland but also in Helsinki on a larger scale.

#Åland100

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#OnThisDay in 1949, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four was published. #GenreOfTheDay: Dark Post-Punk https://t.co/l3LBiBrxER

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Happy 70th birthday Orhan Pamuk. #GenreOfTheDay: Turkish Experimental https://t.co/tVGIqdz073

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Happy 76th birthday Tony Levin. #GenreOfTheDay: Chapman Stick https://t.co/eiCLaK18L9

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Happy 130th birthday @LFC. #GenreOfTheDay: Scouse Rap https://t.co/8f4e8ErDB5

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Today, following a request from Ankara, the United Nations officially changed the name of the Republic of Turkey in the organization from what was previously known as "Turkey" to "Türkiye." #GenreOfTheDay: Türk Sanat Müziği https://t.co/oRInYBv02g

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#OnThisDay in 1796, Tennessee was admitted as the 16th state of the United States. #GenreOfTheDay: Tennessee Experimental https://t.co/K5RyKndIZx