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Genres & History
7/12/2011
Ah, the '90s - the change-the-game moment where hip-hop switched from a street-level movement to a full-on cultural institution. And what a fine time it was for anyone into groundbreaking beats and rab …
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My Groove
7/12/2011
That great, yawning expanse of America between the Rockies and the Appalachians gets its due in song here, as Hacklebarney folkie Greg Brown distills an easy-rolling charm from "Summer Evening," descri …
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My Groove
7/12/2011
As wonderful as summer days are, it's the nights that really bring the magic out: moonlit evenings, stolen kisses, waves rolling into shore, the jasmine-scented breeze wafting along at the edge of perc …
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My Groove
7/12/2011
What you're about to hear is a soundtrack tailor-made for a gorgeous, leisurely August day, a soundtrack perfectly set off by Sly & the Family Stone's "Hot Fun in the Summertime." Then there's Hugh Mas …
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My Groove
7/12/2011
So far, we've stuck to a dance-friendly groove, but there's a whole lot more to the chill of Brasil, as we'll hear in the wide-ranging sweep of our Deep Cuts. Milton Nascimento has been the shape-shift …
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My Groove
7/12/2011
OK, we agree: it seems a little counterintuitive to think of Rio - where the average daily high temp is in the 80s - as ground zero for o supremo chillout, but if you want to bust out of the dai …
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Genres & History
7/12/2011
A heartfelt ballad, Fito Pßez's "11 y 6" describes a romance between two street children in the heart of Buenos Aires. Sandro's "Rosa Rosa" made an entire generation of Latinas sigh with desire, wherea …
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My Groove
7/12/2011
Like folkie Joni Mitchell, Terri Clark was raised out on the Canadian plains, but because her grandparents were country stars in the Great White North, she turned her focus toward Nashville. In "You're …
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My Groove
7/12/2011
Maybe the thunderheads are rolling in from the west, or maybe it's just one of those quiet evenings where fireflies flash one another their secret signals. It's summertime, and the livin' is easy, espe …
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