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Genres & History
6/21/2011
If there was one thing that stood out about the world of hip-hop and R&B in 2010, it's gotta be the fact that no one thing stood out. Artists were busy chasing down their own sounds, from the simmering …
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Other Mix
6/21/2011
Check out songs from artists headlining at iTunes Festival 2011, then come to the Roundhouse and watch them play London's biggest and best music festival...
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Genres & History
6/21/2011
The year is 2010, but the sounds are pure, classic tradition as Alan Jackson pays tribute to the workingman on his blue-collar anthem "Hard Hat and a Hammer." Meanwhile, Dierks Bentley looks to the fut …
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Genres & History
6/21/2011
Two thousand-ten was a banner year for country music as artists kicked off the millennium's second decade with everything from sweet-as-sugar three-part harmonies (Lady Antebellum's "American Honey") t …
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Artist Essentials
6/21/2011
There's always been a strong cinematic element in Kate Bush's work - her 1993 album, The Red Shoes (featuring "Moments of Pleasure"), was inspired by the Michael Powell movie of the same name; with "Sa …
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Artist Essentials
6/21/2011
She has a voice that carves effortlessly through three octaves, a wealth of obscure literary and cultural allusions (Wilhelm Reich in "Cloudbusting"; G. I. Gurdjieff in "Them Heavy People"), and a repu …
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Artist Essentials
6/20/2011
Elvis was "The King" of rock 'n' roll, but Stan Getz was "The Sound" of jazz - one of the undisputed greats of the tenor saxophone. Getz's early career was influenced by Lester Young, but he soon devel …
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Genres & History
6/20/2011
Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky? Let's put it this way: the astronomy books aren't gonna school you on the correct answer. Here's a hint: somebody's baby ain't been treating his woman right …
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Artist Essentials
6/20/2011
Jack Johnson may be a man who knows what he likes when it comes to his easygoing, Hawaiian-island-flavored, soft rock sound, but the surfer, filmmaker, musician and ardent environmentalist sure enough …
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