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Artist Essentials
5/24/2011
Fronting some of the most groundbreaking rock bands of the '00s would probably keep most people plenty busy, but not Jack White. When he wasn't wailing with the White Stripes, or one of his many side p …
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Artist Essentials
5/24/2011
Richard Ashcroft is, arguably, the most charismatic, captivating and effortlessly cool singer in all of alt-rock 'n' roll - a worthy heir to Jim Morrison, whose soaring stage presence and supersized ch …
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Artist Essentials
5/23/2011
No matter how you look at it, there's no denying Nate Dogg's hall-of-fame status in the scrappy, mic-slayin' realm of hardcore hip-hop. Seriously - it's as if he never met a bulletproof beat or slick s …
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Artist Essentials
5/23/2011
"Regulators! Mount up." Spit that phrase in the presence of anyone who had a radio handy in the mid-'90s, and they're gonna either smile or burst out in tears. That's because hip-hop lost a true legend …
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My Groove
5/23/2011
Having the blues is one thing: feeling so blue that you're stricken with the (melan)-collywobbles is quite another. Here, the poets of misery really excel themselves, whether it's Tim Hardin (who never …
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My Groove
5/23/2011
Some of the most beautiful tunes in the world have their source in some of our darkest emotions. Let's face it, suffering often brings out the best in creative people . . . unless you prefer to argue t …
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My Groove
5/23/2011
If Deep Cuts is any proof, there are many, many ways to say something as simple as "Happy Birthday." An aptly named the Birthday Party goes with dark and jittery Aussie punk, but Fat Fanny prefers a ge …
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My Groove
5/23/2011
Every person on the planet has one - every day, everywhere in the world, it's somebody's birthday. If that's not a good enough reason for a playlist packed with party-tune birthday songs, we don't know …
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My Groove
5/23/2011
In Deep Cuts, we're digging up some real oddities whose roots extend into three very different musical traditions. Who needs a military march when you can roll out a central European dance step? …
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