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Artist Essentials
5/10/2011
Even in the midst of their most savage rock 'n' roll frenzy, Soul Asylum could always slip a slow slider over the plate. "Lonely for You," with its waltz-time feel, walks an elegant melody and handsome …
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Artist Essentials
5/10/2011
Soul Asylum started out as a rabid pack of road dogs happy to jump in a van and howl out some manic-edged, punk-schooled rock 'n' roll. Their shaggy-haired, flannel-flying image, hard-edged sound, extr …
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Artist Essentials
5/10/2011
This is where A.R. Rahman really flexes his world-music muscles, taking his boundary-smashing vision global. His title track for the Andrew Lloyd Webber-produced London musical Bombay Dreams is …
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Artist Essentials
5/10/2011
From the magical Mumbai rags-to-riches story of Slumdog Millionaire to the Tolkien-tethered music 'n' mythology production of Lord of the Rings, the man Time magazine called "the M …
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Genres & History
5/10/2011
When singers put it on the line and go a cappella, they're plugging straight into the very soul of a song. The stakes are high on R&B bard Arthur Alexander's love-and-death drama "Lonely Just Like Me," …
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Genres & History
5/10/2011
When everything is stripped away but the voice, music gets pared down to its essential truths. Hearing an a cappella performance is like having a magic key that lets you look inside the head - and more …
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Other Mix
5/10/2011
Want to break down Pearl Jam's sound to its primal ingredients. Start with a double fistful of classic rock and follow it up with a Red Bull chaser of post-punk punch. And if you think you can overesti …
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Artist Essentials
5/10/2011
While many of Antony's songs are subtle, bittersweet chamber-pop pieces, the singer's pitch-bending vibrato is capable of cutting through just about anything, from the creeping chords of "Aeon" to the …
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Artist Essentials
5/10/2011
Don't worry - you're not the first person who's gotten Antony Hegarty confused with the restless, reincarnated spirit of Nina Simone. As Lou Reed once said, "When I first heard 'Cripple and the Starfis …
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