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Genres & History
4/26/2011
When Sa·l Hernandez and Caifanes covered the cumbia classic "La Negra Tomasa" in 1988, they kick-started what would later become the Latin alternative movement, a genre that fuses traditional Latin mus …
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Artist Essentials
4/26/2011
You don't get to be a platinum-selling, award-winning country star like Rodney Atkins, scoring four #1 singles in a row, unless your songs speak to people. And Rodney's got more ways to g …
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Artist Essentials
4/26/2011
If hushed and fluttery ballads ("2 Luv Birds") and smoldering, lay-it-on-the-line proposals ("Mrs. Sexy") make R&B superstar Robin Thicke a sure-thing lady-killer, the man's way with come-hither musica …
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Artist Essentials
4/26/2011
Robin Thicke was born into a celebrity family (Dad is TV star and theme-songwriter Alan, Mom vocalist Gloria Loring). But he's built his own fame his own way, penning tunes for the likes of Christina A …
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Artist Essentials
4/26/2011
A theater major who got her start quoting Shakespeare, Inara George quickly shed the bluesy, country-fried shadow of her father, Little Feat frontman Lowell George. Which might explain why she's able t …
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Artist Essentials
4/26/2011
True to his Technicolorr work with Beck, the Flaming Lips, and Lily Allen, Greg Kurstin's string of Bird and the Bee records reach well beyond the jazz and tropicalia realm. Take "F-cking Boyfriend," f …
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Other Mix
4/26/2011
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Other Mix
4/26/2011
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Artist Essentials
4/26/2011
Like fellow British neo-soul talent Lewis Taylor, Jamie Lidell's sublime vocal skills have been delivered slowly but surely on the grapevine, and he also brings to the table the extra dimension of his …
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