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Artist Essentials
4/19/2011
It's said that God is in the details; given the subtlety and complexity of the best songs in the Newsboys canon, it must be true. Of all the Christian pop bands that have made connections with the fait …
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Artist Essentials
4/19/2011
Getting his start back in 1986 as front man for Paris-based punk-meets-worldbeat pioneers Mano Negra, soul rebel Manu Chao went on to find multi-platinum success across Europe and Latin America in the …
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Genres & History
4/19/2011
One of the basic components that make the folk engine run is storytelling, the kind that digs deep. Today's tale-spinners' toolbox holds not only a way with words, but also a full-color map of the huma …
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Genres & History
4/19/2011
If you think the most important part of the folk music story lies in the past, check out today's fastest-rising folk artists and have your head turned right around. The finely wrought melodies and thou …
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Genres & History
4/19/2011
The four-on-the-floor drive of rock 'n' roll revved up the modern musical on both Broadway and the silver screen, making it exciting and, yes, sexy again. You can almost hear the hot-to-trot ste …
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Genres & History
4/19/2011
From the overture to the finale, here's where you can sit back and soak up the full range of musicals powered by rock and pop. Go all the way back to Marty Wilde's pompadoured pop-idol croon "One Last …
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Artist Essentials
4/19/2011
A stripped-down demo version of the Rich Mullins signature song "My Deliverer" reveals the essential power of the man's music and his unshakable faith, but his genius for crafting beautifully layered s …
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Artist Essentials
4/19/2011
Cut tragically short by a car accident in 1997, the life of Rich Mullins was dedicated to the Lord's work. A prodigy who began playing piano at four, Mullins not only mastered many other instruments, a …
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Artist Essentials
4/19/2011
If you can truly judge a man by the company he keeps, then it's no wonder Jeff Beck's been held in worshipful esteem for the last four-and-a-half decades. One moment, the restless rock journeyman is tr …
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