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Artist Essentials
4/5/2011
Like Bob Dylan during his espresso-slamming days in New York's West Village, Conor Oberst has maintained a wildly prolific work ethic over the years - enough that it's nearly impossible to keep up with …
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Artist Essentials
4/5/2011
Compare Conor Oberst to the greats if you must - Springsteen, Dylan, Young - but here's the thing: whether he's assuming the frontman position in his full-time gig, Bright Eyes, or taking a break with …
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Artist Essentials
4/5/2011
Formed in Sydney in the wake of punk rock and disco, INXS harnessed the strengths of those two genres - aggressive power and danceability - into one intoxicating concoction. Concise early work with sle …
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Genres & History
4/5/2011
No humans were harmed in the making of "Leave Me Now," but Matthew Herbert did manage to sample hair, skin, and organs (the internal kind) in his pursuit of synchronized clicks and cuts. He's not the o …
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Genres & History
4/5/2011
The late-'90s revival of house music wasn't a surprise so much as inevitable, what with artists like Basement Jaxx and Herbert taking the genre's 4/4 pulse into uncharted, cross-breeding territories. K …
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Artist Essentials
4/5/2011
Delving into the many faces and phases of Chet Baker's jazz journey means absorbing and embracing every side of his story. To many, he was the dreamy young sex symbol whose classically chiseled feature …
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Artist Essentials
4/5/2011
In the roll call of jazz trumpet greats, Chet Baker's name doesn't always ring out as often as it should, even though his originality and impact rivaled those of anyone from Fats Navarro to Freddie Hub …
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Artist Essentials
4/5/2011
Listen to "You'll Lose a Good Thing" from Aretha Franklin's early days at Columbia. The voice is brilliant, the genius for remaking covers in her own image already firmly in place. Then check out "Save …
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Artist Essentials
4/5/2011
Raised in her father's Detroit church, where she sang in the Sunday choir, Aretha Franklin came to music of the soul honestly and early. She made her first gospel recording at age 14, but by her mid-tw …
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