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3/29/2011
Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris's outlaw-and-angel duets on tunes like the cheaters' confession "We'll Sweep Out the Ashes In the Morning" offered a new idea of how country music could work. Ever since …
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3/29/2011
Even though Emmylou Harris has spent four decades constantly redefining roots music, it's hard to peg her as "rootsy," simply because her voice seems to hover high up in the air - an almost otherworldl …
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3/29/2011
Before Dookie happened, Green Day sprinted through Kerplunk and 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours - simple but promising slabs of pop-punk that offered a glimpse of the group's burgeo …
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Artist Essentials
3/29/2011
The idea of any band garnering GRAMMYr nods and steady sales with a "punk rock opera" (American Idiot, in this case) is absurd enough, but who knew Green Day had it in them? Certainly not anyone …
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3/29/2011
Clifford Brown first picked up a trumpet in high school, 1945. By the time of his early death, in a car crash at age 25, he had become a jazz legend, even though he had not reached the peak of his powe …
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3/29/2011
Don't let the photogenic mug and pop appeal fool you, Phoenix-born Dierks Bentley's neck-deep in the twang 'n' holler building blocks of classic country music. He delivers the ultimate honky-tonk kiss- …
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Artist Essentials
3/29/2011
All the threads of country music's multicolored tapestry come together in Dierks Bentley's sound, which may explain how he's managed to make his face a fixture on CMT while still lighting the honky-ton …
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3/29/2011
When the Spirit moves a soul as deeply as it moves Kirk Franklin's, it's only natural that the faithful will want to get next to that shining light. Franklin's new-school gospel draws stars from the wo …
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Artist Essentials
3/29/2011
If anyone ever provided a soundtrack for letting the Lord into your heart, it's gospel powerhouse Kirk Franklin. The self-proclaimed "church boy" grew up playing piano in his auntie's Texas church, but …
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