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Genres & History
3/1/2011
The great women of opera are a sonic wonder, capable of unleashing finely tuned storm-force fury at one end of the scale, yet controlled enough to gently ruffle the hairs on a butterfly's back at the o …
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Artist Essentials
3/1/2011
Great artists tend to keep on keepin' on, and Chaka Khan is no exception - the latter end of the '00s brought her 13th studio album, Funk This, featuring dance-chart-topper "Disrespectful" (a divalicio …
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Artist Essentials
3/1/2011
The dynamic, sexy, golden-voiced Chaka Khan added several extra dimensions of glamour to the seminally funky R&B stylings of Rufus, before setting off on a solo odyssey that would peak in 1984 with her …
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Artist Essentials
3/1/2011
One great joy of not being tied to a corporation is that you can have a defining single whose title can't be repeated in polite company. So it is with Superchunk's best-known anthem. Written while fron …
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Artist Essentials
3/1/2011
Don't believe the suggestive title of Staind's chart-cracking third album for a second. Their discography doesn't break the '90s' modern rock cycle so much as complete it. On one side lingers th …
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Artist Essentials
3/1/2011
Over the course of his decades in music, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds has gotten as much pleasure, and richly deserved fame, for unearthing new talent as he has for spotlighting his own dazzling gifts. F …
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Artist Essentials
3/1/2011
Every once in a while, someone comes along who doesn't just take part in the ever-evolving world of R&B - he helps shape its course, expand its range, and establish its stars. Kenneth "Babyface" Edmond …
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Artist Essentials
3/1/2011
Kenny Chesney moved to Nashville in 1991 and cut his teeth in the city's rougher live joints until he landed the contract that would lead to his debut album, In My Wildest Dreams (1993). The (un …
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Artist Essentials
3/1/2011
Well furnished with country tradition, yet too much of a laid-back dude to plant his boots firmly in the past, Kenny Chesney represents the crossover face of "new country." His audience - won over by h …
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