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Artist Essentials
3/1/2011
"Mister Wicked Dub" prowls through out of the speakers with the quiet menace of an alligator patrolling the mangroves, as Steel Pulse/Third World producer Godwin Logie steps behind the boards on Mek …
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Artist Essentials
3/1/2011
Nobody sounds like Horace Andy. Imagine, if you will, that Little Jimmy Scott or Frankie Lymon had been born in Jamaica, rather than here in the States, and you begin to get the picture. But you …
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Genres & History
3/1/2011
Sounding more like they rolled in from Butcher Holler than their native South Wales, Ffynnon brings a down-homey fiddle and banjo to "Le Petit Cordonier" that will strike a chord with hillbilly and blu …
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Genres & History
3/1/2011
Though many people think of Celts as being more or less exclusively Irish, their roots run deeper and farther than that fabled green island in the North Atlantic. Scotland, Wales.even parts of France a …
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Artist Essentials
3/1/2011
It was 1989 when Altan introduced the world to its dynamic take on classic Celtic songs like "A Bhean Udai Thall." In the decades since, the band has amassed a history nearly as rich as the Emerald Isl …
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Artist Essentials
3/1/2011
Major players in the revival of traditional Irish music, Altan was born in the late '80s, after fiddle player and singer MairTad Nf Mhaonaigh teamed up with Belfast-born flutist Frankie Kennedy. Joined …
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Artist Essentials
3/1/2011
As you'll have guessed by now, DeVotchKa's musical appetite is virtually insatiable, and they lay out their smorgasbord of influences like a continent-spanning feast for your ears. Violinist Tom Hagerm …
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Artist Essentials
3/1/2011
Imagine for a moment that David Byrne had grown up in Budapest, listening to Django Reinhardt, the Velvet Underground, and 3 Mustaphas 3. Hopefully, that will give you some idea of where Devotchka are …
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Genres & History
3/1/2011
Don't believe Kid606's delirious compilation cut "Another Slammin' Ragga Bootleg Track (Ok, Last One, I Promise!)" - we're far from done with our DJ-ready rundown of woofer-wreckin' street bass singles …
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