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Genres & History
2/22/2011
In an era when girl groups and teen idols dominated the U.S. charts, the British Invasion stormed our shores like nothing before or since, its musical and cultural explosion not only making rock groups …
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Artist Essentials
2/22/2011
With the deliberate, feline tread of a lion stalking its prey, Marley's "One Drop" isn't so much a full-frontal assault on the system's injustice as it is a Trojan horse, its sleepy rhythm masking long …
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Artist Essentials
2/22/2011
Poet, philosopher, preacher, revolutionary, social critic - Bob Marley displayed more colors than a chameleon, but all of them were infused with a bedrock sense of humanity and spirituality. Not only w …
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Genres & History
2/22/2011
You can't really know reggae without delving into the crazy-quilt world of Lee "Scratch" Perry, the mad genius who produced Marley's early material before cutting some of the darkest, densest, swampies …
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Genres & History
2/22/2011
The Caribbean trade winds that filled the sails of pirates and slavers also relayed music from New Orleans to Jamaica. When the Crescent City's funky R&B hit the tropical island shores, the Creole-Caly …
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My Groove
2/22/2011
All of these songs are steeped in the heart and soul of the lands where they were born. African drums and Irish reels, Hawaiian ukuleles and Puerto Rican timbales all bring you deeper into the rhythm, …
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Genres & History
2/22/2011
Much of the best Latin music remains all but unknown to non-Hispanic listeners, so here's your chance to get up to speed. Find some of the wide-ranging genre's best-kept secrets by acquainting yourself …
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Genres & History
2/22/2011
For all its dazzling range of styles and genres, Latin music has common qualities the whole world can understand, no translation required. Every track here connects directly to the passion and freedom …
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Artist Essentials
2/22/2011
Ryan Adams emerged unscathed from the shards of Whiskeytown's breakup, if the evidence of his solo debut, Heartbreaker, is anything to go by. The album received a notable thumbs-up from Elton John and …
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