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Other Mix
12/20/2010
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My Groove
12/14/2010
Sink a little deeper into a warm bath filled with easy-rolling waves of sonic smoothness, and just drift away into the dreamy, gentle grooves. British neo-soul sisters Floetry let their love tumble dow …
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My Groove
12/14/2010
Like Smokey said, the Quiet Storm is "a power source of tender force." And he should know. So let it blow through your life and carry the cares and tensions of your day far away, until all that's left …
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Artist Essentials
12/14/2010
Being a cultural force of Springsteen's magnitude almost demands being many things at once. On an atomic live version of Edwin Starr's 1970 soul smash "War," Bruce is a sweat-drenched preacher pushing …
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Artist Essentials
12/14/2010
You know you've scaled the rock mountaintop when your name becomes an adjective, and down through the decades, the term Springsteenesque has been applied to everyone from John Mellencamp to Meat Loaf, …
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Genres & History
12/14/2010
One Europop mantle, many wonderful threads of sound - it's what our Deep Cuts are all about as we head to the far reaches in search of the sophisticated yet sweet retro vibe of Dutch combo Daryll-Ann a …
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Genres & History
12/14/2010
It must be something in the meatballs. Hey, we have no other explanation for Sweden's impressive Europop pedigree, from the advancing army that is ABBA's breakthrough onslaught "Waterloo," to the swoop …
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Genres & History
12/14/2010
While we're pretty sure you've heard the names Ozzy Osbourne, M÷tley Crne, and Poison before, most of our Hair Metal Deep Cuts list is devoted to long-forgotten heroes of the spandex set. How ab …
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Genres & History
12/14/2010
Ah, hair metal, the totally '80s phenomenon that got many of us - the Essentials staff included - to believe in the power of big hair and big riffs, from the strip club shout-outs of "Gir …
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