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Genres & History
11/2/2010
Purists may prefer Ella or Billie over the pop and soul leanings of Norah Jones, but there's no denying the positive impact Jones' Come Away With Me projected onto the jazz world and her label, …
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Genres & History
11/2/2010
First, Dr. Dre gave us the easygoing drawl of Snoop Dogg, then the confrontational and controversial Eminem, and, as of 2003, we can now party like it's your birthday every night alongside 50 Cent, who …
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Genres & History
11/2/2010
Just when you thought you'd never hear "Hey Ya!" again, the once-inescapable OutKast single is back at the top of our 2004 playlist. And you know what? It's still the very definition of a perfect pop s …
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Genres & History
11/2/2010
There's no better starting point to our playlist than T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday Blues," the sophisticated horns only adding to the resigned mourning in his voice and the bitter bite of his guitar. …
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Genres & History
11/2/2010
"The Nashville Sound" was going strong as the 1960s begin, yet one of its standard bearers, Patsy Cline ("Crazy," "I Fall to Pieces") would live only three years into the decade before her untimely dea …
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Artist Essentials
11/2/2010
Shimmering, intimate, as smooth and supple as rippling silk, Roberta Flack's voice is as beautiful as it is persuasive, with the power to make a good song great and a great song a pop touchstone. Case …
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Artist Essentials
11/2/2010
It may seem like Chris Cornell just cut his hair yesterday, leaving behind the heavy metal-gone-grunge inclinations of Soundgarden for the feral Rage Against the Machine partnering that was Audi …
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Artist Essentials
11/2/2010
So, it's a little strange hearing Chris Cornell cover a stone-cold Michael Jackson jam ("Billie Jean") in a coffee shop context, right? After all, we're talking the same note-nailing belter who once ho …
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Genres & History
11/2/2010
Here's where we drill deep down to the soul of the Delta blues. Deep Cuts throws a rare spotlight on the ladies - Mattie Delaney, who, guitar in hand, takes us on a guided tour of the hard-times "Talla …
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