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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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Genres & History
11/2/2010
There are places on the planet where, secluded from the rest of the world, a spontaneous combination of timing and environment produce something rare and wonderful. Nearly a century ago, one of those p …
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Genres & History
11/2/2010
One great New York group deserves another, as punk godfathers the New York Dolls lift the spoken-word intro from the Shangri-Las' "Give Him a Great Big Kiss" to open their rough-and-tumble "Looking For …
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