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Genres & History
10/26/2010
Nineteen eighty-eight was the year when metal battled rap for the musical consciousness of America's youth, and the hair farmers ultimately lost. Guns N' Roses couldn't have been any bigger (and how mu …
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My Groove
10/26/2010
Ready for some kid-rockin' cuts from back in the day? These are the tracks that electrified after-school soda shops with a happy hum, turning every jukebox spin into a finger-poppin', three-minute vaca …
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My Groove
10/26/2010
There's a little kid-rocker in all of us, just waiting to jump up and spin around like a wild whirling dervish. Those merry melodies that made us move when we were music-loving moppets can still work t …
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Artist Essentials
10/26/2010
It took nearly 20 years for Bonnie Raitt to find the limelight she deserves, but she's been the critics' sweetheart since her 1971 self-titled debut album, which blends R&B, pop, and folk into her pure …
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My Groove
10/26/2010
Two Strausses, Richard and Johann, are featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey, but it's Richard's composition (aka "Also Sprach Zarathustra") that begins this collection. Johann's "By the Beautiful B …
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My Groove
10/26/2010
Legendary lovers may not always end well, but they sure burn hot while the going is good - their passions have inspired many an equally fiery Classical work. French composer Gabriel FaurT underscores t …
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Other Mix
10/26/2010
Like Bob Dylan before him, Springsteen has an ever-moving pen that never seems to run out of lyrics - far more than he can ever use - so many of his best-known hits began their lives on other people's …
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Artist Essentials
10/26/2010
"Rock of Ages" has been a gospel staple since the American Revolution, but Crowder's haunting version reverently and reflectively reworks the original, painting the struggle of humans beset by pain see …
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Artist Essentials
10/26/2010
For some inexplicable reason - perhaps it's because so many people, both critics and fans, are caught up in the message more than the music - so-called "praise music" often gets dumped into the journal …
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