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Artist Essentials
8/24/2010
Let us take you deep into the world of Sheryl Crow, where the best in her overlooked album tracks (check out her lovely, loving "Lullaby for Wyatt") live side by side with a spot-on, from-the-heart cov …
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Artist Essentials
8/24/2010
She's a pop-rock priestess with bona-fide chops, a flair for songcraft that's both tight and loose, and a voice like fine-weave silk soaked in hot sauce. She's Sheryl Suzanne Crow, whose massive attack …
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Genres & History
8/24/2010
During the Baroque period (1600-1750), the royal courts of Europe became the center of much compositional activity, with composers such as Handel writing music for the entertainment of the aristocracy. …
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Artist Essentials
8/24/2010
Deceivingly simple drum loops, tar-pit-thick bars of bass, and KRS-One's booming mic delivery have always been the crux of Boogie Down Productions and KRS' solo work. There's a quality to such consiste …
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Genres & History
8/24/2010
A handful of visionary Nashville producers - Owen Bradley and Chet Atkins among them - sought to market country product to the mainstream pop arena during the late '50s and early '60s. Softening the ba …
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Genres & History
8/24/2010
Gospel has always been the blood pumping into the heart of soul music, and today there's so much crossover between the two, they sometimes seem inseparable. Sister act Mary Mary might have a doubly bib …
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Genres & History
8/24/2010
In order to get the Lord's work done in an increasingly fast and complicated world, contemporary gospel focuses on a two-pronged attack. Just like the work of everyone from Mahalia Jackson to AndraT Cr …
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Artist Essentials
8/24/2010
If any artist left a legacy beyond his music, Barry White was undoubtedly the one. This legacy is the babies born of parents in luhhve with his deep-dish orchestrations and that voice - a nocturnal bed …
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Artist Essentials
8/24/2010
These tunes transport Elvis out of his leather-clad, engine-revving teen idol years into the emotionally complex adulthood that triggered his second wave of stardom. As a nylon-string, flamenco-style g …
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