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Artist Essentials
8/24/2010
Sometimes it seems that Elvis had more career hits than Muhammad Ali, and wrangling all his electrifying performances into even a 75-track playlist is an impossible task. (That's why we prepared a s …
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Genres & History
8/24/2010
Alt enough for you yet? How about recording an album with someone old enough to be your grandma? White Stripes leader Jack White snatches country legend Loretta Lynn out of Butcher Holler and drops her …
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Genres & History
8/24/2010
Halfway between the mini-mall's Starbucks and the roadhouse at the edge of town, a big chunk of country zigged wildly out of Hollywood's - and Nashville's - orbit just as the mainstream was zagging. Fa …
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Artist Essentials
8/24/2010
The best of Bob Mould's lesser-known album work, both solo and with Sugar, live together on our Deep Cuts playlist, with tracks that span the years between his post-Hnsker Dn debut (the stripped-down, …
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Artist Essentials
8/24/2010
"All the words we said yesterday, that's a long time ago," sings Bob Mould on "See a Little Light," and though his trailblazing outfit Hnsker Dn had only just dissolved, Mould was clearly breaking with …
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Artist Essentials
8/24/2010
If you're in any way unfamiliar with these Creed Basics, welcome to the past decade of pop culture. "Higher," "With Arms Wide Open," "My Sacrifice" - Creed's finest virtually owned the radio dial. And …
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Artist Essentials
8/24/2010
"Beyond the Sea" found a new life as the closing theme for the film Finding Nemo, but Bobby Darin's first #1 hit, "Splish Splash," also had an aqueous theme. In the first five songs on this list …
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Artist Essentials
8/24/2010
Chances are, Supergrass will be around for ages, thanks to their rock-solid writing foundations and their ability to turn out lasting foot-tappers at high speed. Here's an outfit that loves to crank it …
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Artist Essentials
8/24/2010
Ever dependable since the mid-'90s heyday of Britpop, Supergrass continues to brandish the unmistakable stamp of excellence despite the band's almost throwaway, happy-go-lucky fatade: "Going Out" - a b …
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