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My Groove
3/30/2010
In that wide swath of America stretching between the Rockies and the Appalachians, country music is king, and that music just doesn't get any better than when there's lovin' in the air. When that lovin …
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Artist Essentials
3/30/2010
Danny Elfman traded new wave stardom in Oingo Boingo for one of Hollywood's most successful film-composing careers. His long collaboration with director Tim Burton includes such modern fantasy masterpi …
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Artist Essentials
3/30/2010
Gary Allan's no-frills approach emerges two decades after George Strait and Randy Travis launched their careers, and Allan definitely owes them a debt. From the double entendre of "Nothing On But the R …
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Artist Essentials
3/30/2010
There's a reason why several Pulp songs were selected for the heroin-chic soundtrack of Trainspotting. Iconic frontman Jarvis Cocker personifies Brit-pop for outcasts and cool kids, whether chee …
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Artist Essentials
3/30/2010
While he isn't exactly belting out hardcore or leading the Kinks-y mod-punk revival anymore (see our Next Steps for a shot or two of that), Ted Leo remains one of indie rock's most potent Molotov cockt …
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Genres & History
3/30/2010
Dynamic, dramatic, breathtakingly beautiful - the work of Scandinavian composers reflects a deep and personal connection with their homelands. Finnish composer Jean Sibelius' symphonic poem Finlandi …
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Artist Essentials
3/30/2010
Catherine Wheel set its goals so high from the start that they turned down record deals from Brian Eno and Alan McGee, the Creation Records don credited for breaking such celebrated British acts as My …
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Artist Essentials
3/30/2010
If mainstream hip-hop ever held an election, Fabolous would make it to the final polls by being "the people's MC." Why? Because this Brooklyn native's never met a beat he couldn't steamroll and, more i …
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Artist Essentials
3/30/2010
When Def Jam dealt Musiq to Atlantic for Fabolous - just in time for his career-high debut with From Nothin' to Somethin' - they did more than switch out an R&B star for a rap one. They pulled o …
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