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Artist Essentials
3/16/2010
The soul-soaked hits Alex Chilton tore off with the Box Tops would've been enough of a lifetime achievement for most artists, but they were merely the beginning of his story. Roaring out of Memphis wit …
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Genres & History
3/16/2010
In 1958, master timbalero Tito Puente released Dancemania - possibly the very best of his more than 100 albums. "A Gozar Timbero" and "Saca Tu Mujer" are culled from those sessions. Back …
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Genres & History
3/16/2010
Sparks flew when former Sonora Matancera diva Celia Cruz got together with New York bandleader Tito Puente for the recording of the 1966 album Cuba y Puerto Rico Son.... "La Guarachera" was its …
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Other Mix
3/16/2010
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Other Mix
3/16/2010
We've traveled from the heart of the motherland to the beaches of Santa Barbara to the streets of New York, all to bring you the hits of reggae's past decade. From Sean Paul to Matisyahu, we've created …
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Artist Essentials
3/16/2010
Just who is the real Mose Allison anyway? Is he the traditionalist with a twist who wrings pathos from the peppy country standard "You Are My Sunshine" by reshaping it as a bottom-of-the-well blues? Is …
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Artist Essentials
3/16/2010
Mose Allison has been murmuring in the world's ear - he's way too cool to belt or croon - since the '50s. Like an existential Nat "King" Cole, he redefined blues and jazz standards with his laid-back ( …
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Artist Essentials
3/16/2010
Willie has covered so much ground in his five-decades-and-counting career that sometimes it's almost possible to forget his home base is country music. His jazz standards album Stardust w …
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Artist Essentials
3/16/2010
When you're honoring an artist of Willie Nelson's magnitude, the question isn't "which songs did you put in?" but "which ones did you leave out?" Capturing every awesome nugget in his discograph …
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