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Artist Essentials
8/12/2015
Multilayered, otherworldly synths; emotive melodies; lush orchestration — there's no mistaking a Vangelis soundtrack. His incredible scores for Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner, and 1492 …
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Artist Essentials
8/12/2015
Death, religion, Elvis . . . the way Nick Cave handles these recurring themes marks him as one of the sharpest alternative rockers out there, at once sophisticated, hard-core, and literary. It makes se …
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Celebrity Playlist
8/12/2015
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Artist Essentials
8/12/2015
Coming across the music of Joanna Newsom for the first time is, by turns, as delightful, rich, and bewildering as watching films by legendary stop-motion animators like the Brothers Quay and Jan Svankm …
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Artist Essentials
8/12/2015
Katherine Jenkins is the stunning new face of pop-opera crossover — the Welsh-born mezzo-soprano has talent and glamour in buckets, whether she's belting out a familiar aria ("Nessun dorma"), or reinve …
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Artist Essentials
8/12/2015
A casual listen to these introductory tracks seems, simply, to reveal the impressive skills of a blues-inspired folk guitarist . . . and so it does, but listen a little closer and it becomes clear that …
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Artist Essentials
8/12/2015
Caked in extravagant makeup, rich in rock 'n' roll talent, and — most telling of all — unmistakably Australian, Skyhooks redecorated the nation's pop landscape with glitter and smut, and changed …
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Other Mix
8/12/2015
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Other Mix
8/12/2015
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