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10/12/2010
Buddy Guy is the guitar hero's guitar hero, inspiring pretty much every great six-string-slinger of the '60s, from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton. Keith Richards is another of Guy's axe acolytes, and the …
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10/12/2010
Tanto "Tu Cßrcel" (el mßs grande Txito de Los Bukis) como "Mßs que Tu Amigo" destilan la esencia de Marco Antonio Solfs: canciones rftmicas, simples, y pegajosas. La mayorfa de sus composiciones son na …
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10/12/2010
Is this guy nuts? Or is he simply indie rock's greatest comedian since Stephen Malkmus? How about neither? At the end of the day, Sufjan Stevens is a genuine, impossible to pin down genius. How can we  …
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10/12/2010
They say you can't have it all, but if that's true, the Dixie Chicks come damn close. Velvety vocal harmonies, jaw-dropping instrumental chops, stellar songwriting skills, glamorous, head-turning stage …
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10/12/2010
When you've got three gals with such wide-ranging talents together in one trio, the possibilities are as wide-open as the Texas sky. One minute you might find the Dixie Chicks catching a ride with Asle …
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10/12/2010
Many artists have built a successful, new career out of the ashes of a major band. But few have turned the trick twice and survived to take their career into a third chapter. As the leader of the Jam a …
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10/12/2010
People are under the false impression that Belle & Sebastian craft nothing but Scottish mope music. Oh, sure, "Sleep the Clock Around" is Darvocet disco, and "The Model" is as tender as prime rib. But  …
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10/5/2010
Ignore the carpers who tell you that Jet has borrowed a riff from here, a hook from there . . . these Aussie firebrands possess a surfeit of rock 'n' roll DNA in their bones, which makes their signpost …
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10/5/2010
As if EPMD's name didn't spell out their mission statement ("Erick and Parrish Making Dollars") loudly enough, all of the duo's albums have had "business" in their title for a reason: because they mean …