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1/26/2010
When singer/guitarist Lou Reed met classically trained keyboardist/violist John Cale, a new vision of what rock could be was born. The Velvet Underground surfaced amid the sunshine of the psychedelic e …
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1/26/2010
With the string of clubs bearing his name, the 14 GRAMMYSr lining his shelf, and his half-century's worth of genre-defining recordings, it's hard to imagine just how B.B. King could possibly still have …
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1/26/2010
Water seeks its level, so a towering musical giant like B.B. has, naturally, been a magnet for other geniuses, like crooner-king Tony Bennett, who helps B.B. spin the wheel to "Let the Good Times Roll, …
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1/19/2010
Sparks tossed The Odd Couple, David Bowie, vaudevillian antics, and percolating dance beats into a blender and poured out one of the most distinctive mixtures in the pop/rock universe. Flamboyan …
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1/19/2010
Between Russell Mael's androgynous image and altitudinous tenor, and brother Ron's buttoned-down-psycho persona, Sparks weren't exactly conventional sex symbols. They spent plenty of time relating thei …
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1/19/2010
Ricky Skaggs can wail his Kentucky butt off on fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and banjo, not to mention his silver-toned singing voice, and the multi-talented country boy from the bluegrass state of Kentuck …
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1/19/2010
It takes two to twang, and Ricky reaches deepest into his bag of tricks when he teams up with titans from every walk of the music world. The Celtic roots of bluegrass come to light when Appalachia meet …
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1/19/2010
She was the embodiment of '70s-style pop-rock cool: strong yet sensitive, powerful yet playful, fiercely individual with widespread appeal, Carly Simon became the singer-songwriter icon behind tunes li …
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1/19/2010
Sure, you can wander through the decades' worth of Carly Simon's output, looking for those extra-special tracks that fell through the cracks - or you can let us do the work for you. Deep Cuts is where  …