10/27/2009
The flute holds the central focus in most of R. Carlos Nakai's recordings, but his frequent collaborations with German-born pianist Peter Kater and others outside the Native American tradition foster a …
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10/27/2009
Loaded with clear-eyed, heartland honesty and driven by genuine guts, Melissa Etheridge is one of the most authentic voices in contemporary rock, known for her give-it-everything live performances and …
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10/27/2009
He's Rod the Mod, a high-kicking man of many Faces, who has reinvented himself any number of times - from blue-collar, soccer-playing street urchin soul crooner to drunken life of the party, internatio …
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10/26/2009
To give you an idea of the staggering growth in Devendra Banhart's career, it took him only five years to segue from a lo-fi protTgT position alongside former Swans frontman Michael Gira to having the …
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10/26/2009
A quick look at the Sgt. Pepper's-esque sleeve of Devendra Banhart's Cripple Crow album brings one question immediately to mind: Just who does he think he is, a flower child stuck in a ne …
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10/20/2009
Assaulting the airwaves like it's 1992 all over again, Breaking Benjamin features one half of the short-lived rapcore act Lifer (guitarist Aaron Fink, bassist Mark Klepaski) and a refined hard-rock sou …
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10/20/2009
Zero 7 spent studio time with the Pet Shop Boys and some singer named Robert Plant well before the two Brits started building their own electro-soul songs, so don't worry, downtempo fans - the followin …
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10/19/2009
As if supporting Radiohead in 2008 wasn't surreal enough, Grizzly Bear had an unexpected guest drop by their Brooklyn waterfront show the following summer: Jay-Z, who told MTV, "They're an incredible b …
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10/19/2009
A guy with a guitar that's as battered and bruised as his heart - that's how Grizzly Bear began, with frontman Ed Droste capturing his foggy freak-folk tunes on a handheld cassette player. Things are a …
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