10/19/2010
The '90s was the decade when R&B opened up the window on a whole new world of possibilities, blending with elements of hip-hop, rock, and pop, and branching out in ways no one could've predicted, from …
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10/19/2010
Sure, R&B artists have always sung about the magic that happens between the sheets, but in the '90s they took it to a whole new level. New Edition graduate Johnny Gill started his solo career in the '8 …
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10/19/2010
If, when you think of bluegrass, an image of a five-string-banjo-wielding, porch-bound mutant leaps to mind, wow, have you got another think comin'. Look: George Clooney played bluegrass. (Well, …
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10/19/2010
Where would bluegrass be if not for the occasional fingers-on-fire Mach 3 instrumental breakdown? Blind fiddler Michael Cleveland does everything but melt the strings in the steam-powered speed demon " …
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10/19/2010
Bluegrass, with its keening-high vocal harmonies and lickety-split banjo, mandolin, and guitar interplay have been a proud country tradition since Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, and the Stanley Brothers …
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10/12/2010
In decades past, New Orleans has been everything from the birthplace of jazz to a hotbed of heavy-duty R&B. But the Crescent City has never been one to rest on its laurels - a steady stream of innovato …
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10/12/2010
The new New Orleans artists aren't the only ones who know how to tear it up - the stalwarts of the scene still pack a powerful punch. George Porter, Jr. was the bass ace for founding funk father …
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10/12/2010
We surely love our jazz and soul and rock 'n' roll, but if you really want to get to know the essence of America's heartland, you gotta dust off your Stetson, put on your cowboy boots, and dig into the …
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10/12/2010
In Deep Cuts, we're stepping away from our earlier solo stylings to strike up the band - make that bands - that set country's airwaves ablaze. Believe it or not, country music isn't all broken h …
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