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Arrested Development: How Artists Are Affected By Jail Time
posted: July 18, 2011
There isn’t anything particularly surprising about a musician being arrested on drug charges”after all, artists raging from Willie Nelson to Sly Stone have seen the inside of a courtroom in 2011 following drug-related incidents. What…
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Blues Man Scott Seabock Takes Home Year Supply Of Strings From Ernie Ball
posted: June 14, 2011
Singin’ the blues ain’t easy. It requires a delicate balance of great storytelling, serious chops and a drive to make the all-too-familiar twelve-bar format your own. This May, Ernie Ball sponsored the Blues Channel to award…
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iRock: Danielia Cotton
posted: June 29, 2010
Do you believe in reincarnation? After listening to this week’s iRock artist, it seems like Jimi Hendrix has been reborn 40 years later”this time as a sultry soul rocker from New Jersey. That’s right, Jersey got its groove…
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BACKTRACKING FORWARD: DAPTONE RECORDS AND THE RETURN OF FUNK
posted: September 24, 2009
During the late 1960s into the mid 1970s, funk music reached its peak in terms of creativity and mainstream attention. Artists like James Brown, George Clinton and Sly Stone were just a few of the…
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