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Silk and Steel
posted: September 12, 2011
Sarah Cripps is just entering her twenties, but she’s already got more than a decade of experience under her belt. The Canadian songstress has been playing since the age of nine, and has shared the…
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The Good Guy
posted: September 7, 2011
Unflappable affability may not be an official style of music, but it is a sensibility that draws a lot of fans. Musicians like Jason Mraz, Jason Castro and Jack Johnson are as well loved for…
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Funk Soul Brother
posted: September 5, 2011
Luke Wade might have grown up to be another Texas jock if not for a paintball that veered straight into his eye as a teen, altering the course of his life. As gruesome as that…
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Spare Parts
posted: August 31, 2011
Maybe the best way to first experience Karmin is to start with their cover of Demi Lovato’s Skyscraper. Under the direction of Amy Heidemann and Nick Noonan, Lovato’s pop song becomes a sophisticated, swooning piano…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: The Mekons Rewrite History on 'Ancient & Modern'
posted: August 31, 2011
The Mekons have been around long enough to have a sense of history that matches their perspective as first-generation punks”Jon Langford and Tom Greenhalgh co-founded the band during punk’s 1977 Summer of Hate and are…
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Script Flippers
posted: August 29, 2011
There’s a natural tension that exists between opposites that some artists veer away from, and others dive headlong into. Trophy belongs to the latter group. Take them at their first few seconds of Bury Me…
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