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The College Knockout
posted: December 7, 2011
Some brothers and sisters fight like cats and dogs, others make beautiful music together. Bethany and Kurtis Parks of Bethany and the Guitar clearly belong to the second camp. Though their songs were recorded in…
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The Power of Love
posted: December 5, 2011
Austin Renfroe does something not every singer-songwriter can do”he can make the masses dance. Command an arena. Maybe even blow an amp. The Atlanta native’s songcraft brings together folk, soul, pop and rock, cranks the…
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Vocal Points: View From The Top
posted: December 4, 2011
The significance of the Billboard Hot 100, which compiles the Top 100 singles based on radio popularity, in the music industry today has certainly diminished. But despite new music industry road maps, the chart remains an interesting…
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Sound And Vision: Foster the People's Chart Challenge — Is There Life After "Pumped Up Kicks"?
posted: December 2, 2011
Foster the People just might be the pop anomaly of 2011. The trio of Los Angeles-based twentysomethings led by founder and namesake Mark Foster looks like a boy band (only cuter), plays instruments like rockers…
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Soundcheck: Rihanna Is Ready To 'Talk That Talk'
posted: November 29, 2011
Talk That Talk hit stores November 21, making it the sixth studio album we’ve seen from Rihanna in six years. The busy Barbadian beauty has been touring in support of last year’s platinum-selling album, Loud…
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Bieber And The Musicians Singing The Paternity Blues
posted: November 28, 2011
Justin Bieber’s meteoric career has been characterized by many hallmarks of popularity and success: his rabid, cultish following and equally rabid legions of haters, his memeification by the Internet, his well documented young adulthood being…
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