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What's In A ".music" Domain?
posted: July 26, 2012
Every denizen of the Internet is well aware of ubiquitous domains like .com, .org, and .net. These are unrestricted generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, acting as a general organization system, by content, for every site on the…
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Your Country's Right Here: Lucero Showcases 'Women & Work'
posted: July 26, 2012
Ben Nichols, frontman of the punk alt-country band Lucero, talks like a man who has been musically reborn. Or maybe it’s more apt to liken his attitude to that of someone who worked and worked…
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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: The Zombies and The Left Banke, Live in Baroque Pop Heaven
posted: July 25, 2012
Like so many other things, it all began with The Beatles. The style that came to be known variously as baroque pop, orchestral pop, chamber pop, etc. can basically be traced back to 1966, when…
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Soundcheck: Return Of The Female Emcee?
posted: July 24, 2012
Last week, the music industry lost a female veteran when Ms. Melodie of Boogie Down Productions died on Wednesday. Her 1989 release Diva made her one of the first emcees to spit alongside the heavy-hitting male…
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Your Country's Right Here: The David Mayfield Parade Poised for the Big Time
posted: July 19, 2012
David Mayfield needs to come with a warning label. Anyone who has attended one of this season’s music festivals and been lulled into the mind-numbing sameness of some performers will want to buckle up before…
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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: The Grateful Dead Come Alive in 'Dark Stars and Anti-Matter'
posted: July 18, 2012
For many people, The Grateful Dead have always been a love-it-or-hate-it proposition. The band’s slavishly devoted army of Deadheads (which still exists today, turning up to see Furthur, the band that includes erstwhile GD singer/guitarist…
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