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Your Country's Right Here: Janie Fricke Joins with the Roys for "The Country Side of Bluegrass"
posted: May 31, 2012
Janie Fricke has once again added to her already hefty musical arsenal. After going from a jingle singer (Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Red Lobster are among the corporations that featured her vocals) to a back up…
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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: Under the Covers With Counting Crows
posted: May 30, 2012
Counting Crows are a bunch of geeks…but in a good way. Granted, they found a way to connect with the mainstream successfully enough to become a multi-platinum band, but it’s always been pretty plain to…
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Soundcheck: D’Angelo To Make Triumphant Return?
posted: May 29, 2012
A brutal battle with fame, addiction, and an almost fatal car crash fueled an eleven-year, self-inflicted isolation. Now, D’Angelo is preparing to release his first album in over a decade. His debut album, Brown Sugar…
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Sound and Vision: Is Gotye This Year's Foster the People?
posted: May 25, 2012
Here today, gone today, one-hit wonders make the world of pop go round”but never for long. The late ˜70s gave us a plethora of short-term disco stars who lived”and quickly died”by the groove, while the…
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Your Country's Right Here: Mary Gauthier Shows Country Still Cares About New Artists
posted: May 24, 2012
Who says old-style mentoring among country music artists has gone the way of 8-track tapes? You sure couldn’t prove it by the musical kinship forged when alt-country artist Mary Gauthier met now fifty-something, behind-the-scenes music…
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Belle and Sebastian's Stevie Jackson Steps Out
posted: May 23, 2012
Scottish indie-pop icons Belle and Sebastian have never exactly been publicity hounds. They’ve continually avoided putting their photos on their album covers and even routinely leave their names out of their album credits. But their…
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