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Your Country's Right Here: Craig Campbell Talks "Throwdown" With Willie Nelson
posted: June 16, 2011
Watching the joy Craig Campbell‘s music brings to audiences when he performs songs from his debut album as part of a current major country tour, it’s difficult to reconcile that he almost gave up music before he…
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Industrial Revolution: Does Expanding The Brand Marginalize The Music?
posted: June 16, 2011
It’s not exactly insightful to note that Lady Gaga is at least as much about an image as she is about the music. I’m guessing that the majority of people were aware of Gaga’s gimmickry…
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Get Lyrical: Tips For Aspiring Songwriters
posted: June 15, 2011
Whether it’s moving into a new apartment, reaching something on a high shelf or passing a difficult class, we all need a little help sometimes. Writing lyrics is no different. Sometimes having a pro with…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: The Fleshtones Are Too Wired To Retire
posted: June 15, 2011
These days, every other band with a fuzzbox and a copy of Nuggets can cop the garage-band tag; at this point, there’s plenty of precedent established for assimilating the spartan-but-searing sounds of ’60s garage rockers…
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Q&A With Sondre Lerche
posted: June 14, 2011
Sixties pop, melodic indie rock, contemporary jazz, Brazilian psych-folk, singer-songwriter”these labels don’t quite do justice to the ground that Norwegian musician Sondre Lerche has covered in his ten-year career. Which is why it’s amazing that,…
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The Grody And Glorious Crash Pads Of Rock Stars
posted: June 14, 2011
“Lifestyles of the rich and the famous/ they’re always complaining, always complaining/ If money is such a problem/ well they got mansions/ think we should rob them.” – Joel Madden, singer, poet. Oh Good Charlotte,…
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