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posted: March 25, 2011

The Good Gwen Stefani donates $1 million to Japan relief Gwen Stefani announced she will donate a cool $1 million to aid Japan relief efforts. I’ve been inspired by Japan for many years and have…
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Your Country's Right Here: Eilen Jewell Carves A Path In Loretta Lynn Country

posted: March 24, 2011

Eilen Jewell knows that the wide open country, about which Loretta Lynn and other classic country stars sing, isn’t gone. The Idaho-born Boston transplant feels such a power with those images that she wrote much…
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Sean Parker: Picking Up The Pieces

posted: March 24, 2011

Warner Music Group put themselves up for sale in January, with consulting help from Goldman Sachs, but does anyone want to spend over $2.5 billion to buy Warner? Sean Parker does, or at least Sean…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: When Rockers Go Bluegrass

posted: March 23, 2011

It seems there’s a worrying trend these days wherein more and more veteran rockers seem to be turning to bluegrass. We’re using the term turning to bluegrass here in the interest of fairness, since the…
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Soundcheck: A Final Farewell To Nate Dogg

posted: March 22, 2011

Hip hop lost a dear friend one week ago, when Nate Dogg died at the age of forty-one. Born and raised in Long Beach, California, Nathaniel Dwayne Hale helped lay the foundation of west coast…
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Diddy's Making Dirty Money, 50 Cent's Worth More Than A Dime And Birdman Has A Freaking Oil Well, NBD

posted: March 22, 2011

Forbes recently released their list of the world’s richest individuals. Mexico’s telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim is the richest man in the world two years running and Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are still in the Top…
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