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Soundcheck: Meet British Beauty VV Brown

posted: December 27, 2011

You may not be familiar with this beautiful British import, but VV Brown is no newbie. Born Vanessa Brown in Northampton, England, the beautiful singer-songwriter-model-actress is already a star overseas.  Her debut album Travelling Like…
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Sound And Vision: The Year in Review — What Was Hot and Not in Pop (and Beyond) in 2011?

posted: December 23, 2011

No discussion of the last twelve months in music would be complete without a proper shout out to Adele, the blue-eyed, soulful Brit who ruled 2011 with one album (the multiply GRAMMY-nominated 21) and two…
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Sound And Vision: Strange Bedfellows — The Best of Music's Unlikely Collaborations

posted: December 16, 2011

“I get high with a little help from my friends,” Ringo Starr sang on the Beatles‘ 1967 classic. These days, so do many of music’s top stars. Two’s company, and so is three and sometimes…
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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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Soundcheck: Hot New Hip-Hop

posted: November 8, 2011

As we eagerly await the last batch of big albums to drop before year’s end, a steady stream of singles have been coming out of the woodwork.  With some unexpected mash-ups, album teasers and repeat…
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Metermaids Make The Rooftop Shake

posted: September 15, 2011

Attention hip hop fans! OurStage’s own Metermaids, an underground hip hop duo hailing from Brooklyn, have just released a new album! If you aren’t already familiar with the duo of emcees Sentence and Swell then…
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