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Sound and Vision: Why Recording Artists Should Look on the Bright Side of Piracy
posted: March 30, 2012
I’m a music fan that didn’t have a lot of pocket money as a kid. I bought what I could afford and taped the rest off radio or made a tape from my friend’s copy…
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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: Bruce's Broadsides for the New Depression
posted: March 14, 2012
The first question is, what the hell took him so long? Bruce Springsteen‘s new album, Wrecking Ball, is very much a response to the post-apocalyptic state of the American economy, but a quick glance at…
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The EditoriaList: Ten Interesting Backstories To Pop Songs
posted: December 15, 2011
Ever wonder what that song is about? Here’s what these songs are about: Cry Me A River “ Justin Timberlake The video Justin Timberlake made for his solo hit, featuring a familiar-looking blonde and a…
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Your Country's Right Here: Gill Landry of Old Crow Medicine Show Sheds Musical Light on the Darkness
posted: October 20, 2011
It’s almost too simple to say that Gill Landry‘s new album Piety & Desire is something akin to him going home. The New Orleans native who is a multi-instrumentalist with the Old Crow Medicine Show…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumours: How 2011 Is Shaping Up So Far
posted: July 13, 2011
Okay, so early July may not mark the precise midpoint of the year, but it’s pretty damn close, and when you factor in for time lost lolling about in summer-vacation mode on and around Independence…
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Sound And Vision: Why I Miss the '90s
posted: July 1, 2011
Every decade lives twice. Each one seems to get a second shot about twenty years after the fact. The ’50s were hot again in the ’70s (which might be why Happy Days was one of…
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