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Sittin' on the Dock of the Past: Remembering Otis Reddingnew

Almost 40 years since Redding died in the chilly waters of Lake Monona outside Madison, Wis., we wonder how we've managed to get along so long without the Big O.

Birmingham Weekly | Courtney Haden | 11-19-2007 | Music

Preserving Black Gospel's Golden Agenew

The Black Gospel Music Restoration Project hopes to identify and acquire black gospel recordings, primarily from the music's mid-20th-century golden age, and digitize them to create a virtual encyclopedia of a musical style unparalleled in its religious zeal.

The Texas Observer | Michael Hoinski | 11-19-2007 | Music

The Pirate's Codenew

The elite file-sharing site Oink may have been a den of thieves, but online music retailers could learn from the things it did right.

Chicago Reader | Miles Raymer | 11-19-2007 | Music

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Ingram Hill's Bass Player Woesnew

After completing Cold in California, the group's original bassist left the band. Then there was another guy ... he didn't last.

The Memphis Flyer | Chris Herrington | 11-16-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Cold in California, Ingram Hill

Nantucket's Long Journeynew

The group shared stages with AC/DC, Kiss, Cheap Trick, Styx and Journey, and was even the subject of a bidding war in 1977. But they just never had that No. 1 hit.

INDY Week | Kathy Justice | 11-16-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

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'Carolina Funk': A Labor of Lovenew

Chapel Hill's Jason Perlmutter spent half a decade compiling this 22-cut, 23-page package, which travels the same high road as similar triumphs of excavation and passion.

INDY Week | Rick Cornell | 11-16-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Various Artists, Carolina Funk: Funk 45s from the Atlantic Coast

Buck 65 Supposes He Makes Hip-Hopnew

Ever since the press and the public caught wind of Buck 65, aka 35-year-old Richard Jerfry, in the late '90s, his identity -- that of a white rapper from Nova Scotia -- has been his onus.

INDY Week | Grayson Currin | 11-16-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Buck 65, Situation

Destructor Releases Second Album After 22 Yearsnew

And the destruction still goes all the way to 11. Or, at the very least, to 8 -- depending on how you like your thrash served.

Cleveland Scene | D.X. Ferris | 11-16-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Destructor, Forever in Leather

Robyn Hitchcock, Psych-Pop Survivornew

His "children's songs for adults" only improve with age.

Montreal Mirror | Johnson Cummins | 11-16-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

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i see rowboats Takes Halifax by Stormnew

Earlier this year i see rowboats didn't even have a name. Nine months later, the chamber-pop quintet has sailed up the campus radio charts to become one of the city's favorite indie bands.

The Coast, Halifax's Weekly | Mike Landry | 11-16-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

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