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Beyond the Mainstreamnew

Jana Hunter takes her lovely folk/blues songs around the country.
Tucson Weekly  |  Gene Armstrong  |  06-20-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Golden Anniversarynew

The principals in Hot Tuna celebrate 50 years of performing American roots music together.
Tucson Weekly  |  Jim Lipson  |  06-20-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Hyphy 4 Christnew

Co-opting the hip-hop genre for evangelical purposes, Rodney Washington is using hyphy's lingering street popularity in an attempt to lure kids away from the very things its songs espouse: drugs, crime, and premarital sex.
East Bay Express  |  Kathleen Richards  |  06-20-2007  |  Music

Soundtrack for Summernew

Fourteen songs to party, love, and road-trip by.
East Bay Express  |  Eric K. Arnold  |  06-20-2007  |  Music

Queer as Popnew

Dresdon Dolls is among the acts plugging in for gay rights on the "True Colors" tour.
San Diego CityBeat  |  AnnaMaria Stephens  |  06-20-2007  |  Music

Jim Henson's Lasting Music Legacynew

You can't talk Muppets music without discussing Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem band.
SF Weekly  |  Jennifer Maerz  |  06-20-2007  |  Music

Small Outposts Rule Online MP3 Salesnew

No longer the domain of a handful of power-brokers, online digital retail's future is most clear in little shops -- here are a few of the best.
SF Weekly  |  Randall Roberts  |  06-20-2007  |  Music

Xavier Rudd's Hippy-dippy Convictionnew

The Australian is a very different human being.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Jed Gottlieb  |  06-20-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Rocking the Invisible Guitarnew

Air guitar, once an embarrassing secret or a teenage hobby, is now an international phenomenon.
Gambit  |  Alison Fensterstock  |  06-20-2007  |  Music

Sons of Bill's Excellent Adventurenew

Charlottesville rockers head to the Pacific, send postcards home.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Brendan Fitzgerald  |  06-20-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Nelly Furtado's World Musicnew

Her latest effort brought her back from obscurity.
Colorado Springs Independent  |  Alan Sculley  |  06-19-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Lily Allen Gets the Last Laughnew

Like other British women before her, the pop star uses words as a weapon.
Mountain Xpress  |  Melanie McGee Bianchi  |  06-19-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Putting 'Fun' Into 'Funeral'new

Funeral for a Friend tries bucking post-hardcore trends by going the concept-record route.
Colorado Springs Independent  |  Jason Bugg  |  06-19-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

The 69 Eyes: Goth 'n' Rollnew

For the past couple years The 69 Eyes have been gathering steam in America, but the band's been a fixture in Helsinki for ages.
Pittsburgh City Paper  |  Aaron Jentzen  |  06-19-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

40 'Sgt. Pepper'-credited Innovations Exposed!new

Many of Sgt. Pepper's accepted innovations are now known to come from somewhere else.
Metro Times  |  Serene Dominic  |  06-19-2007  |  Music

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