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POP



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It may seem early to be name-checking the best bands of 2009 already, but it’s not often a band like ‘Hockey’ tear through the calendar to become a worthy contender.
After a feverish and ferocious bidding scramble to sign them (Virgin won), the Oregon four-piece’s sweet-Jesus of a first gem ‘Too Fake’ sounds like The Strokes covering The Killers with Arctic Monkeys excitement and all produced by James Murphy. To quote their maverick contemporaries; “Is this it?" "It’s indie rock n roll for me”, “...believe the hype”, “Hockey...are playing at my house.” They bring rock 'n' roll intensity to the dance floor.

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Katy Perry Dishes On Her 'Long And Winding Road' From Singing Gospel To Kissing Girls....

It is shocking that all the attitude and moxie is coming
from a girl who, as a child, wasn't even allowed to listen to something as
benign as the New Kids on the Block and one who recorded an album full of
gospel tunes when she was 15. She has, shall we say, done a fair amount of
growing up since then.

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Great 80's hits from artists like Rachel Whitebread, David Christopher, Barbara Bush and others.

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JAZZ/EASY LISTENING



Listen to some legendary jazz tunes from Blue Note Recods!

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Tony Bennett has steadfastly remained the embodiment of heart in
popular music. He pours it into every note he sings and every phrase he
swings with a sophistication that deepens his unguarded emotional
directness. In the polluted sea of irony, bad faith and grotesque
attitudinizing that pop music has become, he is a rock of integrity.

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Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American
jazz singer, described by
Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th
century".She had a contralto vocal range. Sarah Vaughan was a Grammy Award
winner. The National Endowment for the Arts
bestowed upon her its highest honor in jazz, the NEA Jazz
Masters Award in 1989.

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Louis Armstrong was the first important soloist to emerge in jazz, and
he became the most influential musician in the music's history. As a
trumpet virtuoso, his playing, beginning with the 1920s studio
recordings made with his Hot Five and Hot Seven ensembles, charted a
future for jazz in highly imaginative, emotionally charged
improvisation. For this, he is revered by jazz fans. But Armstrong also
became an enduring figure in popular music, due to his distinctively
phrased bass singing and engaging personality, which were on display in
a series of vocal recordings and film roles.

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SOUNDTRACK



The Young Victoria: The elderly
Queen Victoria has graced the screen many times, but this period drama
takes a different approach. Here Victoria is a teenager, her natural
spirit only slightly tempered by the weight of her impending duties as
queen. We meet her as her kindly uncle King William (Jim Broadbent) is
ailing, thus ushering in a new era for the inexperienced royal...

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DANCE



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Fast on the heels of the Paul’s Boutique reissue, March 30th will
find the Beastie Boys re-releasing the album that followed Paul’s,
1992’s Check Your Head. The Beasties’ Website has been updated to
celebrate the Check Your Head reissue, with the band’s performance on
the Arsenio Hall Show embedded on the site. Additionally, the Beasties
announced today that they’ll headline Los Angeles’ storied Hollywood Bowl on
September 24th in anticipation of their new album, due out later this year.....

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ROCK'n'ROLL



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He claims to be “the architect of rock and roll,” and history would
seem to bear out Little Richard’s boast. More than any other performer
- save, perhaps, Elvis Presley,
Little Richard blew the lid off the Fifties, laying the foundation for
rock and roll with his explosive music and charismatic persona. On
record, he made spine-tingling rock and roll. His frantically charged
piano playing and raspy, shouted vocals on such classics as “Tutti
Frutti,” “Long Tall Sally” and “Good Golly, Miss Molly” defined the
dynamic sound of rock and roll. Onstage, he’d deliver wild,
piano-pounding epistles while costumed in sequined vests, mascara,
lipstick, and a pompadour that shook with every thundering beat

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BLUES




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John Lee Hooker was an influential American post-war blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Coahoma County near Clarksdale, Mississippi. He developed a half-spoken style that was his trademark. Though similar to the early Delta blues, his music was rhythmically free. John Lee Hooker could be said to embody his own unique genre of the blues, often incorporating the boogie-woogie
piano style and a driving rhythm into his masterful and idiosyncratic blues
guitar and singing. His best known songs include "Boogie Chillen" (1948) and "Boom Boom" (1962).

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