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Guardian Music — Combining cute vocals with often blunt lyrics, this country singer sounds like a cross between Loretta Lynn and LolitaHometown: Ohio.The lineup: Jessica Lea Mayfield (vocals, guitar).The background: We were going to write about Emma's Imagination tod... more info

Guardian Music — Five rash predictions that The Guide is absolutely confident will come true in 2011Five things that will definitely happen this year? Magazines like the Guide live or die by their ability to predict the future with uncanny accuracy. Over the last few... more info

Guardian Music — You've seen our top 40 albums of the year. But what did Guardian critics' individual lists look like?Alex Macpherson Albums1. Ciara - Basic Instinct2. The-Dream - Love King3. K. Michelle - What's the 911?4. Sade - Soldier Of Love5. Erykah Badu - New ... more info

Guardian Music — Janelle Monáe! We've been counting down to the Guardian's best album of the year – and our No 1 surprised some of youThe Guardian's top 10 albums of 20101) Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III)2) Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark T... more info

Guardian Music — Here's the top 40 of the year, as voted for by the Guardian's rock and pop writers1 Janelle Monáe The ArchAndroid2 Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy3 Hot Chip One Life Stand4 Arcade Fire The Suburbs5 These New Puritans Hidden6 Caribou Swi... more info

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Guardian Music — On her second album, Marling's talents not only belie her age, they show how much the 20-year-old has maturedLaura Marling's second album, released earlier this spring, was a breathtaking accomplishment. Though her debut, Alas I Cannot Swim, was a be... more info

Guardian Music — Johnny Flynn followed his childhood sweetheart to New York, then came back and fired up the English antifolk scene. He tells Andrew Purcell about a transatlantic affair – in love and in musicJohnny Flynn is looking very English this afternoon. He's... more info

Rollo & Grady — Q Magazine :: Top 50 Albums of 2010 1. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs 2. Robert Plant – Band of Joy 3. Plan B – The Defamation of Strickland Banks 4. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can 5. Vampire Weekend – Contra 6. John Grant – Queen of De... more info