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Chiddy Bang, Kid Cudi and Kidz In The Hall prefer blog-rocking beats to old soul samples

5168 days ago
Guardian Music — You're more likely to hear MGMT or Grizzly Bear on a hip-hop record than James Brown these days. So is the art of crate digging gone for good?"Last LP we got down right, showed all these corny motherfuckers what hip-hop's supposed to sound like." So ... more info
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Play makes the picks: Best of the best

5171 days ago
Detroit Free Press — For decades, Harlem's Apollo Theater has been a launching pad for African-American music and artists. To mark the legendary venue's 75th anniversary, the Smithsonian Institution has created "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the A... more info
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friday morning updates

5176 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — Fremy said... Oldies... America - 1974 - Holiday Bread - 1971 - Manna Badfinger - 1970 - Magic Christian Music by Badfinger Steppenwolf - 1968 - The Second Traffic - 1970 - These Three Men Quicksilver Messenger Service - 1968-71 - Cavalry http:... more info
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the final sunday batch of updates

5180 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — olegelagin said... the Rolling Stones ~ 1967 ~ Flowers the Rolling Stones ~ 1965 ~ The Rolling Stones Now! Renaissance ~ 1975 ~ Scheherazade And Other Stories Otis Redding ~ 1964 ~ Pain In My Heart Cat Stevens ~ 1970 ~ Tea for the Tillerman the Soft ... more info
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Criminal records: pop stars in prison

5184 days ago
Guardian Music — Pete Doherty was terrified, the Stones were defiant – and Lil' Wayne carried on recording. As George Michael goes to prison, Tim Jonze takes a rollcall of jailhouse rockersGeorge Michael's chequered history with motor vehicles finally caught up wi... more info
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'Catfish' Collins obituary

5186 days ago
Guardian Music — Leading funk guitarist and brother of BootsyPhelps "Catfish" Collins, who has died of cancer aged 66, was funk's foremost rhythm guitarist. His career was overshadowed by that of his bass-playing younger brother, William "Bootsy" Collins, who became ... more info
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King Coleman obituary

5186 days ago
Guardian Music — Pioneer of the Mashed Potatoes dance crazeIn America, the late 1950s and early 1960s was an era of dance crazes, with the Twist followed in quick succession by the Hully Gully, the Hitch-Hike and numerous others. Among them was the Mashed Potatoes, w... more info
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friday morning updates

5190 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — Ishkabibliophile said... A 70s Blaxploitation mixtape: Easin' In Edwin Starr The World We Live In McKinley Jackson Shaft In Africa Johnny Pate Truck Turner (Main Title) Isaac Hayes Ain't no Such Thing As Superman Gil Scott-Heron Cleveland Now/Booker ... more info
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The muse who changed Miles Davis

5195 days ago
Guardian Music — Forty years ago, Miles Davis rewrote the jazz rulebook with his album Bitches Brew – but he never would have made it without the inspiration of the amazing Betty Mabry, as she now reveals in a rare interviewAs the incendiary year of 1968 dawned, Mi... more info
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Don Cornelius and the 'Soul Train' still grooving 40 years later

5196 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Approximately 35 years after their creative apogees, names like James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone, Barry White and Aretha Franklin exist as almost afterthoughts. Their legendary status is so secure as to be taken for granted. Their... more info
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