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In this installment of our Why The Hell Should I Like..? series, Blerd offers 10 songs to prove the worth of Michael Jackson's post-Thriller
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The listening booth offers up a bootleg for the first time - a 1978 UK date for the excellent jazz/funk fusion outfit The
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Chris Holmes presents the second half of his list of 20 albums to change his life (or at the very least his love of music).
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Chris Holmes looks at one of the great early hits from Motown Records; "Two Lovers" by Mary Wells, written by Smokey Robinson and released in
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My favorite music from 2010. Or maybe it's the best music of 2010. Probably a little bit of
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You really can’t go wrong with anything Stevie Wonder released from 1971 through 1976, and this is but one example why. Enjoy the sheer joy and songwriting brilliance of “Summer
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Here’s an oldie but a goodie – from 1963, it’s “Mr. Bass Man” by the late Johnny Cymbal. I dare you to listen to this and not crack a smile. Told you so. The Bass Man
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It is tempting and easy to interpret the meaning behind the track order and title of Robert Glasper’s latest album, Double Booked, as being a presentation of the artist’s two separate
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This has been making the rounds for a few weeks, but I just heard it today. It’s the lead single and title track off the next Roots album, How I Got Over. This has already been played on