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CD Review: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, “I Learned the Hard Way”

Ken Shane April 5, 2010 5

Retro-soul is a musical style in which contemporary artists attempt to recapture the sound and feel of the great soul music of the ’60s and early ’70s. Musical touchstones include the sounds of Motown,

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CD Review: George Benson, “Songs and Stories”

Robert Cass August 25, 2009 2

Four years ago GRP/Verve released Best of George Benson Live, recorded at a concert the veteran jazz guitarist and singer gave in Belfast, Ireland, in 2000. The set drew mainly from the 1976-’81 period

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Popdose Contest: Win Tickets to See Maxwell!

Popdose Staff August 25, 2009 2

Maxwell. Boston. Free Priority Access tickets. Need we say more? Click to enter the contest — from Popdose, Samsung, and AT&T!

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Unsolicited Career Advice for … D’Angelo

Rob Smith June 1, 2009 9

Many thanks to Reader Jeff (an old pal from my Rutgers days) for reminding me about the time Uncle Donnie was invited up on stage at a D’Angelo show to play tambourine. Well, he

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Sugar Water: Procrastination — Now, Later, Always, Forever

Robert Cass August 3, 2008 5

I don’t mean to brag or nothin’, but when it comes to procrastinating, I’m something of an expert. If there had been a contest last year to determine the world’s best procrastinator, I wouldn’t

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