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I'd say that Perry Farrell, lead singer of Jane's Addiction, is a creative visionary and marketing genius. Farrell may have foreseen the mainstream recording industry death spiral, and concluded that the only way to make a reliable buck is by selling tickets. So the frontman created a festival to
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David Wax, one half of David Wax Museum, sings and plays jarana, a type of guitar. Suz Slezak provides vocal harmonies and plays fiddle and quijada, a percussive instrument that's similar to a vibraslap but is made from a donkey's jawbone. It may all seem unconventional, but together the
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If you've got an urge to be overpowered by funk, or want to check out an upbeat dance band with more members than Gogol Bordello, Big Mean Sound Machine should do the trick. The Ithaca-based instrumental group incorporates African and Latin beats with occasional doses of rock, jazz, and
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Dia Frampton (no relation to Peter) gained America's attention as a contestant and eventual runner-up on NBC's "The Voice" in 2011. Although the 24-year-old singer-songwriter did not win the title, she gained some market share - nearly half-a-million downloads of her tunes and a Top 20 single with "Inventing
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When Pink Floyd played its debut gig in 1966, nobody figured the group would evolve to become one of the most important acts in music history. For good reason, Pink Floyd has inspired countless fans by creating flawless tunes and performances with state-of-the art theatrics, pushing rock and roll
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East Coast rap group The Lox signed to Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records in the 90's, but despite a platinum-selling debut CD "Money, Power & Respect," the group felt disenfranchised and decided to switch labels. When conventional methods failed, the Yonkers, N.Y. trio started a grass-roots movement and took
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Finland seems to crank out decent metal bands as quickly as it does cell phones, and no group sits higher on the totem pole of Finnish heavy metal than Children of Bodom. The band is led by lead singer-guitarist Alexi Laiho and drummer Jaska Raatikainen, both childhood friends who
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Despite a stage name that suggests an amalgam of Hollywood tough guys, Action Bronson is actually a master of the culinary arts. The trained chef turned rapper from Queens got out of the kitchen in 2009 to produce a mix tape and studio album "The Program EP." So far,
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Homiside is the nom de guerre of Mike Parlayan, who has opened for bands including Insane Clown Posse and D12 (Eminem's group), but counts a collaboration with MTV award-winning rapper Tech N9ne as his favorite musical accomplishment. The resulting song "In Thee End," recorded with Kount C and Kutt
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Like the character in the Dr. Seuss book "Oh, the Places You'll Go," Shara Worden, a.k.a. My Brightest Diamond, has proven that with talent, hard work, and a bit of wanderlust, many things are possible. After earning a degree in opera from the University of North Texas, the Michigan
