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Sounds like:
Sam Cooke,
Aretha Franklin,
Betty LaVette,
James Brown
By
Max Jacobs
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Nov 12, 2010
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Can we just take a second to appreciate how funky and fantastic Sharon Jones is?Anyone who attended the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival last month in San Francisco will tell you that Jones absolutely killed it. You had to skillfully weave through ...
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2

Sounds like:
Sharon Jones,
The Budos Band,
Lee Fields & The Expressions
By
Joshua Mellin
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Nov 10, 2010
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The legendary Hideout in Chicago played host to a sweaty dance party in celebration of JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound's release of a new 7" single, "To Love Someone (That Don't Love You)/"Everything Will Be Fine," a sample track from a yet-to-be-re...
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3

Sounds like:
Gnarls Barkley,
Hoodie Allen,
John Legend,
The Roots
By
joesmith
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Nov 9, 2010
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Fucking love. Fuck love. And if you don't agree with those statements, then you really have never been in real love. Cee Lo Green has been in love, and I think this cat's equally as pissed.Before getting my grubby paws on this album in its entirety, ...
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4

Sounds like:
Alice Russell,
Kinny,
Lizzy Parks
By
sweeney kovar
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Nov 4, 2010
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Belleruche is a UK-based trio composed of DJ Modest, Ricky Fabulous, and Kathy deBoer. The band started out independently releasing 7" vinyl recordings themselves, handprinting each sleeve in their apartments. Since then the trio has gotten steady ac...
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5

By
Jason Grishkoff
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Nov 2, 2010
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Jamiroquai are a British jazz funk and acid jazz band formed in 1992. We probably all known their music, and more specifically, their music videos (one of them, at least). They've sold more than 25 million albums worldwide and won a Grammy Award in 1...
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6

By
Jason Grishkoff
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Oct 23, 2010
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When Kings of Convenience, an indie folk-pop duo from Norway, released Versus in October of 2001, it was a huge success. The album, featuring remakes, remixes and collaborations of songs (mostly from their album Quiet is the New Loud), became a favor...
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7

Sounds like:
Psychedelic rock,
Major Lazer,
DJ Shadow,
Santigold
By
Alyssa Botts
on
Sep 29, 2010
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Mississippi-born DJ and producer Wesley Pentz, better known as Diplo, is not one to color inside the lines of a uniform musical taste. He's always changing up his production game and keeping listeners on their feet by experimenting with sounds of '80...
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8

Sounds like:
John Legend,
The Roots,
Common,
Bill Withers
By
Joshua Mellin
on
Sep 28, 2010
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The Roots have an uncanny ability to pair up with just about anyone. Whether its Jay-Z or Jimmy Fallon, or even Bill Clinton, they really are the world's best house band. On Wake Up!, they pair join with John Legend to recreate the breezy political e...
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