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8:24 am
Fri September 21, 2012

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Breakup Culture And Fall Television Predictions

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A Blog Supreme
3:44 pm
Thu September 20, 2012

Five New Singers At The 2012 Monterey Jazz Festival

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Meklit Hadero is based in the San Francisco Bay area, a two-hour drive north of Monterey.
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Originally published on Thu September 20, 2012 3:55 pm

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The Record
3:37 pm
Thu September 20, 2012

Why Some Musicians Last

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The singer Aaliyah, performing in 1998. Since her death in 2001, many singers have applied her soft, sexy vocal style to R&B, pop and indie hits.
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Missy Elliott, who won a Grammy award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance in 2003 and was a mentor to Aaliyah. She recently released two new songs.
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Though the Canadian band Arcade Fire is led by singer Win Butler on most songs, the group has cultivated a communal image.
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Bob Dylan, on stage in France this July, has long been a legend, but he has spent much of his career tweaking his musical legacy.
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Last year, Aguilera was among the first set of judges on NBC's singing competition The Voice.
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Drake cites Aaliyah's vocal restraint as an influence on his half-rapped, half sung delivery.
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After Stevie Nicks (center) and Lindsey Buckingham (right) joined Fleetwood Mac in 1974, the group included three lead singers. (Christine McVie is second from left.)
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Garth Hudson (left), Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel and Rick Danko of The Band in 1971. Like Fleetwood Mac, The Band had no single leader. Helm, Manuel and Danko all sang lead.
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Britney Spears was recently added as a judge to Simon Cowell's singing competition, The X Factor.
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Grizzly Bear performs in July. Edward Droste (right), shares songwriting and lead vocal duties in the group with Daniel Rossen.
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In 2000, Christina Aguilera won an Best New Artist Grammy.
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Echoes of Aaliyah's rhythmic and spare instrumentals and soft vocal style can be heard in the music of the British trio The xx.
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Bob Dylan performs on stage during the 21st edition of the Vieilles Charrues music festival on July 22, in Carhaix-Plouguer, western France.
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Originally published on Fri September 21, 2012 11:53 am

The mists of eternity wafted over my Twitter feed the other night. Okay, not quite — but talk of eternity, or at least of the pop scene in thirty years, did make for a lengthy and spirited group exchange. It started when a friend who's not fond of singing competitions asked whether Kelly Clarkson will be remembered in 2042.

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World Cafe
2:52 pm
Thu September 20, 2012

Latin Roots: The Sound Of Africa In Cuba

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The Afro-Cuban progressive rock group Síntesis.
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In this installment of World Cafe's Latin Roots series, Carlos Alfonso, one of the vocalists and principal songwriters of the Cuban progressive-rock band Síntesis, talks with host David Dye about the relationships connecting Cuban music, Yoruba music from Nigeria and Arara music out of Benin.

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World Cafe
2:52 pm
Thu September 20, 2012

Síntesis On World Cafe

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Originally published on Fri September 21, 2012 7:25 am

All month, World Cafe invites listeners to discover the music of Havana, Cuba, with the series Sense of Place.

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