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Golem may not be your grandparents', or even your parents', klezmer band, but that doesn't make them any less authentic or inspiring.
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Two jazz vocalists and one percussionist turn out fine albums.
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Toto's 35th anniversary concert in Poland is a must for fans and an ideal introduction for newcomers.
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The new Swans album employs a pop sensibility to its dark underground sound.
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Win a copy of War's first new studio album in two decades together with the first-ever CD release of the band's 1976 'Greatest Hits.'
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Nine years after 'Jagged Little Pill,' Alanis Morissette could not be contained to the “alt angst” label. With her sixth LP, 'So-Called Chaos,' she continued her journey into her own womanhood.
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Is this Neil Young's Nebraska or his most ridiculous blunder since the Shocking Pinks?
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It was the year of Prince, the dawn of the 12” mix and rising dance-pop dolls when Wilde premiered her fourth LP, 'Teases & Dares' (MCA), in the fall of 1984.
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Summer’s debut, 'Lady of the Night,' is still obscured in her discography, as music historians often confine the singer to her output from 1975 through 1979.
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