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Corb Lund: Boot-Kickin' Canadian Cowboy

The Alberta native's wry storytelling and driving tempos may bust some stereotypes about Canadians yet.

 
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Harp Therapy: Music As Meds

Melody and rhythm are now regarded as important to health as diet and exersise.

 
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Rakim: The MC Reveals His 'Seventh Seal'

The renowned rapper reflects on his career upon the release of a new album -- his first in 10 years.

 
 

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Black Radio Fights Performance Royalties

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The last ten years could be described as the decade Latin jazz began to flow widely beyond the pulse of the Afro-Cuban clave.

I say that with reservations. As long as musicians have been playing mambos over jazz standards, they have also been experimenting with various Latin rhythms that come from beyond Cuban barrios. But the last decade saw some very impressive leaps forward in the creation of an organic mash-up of progressive acoustic jazz with various Afro-Caribbean or indigenous rhythms from throughout the Spanish-speaking world.

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