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41. Short Cuts

    Destroyer

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: May 1, 2008

    Almost every young rock/pop music collector knows someone who wanted to be British so badly that they could almost taste it. That if you cut them, they'd bleed vinegar to put...

42. Live Wire

    Robert Randolph

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: May 1, 2008

    When it comes to making sacred steel music, folks here in Florida take the genre seriously. If you're not familiar with sacred steel, its main instruments are pedal and lap...

43. Outtakes

    Teen Spirit Not Lost

    The Bad Plus jazz out pop covers and still remain original

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: May 1, 2008

    According to Bad Plus bassist Reid Anderson, the concept of creating jazz versions of pop songs like Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to...

44. Short Cuts

    Caribbean Jazz Project

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: May 1, 2008

    It is no easy task to adapt the complexities of John Coltrane's "Naima" to the rhythms of the Caribbean, but that is precisely what vibist and bandleader Dave Samuels has...

45. Live Wire

    Ozomatli

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: May 1, 2008

    Los Angeles is a city known for its musical potpourris. There are over a hundred ethnicities represented in the city, so it makes sense that Ozomatli's latest effort, Don't...