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	<description>Black Grooves is a web newletter about black music and the artists that produce it. Black Grooves covers soul, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, gospel, classical, disco, house, techno, R&#38;B, blues, and everything in between.</description>
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		<title>July 2010 Issue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the July 2010 issue of Black Grooves.  New releases featured this month include the Roots&#8217; How I Got Over, Chicago rap artist Rhymefest’s El Che, Robert Randolph &#38; The Family Bands&#8217; We Walk This Road (produced by T-Bone Burnett), PJ Morton’s Walk Alone, Solomon Burke’s Nothing’s Impossible (produced by the late great Willie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How I Got Over</title>
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Title: How I Got Over
Artist: The Roots
Label: Def Jam
Catalog No.:  B0013085-02
Formats:  CD, MP3
Release date:  June 22, 2010
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Black Thought croons his way over Dice Raw’s choruses of the title cut, switching effortlessly to rap in the verses. It’s a microcosm for the whole record.  On their 9th studio release, The Roots once again position themselves as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2695</link>
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		<title>El Che</title>
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Title: El Che 
Artist: Rhymefest
Label: dN&#124;Be Entertainment
Format: CD, MP3
Release date:  June 8, 2010
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Four years is an eternity in the music game, and that’s the last time we had an album from the “Chicago-Rilla” known as Rhymefest (aka Che Smith). Many also know him as the “Brand New” lyricist who co-wrote Kanye West’s Grammy-winning “Jesus Walks.” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2542</link>
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		<title>We Walk This Road</title>
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Title: We Walk This Road
Artist: Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Label: Warner Bros.
Formats: MP3, CD
Release Date: June 22, 2010
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In the liner notes to We Walk This Road, Robert Randolph states, “This record is a celebration of African-American music over the past one hundred years and its social messages from the last thirty. Although we cover [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2618</link>
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		<title>Hymns for the Rebel Soul</title>
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Title:  Hymns for the Rebel Soul
Artist:  Rocky Dawuni
Label:  Aquarian Records
Formats:  CD, MP3
Release date:  June 15, 2010
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Ghanaian artist Rocky Dawuni combines reggae with various world music influences on this rich collection centered around conscious lyrics and diverse arrangements. Still a bit under the mainstream cultural radar (Wikipedia, for example, has no Rocky Dawuni article—yet), Dawuni’s deft [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2793</link>
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		<title>Walk Alone</title>
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Title:  Walk Alone
Artist:  PJ Morton
Label:  Indieblue Music
Formats: CD, MP3
Catalog No.: 7764
Release date:  April 6, 2010
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“In the state of the world I feel alone because of the way I choose to do music with true instrumentation. Creating stories and lyrics with meaning feels like a minority not a majority.”―PJ Morton
There is very little semblance of live [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2813</link>
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		<title>Lover Please</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Title: Lover Please / The Complete MGM &#38; Mercury Singles
Artist: Clyde McPhatter
Label: Hip-O Select
Catalog No.: B0014233-02
Format: 2 CD set
Release Date: May 21, 2010
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Clyde McPhatter was a soul pioneer with a uniquely beautiful voice.  He sang in the upper range of a man, but not in a freakishly high register.  His gospel-trained technique was powerful yet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2855</link>
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		<title>Nothing&#8217;s Impossible</title>
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Title:  Nothing&#8217;s Impossible
Artist:  Solomon Burke
Label:  E1 Entertainment
Formats:  CD,  MP3
Catalog No.:  E1E-CD-2086
Release date:  April 6, 2010
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For more than three decades, Solomon Burke had wanted to work with Willie Mitchell, protégé to other southern R&#38;B legends, including Al Green and Ann Peebles. Thankfully for Burke and for us, the “King of Rock and Soul” finally met Mitchell [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2747</link>
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		<title>The Essential Cyril Neville 1994-2007</title>
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Title: The Essential Cyril Neville 1994-2007
Artist: Cyril Neville
Label: M.C. Records
Formats: MP3, CD
Release Date: May 4, 2010
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Cyril Neville’s roots run deep.  As a member of both The Meters and The Neville Brothers, he helped define the sound known as New Orleans Funk.  During his 40 some odd years in the music business, he has absorbed New [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2636</link>
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		<title>Points on a Space Age</title>
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Title: Points on a Space Age
Artist: Sun Ra Arkestra
Format: DVD (Color, NTSC, all regions)
Label:  MVD Visual
Catalog No.: MVDV4774
Release date: 2009
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After Sun Ra “left planet Earth” in 1993, Marshall Allen took over the direction of the Sun Ra Arkestra. Devoid of its creator, the band, now composed of nineteen musicians, still continues to evolve in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2650</link>
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		<title>Recent Gospel Releases</title>
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Title: Urgent Messages
Artist: Jevon D. Brock &#38; Restoration
Label: Brock Music Group/Central South Distribution
Release Date: April 13, 2010
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In their fourth album, Brock &#38; Restoration relay the urgency of getting right with God through high spirited praise with energetic songs such as “Jesus Is Coming Back.”
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Title: Psalms, Hymns, &#38; Spiritual Songs: Volume 3 Favor
Artist: David Frazier
Label: David [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2538</link>
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		<title>Rising Female Artists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: Lives Upstairs
Artist: Ranee Lee
Label: Justin Time
Release date: May 11, 2010
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Paying homage to Upstairs&#8211;Canada’s most well-respected jazz club—Ranee Lee presents “Lives Upstairs,” an award-winning vocal jazz album.
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Title: Travelling Like the Light
Artist: V.V. Brown
Label: Capitol
Release Date:  March 30, 2010
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Travelling Like the Light reveals a refreshing burst of creativity. British singer-songwriter VV Brown does justice to a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2537</link>
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		<title>♫ Welcome to the June 2010 Issue! ♫</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1979, President Jimmy Carter designated June as Black Music Month. Thirty-one years later, we proudly join in the celebration of one of America&#8217;s most underappreciated, yet infinitely precious offspring.
For our Black Music Month issue we deemed it especially appropriate to include the work of artists that shed light on the foundations upon which contemporary music stand, including [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2450</link>
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		<title>Woodbox Beats &amp; Balladry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title:  Woodbox Beats &#38; Balladry
Artist:  DBR (Daniel Bernard Roumain)
Label:  Thirsty Ear
Catalog No.:  THI 57193.2
Formats:  CD, MP3
Release Date:  March 30, 2010
Haitian-American violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (aka DBR) has made a name for himself as a genre-bending innovator blending classical music and hip hop, a concert violinist, and art music composer who has performed on American Idol [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2224</link>
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		<title>ArchAndroid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Title: ArchAndroid
Artist: Janelle Monae
Label: Bad Boy/Atlantic
Catalog No.: 512256-2
Formats: CD, MP3
Release date: May 18, 2010
Imagine, if you will, a world where music is dead. Artistry is a dying art as quality has been compromised by quantity. Substance is executed by the Industry: a tyrannical authority that suffocates musical individuality with mass production of pre-packaged pop stars [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=1940</link>
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		<title>Shake For Me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title:  Shake For Me
Artist:  The Manish Boys
Label:  Delta Groove Music
Catalog No.: DGPCD137
Formats:  CD, MP3
Release date: March 16, 2010
Delta Groove Music has recently released its fifth studio album by The Mannish Boys. Shortly after Randy Chortkoff founded the label in 2004, he pulled together a group of musicians for the purpose of reviving some of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2210</link>
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		<title>New Creation Live</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: New Creation Live
Artist: Rafeal Ross
Label:  R2 Music
Formats: MP3, CD
Release Date: January 10, 2010
With a vocal sound that is uniquely his, Rafeal Ross situates himself comfortably within the realm of contemporary gospel. From start to finish, New Creation Live rings of heartfelt praise and intimate worship. Thick with reprises which are reminiscent of Sunday morning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2109</link>
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		<title>Duke Ellington&#8217;s Queenie Pie</title>
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Title: Duke Ellington&#8217;s Queenie Pie
Artists: Carmen Bradford, Robert DeSimone, Butler Opera Center, UT Jazz Orchestra, Huston-Tillitson University Concert Choir
Label: Longhorn Music
Catalog No.:  LHM 2010003
Formats: CD
Release Date: March 30, 2010
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When Duke Ellington initially announced his Black, Brown and Beige in 1938, he stated that it was going to be an opera. However, when the work was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=1840</link>
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		<title>Nothing On You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Title: Nothin&#8217; on You
Artist: B.o.B. feat. Bruno Mars
Label: Atlantic Record
Formats: CD, MP3
Release Date: April 27, 2010
Two years ago XXL magazine “enrolled” a group of up-and-coming rappers in the Freshman Class of 2009, based on their lyrical ability and current buzz in the music blogosphere. These ten students of the craft have since tried to live [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=1767</link>
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		<title>Feed My Soul</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Title: Feed My Soul
Artist: The Holmes Brothers
Label: Alligator
Catalog No.: ALCD 4933
Format: CD
Release Date: March 2, 2010
The Holmes Brothers&#8216; music is hard to classify. Put this new CD into your iTunes library and it gets classified as blues.  Guitarist/vocalist Wendell Holmes says they play &#8220;American roots music&#8221; in a promotional video made by Alligator Records.  Even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=1918</link>
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		<title>Suite 420</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: Suite 420
Artist: Devin the Dude
Label: E1 Entertainment
Catalog No.: E1E-CD-2043
Formats: CD, LP, MP3
Release Date: April 20, 2010
Often referred to as ‘your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper,’ Devin the Dude brings down to earth humor and subtle seriousness to the rap table without having achieved any major mainstream success. Despite working with such powerhouses as Scarface, Nas, Dr. Dre, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2095</link>
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		<title>Black Dynamite</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: Black Dyanmite, Original Score to the Motion Picture
Arist: Adrian Younge
Label: Wax Poetics Records
Catalog No.: WPR007
Format: CD,  MP3  (booklet)
Release Date: October 20, 2009
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Black Dynamite the movie is a reverential parody of 1970’s Blaxploitation cinema, complete with huge afros, bad attitudes, ridiculous fight scenes and plenty of soul music.  That’s where Adrian Younge comes in.  Along [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2019</link>
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		<title>Another Lifetime</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: Another Lifetime
Artist: Cindy Blackman
Label: Four Quarters Entertainment
Catalog No.: FQT-CD-1820
Release date: March 10, 2010
Cindy Blackman is a drummer’s drummer. She plays exciting, busy fills and solos without getting in the way. She plays with Lenny Kravitz, but her self-professed first love is jazz, so she’s equally comfortable in multiple genres. She matches versatility with great [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2082</link>
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		<title>Blues Releases Jan. &#8211; March 2010</title>
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Title:  My Old Friend the Blues 
Artist:  Percy Sledge
Label:  Blues Boulevard
Release date:  Jan. 12, 2010
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Best known for his iconic 1966 soul single &#8220;When a Man Loves a Woman,&#8221; Sledge’s new blues album was “designed to mimic the soulful, laid-back vibe of Norala Studios in Alabama, where he cut most of his early sides.”
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Title:  Brian Young
Artist:  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2366</link>
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		<title>R&amp;B Releases Jan.-March 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Title:  Ollusion
Artist:  Omarion
Label:  EMI
Release date: Jan. 12, 2010
Omarion’s third studio album ventures into hip hop territory with guest appearances by Gucci Mane and Fabolous.
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Title:  The Sea
Artist:  Corinne Bailey Rae
Label:  Capitol Records
Release date:  January 2010
The British diva’s sophomore release, recorded after the death of saxophonist husband Jason Rae, offers a soulful mix of jazz, rock, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2331</link>
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		<title>Hip Hop Releases Jan.-March 2010</title>
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Title:  Heligoland
Artist:  Massive Attack
Label: Virgin
Release Date:  February 9, 2010
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The British band featuring 3D, Daddy G, Mushroom and Tricky, combine soul, jazz and hip-hop
to produce their infectious trip-hop sound.
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Title: Prenuptial Agreement
Artist: J-Stalin
Label: SMC Recordings
Release date: January 12, 2010
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The Bay Area rapper&#8217;s latest album features 22 tracks that run the gamut
from street tracks to slow jams, with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2413</link>
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		<title>Gospel Releases Jan.-March 2010</title>
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Title:  Good God! Born Again Funk
Label: Numero
Release date: January 26, 2010
Once again Numero’s crate diggers have unearthed a wonderful array of rare tracks, this time focusing on the funkier side of gospel.
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Title:  At The Revival 
Artist: The Mighty Clouds of Joy
Label: EMI Gospel
Release date:  January 26, 2010
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The pioneering gospel quartet branches out on their latest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2394</link>
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		<title>Folk and World Music &#8211; Jan.-April 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title:  L&#8217;Esprit Creole

Artist:  Cedric Watson &#38; Bijou Creole
Label:  Valcour
Release date:  January  2010
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Louisiana Creole musician Cedric Watson has been making a name for himself by reviving and reinterpreting old Creole fiddling styles and songs, which he sings in a Cajun-French/Créole patois.  Previously a member of the Pine Leaf Boys, Watson and his band, Bijou Creole, take their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=2478</link>
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		<title>Welcome to the May 2010 Issue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month we’re featuring new releases by Sharon Jones &#38; the Dap Kings, Regina Carter, Lightspeed Champion, Erikah Badu, and Joan Armatrading.  Since the tax season just ended and the senate is (allegedly) tackling financial reform, we thought it appropriate to also feature Jake One &#38; Freeway’s new album The Stimulus Package, along with Document [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=1704</link>
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		<title>I Learned the Hard Way</title>
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Title: I Learned the Hard Way
Artist: Sharon Jones &#38; The Dap-Kings
Label: Daptone
Catalog No.: DAP 019
Formats: CD, LP, MP3
Release Date: April 6, 2010
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This year appears to be Sharon Jones’ time to shine.  Her previous album, 100 Days, 100 Nights, caused enough buzz to sell over 150,000 copies worldwide, according to Daptone Records’ publicity materials.  The small [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=1534</link>
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		<title>Reverse Thread</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Title:  Reverse Thread
Artist:  Regina Carter
Label:  E1 Entertainment
Catalog No.: Koch 2090
Formats:  CD,  MP3
Release date: May 18, 2010
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In September 2006, jazz violinist Regina Carter received McArthur Fellowship, which she used to delve into research at New York’s World Music Institute. The fruit of those labors is Reverse Thread, an album of African and African Diasporic folk tunes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=1582</link>
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		<title>The Stimulus Package</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Title: The Stimulus Package
Artist: Freeway &#38; Jake One
Label: Rhymesayers Entertainment
Formats: CD, MP3
CD Catalog No: 0117
Release Date: February 16, 2010
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Over the course of his career, rapper Freeway has struggled to solidify his spot among rap’s mainstream kings. This is not due to a lack of skills, as Freeway is an extremely gifted emcee. Neither is this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=1603</link>
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		<title>The Pitch/Gusman Records Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: The Pitch/Gusman Records Story
Artists:  Various
Label:  Big Legal Mess; dist. By Fat Possum Records
Format:  3 CD set
Catalog No.:  BLM 0224
Release date:  February 16, 2010
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There have been many interesting reissues of black gospel music in recent years, but the Pitch/Gusman Story is notable for shedding light on a little known company out of Savannah, Georgia, operated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=1632</link>
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		<title>Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Title:  Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You
Artist:  Lightspeed Champion
Label:  Domino
Catalog No.: DNO 254
Formats:  CD, LP, MP3
Release date: February 16, 2010
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The second solo album from Lightspeed Champion (aka Devonte Hynes) finds the 24 year-old Brit moving further into pure pop and away from the indie rock sound of his first album, Falling Off the Lavender [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=1551</link>
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		<title>How to Rap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Title: How to Rap: The Art and Science of the Hip Hop MC
Author: Paul Edwards
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Format:  Book (paperback, 340 p.)
ISBN: 978-1556528163
Date: 2010
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How to Rap: The Art and Science of the Hip Hop MC by Paul Edwards is an in-depth exploration of the dynamics of hip hop lyrical performance. Through the words of more than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=1612</link>
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		<title>Hey Jodie!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Title: Hey Jodie!
Artist: Quintus McCormick Blues Band
Label: Delmark
Catalog No.: DE 801
Format: CD
Release Date:  September 22, 2009
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Quintus McCormick has been a fixture in the Chicago blues-club scene since the mid-90s, but this is his first studio album as a leader.  In a nice marketing touch, and for the edification of some listeners, Delmark includes a definition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blackgrooves.org/?p=1545</link>
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