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Ike Turner, Essential Rock ‘N’ Roll Blues Masters
By Charles Farrell, eMusic ContributorOkay, we can agree that he was a son of a bitch — an abuser of women and drugs, and a violent, mean-spirited cheapskate with an outsized ego. But Ike Turner could really, really rock… more »
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The Real Hip-Hop Blues
By John Morthland, eMusic ContributorHip-hop blues seems like a natural. With all the open spaces in a good piece of blues music, wouldn't a little scratching fit right in? And the way the great blues singers repeat a line… more »
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