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Fraser & DeBolt's Pioneering Folk Singer Daisy DeBolt Dies of Cancer at 66

Courtesy of DaisyDeBolt.com Daisy DeBolt, half of respected Canadian psych-folk duo Fraser & DeBolt, has died of cancer. "All of a sudden in the last week or ten days she went totally downhill," says producer Brian Blain, who had been working on a Fraser & DeBolt archive project. DeBolt passed away in Toronto on October 4 aged 66. She ...

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Gil Scott-Heron, 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised' Singer, Dead at 62

Mischa Richter Gil Scott-Heron, the musician, poet, author and hip-hop pioneer who wrote 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,' has died in New York at age 62. The sad news was revealed on Twitter by his UK publisher. The cause of death is currently unknown. One of America's greatest cultural figures of the 1970s and an inspiration to ...

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Chikita Violenta Look to Broken Social Scene to Break Out of Mexico, Hit SXSW

Marina Magro "It's completely normal for people to make the comparison between what we do and Broken Social Scene," Armando David of Mexico City rockers Chikita Violenta tells Spinner, pre-empting the inevitable question. Broken Social Scene's Dave Newfeld is behind the boards for the band's new album, 'TRE3S,' and he's loaded it down with ...

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Latin Music Guide to SXSW 2011

There may be no better place to experience the breadth and depth of Latin American music than South by Southwest. Austin is a deeply bicultural city, and SXSW has addressed this in all aspects of its programming. This doesn't stem from an idealistic sense of multiculturalism: SXSW is always looking out for ...

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Gyptian Breaks Out of the Dancehall With 'Hold You'

VP Records Gyptian may rule dancehalls like the pharaohs ruled Egypt, but his sudden rise to fame has been one of the year's more interesting viral success stories. If you don't recognize the name, you might recognize the plinking piano riff that serves as the hook from 'Hold You,' a song that's slowly and steadily become one of the biggest ...

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Budos Band Want Their Instrumental Funk-Rock in a Tarantino Film

Daptone Records Looking at Staten Island Afro-funksters the Budos Band, it's hard not to make comparisons to a certain city-named band. Like jazz-rockers Chicago, the Budos have a predilection for complex horn arrangements, plenty of heavy grooves, and album titles compose of Roman numerals. But the similarities end there, since the Budos' ...

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Nneka Hopes to Change Perceptions of Africa

Decon Records Nigerian-German singer Nneka speaks with calm determination, but can turn forceful or hilarious at a moment's notice. Fold that personality into an eclectic sound that takes in hip-hop, soul, reggae and West African rhythms, and you get a sense of the singer's vibe -- as well as what garnered the recent 'Best Female' nomination ...

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