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Jonatha Brooke
Brooke, Jonatha Singer, songwriter While many singer-songwriters possess the gift of literate lyrics, Jonatha Brooke has also shown an ability to marry these lyrics to tuneful melodies. Through her work with her band the Story and her continued growth as a solo artist, she has explored the world of... Read more |
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The Roots
The Roots Hip-hop group Since the release of their 1995 major-label debut Do You Want More?!!!??! —considered one of the most groundbreaking works to emerge from the jazz/hip-hop subgenre Read more |
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phrenology
phrenology study of the shape of the human skull in order to draw conclusions about particular character traits and mental faculties. The theory was developed about 1800 by the German physiologist Franz Joseph Gall and popularized in the United States by Orson Fowler and Lorenzo Fowler through... Read more |
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Corey Harris
Corey Harris 1969– Blues singer, guitarist Studied in Cameroon Appeared on Living Blues Cover Moved to Rounder Label Selected discography Sources “Corey Harris wants to redefine the blues,” noted Steve Inskeep of National Public Radio. Traditional acoustic blues attracted a... Read more |
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Missy Elliott
Missy ElliottRap musician, music producer Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott is a phenomenon. She did not merely take the traditionally male-dominated recording industry by storm as a singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, and head of her own label, she did so in one of the most macho, testosterone-laden... Read more |
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runner
runner or stolon, slender, creeping stem capable of taking root where its nodes touch the ground and thereby producing new shoots. The runner itself usually dies at the end of the season, leaving independent new plants. Among the plants that propagate by means of runners are the strawberry, the... Read more |
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hypodermis
hypodermis (exodermis) The outermost layer of cells in the plant cortex, lying immediately below the epidermis. These cells are sometimes modified to give additional structural support or to store food materials or water. After the loss of the piliferous layer of the root the hypodermis takes over... Read more |
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Los Lobos
Los Lobos Folk/rock group Small Time Band Taking Off Doing What It Takes Selected discography Sources When the roots-rock revival of the early 1980s appeared, Los Lobos would probably have been picked as the least likely to succeed. While bands like the Stray Cats and the Fabulous... Read more |
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz FerdinandRock group In the late 1990s, the world of mainstream pop was dominated by teen-pop groups like the Backstreet Boys and N*Sync, as well as hip-hop and R&B. Come the new millennium, however, rock and roll seemed to start kicking back, bolstered by the newfound success of bands... Read more |
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