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Ian Parton used to be the band's sole member, but his love of horns, hip-hop samples and female singers means the group keeps getting bigger. Proof of Youth, the band's second album, is just as fun as Thunder, Lightning, Strike, but stronger and louder.

Case has one of those huge, powerful voices that pulls you in and swirls you around, kind of like a tornado. For her latest album, Middle Cyclone, Case filled a barn with pianos, recorded the sounds of tree frogs and channeled a lovestruck tornado. Here, Case discusses the process of writing Middle Cyclone and working with her other band, The New Pornographers.

Fela Kuti fathered the musical movement Afrobeat and its crown prince, 25-year-old Seun Kuti. The Nigerian singer is leading his father's band, Egypt 80. On his self-titled debut album, he's added some American influences but kept his songs sharply pointed and political.

Tucker, a founding member of the band Sleater-Kinney, is back with a new group, The Corin Tucker Band, and an album called 1,000 Years. Rock critic Ken Tucker says the record has an "air of heavy but often beautiful melancholy."

The Decemberists' albums have been characterized by a wide variety of styles, from indie-rock minimalism to art-rock expansiveness. Rock critic Ken Tucker says the band's new album, The King Is Dead, is its best album so far.

Pacheco was a prolific songwriter and musical arranger whose work helped fuel the careers of Celia Cruz and Ruben Blades.

This week's review is a bit unusual - mostly because the subject of the review is pretty unusual itself.On August 8, local bands Ohio Knife and Skeleton…

I'd like you to take a moment and think of your record collection and pick out your two favorite albums. Now, take your favorite sounds from those two…

Every once in a while, you find a group that sounds less like a band and more like a few good friends getting together to have a good time. Such is the…

It's been just over 14 months since Cincinnati's heavy-duty rock band Mad Anthony was in a terrifying accident outside of Evansville, IN that brought…