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Thom Bell and the Sound of Brotherly Love

Dec 8, 2008, 7:12am

While the ubiquitous songs of Detroit's Motown get anthologized and commercialized ad infinitum, and the critics salivate over the gritty southern soul of Memphis' Stax, the third great movement/labe... Continue reading "Thom Bell and the Sound of Brotherly Love " >

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ESPO AND THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE Duets: Kate and the Ghost of Lost Love Jamie Longer and The Sound of Arrows “The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach”Book Notes - Louis Maistros ("The Sound of Building Coffins)

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