Dog Ears Music: Volume Seventy-Nine

This week's column features Curumin, Telemetry Orchestra, Howlin Wolf, Heartless Bastards, Robbie Robertson and Peaches.
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Curumin
"Acorda, Simpatico" is a romantically fateful track worth downloading. Currently on tour.

Buy: iTunes
Genre: World/Hip-Hop
Artist: Curumin
Song: Acorda, Simpatico
Album: Achados e Perdidos
Tour: Visit

Telemetry Orchestra

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Genre: Electronic Pop
Artist: Telemetry Orchestra
Song: Channel Three
Album: Empire

Howlin Wolf
Blues king Howlin' Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett) was born in the Mississippi Delta early in the 20th century, the son of a farmer. In his teens, Wolf studied guitar with blues great Charley Patton brother-in-law Sonny Boy Williamson. After WWII service, Shortly thereafter, he was discovered by Sam Phillips. In the '50s, he relocated to Chicago and became a golden egg for Willie Dixon the Stones, Eric Clapton, and Led Zeppelin. Collection, is a must-have.

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Genre: Blues/Rock
Artist: Howlin Wolf
Song: Smoke Stack Lightning
Album: The Definitive Collection

Heartless Bastards
Austin-by-way-of-Ohio rockers Heartless Bastards are frontwoman and guitarist Erika Wennerstrom, drummer Dave Colvin, and bassist Jess Ebaugh. Founded early in the Aughts, the ensemble has five releases to date. With producer Mike McCarthy at the helm, the band has delivered a collection filled with raw attitude. "Early in the Morning," from Heartless Bastards' winter '09 album The Mountain, most certainly rocks. Currently on tour.

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Genre: Americana
Artist: Heartless Bastards
Song: Early in the Morning
Album: The Mountain
Tour: Visit

Robbie Robertson
Songmaster/singer, producer, guitarist, and actor Robbie Robertson was born Jaime Robbie Robertson in Toronto of Mohawk and Jewish descent. In the late '50s, Roberston, Levon Helm, Dylan's After recording some of rock's finest works, The Band dissolved in the late '70s, and Daniel Lanois Maria McKee 1987 cross-century authenticity.

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Genre: Rock
Artist: Robbie Robertson
Song: Somewhere Down the Crazy River
Album: Robbie Robertson

Peaches
/performance artist, remixer/producer Peaches. Boundaryless, this shock-and-awe diva makes her own rules. With five in Lost in Translation Mean Girls, and Ugly Betty. Collaborations include Joan Jett, Greg Kurstin (formerly of Geggy Tah), Beth Ditto, Feist, Iggy Pop, Yoko Ono, Karen O, and Pink. Sweet Machine.

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Genre: Electro/Dance
Artist: Peaches
Song: Mommy Complex
Album: I Feel Cream

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