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Agent Cooper, Russian Red

Google the name “Russian Red” and you’ll come up with numerous links directing you to cosmetic shops. That’s because Russian Red is the stage handle of Lourdes Hernández, a Spanish woman who took the name from her preferred lipstick color. Hernández is from Madrid but writes and sings in accented English, and her songs resemble […]

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Rising Appalachia

The Smith sisters, Leah and Chloe, who call themselves Rising Appalachia, are now over the learning-curve hump. Since 2005 they have released five albums, one digital album and a DVD. Their Southern hippie meets jazzy lounge style provides plenty of reference points, but nothing pointing directly to them. They are fire dancers, sport dreadlocks and […]

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