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Dire Straits (Band)

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Lee Burridge to Fellow DJs: "Be Brave and Play From the Heart, Not From the Wallet!"

    There's something almost mythical about DJ Lee Burridge. He's like the Johnny Appleseed of electronic dance music -- a wide-eyed nomad roaming the Earth and planting the seeds of quality sound wherever he goes. Over the years, it's a journey that's taken him from the grassy fields of UK raves to Ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Benoit & Sergio Name Their All-Time Top Five Jams

    Washington, D.C.- and Berlin-based production duo Benoit & Sergio ruled EDM charts and dance floors throughout 2011. And it wasn't just because of the hype afforded by releases on hot labels like DFA and Visionquest. No, the pair's mass appeal is directly connected to their music's pop sensibil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Chromeo's Night Falls Tour Makes Fun Times at the Fillmore Miami Beach, September 20

    Photo by Ian Witlen​See the full 35-photo Chromeo at Fillmore Miami Beach slideshow. Night Falls Tour Chromeo With Mayer Hawthorne and the County, and Sammy Bananas Fillmore Miami Beach September 20, 2011 Better Than: Cornichons on a ham sandwich. Chromeo loves Chromeo. And Chromeo should love ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    "Weird Al" Yankovic Coming to Mizner Park in Boca Raton July 24

    ​There are few people in the world of music who can take credit for creating so much unadulterated pleasure as pop satirist "Weird Al" Yankovic. Speaking as someone who has to sit and come up with puns ever day in order to write headlines, songs like "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi," "I Think I'm a Clone ... More >>

  • Music

    December 24, 2009

    Edwin McCain

    ​There are few people in the world of music who can take credit for creating so much unadulterated pleasure as pop satirist "Weird Al" Yankovic. Speaking as someone who has to sit and come up with puns ever day in order to write headlines, songs like "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi," "I Think I'm a Clone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Edwin McCain Plays Culture Room December 29

    Who hasn't been to a post-1998 wedding in which the couple danced to Edwin McCain? The saxophone-drenched ballad "I'll Be," in which McCain promises, in essence, never to be a douchebag, granted him the one commercial success he needed to live easy. He's since dropped off the mainstream music radar, ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    November 24, 2005

    Guitar Hero cranks rhythm-gaming up to eleven

    Who hasn't been to a post-1998 wedding in which the couple danced to Edwin McCain? The saxophone-drenched ballad "I'll Be," in which McCain promises, in essence, never to be a douchebag, granted him the one commercial success he needed to live easy. He's since dropped off the mainstream music radar, ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 12, 1998

    Moscow on the Causeway

    Who hasn't been to a post-1998 wedding in which the couple danced to Edwin McCain? The saxophone-drenched ballad "I'll Be," in which McCain promises, in essence, never to be a douchebag, granted him the one commercial success he needed to live easy. He's since dropped off the mainstream music radar, ... More >>

  • Music

    August 24, 1994

    No Sweat

    J.J. Cale rides the gentle wind of career stability

  • Music

    June 15, 1994

    Pretty Persuasive

    Hey! That song there is about gay people!

  • Music

    October 21, 1992

    The History of Rock and Roll, Part 34

    If Chet Atkins never met Herbie, there'd be no Dire Straits

  • Music

    July 1, 1992

    Cultural Exchange

    Machine heads Christopher Phipps and Alex Zaitsev aim their humanity at your sound system

  • News

    September 25, 1991

    Program Notes

    Machine heads Christopher Phipps and Alex Zaitsev aim their humanity at your sound system

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