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Slash, the former lead guitarist for Guns 'N Roses, has a new album out.

After all the success and vice, the former Guns N' Roses guitarist says he's a work in progress.

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John Mayer's new album, his first since a 2010 controversy that sent him retreating from the spotlight, is called Born and Raised.

May 19, 2012 Two years after a major media fiasco, Mayer is resurfacing — with a new set of problems.

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"There is a certain heaviness that you can get from just the right groove," says JD McPherson. "Even if it's not a really fast groove."

May 18, 2012 A set of Buddy Holly recordings scratched an itch for McPherson, as a kid raised on a cattle ranch.

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On Garth Knox's new album, Saltarello, the adventurous violist creates surprising musical juxtapositions.

May 14, 2012 On his new album, Saltarello, the adventurous violist creates surprising musical juxtapositions.

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Amy O'Neal, a modern dance choreographer, recently took on the challenge of performing without music.

May 13, 2012 Amy O'Neal is a choreographer who recently took on the task of performing in absolute quiet.

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Arturo Sandoval and Dizzy Gillespie on tour in Europe in 1991. Sandoval's new album, Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You), is a tribute to his friend and mentor.

May 12, 2012 The Cuban trumpeter befriended Dizzy Gillespie when the American jazzman visited Havana in 1977.

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