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Riffs: Clapton-Winwood Review, New Hall Inductees

Clapton News from FT.com, the NYT The North Korean government isn''t huge on rock, but they''ve invited Slowhand to play there. FT.com has the story. People are still buzzing about

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Clapton

Clapton News

from FT.com, the NYT


The North Korean government isn''t huge on rock, but they''ve invited Slowhand to play there. FT.com has the story. People are still buzzing about Clapton''s recent performance with Steve Windwood. Here''s the NYT review.
R&R Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2008 Inductees

from the Hall


The ''08 lineup: Leonard Cohen, the Dave Clark Five, Madonna, the Coug, Kenny Gamble, the Ventures and Little Walter. The Hall''s website has the scoop.
Puerta Plata

Puerta Plata

from muiscbox-online.com


Here''s a cool article about Puerta Plata, the last surviving practitioner of an acoustic guitar style played in the Dominican Republic.
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