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[AMERICANA] As a genre, Americana has become somewhat of a catchall: if it twangs but lacks that gahd-awful mainstream country polish, we’re calling it Americana. And that’s fine. As Shovels and Rope’s Cary Ann Hearst pointed out to me in an interview earlier this year, it gives many artists, “…a place to go,” which, from a marketing standpoint, is a boon. Generally speaking, artists don’t want to have much to do with the marketing end of their careers, but it’s a big help for the rest of us if we can relate music in relative terms. Out of the St.

[HIP HOP] MC Chris broke into hip hop in an unusual way: contributing music to Adult Swim shows like Aqua Teen Hunger Force and working on shows like Sealab 2021, The Brak Show, and Space Ghost: Coast to Coast. That’s how he first gained his reputation as a “nerdcore” rapper, which has been solidified by albums with names like Dungeon Master of Ceremonies and MC Chris is Dead Ten albums deep, the 43-year old artist shows no signs of slowing, releasing two albums in the last two years, including his latest, MC Chris is Great at Music.