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MY PAGE Jim James of My Morning Jacket

HEAD TO TOE Josh Clark of Tea Leaf Green

SCENE AND HEARD Mindful music from around the globe: The Beat and Soundcheck

ON THE VERGE Five artists you should know about

THE CORE Brad Barr of The Slip on a new sound, deal and what saved the band

SPOTLIGHT Wolfmother channels Sabbath, Zep, more

INTERVIEW Soul man Solomon Burke goes country

REARVIEW MIRROR Stewart Copeland on The Police and his new documentary

EXPOSED The iconic work of photographer Bob Gruen

REEL TIME Dinosaur Jr. roams again

BLACK AND BLUES: THE BLACK KEYS From a heartland basement, The Black Keys have married garage rock with the raunchy blues of North Mississippi. With their notoriety on the rise, Wes Orshoski finds the duo intent on staying the course.

MEET THE BENEVENTO/ RUSSO DUO Not your average organ-anddrums combo, 2006 saw The Duo complete a tour with Trey Anastasio and Mike Gordon, a new indie-approved studio album and guzzle enough Maker’s Mark to dehydrate a small country. Mike Greenhaus gets a little woozy trying to keep up.

THERE’S JUST ONE LES CLAYPOOL Ten years ago, the odds of jamband fans lovingly embracing Primus frontman Les Claypool seemed slim. But in the past decade, the lauded bassist and hilarious eccentric has flourished within the jam realm. If forever busy, he’s also always expanding his reach: bass geeks, funk fans, hippies and metalheads all continue to fall under his spell. Jeff Miller reports.

DEADICATED Bob Weir with The Waybacks and Gillian Welch in Golden Gate Park

REVIEWS Albums, DVDs, books, Plundering the Vaults, Indiefind and more

THE RELIX LIST Eleven of rock’s most tragic deaths

PARKING LOT Free classifieds from around the globe