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As the 70s dawned and Motown relocated to the West Coast, the era of their honey-toned 60s girl groups came to a resounding halt. The Sisters Love were the antithesis of the traditional Motown group and came to the label from A&M, armed with a lot of funk, sass and attitude. Paired with some of Motown's finest writers and producers, Hal Davis, Gloria Jones, Pamela Sawyer, Paul Riser and Willie Hutch, they got off to a rousing start with the gritty "Mr. Fix-It Man" and went into high gear for the UK only release "I m Learning To Trust My Man." Motown had them playing arenas with The Jackson Five (probably not their smartest move!), issued the odd single and scheduled more but Sisters Love's anticipated breakthrough didn't happen.

In the wake of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the late twentieth century was a time of unprecedented hope for democracy and freedom in Eastern Europe. The collapse of the Soviet Union left in its wake a number of independent countries where the Scorpions' 1990 pop ballad "Wind of Change" became a rallying cry. Communist propaganda was finally being displaced by Western ideals of a free press.

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Country singer Sara Evans wants to break your heart with her new album, Words. Her new album is full of songs that address head-on life's rawest emotional experiences. Evans co-wrote three songs on the album, which reunites her with frequent co-producer Mark Bright. In addition to Evans, Words also features 13 additional female songwriters, including fellow country singers. As she did with her previous albums, Evans hired studio musicians, took them into the recording studio and recorded as a band.