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The title of this R&B veteran's new studio disc tells you what you need to know: On Let It Be Roberta: Flack Sings the Beatles , that's precisely what she does, albeit in an appealingly schizophrenic style that honors the Fab Four's bone-deep eclecticism better than most Beatles tributes do.

One-hit-wonder Ohio garage band that reached number two in 1967 with "Little Bit O'Soul," a great gutsy pop/rock number with a classic bass-organ riff.

Hailing from Nashville, Tennessee, pop rock foursome Hot Chelle Rae may at first glance appear to be punk/emo rockers with a propensity for stage antics like smashing guitars and screaming into megaphones.

It's once again time for me to get all bossypants and try to tell you what to listen to.