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Donna Summer dies at 63; diva of disco
In 1975, Donna Summer released a pop single unlike any before it. The singer, then an unknown in the U.S., was living in Germany and working with Italian producer Giorgio Moroder and lyricist Pete Bellotte. Together they came up with a breathy,...
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Review: Klezmatics at Walt Disney Concert Hall
Pop & HissThe Klezmatics' Hanukkah music show at Disney Hall is a refreshing change-up from Christmas carols this holiday season. The bestselling album in the nation right now is Michael Bublé's "Christmas," and at last count there were eight collections of... -
PASSINGS: Philip Matthew Hannan, Johnnie Wright, Jessy Dixon
Philip Matthew Hannan
Cleric gave the eulogy for President Kennedy
Retired New Orleans Archbishop Philip Matthew Hannan, 98, who sought to console a grieving nation in his eulogy for President Kennedy, died Thursday in New Orleans after a long period of...Tags: Concerts, Obituaries, Arts, Tammy Wynette, World War II (1939-1945)
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Pop music review: How Sweet the Sound is uplifting gospel
Pop & HissAmerica’s best gospel choirs deliver messages of praise and redemption during the competition’s finale at Staples. The winner: Salvation and Deliverance of Tarboro, N.C. On Friday night at Staples Center, a group of snazzily dressed young... -
Pop music review: Earl Scruggs lets his banjo do the talking
Pop & HissThe 87-year-old bluegrass pioneer lets his still-impressive banjo skills (and son Gary) do the talking for him in a solid if almost rote performance. Country music deifies its elders but not always for what they have left to give. Saturday...... -
Jerry Ragovoy dies at 80; songwriter had hits with Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin
Soul songwriter Jerry Ragovoy wrote one of his more famous tunes – "Time Is On My Side," which turned into a massive hit for the Rolling Stones — under the pseudonym of Norman Meade.
He was saving his own name for the works he planned to...Tags: Heart (music group), Bonnie Raitt, Irma Thomas, Human Interest, Stamford
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DeLois Barrett Campbell dies at 85; gospel soprano
She was the mightiest voice of the greatest female trio in gospel.
And if she had wished it, Chicagoan DeLois Barrett Campbell surely could have been a far bigger star singing solo in jazz, blues, pop, Broadway, you name it.
But Campbell and her...Tags: Johnny Carson, Documentary (genre), Mahalia Jackson, Sacred Music (genre), Chicago Tribune
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The Stepkids, on tour with the Horrors, talk Stones Throw debut
Pop & HissCurrently supporting UK Goth rock outfit the Horrors on a U.S. tour, the Connecticut-based trio are a sunny yin to the headliners’ haunting yang. Much like their forthcoming self-titled debut (out Sep. 26), a wave of cosmic visuals, three-part... -
Solomon Burke dies; singer's voice was as big as his soul
Solomon Burke, a pioneering singer-songwriter of so-called sweet soul music whose powerful ballads in the 1960s were a major influence on a generation of rock, R&B and pop vocalists, has died. He was in his early 70s.
Burke died early Sunday morning of...Tags: Otis Redding, Aerosmith (music group), Radio Industry, Ray Charles, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
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Elton John & Leon Russell: Keyboard colleagues
Few people can get away with telling an anecdote about being on safari in Africa and make it sound like a trip to the supermarket.
But for Elton John, that's precisely how and where he became inspired to call his keyboard-playing pal Leon Russell after...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Billy Joel, Phil Spector, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Satellite and Cable Service
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Leon Russell on Elton John, crystal radio sets, and playing piano for Phil Spector
Pop & HissWhen Leon Russell was in the midst of what possibly was the busiest period in his life, he was often referred to by the musicians he worked with as “the master of space and time” for his otherworldly ability to...... -
Obama notes passing of Albertina Walker, queen of gospel
Top of the TicketFellow Chicago South Sider was 81....
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