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Like a Spirit in the Night
Or at least that is how the story goes when a still struggling rock and roll band met The Big Man, and the change was made uptown. It was a stormy night along the Jersey Shore – the wind was howling, the lightening was flashing – and then,...Tags: Prosecution, Bruce Springsteen, Doo-wop (genre), Metal and Mineral, Building Material
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Solomon Burke dead at 70; 'the king of rock and soul'
Turn It UpSolomon Burke, the robust, regal preacher-turned-singer who defined soul music in the â60s and continued to perform and minister for decades afterward, died Sunday in Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. Burke died on a plane after arriving on a flight from... -
Pop music spring preview: Notable concerts and albums in the coming weeks
Pop & HissShows include Lykke Li and Lady Gaga; the Kills and Paul Simon are among the acts planning album releases Critic's Pick: The Stagecoach Country Music Festival The annual Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, which turns 5 this year, is...... -
Birthplace of rock 'n' roll? Memphis has plenty of evidence in its favor
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - This port city on the Mississippi River calls itself the birthplace of rock 'n' roll. Its credentials? The Memphis Recording Service, forerunner of Sun Studio, in 1951 recorded "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats, which some...Tags: Isaac Hayes, Aretha Franklin, Entertainment, Tourism and Leisure, Jimmie Vaughan
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Free Music Friday! Relaxing R&B from dub legend Lee "Scratch" Perry
Reggae/dub legend Lee "Scratch" Perry is back with a new album that finds him exploring the overlapping worlds of lounge-dub and deep trance styles. At least that's what a press release about his new album "Master Mind," says. To my ears, today's free...
Tags: Entertainment, Soul (genre), Reggae (genre), Music
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Free Music Friday! Swirling neo-soul from Cody ChesnuTT
About a decade ago, Cody ChesnuTT surprised and thrilled music lovers with "The Headphone Masterpiece," an ambitious, low-fi album that reminded listeners of the psychedelic soul classics of the 1970s. Some considered it an over-hyped oddity. Others were...
Tags: Entertainment, Dave Chappelle , Al Green, Soul (genre), Michel Gondry
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PASSINGS: Robert Dickey
Robert Dickey Member of soul duo James and Bobby Purify Robert Dickey, 72, a guitarist and singer in the soul duo James and Bobby Purify, which recorded the 1960s hit song "I'm Your Puppet," died Dec. 29 in his hometown of Tallahassee, Fla. No cause was...Tags: Entertainment, Soul (genre), Music, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Music
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Legendary blues singer Ray Charles dead at 73
Baltimore Sun Pop Music CriticRay Charles may have been one of the most influential singer-musicians ever to grace American pop music. He may have laid the foundation for soul - an earthy blend of the secular and the spiritual, and one of the country's greatest cultural achievements....Tags: Popular Music (genre), Dan Aykroyd, Heavy Engineering, Aretha Franklin, Duke Ellington
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Pop music and jazz figures
Pop music and jazz figures Bob Popescu, 77; co-owner of Catalina Bar & Grill, turned the Los Angeles club into one of the top jazz venues in the country (Jan. 5) Ken Nelson, 84; longtime Capitol Records talent scout had an ear for country music (Jan. 6)...Tags: Game Shows, Bruce Springsteen, Danny Davis, Human Accomplishments, Aretha Franklin
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The soul of Ike & Tina Turner
Special to The TimesThe pop world has focused for so long on the remarkably sensual energy and excitement of Ike & Tina Turner's old live show that it is often easy to forget the duo also made some dynamic records. But even if you have wanted to go back and check up on the...Tags: Human Accomplishments, Music Industry, DVDs and Movies, Soul (genre), Janis Joplin
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Gangsta rap performer Notorious B.I.G. slain
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersRap music star Notorious B.I.G. was shot to death along Museum Row in Los Angeles' Mid-Wilshire district early Sunday as he left a music industry party, a brazen attack that marked the second drive-by murder of a gangsta rap celebrity in the last six...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Notorious B.I.G., Music Industry, Soul (genre), Witnesses
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Winehouse proves to be too big for her tent
Special to The TimesAt Coachella, it's not the size of the tent you're performing in, but the size of the crowd trying to fit into it. And on Friday evening, the huge crowd that gathered to hear British soul singer Amy Winehouse sing her messed-up-in-love songs completely...Tags: Death, Nashville, Elvis Presley, Soul (genre), Johnny Cash
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