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Mick Taylor helps Rolling Stones recapture glory days
If you liked the way the Rolling Stones sounded back in the late 1960s and early '70s -- darker and bluesier than more recent conjurings -- you have a chance to hear that signature growl once again. The Stones' 50 & Counting tour, which returns to...
Tags: Human Interest, Honda Center, Mick Jagger, Entertainment, Ron Wood
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Aretha Franklin cancels Chicago Symphony Orchestra fundraiser concert
R&B star Janelle Monáe will step in for an ailing Aretha Franklin at an upcoming concert with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Franklin was under doctor’s orders to withdraw from the May 20 “Corporate Night” fundraiser, according to the...
Tags: The Simpsons (tv program), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Entertainment, Culture, Arts and Culture
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Chris Hadfield first in-space viral music video star with 'Space Oddity'
The cover of "A Space Oddity" by Chris Hadfield, International Space Station commander, is going galactically viral Monday. But it was a decidedly terrestrial affair. And it centered on a Silver Lake producer and a Canadian singer who once did vocals...
Tags: Barenaked Ladies (music group), Music Industry, Science and Technology, Social Media, Entertainment
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Album reviews: Vampire Weekend's captivating 'Modern Vampires of the City'
At some point, every enduring musician has to prove his or her worth and silence the doubters. The Beatles first succeeded with "Revolver," the Beastie Boys with "Paul's Boutique," Wilco on "Summer Teeth." Talking Heads raised the bar with "Fear of Music,...
Tags: Music Industry, Vampires (supernatural entitiess), Beastie Boys (music group), Entertainment
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Women front 'Nashville' band
Callie Khouri's office is laden with secrets. An emerald-green silk chaise, a Craftsman-style lamp and scattered family heirlooms lend Southern-belle intrigue to the "Nashville" creator's Santa Monica work space. On a shelf rests a silver urn with the...
Tags: AMC (tv network), Writers Guild of America, Entertainment, Nashville (tv program), Scandal (tv program)
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All-star 'Gatsby' soundtrack reportedly set for big debut
One detail I didn't have room to include in last weekend's Arts & Books feature on the soundtrack to "The Great Gatsby" was just how the film's director, Baz Luhrmann, recruited Jay-Z to help him assemble the music for the movie. In an interview...
Tags: Entertainment, Lady Antebellum (music group), Andre Benjamin, Apple iTunes, The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013)
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West Hollywood says a hearty spasibo to Russian veterans
Some of the speakers' attempts to speak Russian in the warm West Hollywood auditorium were clunky, but one word was repeated over and over Saturday afternoon. Spasibo. Thank you. In a Plummer Park auditorium decorated in red and white balloons and...
Tags: Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Russia, Nazi Party, Entertainment
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Setting Times stories to music: From the Kinks to Sugarhill Gang
Would you do a double-take if I said that that words were a recurring theme in this week’s Great Reads? Yes, beautiful language is a mainstay in these stories, but this week, two standouts focused on words. Exhibit A: The words “Los Feliz....
Tags: Entertainment, Preservation Hall Jazz Band (music group), Superman (fictional character), Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Tomatoes
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Mother's Day memories: Piano lessons -- for life
It came with us always. First the old upright, then the Baldwin, then the Steinway grand, no matter how often we moved, or how far — she'd no more have left it behind than she'd have left me. There was, in those days, much shouting and storming...
Tags: Entertainment, Mother's Day, Dentistry and Dental Health
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Ziggy Marley plays music for motorheads in mountains
A week after the Rolling Stones played a semi-secret club date as a musical publicity stunt, reggae scion Ziggy Marley did the same -- performing a short set of his father's standards and his own originals Friday afternoon at a remote roadside cafe on the...
Tags: Africa, PepsiCo Inc., Entertainment, Trips and Vacations, South Africa
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Indie Focus: 'What Maisie Knew' an education for Julianne Moore
Divorce and its impact on children caught in its crossfire may be thought of as an issue of recent generations, but more than 115 years ago, Henry James made it the foundation of his novel "What Maisie Knew." A new film version of the 1897 book,...
Tags: Scott McGehee, Steve Coogan, Entertainment, Patti Smith, What Maisie Knew (movie)
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Duke Ellington's music lives to be heard
It's no big thing to play the music of Duke Ellington. That's done all the time: in cabarets, concert halls, movies, Broadway theaters and anywhere jazz musicians assemble. Ellingtonia, a word coined by admirers who realized that no existing musical...
Tags: Stan Kenton, Entertainment, Culture, Theater, Arts and Culture
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