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Ravi Shankar got by with a little help from his friends
Among the items the Grammy Museum included in its George Harrison “Living in the Material World” exhibit that opened about this time last year was a letter the ex-Beatle received following the all-star Concert for Bangladesh fundraiser he...
Tags: Otis Redding, Martin Scorsese, Jefferson Airplane (music group), Music Industry, Arlo Guthrie
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Paul McCartney to front a reunited Nirvana?
How’s this for rock history in the making? Paul McCartney is expected to front a Nirvana reunion tonight, according to a flurry of online reports. McCartney will reportedly step in for late frontman Kurt Cobain as surviving members of the...
Tags: The Rolling Stones (music group), Bon Jovi (music group), Roger Waters, Kurt Cobain, Paul McCartney
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121212: Bruce Springsteen kicks off Concert for Sandy Relief
After a hearty "1, 2, 3, 4!" Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band dived into "Land of Hope of Dreams," in which the rocker opened "121212: The Concert for Sandy Relief" on an inspiring note, singing: Leave behind your sorrows Let this day be the last...
Tags: The Rolling Stones (music group), Pearl Jam (music group), Television Industry, Long Island, G4 (tv network)
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Review: Rock legends take over Sandy concert
Critiquing the broadcast of the 12-12-12 Sandy benefit concert on Wednesday night is like assessing the food at a bake sale: Maybe the muffins are oversalted or the cookies are stale, but that's not the point. The point is charity and drawing attention to...
Tags: The Rolling Stones (music group), The Who (music group), Mick Jagger, Culture, Sean John Combs
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First listen: The Weeknd's deceptively lovely new songs
With less than a week until the release next Tuesday of his major-label debut, the Canadian R&B singer known as the Weeknd is giving listeners a preview of some of his new material. "Trilogy" will primarily collect songs from a series of free albums...
Tags: Entertainment, Florence and the Machine (music group), Music, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars
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Proof that the blues are a universal language
The blues are a foundational American art form that speak not only to the U.S. experience but to all of humanity's. Need proof? Just ask a European -- especially a European who's making a sentimental journey to the sacred shrines of the blues, with...
Tags: B.B. King, Willie Dixon, Maxwell Street, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Gerhard Richter painting owned by Eric Clapton sets auction record
A painting by German artist Gerhard Richter has broken the record for the most paid at auction for a work by a living artist, according to Sotheby's. The work, titled "Abstaktes Bild" (804-9), sold for 21.3 million pounds ($34.2 million) on Friday in...
Tags: Auction Service, Michael Crichton, Human Accomplishments, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated
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Phillips on 'American Idol': 'I'm not that great a singer'
Show TrackerIn an interview, "American Idol" 2012 winner Phillip Phillips talks about winning, Jessica Sanchez, and being another white guy with a guitar.... -
Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies at 70; soul music bassist
Donald "Duck" Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. and the MGs and contributed to such classics as "In the Midnight Hour," "Hold On, I'm Coming" and...
Tags: Dan Aykroyd, Otis Redding, Music Industry, Al Jackson, John Belushi
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Jim Marshall dies at 88; creator of famed rock 'n' roll amplifiers
It was the physical embodiment of rock's power and majesty — a wall of black, vinyl-clad cabinets, one atop the other, crowned with a rectangular box containing the innovative circuitry that revolutionized the music.
This was the famed Marshall...Tags: Bon Jovi (music group), Motley Crue (music group), World War II (1939-1945), Big Band (genre), Music Industry
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Levon Helm dies at 71; drummer and singer with the Band
Levon Helm is most widely known for the songs he sang that found their way onto the pop charts during his long tenure as drummer and singer for the Band: "Up On Cripple Creek," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Don't Do It," earthy and infectious...
Tags: Van Morrison, Martin Scorsese, Woody Guthrie, Elvis Presley, Max Weinberg Experience
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Kim Jong Il death: Who's who in the Kim family?
World NowWho's who in Kim Jong Il's family? Here's a primer on the Kim family, which led one of the world's most enduring dictatorships, a repressive regime that has long defied predictions of its demise. It survived from the end of World War II into the 21st...
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