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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's baby name rumors: North West?
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West reportedly wanted to name their baby North. As in North West. Besides being ridiculous, this makes us wonder, if West had additional kids, would he name them based on all the directions of the compass? South, East and...
Tags: Jon Hamm, Kim Kardashian, Jessica Simpson, Joe Jonas, Amanda Bynes
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Dr. John diverts praise for new disc with Black Keys guitarist, Grammy, Rock Hall to others
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGEven after a solo recording career that this year marks 45 years, even after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, even after winning his sixth Grammy Award in February for his newest album, “Locked Down,” famed...... -
Early albums by Swamp Dogg, the Portsmouth-born soul cult hero, reissued on CD and vinyl
Jerry Williams, better known to record collectors and soul obsessives as Swamp Dogg, remains a shadowy figure even to many in his hometown of Portsmouth. A ray of light is being beamed at his legacy, though, courtesy of Alive Naturalsound Records. The...
Tags: Wetlands
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L.A. Phil announces 2013-14 season: From Amadeus to Zappa
The music will range from A to Z -- Amadeus to Zappa, that is -- when the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrates its 10th anniversary season at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2013-14. In marking the occasion, the Phil also will attempt both to look back at...
Tags: Jean Nouvel, Entertainment, Music, Entertainment Events, Philip Glass
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Baltimore's Oscar connection 2013
The Baltimore SunBaltimore may not be Hollywood East, but once again, the Oscars include a distinctly Bawlamer element. Craig Bartholomew Strydom, writer of the Oscar-winning documentary "Searching for Sugar Man," lived in Baltimore until last year. Read about his...Tags: Academy Awards, Entertainment Events, Searching for Sugar Man (movie)
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Remembering Ken Chaney with a major tribute
The death of esteemed Chicago pianist Ken Chaney in December, at age 73, caught his fans by surprise and left a hole in the city's musical life. As bandleader, he presided over such distinctive ensembles as the funk-tinged Ken Chaney Xperience, which...
Tags: Plymouth, Green Mill (club), Entertainment, Ray Charles, Music
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#couchtour: A Growing Number of Artists Are Live-Streaming Their Shows, and Fans Are Tuning In
Puffing dabs. No mawltards spilling schwill on me. No Alaska bathroom lines. And puffing dabs. #couchtour positives. — @walker_albert, Dec. 28, 2012. It's a weekday night in the suburbs. The kids are in bed, and you're wide awake. What to do?...
Tags: Madison Square Garden, Music, Sound Recordings, Gavin DeGraw, Media Industry
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PASSINGS: Claude Nobs
Claude Nobs, 76, the founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival, whose passion for music and artistry introduced generations of legendary musicians to international audiences on the Swiss stage, died Thursday after sustaining injuries...
Tags: Deep Purple (music group), Entertainment, Miles Davis, Music, Cross Country Skiing
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Ray Collins dies; singer with the Mothers of Invention was 75
The Soul Giants were a struggling R&B cover band in Pomona in the mid-1960s when lead singer Ray Collins fired the group's guitarist and invited a musical collaborator from Rancho Cucamonga to take his place. His name was Frank Zappa. The band soon...
Tags: Music Industry, Pittsburgh Penguins, Rolling Stone, Entertainment, Music
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CJO plays a lively, imperfect tribute to Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa probably would have been intrigued. The Chicago Jazz Orchestra's brave, often brilliant, sometimes thrilling, somewhat flawed Zappa tribute at the Park West on Saturday night gave his music a spotlight it does not routinely receive in the...
Tags: Entertainment, Count Basie, Arts and Culture, Music, Duke Ellington
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Ray Collins dies: Collaborated with Frank Zappa in Mothers of Invention
Pop2itRay Collins, a musician who collaborated with Frank Zappa in the 1960s, died of a heart attack on Monday, Dec. 24 at the age of 75... -
'Battle of the Saxes' raises the curtain
For years, the "Battle of the Saxes" that played the Green Mill Jazz Club each New Year's Eve was less a contest than a lively exchange of ideas between Chicago tenor saxophone icon Von Freeman and former Chicago tenorist Edward Petersen. The...
Tags: Music Industry, Green Mill (club), Entertainment, Music, New Year's Day
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Dec 28, 2012
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Dec 27, 2012
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