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Stream complete 'Django Unchained' soundtrack here
In need of online-shopping accompaniment that doesn't feature sleigh bells or mistletoe? Consider the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's upcoming "Django Unchained," which you can stream below. As with most of Tarantino's soundtracks, the album...
Tags: Dido, Holidays, Django Unchained (movie), Zooey Deschanel, Movies
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Review: Feels good 'Down Around Brown Town'
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details.James Brown died on Dec. 25, 2006, but his rip-roaring imprint continues, as witnessed by “Down Around Brown Town,” now leaping, rocking and boogieing around the El Portal’s Monroe Forum Theatre. Created by KIN Dance Company founders...Tags: Arts and Culture, Blair Underwood
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'The X Factor' recap: Carly Rose Sonenclar stands out
We're finally nearing the finish line on "The X Factor," with only weeks left before the Season 2 finale. Can I get a Hallelujah? (And I don't mean the Leonard Cohen song that has become a standard on these singing-competition shows, though come to...
Tags: Garth Brooks, Politics, Justice System, Jon Bon Jovi, Crime, Law and Justice
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Alicia Keys looks back at previous albums; 'Girl on Fire' hits No. 1
When Alicia Keys talked to The Times about her latest album, "Girl on Fire," the singer was candid about the newfound confidence she showcases on the disc. A decade into a career that boasts 14 Grammys and more than 35 million albums sold, Keys says she...
Tags: Alicia Keys, Music, Poetry, Entertainment
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'Funkin' With Electric Soul' takes on legends Jimi Hendrix, James Brown
You usually don't hear jazz singers taking on James Brown's "Sex Machine" or Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze." But one brave Chicago vocalist will be plunging headlong into this music Friday night, when the apparently fearless Dee Alexander takes the...
Tags: Howard Reich, NPR, Old Town School of Folk Music, Radio, Jimi Hendrix
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Rick Ross releases 'Django Unchained' soundtrack cut
In accordance with established Quentin Tarantino tradition, the upcoming soundtrack to the director's "Django Unchained" is to feature no shortage of crate-digger's delights, including Jim Croce's "I Got a Name" and vintage film music by Ennio Morricone....
Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Big Daddy Kane, Movies, Jim Croce, Jamie Foxx
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Jesse Jones Jr.'s sibling revelry
Saxophonist Jesse Jones Jr. modeled his first band in high school, the Melt-Jess Jazz Quintet, after the muscular jazz of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Jones, of course, channeled Cannonball, the revered alto saxophonist and onetime Dillard High School...
Tags: George Clinton, The Temptations (music group), Prostate Cancer, Blues (genre), Delray Beach
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2013 Grammy Hall Of Fame Inductees
The latest list of legendary recordings selected to be enshrined in the Grammy Hall of Fame was revealed, and as one might expect, it includes some of the biggest names, albums and songs in the history of music. Among the 27 new titles chosen are Paul...
Tags: Whitney Houston, Paul McCartney, Little Richard, Elton John, Ray Charles
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Buck, Elton, Whitney, JB, Dylan among Grammy Hall inductees
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticThe Recording Academy has announced its annual list of works to be entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and they include recordings by Big Mama Thornton, Buck Owens, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Richard Pryor, Whitney Houston and 22 others. As explained in...Tags: Bob Dylan, Earl Scruggs, Whitney Houston, Elton John, Fiona Apple
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Presidential campaign song quiz
Choose whether each song is on (A) Barack Obama’s campaign Spotify playist, (B) Mitt Romney’s campaign Spotify playlist or (C) Neither. 1. “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow,” The Soggy Bottom Boys 2. “I Won’t Back Down,&...
Tags: Mike Huckabee, Politics, George W. Bush, Arcade Fire (music group), Walter Mondale
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Jagger To Co-Produce James Brown Biopic
A future biopic about the life of the Godfather of Soul just got a big boost with news that the lead singer of the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World has agreed to sign on as co-producer. Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger will join Hollywood...
Tags: Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones (music group)
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Emmys 2012: 'Mad Men,' Breaking Bad,' 'Modern Family' Earn Noms
Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES -- Stop us if you've heard this one before: HBO dominated the Emmy nominations announced Thursday morning, picking up 81 nods for viewer favorites such as "Boardwalk Empire" and "Game of Thrones" as well as comedy newcomers "Girls" and "Veep."...Tags: Betty White, John Cook, Glee (tv program), Damages (tv program), So You Think You Can Dance (tv program)
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