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Big Boi thrives on collaboration
Big Boi is a serial collaborator, one of those endlessly curious artists who’s always thinking “what if?” when he charges into a new project. As one-half of OutKast, Big Boi helped expand the language of hip-hop. As a solo artist, he&...
Tags: Phantogram (music group), Little Dragon (music group), Genres, Apple iPad, Kate Bush
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Black and white
Editor's note: Freelance writer Diedre A. Ware grew up in Havre de Grace and graduated from Havre de Grace High School. Her recollections of what it was like growing up black in an era when children's dolls were white was published recently in Dolls...Tags: Toy Industry, Mattel Inc., Health and Medical Professionals, Havre de Grace, Psychologists
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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...... -
A big rollicking Valentine's concert featuring Bev Conklin and lots of talented friends
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOG23 songs by 23 artists! Michael Cloeren, emcee for Thursday night’s Bev Conklin and Friends Valentine’s Day Concert at the Musikfest Café, repeatedly reminded the audience what a “big” concert it was. I think there were only 22... -
'American Idol' recap, The good, bad and bizarre
Tonight, "American Idol" arrived in Oklahoma City, the home of our very own Carrie Underwood. Surely after last night's show and being in a town that produced the likes of the country superstar, this town must be bustling with talent. Right? Not so much....
Tags: Toni Braxton, Carrie Underwood, Nicki Minaj, Cystic Fibrosis, Simon Cowell
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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: Jazz Institute of Chicago, Concerts, Europe, South Shore, NPR
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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: Blues (genre), The Temptations (music group), Prostate Cancer, George Clinton, 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: Paul McCartney, Frank Sinatra, DC (music group), Entertainment, Ray Charles
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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: Roy Orbison, George W. Bush, Wilco (music group), Tom Petty, John Edwards
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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: The Rolling Stones (music group), Mick Jagger
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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: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (tv program), Wizards of Waverly Place (tv program), Bill Paxton, Television Industry, Denis O'Hare
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These songs were made for you and me
The idea was simple enough. Take four South Florida songwriters, chosen for their talent and their disparate styles, get them together, ask them to write a song centered on a certain theme, and then give them a limited time in which to accomplish the...
Tags: Poetry, Entertainment, Frankenstein (movie, 1931), Same-Sex Marriage, Music
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