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It takes more than a prayer
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe song was called "A Great Big Buncha Happy!" but none of the authors of "Sister Act: The Musical" seemed terribly cheerful. For a year and a half, the new musical's composer, lyricist, director and two writers had toiled to transform the 1992 Whoopi...Tags: Hudson River, Music Industry, Maggie Smith, JetBlue Airways, Music Theater
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A classic sense of excitement at the José Iturbi International Music Competition
The mass hysteria surrounding "American Idol" may have cooled as another season has come to an end. Gone are renditions of Michael Jackson's "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" and Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On." There's a different music competition rolling...Tags: Music Industry, Death, Opera (genre), University of California, Los Angeles, Concerts
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'Idol' eliminations: Haeley Vaughn, Michelle Delamor, Jermaine Sellers and John Park sent packing
Idol TrackerIt goes without saying, but Thursday night was not a good night for at least four of Season 9's 20 hopefuls. The contestants with the fewest votes? Former front-runner and Colorado cutie-pie Haeley Vaughn, the little-known Michelle Delamor, who showed... -
The day after: Week 2's eliminated four meet the press
Idol TrackerIt was a gorgeous sunny Friday in Los Angeles, and although the proverbial clouds still hung over last night's eliminated foursome -- Haeley Vaughn, Michelle Delamor, John Park and Jermaine Sellers -- they seemed to have a better attitude than the... -
Ann Powers: Underconfident, the Idols overreach
Idol TrackerHubris. Whomever remains to sing and, eventually, go on the summer tour after Wednesday's elimination round on "American Idol" should spend some time pondering that very old but suddenly relevant term. Though this season's remaining bunch is hardly... -
Buzzmeter: 'Idol' experts pick Paige Miles as Tuesday night's biggest loser
Idol TrackerThe "American Idol" expert pool has spoken, and the vast majority of our panelists expect Paige Miles to be sent home Wednesday night, while the rest are placing their bets on Andrew Garcia. What's the bigger "Idol" crime -- butchering Phil Collins or... -
Robin Thicke: When I write my best, the soul is undeniable
Pop & HissItâs safe to say that Robin Thicke is having a good year. The 33-year-old is riding high professionally, with his fourth album, âSex Therapy,â which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard R&B/Hop-Hop albums charts, and personally -- he is...... -
Jazz vocalist Jose James talks inspiration, Flying Lotus, and tonight's Zanzibar gig
Pop & HissWith the genre perennially accused of atrophy, it's little surprise that precocious vocalist and "Jazz Times" darling Jose James has been hailed as a so-called "savior of jazz." But the hype surrounding the Minneapolis-bred and Brooklyn-based crooner is... -
Mayfields music fueled an era
Special to The TimesIf asked to name the recording artist whose music came closest to serving as a soundtrack for the civil rights movement in the 1960s, most pop fans would probably think of James Brown, Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan. But a new DVD makes a strong case that...Tags: Bob Dylan, Crime, Law and Justice, Radio Industry, United Nations, Death
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Letters: Consider train travel en route to Gila Wilderness, N.M.
Try making tracks to Gila Thank you for the wonderful article about the unbound nature found in the Southwest's Gila Wilderness ["Sheer Frontier," Sept. 14]. I was again disappointed that you informed your readers only of airline options as the best...Tags: Stevie Wonder, France, Music Industry, Trips and Vacations, Travel
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High-minded lowdown
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn the long and often embarrassing history of intellectuals' attempts to grapple with pop culture, there are, at least, a few high points. One of them is the work of the late Leslie Fiedler, the garrulous and provocative critic of literature who could...Tags: Biography (genre), Germany, Greenwich Village, Comedy (genre), French Literature
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A Las Vegas wine sampling pours on the music
Special to the Los Angeles TimesFor those of us who love wine but whose knowledge of it can be summed up with "Well, I did see 'Sideways,' " and whose worst fear is to attend a tasting stocked with wine snobs, the monthly Las Vegas party Rock 'n' Roll Wine serves as a chilled-out,...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Hotels and Accommodations, Jack Johnson, Alcoholic Beverages, Dining and Drinking
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