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Jane Monheit swings into Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale
Jane Monheit knows firsthand the life-changing influence that music can have on a young life. As a schoolgirl growing up in the late 1980s on the south shore of Long Island, where the right jeans and the right sneakers were required, Monheit was all...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Services and Shopping, Arts, University of Miami, Entertainment
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Google doodles South Africa's Miriam Makeba on her 81st birthday
Some female singers puff themselves up with bogus titles like Lady Such-and-Such or the Queen of Pop. But unlike those pale pretenders to the crown, Miriam Makeba, the great South African artist who passed away in 2008 at age 76, actually earned her...
Tags: Joan Baez, Music, South Africa, Google Inc., Obituaries
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A Classical Voice For Hartford Stage's 'Breath & Imagination'
The Hartford CourantJubilant Sykes has sung classical and spiritual music at the Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, London's Barbican Centre and the Hollywood Bowl. But Hartford Stage is a decidedly different venue for a veteran of...Tags: Entertainment Events, Slavery, Awards and Prizes, Ossie Davis, Entertainment
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Lizz Wright glows in concert with Dianne Reeves
The most truthful moment in Friday night's "Sing the Truth!" concert at Symphony Center came toward the end. Spared the heavy over-amplification that marred earlier portions of the evening, singers Dianne Reeves and Lizz Wright took a slow, measured...
Tags: Concerts, Culture, Arts and Culture, Terence Blanchard, Music
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Chicago singer Tony Adriacchi loved performing
In the 1980s, Tony Andriacchi was almost as famous in Chicago as his heroes Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra were around the world. Audiences queued up to hear one of the most lustrous male voices to come out of this city, an instrument that Andriacchi...
Tags: Phil Collins, Pump Room, Liza Minnelli, Entertainment Events, Harry Connick Jr.
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Aretha Franklin, America and the origin of the 'spirit feel'
The gospel-truth, if you believe most of the history books: Aretha Franklin didn’t really find her true voice until she began working with producer Jerry Wexler at Atlantic Records in 1967. "My idea was to make good tracks, use the best players,...
Tags: Otis Redding, Religion and Belief, Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack
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Barbra Streisand's compelling show at United Center
Whether or not you consider Barbra Streisand the last reigning diva of a more lyrical period in American pop music, she certainly stands as a symbol of the era that gave us Judy Garland, Ethel Merman, Lena Horne, Dinah Washington, Doris Day, Sarah Vaughan...
Tags: Joe Williams, Music Industry, Television, Entertainment, Marvin Hamlisch
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Hal David dies at 91; songwriting partner of Burt Bacharach
Hal David, the renowned pop music lyricist whose prolific collaboration with composer Burt Bacharach produced a wealth of enduringly memorable hits in the 1960s and early '70s, including "Walk On By," "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and the Oscar-...Tags: NPR, Entertainment Events, The Fifth Dimension (music group), Julio Iglesias, Barack Obama
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Remarkable Woman: Mary Ellen Diaz
Sometimes you need to feed the soul. And sometimes feeding others salads of local greens and fresh tomatoes, maybe spinach-squash lasagna and chocolate-peanut butter pie does just that, especially for the cook. Just ask chef Mary Ellen Diaz whose...
Tags: Pies and Tarts, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Chicken Breast, North Pond
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Etta James dies at 73; acclaimed blues and R&B singer
Etta James, the earthy blues and R&B singer whose anguished vocals convinced generations of listeners that she would rather go blind than see her love leave, then communicated her joy upon finding that love at last, died Friday. She was 73.
She died at...Tags: Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Robert Mitchum, Run-D.M.C. (music group), Religion and Belief
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Ledisi, Questlove, Mark Bradford pay tribute to Diana Ross
Pop & HissIn putting together this overview of the five-decade career of Diana Ross, who this Saturday will be presented with a lifetime achievement award by the Recording Academy, her first-ever Grammy, the goal was to speak to people across disciplines and... -
Russ Courtnall, Paris Vaughan seek buyer for Thousand Oaks home
Former professional hockey player Russ Courtnall and his wife, actress Paris Vaughan, have listed their home in Thousand Oaks for sale at $8.5 million.
The Lake Sherwood house, completed in 2010, has 8,450 square feet on a single level. The modern...Tags: Los Angeles Kings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Homes, National Hockey League
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