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    Mar 28, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Australian film 'The Sapphires' finds its American soul

    "The Sapphires," which opens Friday, is the crowd-pleasing, based-on-actual-people story of four young Aboriginal women who team up with a male Irish manager and perform for American troops in Vietnam, so it's covering its bases internationally.
    "The Sapphires," which opens Friday, is the crowd-pleasing, based-on-actual-people story of four young Aboriginal women who team up with a male Irish manager and perform for American troops in Vietnam, so it's covering its bases internationally. The...

    Tags: Civil Rights, Snoop Dogg, Cannes Film Festival, Australia, Gladys Knight

    2. Mar 4, 2013 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  2. The Old-School Hip-Hop of Dr. Westchesterson Goes Viral

    <strong>You Scream I Scream w/ Dr. Westchesterson, Ladyhips</strong>
    You Scream I Scream w/ Dr. Westchesterson, Ladyhips March 9, 9:30 p.m., $7-$10, Arch Street Tavern, 85 Arch St., Hartford, (860) 246-7610, archstreettavern.com   We've arguably reached a point where we measure a musician's global impact by how...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Entertainment, Bars and Clubs, Music

    3. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. PASSINGS: Magic Slim, Cleotha Staples, Lou Myers, Donald Rutledge

    <strong>Magic Slim</strong>
    Magic Slim Singer of Chicago blues Magic Slim, 75, whose ragged voice and punchy guitar riffs made him a symbol of Chicago blues, died Thursday in Philadelphia after surgery for a bleeding ulcer, according to his family. A younger contemporary of...

    Tags: Bill Cosby, Civil Rights, Alzheimer's Disease, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, West Virginia State University

    4. Feb 22, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Cleotha Staples, founding member of the Staple Singers, dies at 78

    Cleotha Staples, one of the founding members of the renowned Chicago soul and gospel group the Staple Singers, died Thursday at the age of 78.
    Cleotha Staples, one of the founding members of the renowned Chicago soul and gospel group the Staple Singers, died Thursday at the age of 78. She had been suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease for 12 years, and had been under 24-hour home care....

    Tags: Entertainment, Gladys Knight, Mavis Staples, Trinity United Church of Christ, Music

    5. Dec 28, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Fontella Bass: An appreciation

    There are two works that illustrate the range of Fontella Bass' singing power.
    There are two works that illustrate the range of Fontella Bass' singing power. One is a gut-busting soul cry, “Rescue Me,” a propellant R&B banger from 1965 that became Bass' signature. The other, equally vital, is a nine-minute thrill...

    Tags: Soul (genre), Etta James, Popular Music (genre), Music Industry, Music

    6. Dec 27, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Lupe Fiasco a voice of reason amid the violence

    For Lupe Fiasco, it was in some ways a heartbreaking year. In an interview last summer with MTV he broke down as he watched a 2006 video of himself and friends in his old West Side neighborhood, the laughter and easy camaraderie undercut by the realization that a number of those acquaintances were now dead, victims of gang violence.
    For Lupe Fiasco, it was in some ways a heartbreaking year. In an interview last summer with MTV he broke down as he watched a 2006 video of himself and friends in his old West Side neighborhood, the laughter and easy camaraderie undercut by the...

    Tags: MTV (tv network), Entertainment, Culture, Curtis Mayfield, Central Intelligence Agency

    7. Nov 23, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  7. For Lee Boys, music is family affair

    The Sacred Steel-Southern rock ensemble is taking the night off to avoid competing with Ralphfest 2
    The Lee Boys were scheduled to perform at Orlando's Plaza Live this weekend, but the plans were changed in honor of a musical friend. Now, the Sacred Steel-Southern rock ensemble known for putting gospel style into a blender with Jimi Hendrix-worthy...

    Tags: Gospel (genre), The Lee Boys (music group), Kissimmee, Music Industry, Concerts

    8. Oct 29, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Aretha Franklin, America and the origin of the 'spirit feel'

    The gospel-truth, if you believe most of the history books: Aretha Franklin didn&rsquo;t really find her true voice until she began working with producer Jerry Wexler at Atlantic Records in 1967.
    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: Gospel (genre), Bobby Womack, Sarah Vaughan, Baptist, Music

    9. Jul 18, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  9. With hit new career box set, hit 1980s band says new music, maybe collaboration, ahead

    Lehigh Valley Music
    Thirty years after The English Beat released its last album if new music, the standard-bearer for two-tone ska is getting the most attention it’s had since breaking up these days with the July 10 release of both “Keep The Beat:......
    10. Aug 7, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  10. Joe Cocker, Huey Lewis draw Musikfest crowd two decades after hits: Here's how

    Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOG
    Let’s be honest: neither Huey Lewis & The News nor Joe Cocker have had a hit in more than two decades. So what make them able to headline Musikfest’s main Steel Stage Monday? And why were they able to attract......
    11. Jun 28, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. The Impressions keep on pushing

    Fred Cash remembers the day he joined the Impressions in 1958, a mere teenager starting what would be a five-decade ride in one of the great vocal groups of all time.
    Fred Cash remembers the day he joined the Impressions in 1958, a mere teenager starting what would be a five-decade ride in one of the great vocal groups of all time. He had been singing on street-corners in Chattanooga, Tenn., and in church with his...

    Tags: Entertainment, Aretha Franklin, Jerry Butler, Andrew Young, Curtis Mayfield

    12. May 14, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Donald 'Duck' Dunn dead at 70: A soul rhythm-section great

    Donald &ldquo;Duck&rdquo; Dunn, who died Sunday at age 70 in Tokyo only hours after playing his final show with longtime friend Steve Cropper, was part of one of soul music&rsquo;s greatest rhythm sections.
    Donald “Duck” Dunn, who died Sunday at age 70 in Tokyo only hours after playing his final show with longtime friend Steve Cropper, was part of one of soul music’s greatest rhythm sections. Dunn was a self-taught bass player who had been...

    Tags: Stevie Nicks, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton

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