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Bettye LaVette Back With New CD and Autobiography
Bettye LaVette (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Bettye LaVette makes no apologies for her life. Sitting cross-legged on an Art Deco chair in her living room here, sipping wine,...
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R.I.P. Soul Singer and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Percy Sledge
Percy Sledge, the R&B singer whose soulful ballad of eternal love and rejection, “When a Man Loves a Woman,” topped the charts in 1966, died on Tuesday in Baton Rouge, La. He was 74. His death was...
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Janet Jackson Announces New Album and Tour
She tweeted the hashtag #ConversationsInACafe, the new record’s presumed title Janet Jackson celebrated her birthday by giving fans a present. The singer, who turned 49 on Saturday, has announced...
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Grammy Winner Jill Scott’s “Woman” Debuts at #1 on Billboard Top 200 Albums...
“I try to learn to not do more than I need,” Billboard and three-time Grammy winner Jill Scott said about her fifth studio album entitled “Woman” (Blues Babe Records/Atlantic Records) which is...
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Bettye LaVette Back With New CD and Autobiography
Bettye LaVette (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Bettye LaVette makes no apologies for her life. Sitting cross-legged on an Art Deco chair in her living room here, sipping wine,...
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R.I.P. Soul Singer and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Percy Sledge
Percy Sledge made “When a Man Loves a Woman” a timeless hit. (Photo Credit: James J. Kriegsmann) Percy Sledge, the R&B singer whose soulful ballad of eternal love and rejection, “When a Man Loves a...
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Janet Jackson Announces New Album and Tour
Janet Jackson (John Shearer—WireImage/Getty Images) She tweeted the hashtag #ConversationsInACafe, the new record’s presumed title Janet Jackson celebrated her birthday by giving fans a present. The...
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Grammy Winner Jill Scott’s "Woman" Debuts at #1 on Billboard Top 200 Albums...
“I try to learn to not do more than I need,” Billboard and three-time Grammy winner Jill Scott said about her fifth studio album entitled “Woman” (Blues Babe Records/Atlantic Records) which is...
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R.I.P. Artistic Genius and Musical Legend Aretha Franklin, 76, Forever the...
(photo via arethafranklin.net) by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) According to nytimes.com, American singer, pianist, and composer Aretha Franklin died at her home in Detroit surrounded by...
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Born On This Day in 1928: Ruth Brown, Grammy and Tony Award-Winning “Queen of...
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Ruth Alston Brown (born Ruth Weston), singer-songwriter and actress known for hit songs such as “So Long,” “Teardrops from My Eyes,” “5-10-15 Hours,” “(Mama)...
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MUSIC MONDAY: “Nightbird, Fly”– a Sarah Dash Tribute Playlist (LISTEN)
by Jeff Meier (FB: Jeff.Meier.90) On this week’s Music Monday playlist, “Sarah Dash: Nightbird, Fly,” we take a closer look at the musical career of the late Sarah Dash, most known as one third of the...
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