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Two sides of Fontella Bass, the late, great St. Louis soul singer
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticThis post has been updated. See below for details. Any appreciation of soul singer Fontella Bass, who died Wednesday at age 72, must first acknowledge “Rescue Me,” the propellant 1965 R&B banger that became her signature. But equally vital...Tags: Aretha Franklin, Heart Attack, Music, Soul (genre), Entertainment
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Best of 2012 Pop Music: Albums
The top 10 albums of 2012 as chosen by Times pop music staffer Gerrick D. Kennedy: 1. Frank Ocean, “Channel Orange” (Def Jam). Ocean's album has already garnered plenty of praise for its complexity and updates of classic soul tapestries. But...
Tags: Havas, Sade (music artist), Music, Human Interest, Adele (music artist)
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Best of 2012 Pop Music: Singles
Here are the Top 10 singles of 2012, as selected by Times pop music staff writer Mikael Wood 1. Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe.” What else? With nearly 400 million views on YouTube – and nine straight weeks atop Billboard's Hot 100...
Tags: Sky Ferreira, Music, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Entertainment
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A moment with Mike Kelley at Stedelijk Museum
AMSTERDAM — You could almost hear Mike Kelley laughing. As journalists entered the Stedelijk Museum's new so-called bathtub building to hear director Ann Goldstein introduce a retrospective of Kelley's work, they were greeted by the mellifluous...Tags: Amsterdam (Netherlands), Arts and Culture, Music, Museums, Museum of Modern Art
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Carole King to receive 2013 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Carole King has been named the 2013 recipient of the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first woman to receive the distinction given to songwriters for a body of work. The former Brill Building writer co-wrote hits in the...
Tags: Hal David, Arts and Culture, Music, Grammy Awards, Burt Bacharach
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Review: Beck's 'Song Reader' inspires creative interpretations
Some ideas that seem so simple unleash waves of creativity that expand in exquisitely complex ways. One such musical brainstorm is to offer a new body of work as notated sheet music, as Los Angeles songwriter Beck Hansen has done. His new work, "Song...Tags: Book, Music Industry, Beck, Music, YouTube
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Dave Brubeck dies at 91; jazz legend
In the strait-laced Eisenhower 1950s, Dave Brubeck seemed, on one hand, deeply conventional. He didn't drink, smoke or take drugs. He favored expressions like "baloney!" and "you bet" over ruder alternatives. He had a prodigious work ethic that had been...Tags: Theater, Obituaries, Arts and Culture, Music, Human Interest
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Psy threatens to retire 'Gangnam Style' on New Year's Eve
Feel like you never need to hear "Gangnam Style" again? You're not alone: Psy told MTV News he'll be "ending" his unavoidable dance-pop song -- a No. 2 smash on the Hot 100 whose video has been viewed over 1 billion times on YouTube -- following his...
Tags: Music, Human Interest, Times Square, Entertainment, New Year's Day
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Madonna, Springsteen, Roger Waters were tops on tour in 2012
Madonna was queen of the world in 2012, at least as far as touring pop music performers, delivering the highest-grossing concert tour of the year and raking in nearly $300 million at the box office worldwide, according to Pollstar, the concert-industry...
Tags: Coldplay (music group), Metallica (music group), Tourism and Leisure, Kenny Chesney, Barbra Streisand
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Taylor Swift tops 2012 'Celebs Gone Good' list
Taylor Swift tops a year-end ranking of celebrity philanthropists tallied by DoSomething.org, an organization that rallies teens to get involved in social change. The 23-year-old pop-country singer and songwriter was cited on DoSomething’s “...
Tags: Demi Lovato, Celebrities, Selena Gomez, Carrie Underwood, Music Industry
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Los Angeles bands swing into an old-school music revival
A nine-piece band replete with tuba, washboard, accordion, fiddle, mandolin, trumpet and guitar joyously pumped out early 20th century standards such as "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," Muddy Waters' deep blues and original tunes that would...
Tags: Theater, Rock and Roll (genre), Steve Allen, Arts and Culture, Music
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Child Actor Bridge the Divide Between Alt-Pop Songs and Atmospheric Beats
Child Actor w/ Black Light Dinner Party, Nov. 28, 9 p.m., free, BAR, 254 Crown St., New Haven, (203) 495-1111, manicproductions.org. There's an elemental problem facing anyone who tries to produce electronic pop music: How to create an...
Tags: Celebrities, Earnings, Music, Boston, Timbaland
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