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Like a Spirit in the Night
Or at least that is how the story goes when a still struggling rock and roll band met The Big Man, and the change was made uptown. It was a stormy night along the Jersey Shore – the wind was howling, the lightening was flashing – and then,...Tags: Rhythm and Blues (genre), Doo-wop (genre), The E Street Band (music group), Rock and Roll (genre), Prosecution
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Berks Jazz Fest to feature mixed-genre shows, but headliner is hot jazz singer
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGThe 23rd annual Berks Jazz Fest will be all about highlighting jazz music’s effects on other styles, with programs that offer jazz mixed with programs featuring rock, funk, blues, Latin, pop and gospel. There will be salutes to artists such...... -
Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGTop 5 Concerts of the Coming Week: 1. B.B. KING Not many musicians have theatrical documentaries released about them, especially any narrated by distinguished actor Morgan Freeman. Of course, there aren’t many musicians like B.B. King. “The... -
Fontella Bass: An appreciation
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: The Staple Singers (music group), Music, Etta James, Miles Davis, French Movies
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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: Music, Heart Attack, Aretha Franklin, Popular Music (genre), Entertainment
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Mighty Medicine returns to Petoskey
Those looking for dynamic talents that produce multi-faceted songs and instrumentations should mark their calendar for Dec. 30 and 31, when Mighty Medicine will take the stage in The Noggin Room at Stafford's Perry Hotel in Petoskey. To classify the...
Tags: Theater, Vocal Music (genre), Music, Entertainment, Entertainment Events
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Miguel talks about his big year
Miguel is having a breakout moment. The 25-year-old is leading a wave of artists aggressively pulling away from the conventional boundaries of R&B by championing edgier, genre-blending productions while maintaining soulful melodies. With a subdued...
Tags: Beyonce, Music, Nokia Theater, Entertainment, Alicia Keys
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Alabama Shakes singer pours out soul -- hers -- at Philadelphia's Electric Factory
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGBrittany Howard knows how to sing blues rock. She simply rips open her heart and lets her soul pour out. Alabama Shakes plays to a packed crowd at Philadelphia's Electric Factory on Monday That’s how the supremely talented vocalist for...... -
JC Brooks on covering Wilco and loving theater
As JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound took the stage for WTMD's First Thursday concert in Mount Vernon this past June, the rain came. But instead of allowing the dark clouds to damper the mood, lead singer Jayson Brooks saw an opportunity to make an...Tags: Craigslist, Inc., Music, Mount Vernon, Jeff Tweedy, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Rickie Lee Jones and Bettye LaVette interpret the blues
In a concert last month at Hollywood's Hotel Cafe, the buzzy English singer Paloma Faith crouched down near the floor to sing "Let Me Down Easy." It's a tough-love song associated with a number of hardy soul-music veterans, including Bettye LaVette and...Tags: Relentless7 (music group), Van Morrison, Gnarls Barkley, Neil Young, Music
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PASSINGS: Mary Jean Pew; R.B Greaves
Mary Jean Pew Head of Catholic college, aide to Jerry Brown Mary Jean Pew, 82, a former nun who taught history and government at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles then served as the school's acting president before it closed in 1980, died...Tags: Executive Branch, Politics, Cancer, Fordham University, Jerry Brown
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Waging heavy cloudiness
What do you expect from a rock star? I just closed the back cover of Neil Young's “Waging Heavy Peace,” his big anticipated memoir (of sorts), clocking in at 500 pages (75 shy of the rock star-memoir mountain peak established by Keith...
Tags: Crazy Horse (music group), Keith Richards, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Charles Manson, Neil Young
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