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Women Who Rock: LA Stories from the Rock Hall of Fame's New Show

S.X. Rosenstock | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Jack White, Stevie Nicks, Billie Holiday, The B-52's, Britney Spears, Meg White, Buddy Holly, Mother Maybelle Carter, Mahalia Jackson, Phil Spector, The Supremes, Madonna, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Wanda Jackson, Ma Rainey, Elvis Presley, Amy Winehouse, Grace Slick, Darlene Love, Terry Stewart, The Pixies, Bessie Smith, Ellie Greenwich, Lauren Onkey, Adele, Little Richard, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Shindig, Bruce Springsteen, David Letterman, Meredith Rutledge, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Los Angeles News
S.X. Rosenstock

Wanda Jackson and Darlene Love are game-changers that allowed fans to reckon the authorship of the rock and roll genre with new clarity.

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New Orleans Jazz Fest Honors 100 Years of Soulitude (PHOTOS)

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Treme, Arcade Fire, New Orleans Musicians, James Andrews, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Willie Nelson, John Boutte, Mahalia Jackson, Slidepollajax, New Orleans, Music, Jazz Fest, Jazzfest, Travel, Television, Photography, Jazz, Entertainment News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

It's impossible to decide which was the biggest love-in of the day: 99-year-old Lionel Ferbos singing "When You're Smiling" or John Boutte who wrote HBO's Treme theme song.

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Balancing The Sacred And Secular Along The Gospel Music Road

Wallace Best, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomas Andre Dorsey, History of Gospel Music, Gospel Music, Spiritual Music, Clara Ward, Mahalia Jackson, Gospel Singers, Black Gospel Music, Tonéx, History of Blues, Black History Month, Religion News
Wallace Best, Ph.D.

Gospel singers of the past were not saints and their lives did not always conform, privately or publicly, to conventional standards of Christian piety. The same can be said for today's singers.

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Dog Ears Music: Born in October Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jelly Roll Morton, Jackson Browne (& David Lindley), Daryl Hall (& John Oates), Mahalia Jackson, John Mellencamp, Cliff Richard, Thelonious Monk, Paul Simon, Dizzy Gillespie, Danielle Evin, Sean Lennon, Music, Tom Petty, Sting (the Police), Richard Hell (& the Voidoids), Vladimir Horowitz, Ivory Joe Hunter, Gwen Stefani (No Doubt), mp3s, John Lennon, Donny Hathaway, Phil Ramone, Franz Liszt (Performed by Claudio Arrau), Groucho Marx, Lenny Bruce, Dog Ears, Booker Ervin, Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week we feature music by Paul Simon, Gwen Stefani, Sting, Hall & Oates, John Lennon, and more.

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Praise & Blame: A Conversation With Tom Jones

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Staple Singers, Peter Gabriel, Island Records, Ethan Johns, Tom Jones, Prince, Mahalia Jackson, The Jordanaires, Dave Bronze, Bob Dylan, Karaoke, Jeremy Stacey, Elvis Presley, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

We took a lot of time picking the keys to get them in the right keys. We wanted to do some of the slower songs low because my voice over the years has become lower and richer.

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Childhood Christmas Wonder Reborn in a Place You'd Never Guess (Hint: They're Too Big to Fail, Too)

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gcc, News, Abu Dhabi, Muslim Christmas, U.S., World, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Christmas Eve, Merry Christmas, America, United Arab Emirates, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Abdul Raheem Salim, Dean Martin, Middle East, Oman, Global News, Sheikha Lubna, Bing Crosby, Christians, Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Mahalia Jackson, Oud, Wafi Mall, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Minister of Finance and Industry UAE, U.S. Dollar, United States, Minister of Economy UAE, Nat King Cole, Santa, Arab, Abdul Rahim Salim, Santa Claus, Sheikh Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Foreign Trade UAE, Christmas Tree, Christian, Duba, Dirham, Syria, Lebanon, Muslim, World News
Yvonne R. Davis

I experienced the rebirth of the hope, excitement and magic of this holiday -- and of all places, where it came together for this resurrection was at the Wafi Mall in Dubai.

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Singing, Crying and Whining the Blues

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Miller, The Blues, Hazel Miller, Linda Ronstadt, Entertainment, Mick Jagger, Mahalia Jackson, Pbs, Martin Scorsese, Soul, Hattie McDaniel, Music, Blues, Keith Richards, Denver, Gospel Music, Louis Armstrong, African American, Bessie Smith, George Morrison, Rolling Stone, Pat Benatar, Rock and Roll, Black Music, Jerry Wexler, Denver News
Wayne Trujillo

As I scope out Denver's upcoming concerts, checking the calendar for any hint or mention of an act associated with blues, jazz, gospel or old school soul, I am left feeling a bit stranded.

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Dog Ears Music: Holiday Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Amos Milburn, D.J. Santa & the Dance Squad, Dave Matthews, Run-Dmc, The Beach Boys, Joe Sample, Neil Sedaka, Snow Patrol, Dolly Parton, Otis Redding, Casey Shea, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Horace Andy, Pedro the Lion, The Who, Dave Brubeck, The Klezmonauts, The Shootist, Jack Benny, Dinah Washington, Amalia De Granada, Laura Nyro, Matisyahu, Kurtis Blow, Chris Brown, St. Petersburg & Valery Gergiev, Ron Sexsmith, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Itzhak Perlman, Kodo & Tan Dun, Keith Richards, Elvis Presley, Maria McKee, Mandy Patinkin, Macy Gray, mp3s, Leonard Cohen, The Trammps, Joan Osborne, Christmas Symphonic Players, Jack Johnson, Phil Ramone, Justin Timberlake, Frank Sinatra, Remy Zero, Eddy Arnold, Danny Elfman, Mickey Katz, Orchestra of the Kirov Opera, The Ramones, Steve Earle, Neil Young, Music, Iain Archer, Aretha Franklin, Spike Jones, Jane Siberry, The Long Winters, Tony Bennett, The New 2 Live Crew, 2 Live Jews, Yo-Yo Ma, Bob Marley, Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong & the Commanders, Mary J. Blige, Barbra Streisand, Tim Finn, Danielle Evin, José Feliciano, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Richard Swift, Harry James, The Raveonettes, Yoshida Brothers, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Alison Krauss & Natalie MacMaster, Astrud Gilberto, Adam Sandler, Snoop Dogg, Woody Herman, Dog Ears, Marvin Gaye, Holiday Season Commentary, Music and Religion, Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

A comprehensive set of holiday music recommendations from Dog Ears Music, including Otis Redding, Spike Jones, The Klezmonauts, Keith Richards, Run-DMC, Dolly Parton, The Beach Boys, and many more.

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Our Dear Studs Terkel

Edward Lifson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Studs Terkel, Studs Terkel Dead, Studs Terkel Death, Studs Terkel Barack Obama, Mahalia Jackson, Studs Terkel Moses, Studs Terkel Dies, Chicago News
Edward Lifson

He wanted to live to see Barack Obama elected President of the United States. What a shame that Studs didn't make it. But like Moses, he took us close to the Promised Land.

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