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Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 1)

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Elvis, Jimmy Durante, Ralph Stanley, Marx Brothrers, Ian Dury, Punch Brothers, Nick Lowe, Bob Wills, Slayer, Randy Newman, Buena Vista Social Club, Sam Cooke, Freddie Hubbard, Frank Sinatra, Doug Sahm, Entertainment News

Here are the first of two offerings of some current inspirations for cheer. If you've been laid off, Madeoff-ed, or you just plain need a lift during a tough holiday season, check these out.

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An Interview with Herb Alpert & Lani Hall

Tony Sachs | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Laura Nyro, Carmen McRae, Crosby Stills & Nash, Music Business, Nancy Wilson, Sergio Mendes, Barbra Streisand, Sam Cooke, Stan Getz, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Judy Garland, Herb Alpert, A & M Records, Miles Davis, Concord Records, Lambert Hendricks & Ross, Cannonball Adderley, Irving Berlin, The Beatles, Michael Shapiro, June Christy, Hal Gaba, Joao Gilberto, Joni Mitchell, Ruth Olay, Frank Sinatra, Lani Hall, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jerry Moss, Entertainment News

Last Herb and Lani re-emerged, hitting the road for a series of low-key shows which were recorded for the newly-released Anything Goes -- the first time they've ever collaborated musically.

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Fan-Funding With Jonah Smith, Plus Chris Bell, Stephen Stills, and Manassas Updates

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Malcolm Burn, Bonnie Raitt, Nash, Sonya Kitchell, Paypal, George Martin, Keith Sykes, Sam Cooke, John Prine, John Hiatt, Otis Redding, The Beatles, Big Star, Sam Nelson, Rufus Thomas, Rick Nelson, Malcolm Holcombe, Buffalo Springfield, Ellis Paul, Little Feat, Stephen Stills, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Irma Thomas, Nancy Bryan, John Freese, Stax Records, The Byrds, Jill Sobule, R&b, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Crosby Stills & Nash, Carrie Rodriquez, Stax, Erin McKeown, Throwing Muses, Kristin Hersh, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Jonah Smith, H Is Orange, Ann Peebles, Singer-Songwriter, Entertainment News, Graham, Ricky Nelson, Lowell George, Youtube, Chris Bell, Geoff Emerick, Relix Records, Marvin Gaye, Icewater, Alex Chilton, Relix, Ken Woodley, Manassas, Richard Rosebrough, Bob Hillman, Suzanne Vega, Entertainment News

While most of his contemporaries have the fantasy of signing the bottom line of a label contract, Jonah Smith has rejected a record company's offer instead.

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"Idiot Wind": A Mind-Expanding Playlist for Glenn Beck

David Wild | Posted 09.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Aerosmith, Glenn Beck Fox News, Coldplay, Garbage, Jeff Beck, Glenn Beck, Barbra Streisand, Bread, Cheap Trick, Sam Cooke, Bob Dylan, Beck, Media News

Glenn Beck started out as a Top 40 DJ, so on behalf of all the lefties out there who are busy ruining this great nation, here's my personal playlist for this fallen jockey who just keeps steering to the right.

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This Blog Post Is Even Weirder Than Michael Jackson

Dave Astor | Posted 08.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Michael Jackson, Toyota Corolla, Steroids, Jim Morrison, Smoking, Brian Jones, Buddy Holly, Queen, Number-One Songs, Sam Cooke, Same-Sex Marriage, Neverland, Failing Newspapers, Dead Rock Stars, The Beatles, Patsy Cline, Janis Joplin, The Clash, Cats, The Who, Hummer, Heterosexual Marriage, Death of Michael Jackson, King of Pop, Avocados, Bernard Madoff, Cancer, Joe Strummer, Online News, Performance-Enhancing Drugs, Motown, The Rolling Stones, The Jackson 5, Bob Marley, Jerry Garcia, Nirvana, Sid Vicious, Kurt Cobain, Twitter, Life on Other Planets, Elvis Presley, Musical Legends, Plastic Surgery, Laptops, The Doors, Sports Radio, John Lennon, Fantasy Baseball, World Series, Freddie Mercury, Atari Computers, The Sex Pistols, Gas Guzzlers, Keith Moon, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Moonwalking, Selena, Comedy News

The general public doesn't mourn the deaths of less-famous people who might have continued to also do great things if they hadn't left us before their time.

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The King of Pop (and Heartbreak)

Giles Slade | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Keith Jarrett, Ipod, Koln Concert, Stevie Wonder, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Jackson Dies, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Walkman, Elvis Presley, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Chuck Berry, Juno Diaz, Brief, Michael Jackson, Entertainment News

I played along too when she listened to Michael Jackson even though my tastes tended towards Keith Jarrett's lonely intensity. She gave me a mix-tape of Jacko. I was transformed.

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Benefits of Unemployment

Chris Campbell | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Photography, Ipod, Amoeba Records, Cobra, Mississippi John Hurt, Wilco, Unemployment, Writing, Economy, Parks, George Jones, Sam Cooke, Doug Sahm, San Francisco, Health Care, Bruce Springsteen, Living News

I didn't greet this free time with a desire to sit around lazily and waste away the days, but rather to explore the things that I've always wanted to go after, namely writing and photography.

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Obama and the Arts

Chris Campbell | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: George Bush, Economy, Brooklyn, George W. Bush, Obama Administration, Artists, Sam Cooke, Music, Hipsters, Arcade Fire, John Coltrane, Dive Bars, Obama's Cabinet, San Francisco, Fenway Park, John McCain, Ken Kesey, Entertainment, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Jenny Lewis, Musicians, Bob Dylan, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Wilco, Art, The Godfather, Wall Street, Common, William Faulkner, Quincy Jones, Obama the Godfather, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

Most industries are adapting and evolving during these uncertain times, but the arts have been in flux for years and years, long preceding Bush and Wall Street's dismantling.

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Dear Grandma, A Change Has Come!

Adia Colar | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Change, United States, Barack Obama Inauguration, A Change Is Gonna Come, President Obama, Ancestors, Barack Obama, Sam Cooke, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Grandmother, Grandma, 9/11, September 11th, Civil Rights, Living News

Grandma, We did it! We elected a black man President of the United States of America! Grandma, it's been a long time comin' but I know a change has come!

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HuffPost Video Premiere: Playing For Change Presents "Don't Worry"

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Huffington Post, Variety Magazine, Bono, Usher, Sam Cooke, Josh Groban, Congo, South Africa, New Mexico, First Lady Michelle Obama, Garth Brooks, Shakira, Mark Johnson, Stevie Wonder, Tiger Woods, Will.I.Am, Barcelona Spain, Queen Latifah, Subway, President Barack Obama, Los Angeles California, Washington Mall, President Abraham Lincoln, Joe Biden, Los Angeles, Brazil, New York, Barack Obama, Hbo, Sheryl Crow, Santa Monica California, Herbie Hancock, U2, Entertainment News, Henry Rollins, Youtube, Rickie Lee Jones, Norman Lear, Ashley Judd, New Orleans, Samuel L. Jackson, John Mellencamp, Los Lobos, Pete Seeger, Paul Simon, Washington Memorial, Obama, Apartheid, Santa Monica, Grammy, Lincoln Memorial, Concord Records, Ebay, Woodstock Film Festival, John Legend, Michelle Obama, Entertainment, Jerusalem, Video Premiere, Beyonce, President George Washington, Playing for Change, Pierre Minetti, Keb' Mo', New York City, Tom Hanks, Venezuela, Moscow, Jackson Browne, Vice President Joe Biden, Shepard Fairey, President Lincoln, Contemporary Blues Album of the Year, Bruce Springsteen, Isreal, Zuni, Himilayas, Video, Entertainment News

Featuring over twenty musicians from four continents who have never met, "Don't Worry" makes its auspicious debut today, on Martin Luther King Day, and is featured here.

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A Wall Street Kind of Scandal on Lexington Ky's Main Street

Don McNay | Posted 02.11.2009 | Business

The Lexington scandal helped me understand why some in the big city media were going easy on the Wall Street mess, while people like me, living in the heartland, are going crazy about their excesses.

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Obama's Chicago Soul: President's Ideals Tie Him To City's Music Legends

Chicago Sun-Times | Dave Hoekstra | Posted 02.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: The Staples Singers, Obama Change, A Change Is Gonna Come, Chicago Soul, Obama Sam Cooke, Obama Music, Obama Chicago Music, Sam Cooke, Jerry Butler, Barack Obama, Obama Chicago Soul, Chicago News

President-elect Barack Obama paid homage to Chicago soul in his Grant Park acceptance speech. He riffed on Wendell Phillips High graduate Sam Cooke by...

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CPS Makes Famous Alumni Mix On iTunes

Crain's Chicago Business | Shia Kapos | Posted 01.04.2009 | Chicago

Chicago Public Schools has posted a mix of popular songs by its alumni musicians on iTunes. This isn't a money-making effort -- directly -- but a way...

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Barack Obama And Sam Cooke on Election Night

Kerry Candaele | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Bill Ayers was not Barack Obama's touchstone; rather, it was Sam Cooke and his never-ending refrain, Change is gonna come. And now change has arrived, and we embrace it.

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Barack Obama Channels Sam Cooke on Election Night

Kerry Candaele | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Billy Bragg, Election Night 2008, Sam Cooke, Barack Obama, Obama Sam Cooke, Politics News

No militant and not outwardly political, Cooke had spent time with and admired Cassius Clay and Malcolm X, and he captured the challenges of his time, his own hope and despair at equal turns.

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White House Ribs

Giles Slade | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Soulfood, Deficit, Jackie Robinson, Climate Change, Economy, Jazz, Sam Cooke, Dodgers, Social Capital, Barack Obama, Election, America, Politics News

America can capitalize on its cultural assets by creating state-owned brands based on recognizable American symbols. I think we should start with the White House.

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GOP Campaign Song: "McCain's Wonderful World"

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Sam Cooke, McCain's Judgment, Sarah Palin, Mccain's Vice President Sarah Palin, Politics News

With apologies to the late Sam Cooke, here is my suggestion for the theme song the Republicans should be singing at their convention and throughout...

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