The 5th Dimension

Jazzy Mandarin & The Gate's Wide Open: Conversations With Dianne Reeves and Kurt Elling

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

What happens when your elegant entertainer goes off script and speaks mandarin directly to a Chinese delegation in the White House?

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"The Rising" : An Uplifting Playlist for All the Miners in Chile

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Rolling Stones, Brian Ray, Miners, Ralph Stanley, Chile, The Roots, Chilean Miners, Tom Petty, The 5th Dimension, Tom Waits, Sheryl Crow, Jeff Lynne, Gov't Mule, Shania Twain, Stevie Wonder, Dire Straits, Diane Birch, Loretta Lynn, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
David Wild

As a rule, songs about miners haven't generally been as upbeat as the news we are watching now on CNN. So here's a largely uplifting playlist for all the miners in Chile, and all the people who love them.

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"A Little Less Conversation": A Playlist to Encourage a New Generation to "Do Something"

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, The Felice Brothers, Rob Thomas, The Eagles, Pete Seeger, Travie McCoy, Jackie DeShannon, The Beatles, The Weavers, The Who, Utopia, Vh1, Natasha Bedingfield, Journey, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Do Something Awards, Glee, B.B. King, Infant Sorrow, Bob Marley, Neil Diamond, Van Halen, Aimee Mann, Vince Gill, Carole King, Mos Def, Jane Lynch, Red Hot Chili Peppers, George Harrison, Twilight, Jersey Shore, Canned Heat, The Youngbloods, Billy Swan, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, The 5th Dimension, Elvis Presley, Kellan Lutz, Bruno Mars, Gogol Bordello, Bill Withers, Friend & Lover, Bret Michaels, U2, Thunderclap Newman, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Jakob Dylan, Tears for Fears, Frank Sinatra, R.E.M., James Taylor, Allen Toussaint, Bruce Springsteen, Lifehouse, Entertainment News
David Wild

Today, I have a semi-modest proposal for those same young Americans who will likely inherit this big mess: do something, and do it with "A Little Less Conversation" and little more action.

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New Tunes On Monday: Little Walter, Prince, James Taylor, John Wesley Harding, Paul Carrack, and Matthew Barber

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

Blues harmonica player and singer Little Walter died over forty years ago, but his influences still can be heard in many blues-rock recordings that employ the instrument.

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