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Advancing on a 'Territory of Jazz'
Choreographer Valery Tereshkin had a very long day ahead of him as he sat in a hotel lobby in Glendale this week. Just days before, his Russian Jazz Ballet had performed “Territory of Jazz” at the Alex Theatre, dancing to popular songs from...
Tags: Harry Connick Jr., Dance, Russia, Duke Ellington, Music Industry
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Ravi Shankar dies at 92; sitar master
Ravi Shankar was already revered as a master of the sitar in 1966 when he met George Harrison, the Beatle who became his most famous disciple and gave the Indian musician-composer unexpected pop-culture cachet. Suddenly the classically trained Shankar...
Tags: Ravi Shankar, Classical Music (genre), Philip Glass, Festive Events, India
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Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' 2012's most-watched music video on Vevo
Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe," that catchy pop song that dominated the airwaves this year -- and inspired countless parodies -- topped Vevo's list as the most-watched music video of 2012. With a little help from her friend, Justin Bieber, the...
Tags: YouTube, Music, Entertainment, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne
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'I Got a Boy' delivers a scattered anthem of the Girls' Generation
The new single by South Korean pop group Girls' Generation is called "I Got a Boy," and if the song and its accompanying music video are a signal about pop's direction in the year to come, we better buckle our seat belts. Clocking in at 41/2 minutes, "I...
Tags: Skrillex (music group), YouTube, Disc Jockeys, Crosswords, Music
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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: Aretha Franklin, Etta James, The Staple Singers (music group), French Movies, Soul (genre)
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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, Entertainment, Music, Soul (genre)
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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: Taylor Swift, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, YouTube, Sky Ferreira
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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: Flu, Fine Artists, Arts, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Entertainment
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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: Awards and Prizes, Hal David, Burt Bacharach, Stevie Wonder, Music
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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, Beck, YouTube, Music Industry, Entertainment
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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: Colleges and Universities, University of the Pacific, Classical Music (genre), Leonard Bernstein, 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: Times Square, Dick Clark, Taylor Swift, Human Interest, MTV (tv network)
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