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Free Music Friday! Relaxing R&B from dub legend Lee "Scratch" Perry
Reggae/dub legend Lee "Scratch" Perry is back with a new album that finds him exploring the overlapping worlds of lounge-dub and deep trance styles. At least that's what a press release about his new album "Master Mind," says. To my ears, today's free...
Tags: Music, Reggae (genre), Soul (genre), Entertainment
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Free Music Friday! Swirling neo-soul from Cody ChesnuTT
About a decade ago, Cody ChesnuTT surprised and thrilled music lovers with "The Headphone Masterpiece," an ambitious, low-fi album that reminded listeners of the psychedelic soul classics of the 1970s. Some considered it an over-hyped oddity. Others were...
Tags: Music, Michel Gondry, Soul (genre), Entertainment, MTV Video Music Awards
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PASSINGS: Robert Dickey
Robert Dickey Member of soul duo James and Bobby Purify Robert Dickey, 72, a guitarist and singer in the soul duo James and Bobby Purify, which recorded the 1960s hit song "I'm Your Puppet," died Dec. 29 in his hometown of Tallahassee, Fla. No cause was...Tags: Music, Soul (genre), Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Entertainment, Los Angeles Times
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Doo-wop (genre), Metal and Mineral, Soul (genre), The E Street Band (music group)
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Solomon Burke dead at 70; 'the king of rock and soul'
Turn It UpSolomon Burke, the robust, regal preacher-turned-singer who defined soul music in the ‘60s and continued to perform and minister for decades afterward, died Sunday in Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. Burke died on a plane after arriving on a flight from... -
Pop music spring preview: Notable concerts and albums in the coming weeks
Pop & HissShows include Lykke Li and Lady Gaga; the Kills and Paul Simon are among the acts planning album releases Critic's Pick: The Stagecoach Country Music Festival The annual Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, which turns 5 this year, is...... -
Pop music and jazz figures
Pop music and jazz figures Bob Popescu, 77; co-owner of Catalina Bar & Grill, turned the Los Angeles club into one of the top jazz venues in the country (Jan. 5) Ken Nelson, 84; longtime Capitol Records talent scout had an ear for country music (Jan. 6)...Tags: Jimi Hendrix, Soul (genre), Folklore and Mythology, Frank Sinatra, Television Industry
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Legendary blues singer Ray Charles dead at 73
Baltimore Sun Pop Music CriticRay Charles may have been one of the most influential singer-musicians ever to grace American pop music. He may have laid the foundation for soul - an earthy blend of the secular and the spiritual, and one of the country's greatest cultural achievements....Tags: Art Tatum, Los Angeles, Quincy Jones, Soul (genre), Liver Disease
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