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Criminal records: pop stars in prison

5902 days ago
Guardian Music — Pete Doherty was terrified, the Stones were defiant – and Lil' Wayne carried on recording. As George Michael goes to prison, Tim Jonze takes a rollcall of jailhouse rockersGeorge Michael's chequered history with motor vehicles finally caught up wi... more info
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'Catfish' Collins obituary

5903 days ago
Guardian Music — Leading funk guitarist and brother of BootsyPhelps "Catfish" Collins, who has died of cancer aged 66, was funk's foremost rhythm guitarist. His career was overshadowed by that of his bass-playing younger brother, William "Bootsy" Collins, who became ... more info
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King Coleman obituary

5903 days ago
Guardian Music — Pioneer of the Mashed Potatoes dance crazeIn America, the late 1950s and early 1960s was an era of dance crazes, with the Twist followed in quick succession by the Hully Gully, the Hitch-Hike and numerous others. Among them was the Mashed Potatoes, w... more info
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friday morning updates

5908 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — Ishkabibliophile said... A 70s Blaxploitation mixtape: Easin' In Edwin Starr The World We Live In McKinley Jackson Shaft In Africa Johnny Pate Truck Turner (Main Title) Isaac Hayes Ain't no Such Thing As Superman Gil Scott-Heron Cleveland Now/Booker ... more info
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The muse who changed Miles Davis

5913 days ago
Guardian Music — Forty years ago, Miles Davis rewrote the jazz rulebook with his album Bitches Brew – but he never would have made it without the inspiration of the amazing Betty Mabry, as she now reveals in a rare interviewAs the incendiary year of 1968 dawned, Mi... more info
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Don Cornelius and the 'Soul Train' still grooving 40 years later

5914 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Approximately 35 years after their creative apogees, names like James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone, Barry White and Aretha Franklin exist as almost afterthoughts. Their legendary status is so secure as to be taken for granted. Their... more info
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After the Party: Music and the Black Panthers

5915 days ago
Guardian Music — Musicians don't often end up on FBI watch lists, but the Last Poets did, thanks to their links with the Black Panthers. Dorian Lynskey looks back at a time when pop and politics collided as never beforeOne day last December, Umar Bin Hassan of the La... more info
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An unexpected Prom date with Beyoncé and her Single Ladies

5916 days ago
Guardian Music — What happened when Mark-Anthony Turnage brought R&B to the conservative hallows of the BBC Proms?It began with a bang: skirling woodwind and dissonant brass fury. Nothing that unusual for a BBC Proms world premiere. But then audience members at the R... more info
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monday evening updates

5918 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — Willard said... DRIVE-IN MOVIES AT THE BOAT This week watch "Blacula" (1972) and grab some great music... * IKE TURNER Rhythm Rockin' Blues (1954-56) * UTOPIA Oblivion (1983) CD rip! * LONG JOHN BALDRY It Ain't Easy (1971) * JOHN HIATT Since His Peni... more info
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sunday evening updates

5919 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — jofel said... The Lovetones : Where The City Meets The Stars http://pulsatta.blogspot.com a r n e l said... Count Basie AFRS Jubilee 245 - V Disc, Count Basie & Jubilee Dinah Shore - V Disc, Dinah Shore Frank Sinatra - V Disc, Frank Sinatra (2CD) G... more info
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