Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — LOS ANGELES - Rod Stewart grew up idolizing soul singers like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and Otis Redding. On his new album, "Soulbook," he gets a chance to pay tribute to his childhood idols in song - and even gets a chance to sing with one of them on... more info

Pitchfork - TV — A documentary on unsung producer and engineer Dowd, who worked with everyone from Ray Charles to John Coltrane to Otis Redding over his 60-year career. The 82-minute film is shown in its entirety. more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — 23/10/09Since emerging earlier in the year The Big Pink have had the albatross of shoegaze hanging heavily around their neck. Every interview, review and feature with the group has tried to lump the pair in with this years genuine revival typified by... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — These days, soul music is a genre often stuck in the side aisle of the record store or passed off into smoky cafés and '70s reunion shows. The originators of American soul music — Ray Charles, Otis Redding, and early James Brown — commandeered e... more info

Ian's well-known for his renditions of Blondie tunes but gets annoyed when asked to perform his own.He said:'I love karaoke,I usually do 'Heart of Glass'or Otis Reading's 'Try A Little Tenderness'.'. more info

Guardian Music — He sings in English, dreams in English, even eats English food – and now Sliimy, the French pop sensation, is headed our wayYanis Sahraoui, alias Sliimy, drags two chairs into the courtyard of his apartment building in Paris, squinting up at t... more info

MTV.com News — The Fox News host calls rapper 'a regular Otis Redding' after playing leaked track.By Jayson Rodriguez Jay-Z Photo: Frederick M. Brown/ Getty Images Bill O'Reilly is back at it again. The conservative talk-show host criticized Jay-Z on Mon... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Otis Redding: The Best See & Hear has been announced for an October 20 cd/dvd release by Shout Factory. The two-disc The Best: See & Hear is a cool addition to Otis Redding’s catalog, containing a CD... more info

Guardian Music — The ghosts of pop stars past and present can be heard in this week's brilliant batch of tunesCalvin Harris – Ready for the WeekendThe adoration of the Bebo generation seems to have gone to this usually self-deprecating singer's head. Having dr... more info

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