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LMFAO: Party-rock duo take a goofy route to success
Special to the TribuneThe reports said SkyBlu, half of the smash duo LMFAO, fell off a stage in December, causing a back injury and forcing him to cancel several 2012 shows. What actually happened may have been the musical understatement of the decade. "I started partying a...Tags: Super Bowl, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson, Gary Glitter, Entertainment
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Daring 'Gaye' delivers stories and songs
When Black Ensemble Theatre opened its beautiful new building in November, it did so with a show, "The Jackie Wilson Story," that not only was under-rehearsed but was merely a pro forma remount of a hit from the past. The second, far more successful...
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Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies at 70; bassist for Booker T. & the MG's
As the bass player on dozens of the most soulful hits in the history of pop music, Donald "Duck" Dunn often found himself out on the road playing to fans who had assumed he was black like the stars he supported, notably Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and...Tags: Otis Redding, Tom Petty, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Japan, Entertainment
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'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Motown hits!
Show TrackerA little bit of Motor City was revved into the “Dancing With the Stars” ballroom for a special hand-clapping, hip-swaying Motown-themed event.... -
March 21: Midday Fix - Human Nature
WGN NewsHuman Nature Hailing from Sydney, the high school classmates who would go on to become Human Nature – brothers Andrew and Mike Tierny, Phil Burton and Toby Allen – were captivated by the harmonies of soul, gospel and R&B. Since forming Human Nature,...Tags: Summer Olympics, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson, Australia, Celine Dion
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Concert review: Diana Ross at Universal’s Mardi Gras
Soundboard Music Blog - Orlando SentinelDiva is a word that's often associated with Diana Ross, the iconic star that helped define the Motown sound in the 1960s and remains the voice of the Supremes almost 50 years later. She seemed a lot tougher than that on Saturday, though, as she... -
Tracing the history of music with Spotify's new Facebook timeline
Pop & HissSpotify unveiled a Facebook Timeline that seeks to offer a chronology of music from the last 900 years. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts takes a look at the entries and makes a few suggestions.... -
B.B. King, Mick Jagger lead blues session at the White House
Pop & HissB.B. King, Mick Jagger and others will perform at the White House tonight, Feb. 21, in a program hosted by President and Mrs. Obama celebrating the blues. High school students from around the country will get to explore the blues during the day at the... -
Critic's Notebook: LMFAO's brand of party rock uniquely American
Pop & HissLast week LMFAO had the No. 1 song in America. Again. This time it was for the L.A. rap/dance/pop duo's ode to self-infatuation, "Sexy and I Know It" — an infectiously simple dance-floor ditty with a relentless rhythm and a video that has been... -
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Interview: 'American Idol' finalist Haley Reinhart coming home for the holidays
Haley Reinhart would like to apologize to the fans who waited for her outside of the Allstate Arena in August.
The Wheeling native — who hasn’t been home much since finishing third on Fox’s “American Idol” in May —...Tags: Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Casey Abrams, Religious Festivals, Led Zeppelin (music group)
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New Pa. Blues Festival smoking hot in first day
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGIt was a hot one Saturday at the new Pa. Blues Festival on Blue Mountain, but a good one. Attendance was down. Maybe it was unfamiliarity with this new event near Palmerton replacing the Pocono Blues Festival at Big Boulder.......
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