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Saturday Nov 7 | StarTribune

Pick six: A half-dozen cool things in music

A half-dozen cool things in music, from two points of view: Michael Bubl, "Crazy Love." There's nothing like a standard, especially when the phrasing brings the lyrics to life.

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Related Topix: Soul, Music, Entertainment

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Memphis Flyer

Here and Now

On Friday, November 6th, the Stax Museum of American Soul Music is hosting an opening reception for "Still Life in Soul," an exhibition of photographs of soul-music performers by Jacob Blickenstaff.

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Related Topix: Soul

Sat Oct 17, 2009

News-Sun

Here & Now

Halloween Trot: The Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club will host its annual 5K "Trick or Treat Trot" Sunday to benefit area school and community programs at Harris Bank, 201 S. Grove.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Halloween, Barrington, IL, Grayslake, IL, Lake County, IL, Soul, Highland Park, IL, Entertainment

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Gurnee Review

CLC to present Sisters in Soul

Sisters in Soul featuring Marcia Ball, Bettye LaVette and Maria Muldaur, will perform at the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts at the College of Lake County at on Oct.

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Related Topix: Maria Muldaur, Blues, Soul, Chicago, IL

Tue Oct 13, 2009

The Alternative Press

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Soul Great Bettye Lavette Featured at "Jammin' Away the Blues"; Mental Health Association of Essex County Inaugurates National Program By Mental Health Association of Essex County 10/13/2009 The Blues touch everyone - whether through the emotion and intensity of this true American music form or by the despair and isolation of depression.

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Related Topix: Essex County, NJ, Soul, South Orange, NJ, Blues, The Blues Band, Montclair, NJ, Theater, Arts

Thu Sep 24, 2009

Lexington Herald-Leader

After decades of struggle, singer Bettye LaVette revels in her renown

26. Singletary Center for the Arts, 405 Rose St. $20, $25, $28. 257-4929. www.singletarytickets.com. If a single performance defines the remarkable career renaissance of Bettye LaVette, it arrived last December at the Kennedy Center Honors.

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Related Topix: Soul, Pop/Rock, The Who, Quadrophenia, Drama Movies, Music!, George Bush, W., Black Entertainment, Aretha Franklin

Sat Sep 19, 2009

SouthCoastToday.com

From American songbook royalty to Queen: You'll find it at the Z

Box office: 994-2900; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays www.zeiterion.org or 994-2900. Most venues serve a certain niche among music fans.

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Related Topix: New Bedford, MA, Marianne Faithfull, Pop/Rock, Samba, Gal Costa, Maria Muldaur, Blues, Soul

Thu Sep 10, 2009

Nashville Scene

Song of America at 12th & Porter

American history viewed through the lens of alt-country liberalism, Song of America attempts to tell the country's story over three discs and 50 songs and mostly succeeds.

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Related Topix: Soul, Nashville, TN, Nashville Metro

Sun Sep 06, 2009

The Oregonian

Review: Bettye LaVette redefines the term 'soul survivor'

The term "soul survivor" is a rather hackneyed cliche these days, but if there is anyone who deserves it more than Bettye LaVette , I'd be pleased to hear about them.

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Related Topix: Soul, Muscle Shoals, AL, Music, Entertainment

Fri Sep 04, 2009

UK News

Blues Diva Bettye LaVette to Perform

LEXINGTON, Ky. One of the greatest soul singers in American music history, Bettye LaVette , will kick off the 30th anniversary of the Singletary Signature Series at the University of Kentucky Singletary Center for the Arts .

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Related Topix: Soul, Lexington, KY, University of Kentucky, Pop/Rock, Bon Jovi

Wed Sep 02, 2009

Seattle Times

Bettye LaVette turns out a scorching set at Jazz Alley

On the bandstand at Jazz Alley, where she's winding up a two-night stand tonight, LaVette is vigorously celebrating a musical career that rose "up from the crypt" recently after several decades of smalltime gigs and near-obscurity. With a blazing young band behind her , LaVette in concert cooks up some stick-to-the-ribs R&B tunes from her past .

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Related Topix: Soul, Greenwood (Seattle, WA), First Hill (Seattle, WA), Lake City (Seattle, WA), Ballard (Seattle, WA), Seattle Center(Seattle, WA), Entertainment

Tue Sep 01, 2009

SF Weekly

Outside Lands Post-Script

Fickle weather and last-minute headliner replacements aside, Outside Lands was a success, by most yard sticks.

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Related Topix: Soul, Tenacious D, Pop/Rock

Sat Aug 29, 2009

The Oregonian

A tale of two divas: Bettye LaVette and Diana Krall

Diana Krall, with bassist Robert Herst, performs in Los Angeles last week. Juke joint or symphony hall, Motown or Nanaimo, B.C., blues award or Grammy -- what kind of diva will you choose when Bettye LaVette and Diana Krall come to town? It's not just the distance between LaVette's old-school soul and Krall's cool pop jazz that separates the two.

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Related Topix: Diana Krall, Jazz, Soul, Motown, Canada, Music, Entertainment

Thu Aug 27, 2009

All About Jazz

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Bettye Lavette: Tour Dates and Change is Gonna Come Sessions

Bettye LaVette Venerated soul songstress Bettye LaVette 's triumphant new six-song EP A Change Is Gonna Come Sessions , previously an iTunes exclusive is now available from all digital services.

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Related Topix: Soul

Wed Aug 12, 2009

KSL-TV Salt Lake City

Miss. festival pays tribute to Sam Cooke

More than 40 years after his tragic, violent death, Sam Cooke is still known as the legendary soul and gospel singer who penned "A Change is Gonna Come," which found a new audience with the election of America's first black president.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Soul, Sam Cooke, Motown, Theater, Arts, Mound Bayou, MS

WTOP

Miss. festival pays tribute to Sam Cooke

Soul singer-songwriter Sam Cooke is seen in a 1964 file photo. A Mississippi music festival this weekend is dedicated to the 1950s and '60s singer.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Soul, Sam Cooke, Jackson Metro, Jackson, MS, Theater, Arts

Thu Aug 06, 2009

Log Cabin Democrat

Miss. festival pays tribute to Sam Cooke

Soul singer-songwriter Sam Cooke is seen in a 1964 file photo. A Mississippi music festival this weekend is dedicated to the 1950s and '60s singer.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Soul, Sam Cooke, Jackson Metro, Jackson, MS, Theater, Arts, Entertainment

Mon Jul 20, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Sunflower fest honors Sam Cooke

The Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival Aug. 7-9 in Clarksdale will be a tribute to native son Sam Cooke, who scored superstardom in multiple genres in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Soul, Sam Cooke

Sat Jul 18, 2009

Argus Leader

Summer staple features big names and local bands

Bettye LaVette has been called one of the greatest soul singers in American music history.

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Related Topix: Soul, Blues, Keb' Mo', Elvin Bishop, Tommy Castro, The Bad Plus, Jazz

Thu Jul 16, 2009

ArgusLeader.com

Concert schedule and Twitter coverage

Get ready for a weekend full of jazz from nationally renowned and local musicians, including soul singer Bettye LaVette, slide-guitar master Elvin Bishop and Grammy Award winner Keb' Mo'. The Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Festival kicks off tonight at Yankton Trail Park.

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Related Topix: Soul, Blues, Elvin Bishop, Sioux Falls Metro, Keb' Mo', Sioux Falls, SD, Jazz & Blues, Jazz

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