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Carole King to Receive Gershwin Prize From President Obama at the White House
The 71-year-old singer-songwriter will receive the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in a ceremony at the White House, the first time a female artist has nabbed the accolade.
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Obama to host concert honoring Carole King
The lawyer who unsuccessfully defended O.J. Simpson against armed robbery charges testified Friday his client knew two companions had guns in a 2007 confrontation with memorabilia dealers.
MA-Sen: Carole King Fundraises For Ed Markey
I figured you all could use some good Saturday night music and news, especially you Carole King fans out there: As Democratic U.S. Rep.
Willie Nelson, the 'Hippest Octogenarian,' Honored at Berklee
If Berklee College of Music President Roger H. Brown gets 100 percent cooler every year over the next two dozen years or so, he said Friday, he figures he'll be about half as cool as Willie Nelson .
Carole King musical to debut in San Francisco prior to Broadway
May 02--"Beautiful: The Carole King Musical," a new stage biography of the American singer-songwriter, will have an out-of-town tryout in San Francisco in September before making its scheduled Broadway debut in spring 2014.
Carole King world premier headlines SHN 2013-14 season
A world premiere by Carole King and the start of the national tour of "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" headline the 2013-14 SHN season announced Wednesday by SHN President Carole Shorenstein Hays .
Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon turns 60 today. I admire Kim Gordon for many reasons. First and foremost is the brilliance of the music she created with Sonic Youth, especially the improbable fact that they continued to make great music for three decades .
Kansas City's Quality Hill Playhouse relives Carole King and James Taylor music
Carole King and James Taylor's music sets the tone for the current show through May 19th at Quality Hill Playhouse in Kansas City where musical reviews and cabaret shows set the tone and bring audiences to their feet more times than not.
Quality Hill revue a Youa ve Got a Frienda mines baby-boomer classics
Jessalyn Kincaid , Molly Hammer and Tim Scott are among the performers in "You've Got a Friend," a revue of popular songs from the 1960s and '70s at the Quality Hill Playhouse.
While the landmark Tapestry album earned her superstar status, singer/songwriter Carole King had already firmly established herself as one of pop music's most gifted and successful composers, with work recorded by everyone from the Beatles to Aretha Franklin.
Star of backup singer doc to perform in Mpls.
Merry Clayton, star of the documentary "Twenty Feet From Stardom," will perform at a screening of the movie at the Minneapolis St.
Randy Newman, Lou Adler inducted into Hall of Fame while Rush waits
Rush had to wait just a little longer for their much-anticipated induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, while droll 69-year-old troubadour Randy Newman was the first of the evening's honourees to be inducted.