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Sunday Nov 15 | Entertainment

Rod Stewart covers classics on 'Soulbook'

Rod Stewart grew up idolizing soul singers like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and Otis Redding.

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Related Topix: Sam Cooke, Black Entertainment, Soul, Otis Redding, Smokey Robinson, Entertainment

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Tribune/Sunday Ledger Tribune

Rod Stewart realizes dream recording with Smokey

Rod Stewart grew up idolizing soul singers like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and Otis Redding.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Soul, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Fox 8 - WJW

Rod Stewart realizes a dream recording with Smokey...

Rod Stewart grew up idolizing soul singers like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and Otis Redding.

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Related Topix: Sam Cooke, Black Entertainment, Soul, Otis Redding, Smokey Robinson, Entertainment

Thu Oct 29, 2009

New York Times

Critics' Choice: New CDs

The British long ago made themselves curators of American R&B and soul as record collectors, disc jockeys and remake performers.

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Related Topix: R&B, R-N-B, Sam Cooke, Black Entertainment, Soul, Motown, Willie Mitchell, Al Green, Music, Entertainment

Tue Oct 27, 2009

ETonline

Video: At Home with Rod Stewart

Music legend Rod Stewart invites ET's own Mary Hart into his Beverly Hills home as he and his band rehearse songs from his new album -- and the star opens up about his marriage, children and even weighs in on "Jon & Kate Plus 8"! Rod's new CD Soul Book arrives Monday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Soul

The Boston Globe

Rod Stewart, 'Soulbook'

Hey, isn't it time to revisit classic soul? Rod Stewart thinks so, and who would argue with him? He has found the formula for eternal life in the music business.

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Related Topix: Soul, Music, Entertainment

Mon Oct 26, 2009

The Globe and Mail

Rod Stewart's saved his soul for now

Rod Stewart's saved his soul for now Rod Stewart on tour in Texas this summer: The veteran pop star is releasing an album of classic soul covers.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Rod Stewart, Texas, Black Entertainment, Soul, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, James Brown

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Village Soup

Catching up with Rod Stewart

OWLS HEAD : Rod Stewart: Soul book . After five albums of a oeThe Great American Songbook,a Stewart turns to Sixties/Seventies-era soul favorites, or as he tells it, a oeThis is the album I have waited my whole lifetime to record.a And Stewarta s blue-eyed soul voice is, for the most part, perfect for these 13 songs.

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Related Topix: Owls Head, ME, Black Entertainment, Otis Redding, Soul, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight

Thu Oct 15, 2009

The Spectator

Kicking it Old School with: Motown Records

"Kicking it Old School" is a series of features that showcases highly-regarded books, movies, television and music from an earlier era.

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Related Topix: Motown, Soul, Entertainment

Fri Oct 02, 2009

Oldies108.com

My Guy - Mary Wells

Time and legions of other soul superstars have obscured the fact that for a brief moment, Mary Wells was Motown's biggest star.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Mary Wells, Motown, Soul

Fri Sep 18, 2009

Northwest Newspapers (Northwest Herald)

Nutini serves up classic musical cocktail

Tickets $28.50. Doors 8 p.m. Show starts at 9:30 p.m. It's no accident that Paolo Nutini releases his music on Atlantic Records.

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Related Topix: Joe Tex, Otis Redding, Soul, United Kingdom, Strathclyde County, Scotland

Tue Sep 15, 2009

Silver Spring Penguin

Queen of Soul holds court in new arts center

Montgomery College blew open the doors to its new performing arts center in South Silver Spring Friday night with that new-building smell and a soulful performance by Aretha Franklin .

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Related Topix: Silver Spring, MD, Black Entertainment, Aretha Franklin, Soul, Theater, Arts

Fri Sep 11, 2009

Halifax Today

Soulful sounds that shaped a new generation

Ginger Taylor's heroes were legends whose voices stirred a 40-year passion for music.

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Related Topix: Edwin Starr, Marvin Gaye, Soul, West Yorkshire County, England, United Kingdom, Lancashire County, England,

Wed Aug 26, 2009

Salt Lake City Weekly

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears

Black Joe Lewis is a byproduct of his scattered influences. Listening to and loving late greats like Elmore James and Hound Dog Taylor, or even The Dead Boys causes him to look and sound and play the way he does.

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Related Topix: Otis Redding, Soul, Black Entertainment, James Brown, Austin, TX, Austin Metro

Wed Aug 12, 2009

City Paper

Van Morrison at DAR Constitution Hall ~ The Concert and the Interview

Van Morrison 's gift was the ability to cop a religious experience from the little stuffa 'the shade of a redwood tree; Jackie Wilson on a staticky radio; a glass of water .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Van Morrison, Soul

Tue Aug 11, 2009

City Paper

Van Morrison at DAR Constitution Hall ~ The Concert and the Interview

Van Morrison 's gift was the ability to cop a religious experience from the little stuffa 'the shade of a redwood tree; Jackie Wilson on a staticky radio; a glass of water .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Van Morrison, Soul

Fri Aug 07, 2009

City Paper

Van Morrison at DAR Constitution Hall ~ The Concert and the Interview

Van Morrison 's gift was the ability to cop a religious experience from the little stuffa 'the shade of a redwood tree; Jackie Wilson on a staticky radio; a glass of water .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Van Morrison, Soul

Tue Jul 07, 2009

Chicago Reader Online

Subtext always ruins everything for me

Berry Gordy, at Michael Jackson's memorial service, just asked "what kid would not give his right arm to fulfill his childhood dreams?" Bill Wyman, Chicago Reader , 2/7/92: "He learned the skill at the feet of the master who eventually broke his heart--Berry Gordy, who dropped a career as a boxer for music, first as a record-store owner, then as a ...

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Related Topix: Michael Jackson, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Soul

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Jack Garner's top 20 list of greatest musical entertainers

Was Michael Jackson the greatest entertainer of all time? Of his age? Those are headlines I've seen this week in normally legitimate and thoughtful publications.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Hank Williams, Country, Soul

Mon Jun 29, 2009

GroundReport.com

Michael Jackson's Most Underrated Songs

Why does it take someone's death appreciate an artist's genius? The Michael Jackson's death has proven several things: 1.) We are not here forever 2.) While we are here, we should make an impact The King of Pop's legacy ranges from music to videos to dance.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, James Brown, Soul, Motown, The Wiz, Family, Adventure, Musical Movies

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